short cv Prabhas Chongstitvatana graduated from Kasetsart University 1980 and earned his doctoral degree from Edinburgh University, UK, 1992. Presently, he is a professor in the department of computer engineering, Chulalongkorn University. His research includes robotics, evolutionary computation and computer architecture. The current work involves bioinformatics and grid computing where he is actively promote the collaboration to create Thai national grid for scientific computing. He believes in building the community of researchers in Thailand. He is the member of Thailand Engineering Institute, Thai Academy of Science and Technology, Thai Robotics Society, Thai Embedded System Association and presently he is the president of ECTI Association of Thailand. He received a number of awards, for example: 2009 National Outstanding Researcher Award, from National Research Council, Thailand. 2010 Excellent Engineers Award, from Engineering Institute of Thailand, Computer section. 2011 Distinguished Senior Fellow Award, Thai Robotics Society.