Friends
of ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (AIT)
in
the U.S.A
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Friends of Athens
Information Technology (AIT) (a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization) and headquartered in New York,
N.Y., for the purpose of promoting awareness of Athens Information Technology
(AIT), a center of excellence for research and
graduate education headquartered in Athens, Greece; and, to provide a vehicle
for our international friends and supporters to offer scholarships to
talented young people who otherwise would not have the opportunity to receive
an internationally competitive education.
The mission of Friends of AIT is to
impact the areas of information systems and technology, telecommunications
and technology management in collaboration with other research centers in Greece and abroad; and, to foster the
development of the highest caliber information and
communication technology professionals capable of creating technological
breakthroughs. Students who receive support from Friends of AIT will be able to pursue masters’ degrees and conduct
research in cutting-edge technology in the fields of Information Networking
(MSIN), Information and Telecommunications Technologies (MSITT) and
Management of Business, Innovation and Technology (MBIT).
Our goals are to:
Aid in the funding, maintenance and future of the high level of education and
research offered by AIT; the creation of collaborations with US universities,
such as the existing ones with Carnegie Mellon and Harvard University; the
fostering of a brotherhood of universities and student associations between
AIT and the USA; establishing links with digital libraries throughout the
USA; supporting AIT students to continue their academic careers in the USA; and
attracting top US-Greek scientists with the purpose of forming an advisory
committee through which they offer their experience, expertise and teaching
skills to AIT.
Provide opportunities for high-level internationally competitive Information
Communications Technology (ICT) education to youth of Greek descent currently
residing in the USA, in the country of their ancestors and enabling them to
reconnect with their family roots; and to gifted youth from deprived
countries in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia,
enabling those countries to enrich their human resource pool.
Continue to provide, and offer additional, scholarships or financial aid to
all accepted students; and to meet the increasing need of gifted students for
an internationally competitive Information Communications Technology (ICT)
education, who would otherwise not have such an opportunity.
Bring people from all over the world together – through AIT’s degree programs, summer schools, executive training
programs - with the goal of bridging education and cultures.
Implementation of Friends of AIT’s full
range of programs is entirely dependent on grants, donations and
scholarships, from private individuals and companies.
Qualified and valuable human resources available throughout the world benefit
the future global business network.