Peter Haddawy, Professor of Computer Science in the Faculty of ICT at Mahidol University, has just been named the top-ranked computer scientist in Thailand, based on research impact1. In addition, he was recently ranked among the top 2% scientists globally by Stanford University based on life-time research achievement2. Professor Haddawy is the founding director of the Mahidol-Bremen Medical Informatics Research Unit and serves as deputy dean for research in the Faculty of ICT. He also holds a position as Honorarprofessor for Medical Informatics at the University of Bremen in Germany.
“I’m greatly honored to receive this recognition. I have always worked in a highly interdisciplinary fashion, collaborating with other researchers from various medical fields. So, this recognition is really shared by all of us. It is also a testament to the enabling environment within Mahidol University.”
Professor Haddawy has been recognized with numerous previous awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship, two fellowships from the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study, a Shell Oil Company Fellowship, and an Avery Brundage Scholarship.
His academic service activities include serving as Senior Consulting Editor of Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, serving on the board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, and regularly serving on the Fulbright Foundation selection panels.
Professor Haddawy joined Mahidol University in 2014. After serving for eight years in high-level administrative positions, including Vice President of AIT and Director in the United Nations University, he came to Mahidol University to once again focus on his research activities in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Informatics. He found that Mahidol University provided an idea environment for his research, with its up-and-coming ICT faculty and its world-class faculties in Medicine, Tropical Medicine, and Dentistry.
He also found strong support for internationalization, which is one of his passions. In 2017 he established a dual degree doctoral program with the University of Bremen and in 2018 founded the Mahidol-Bremen Medical Informatics Research Unit (MIRU), which has membership from six faculties at Mahidol University and three at the University of Bremen. Under the umbrella of MIRU, there have been over 100 student and staff exchanges between the two universities and five workshops. Having achieved a significant level of depth and breadth of collaboration, the two universities signed a university-level strategic partnership agreement in 2021. To support the internationalization efforts, Professor Haddawy has been involved in securing numerous external grants, including two Erasmus+ grants. The latest grant, received just this year, is a 4-year award from the SDG Partnership program of the German DAAD to establish an international Network of Excellence in Advanced Information Technology for Tropical Medicine. Professor Haddawy sees this as an opportunity to leverage the strong foundation of collaborative research to help address the sustainable development goals.
Congratulations Professor Peter Haddawy!
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