Professor Suppawong Tuarob from Mahidol University in Thailand Visited Our University

On August 27, Professor Suppawong Tuarob from the College of Computer Science at Mahidol University in Thailand visited ouruniversity. Zhao Jie, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of theuniversity, attended the meeting, accompanied by Lu Wei, Dean of the International Education College (International Exchange and Cooperation Center), and members of the research group of the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Drug Research and Development.

Zhao Jie first welcomed Professor Suppawong and thanked him for his outstanding role as a young expert in the field of computer science in conducting academic exchanges and cooperation with the research groupofengineering center on the "direction of artificial intelligence and data science in drug discovery technology for neurodegenerative diseases".It is hoped that on the basis of inheriting traditional medical concepts, both sides can explore the value of traditional Chinese medicine, draw on new technologies in modern technology, focus on the development and industrial application of natural drug technology, and carry out international cooperation to promote the health and wellness cause of people in the twocountries. Zhao Jie also proposed that the Royal College of Medicine of Mahidol University is the topcollege ofmedicine in Thailand, and hopes that the twouniversities will expand their cooperation in multi-dimensional areas such as talent cultivation, technological exchange and interdisciplinary cooperation in the future, and deepenthe cooperation content.

Professor Suppawongsaid that Thai medicine is widely used for health and rehabilitation by ordinary people in Thailand, and shares a common concept with One Root of Medicine and Food. The College of Medicine of Mahidol University and the College of Computer Science have jointly achieved certain results in disease diagnosis through the use of big data, artificial intelligence, and other means. In the future,it ishoped to make active efforts for interdisciplinary cooperation between the two universities.

During his visit to theuniversity, Professor Suppawong also gave a lecture on "Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Informatics" at the Engineering Center, outlining how to use social media data to predictoutbreak of infection during the epidemic and how to use AI/ML to identify the risk of disease outbreaks, and he also had a thorough discussion with the research group.