In today’s globalized world, universities strive for excellence by aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and competing in research. Global universities aim to benefit future generations and promote cooperation through exchange programs and research collaborations. This book emphasizes long-term planning, research focus, financial management, online learning, community engagement, and sustainable development goals as integral aspects of global university success. It also demonstrates that universities should prioritize societal values over rankings and popularity. The book is divided into two parts. The first part delves into the global strategies for establishing successful universities worldwide, highlighted by the vice-chancellors and presidents from renowned universities of the world. The second part discusses pilot projects and experiences from Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), along with successful case studies contributing to top-tier university development. It highlights that collaboration among universities, research institutions, and industries as well as leadership, strategic decision-making, and aligning missions with globalization goals are crucial for success. For any university in the world, including young universities aiming to become one of the top global universities within a specific timeframe and improve its ranking locally as well as globally, this is the right book as it showcases worldwide expert opinions and case studies.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium, KSS 2017, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2017. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. This year KSS 2017 provides opportunities for presenting interesting new research results, facilitating interdisciplinary discussions, and leading to knowledge transfer under the theme of "Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems for Knowledge, Technology and Service Management".

This interdisciplinary book offers a critical analysis of Thai education and its evolution, providing diverse perspectives and theoretical frameworks. In the past five decades Thailand has seen impressive economic success and it is now a middle-income country that provides development assistance to poorer countries. However, educational and social development have lagged considerably behind itsglobally recognized economic success. This comprehensive book covers each level of education, such as higher and vocational/technical education, and such topics as internationalization, inequalities and disparities, alternative education, non-formal and informal education, multilingual education, educational policy and planning, and educational assessment. The 25 Thai and 8 international contributors to the volume include well-known academics and practitioners. Thai education involves numerous paradoxes, which are identified and explained. While Thailand has impressively expanded its educational system quantitatively with much massification, quality problems persist at all levels. As such, the final policy-oriented summary chapter suggests strategies to enable Thailand to escape “the middle income trap” and enhance the quality of its education to ensure its long-term developmental success.

This book presents a collection of state of the art research on GPU Computing and Application. The major part of this book is selected from the work presented at the 2013 Symposium on GPU Computing and Applications held in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Oct 9, 2013). Three major domains of GPU application are covered in the book including (1) Engineering design and simulation; (2) Biomedical Sciences; and (3) Interactive & Digital Media. The book also addresses the fundamental issues in GPU computing with a focus on big data processing. Researchers and developers in GPU Computing and Applications will benefit from this book. Training professionals and educators can also benefit from this book to learn the possible application of GPU technology in various areas.