Seminars, Training Programs and
Conferences @ AIT
1. ITSERV USER TRAINING
In order to familiarize new users with the Institute’s Internet services, ITServ will conduct a series of user training as follows:
30 Jan. – Remote dial-up services
31 Jan and 1 Feb. – HTML and Web publishing
The training will be held at the Milton E. Bender, Jr. Auditorium, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Interested persons are invited to attend. Prior registration is not required.
2. ACECOMS SATELLITE CONVENTION 2002
ACECOMS is organizing the ‘ACECOMS Satellite Convention 2002’, to be held on Thursday, 31 January to Saturday, 2 February 2002 in Room N238 and JICA Room, SCE Building.
The convention will be conducted by Mr. Naveed Anwar, Associate Director, ACECOMS.
3. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SEMINAR
A seminar to be given by Prof Betrand Meyer, one of the
very well-known key figures in Object-Oriented Software Engineering.
will be held on Monday, 4 February 2002, 1:30 – 3:00 P.M.
in the Milton Bender Auditorium, ITServ & Extension Building, AIT
The seminar is entitled EIFFEL – State of The Art and Current Developments. All CSIM students are expected to attend. Others are most welcome.
Abstract
Eiffel: state of the art and current developments
Bertrand Meyer
ETH (Zürich) and ISE (Santa Barbara)
Eiffel is a method and language for object-oriented software development,
supported by numerous libraries and several development environments such
as ISE Eiffel. This presentation will describe the state of applications of
Eiffel in industry and academia, describe the concepts of Eiffel, in
particular the method of ‘Design by Contract’ which is central to the
approach, present the development environment, and describe recent
developments in Eiffel technology.
Speaker Bertrand Meyer is Professor of Software Engineering at ETH Zürich (the Siwss Federal Institute of Technology) and scientific advisor and
co-founder of ISE, the originator of Eiffel. He is the author of several
well-known books on software engineering and object technology, in
particular ‘Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd edition’ (1998 Jolt
Award), ‘Eiffel: The Language’, ‘Object Success’ and ‘Introduction to the
Theory of Programming Languages’.
4. THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE – WHAT LEVEL OF PROOF IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING?
The School of Environment, Resources and Development will conduct a
seminar on ‘THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE – WHAT LEVEL OF PROOF IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING?’ on Thursday, 21 February, 2:00 p.m.
The seminar, to be held at the Milton E. Bender, Jr. Auditorium, will be conducted by Prof. Poul Harremoes, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.
Prof. Harremoes is a well-known authority in environmental management. He is a
recipient of the prestigious ‘Stockholm Water Prize’, and more recently, the ‘Heineken Prize’.
Abstract
According to established principles, an activity or an agent is assumed harmless until proven harmful. That is how international trade is regulated through WTO. The interpretation is that ‘scientific proof’ is needed to regulate an activity or agent. The question is whether such a stringent requirement is warranted in a situation where the public is exposed to the potential harm. The basic question is: Who caries the burden of the risk of being wrong? Presently, there is a conflict between USA and EU about import of beef with residual growth hormones to EU. The European Environment Agency published on 11 January 2002 a report on The Precautionary Principle. Prof. Harremoes, chairman of the editorial committee, will present the results.
The report is available on the EEA-webpage:
http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/en.
For reservation please contact: Khun Suchitra Piempimsest, Urban Environmental Engineering and Management (UEEM) Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), AIT, P.O. Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120. Fax: (66)-2524-5625
