MR.

SUPACHAI
TANGWONGSAN

EDITED BY :
PATTRAPORN
KHEERINPHARADORN
11-08 (BB)

BIOGRAPHY
Born on 18th December 1947
Thai professor of computer science at Mahidol
University
Receive the Doctor of Philosophy degree in
Artificial intelligence
Recently, he was Chairman of the Executive
Board of National Software Industry Promotion
Agency of Thailand

EDUCATION
B.Eng. in Communication

Electrical Engineering (First Class Honor

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 19

M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Purdu

University, USA in 1972

Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at Purdu

University, USA in 1976

WORK
EXPERIENCE
During 1980 1989, he worked in Mahidol University
but there are some improvements since he was as a
director of the computer science to be a professor in
that faculty.
After that, he was becoming a vice president for
Academic and Infrastructures Development in Mahidol
Univerity until 2007.
In the meantime, he is a chairman of the Executive
Board of Software Industry Promotion Agency.

QUOTES
"For me, teaching or working is just a part of
enjoyment. If you could realize this, you would
definitely like to work hard and very hard.
Dont make use of excellent technology, Make
excellent use of Technology
- Supachai Tangwongsan

OUTSTANDING WORK
Buddhist Scripture Information Retrieval
(BUDSIR), first computerized Buddhist Scripture of
the world
Distinguished Service Award by the UC Berkeley
in 1993
The ICT Innovation Award 2003, wining first
prize for Mahidol Universitys Intra-Phone

AWARDS
In 1970, King Bhumipol Scholarship and the
gold medal award in Chulalongkorn University
In 1973-1976, Research grants from National
Science Foundation(NSF), USA
In 1989, Buddhist Scripture Computerization
in Mahidol University
In 1993, Electronic Pali Canon Project in USA
In 2003, The ICT Innovation Award 2003
In 2010, Distinguished book titled
Information Storage and Retrieval Systems

RESOURCES
Hall of Fame. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://ict.mahidol.ac.th/hall-of-fame/051911DrSupachai.html
D. (2015, February 3). Supachai Tangwongsan.
Retrieved from http://dblp.unitrier.de/pers/hd/t/Tangwongsan:Supachai

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