{"id":2730,"date":"2020-11-01T10:07:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T03:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T03:09:36","slug":"nepal-jsps-alumni-association-njaa-held-the-sixth-symposium-by-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/2020\/11\/01\/2730\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA) held the Sixth Symposium by webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 1, 2020, JSPS and Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA) held the 6th Symposium \u201cUse of Artificial Intelligence for National Prosperity” by webinar.<\/p>\n

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The symposium was started by the welcome address and introduction of NJAA by Dr. Kundan Lal Shrestha, the Secretary of NJAA.<\/p>\n

In the inaugural session, Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) gave an inaugural remarks as a Chief Guest, and the following 4 distinguished guests also gave speeches after the introduction of NJAA by Dr. Kundan Lal Shrestha, Secretary of NJAA;<\/p>\n

Special Guest: Ms. Yumiko Asakuma, Chief Representative of JICA Nepal Office
\nSpecial Guest: Mr. Yuzo Yoshioka, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Nepal
\nSpecial Guest: Prof. Dr. Yoshio Otani, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office, Thailand
\nSpecial Guest: Er. Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Science and Technology<\/p>\n

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Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Er. Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Science and Technology<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms. Yumiko Asakuma, Chief Representative of JICA Nepal Office<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Yuzo Yoshioka, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Nepal<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Afterwards, Technical session was held and two researchers gave speeches related to the theme of this symposium.<\/p>\n

Keynote speech
\nProf. Dr. Yukio Ohsawa, Systems Innovation in the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
\nTitle\uff1aDiscovery beyond Learning as an Idea from Data Jackets<\/p>\n

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Dr. Yukio Ohsawa, University of Tokyo<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Special Presentation
\nProf. Dr. Shashidhar Ram Joshi, Dean and Professor of the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
\nTitle\uff1aApplication of artificial intelligence in the development of Nepal with Japanese collaboration<\/p>\n

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Dr. Shashidhar Ram Joshi, Tribhuvan University<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Following the two researchers\u2019 speech, Dr. Rosha Pokharel, Lead Data Scientist at IBM-AI Applications, USA gave a special remarks.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Rosha Pokharel, Lead Data Scientist at IBM-AI Applications, USA<\/p><\/div>\n

There were plenty of questions raised at the Q&A session.<\/p>\n

Wrapping up the Symposium, Prof. Yoshio Otani, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office, introduced overview of JSPS activities, JSPS Alumni associations and JSPS international programs.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Yoshio Otani, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, President of NJAA delivered closing remarks at the Virtual Kanpai, thanking everyone involved in this symposium.<\/p>\n

The web symposium ended successfully with about 70 attendees. JSPS Bangkok Office will be grateful to cooperate with Alumni association, universities and research institutions in Nepal and to support international academic exchange opportunities for all countries in this region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On November 1, 2020, JSPS and Nepal JSPS Alumni Association (NJAA) held the 6th Symposium \u201cUse of Artificial Intelligence for National Prosperity” by webinar. The symposium was started by the welcome address and introduction of NJAA by Dr. Kundan Lal Shrestha, the Secretary of NJAA. In the inaugural session, Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2730"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2781,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2730\/revisions\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jsps-th.org\/jsps_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}