The School of Information Technology established the Research Initiation Support and Promotion Section (RISP) in February 2008.ย ย The objectives of RISP are to support research initiation and to encourage any potential SIT staff members to develop IT-related research.ย
The duties of RISP are as follows:
- Establish research strategies to attract funding
- Determine the aims and directions ofย SIT research activities
- Establish research laboratories
- Support acquisition of necessary research equipment
- Encourage SIT staff members to submit a research proposal in order to obtain a KMUTT scholarship, Thai scholarship, or foreign scholarship
- Gather various funding sources of both Thai and foreign scholarships
- Store local and foreign publications database to support SIT research
- Promote studentsโ€ research achievements
- Promote research publications of SIT lecturers and researchers
- Publicize academic publications and/or other research achievements in various forms
- Organize national and international academic conferences
- Maintain a close research collaboration with local and international institutions