🎓✨An exciting & dynamic Kick-Off to the 2026–2027 Academic Year with Faculty & Staff
AUPP officially welcomed the 2026–2027 academic year with the AUPP Academic Year Kickoff, bringing together our university community for a meaningful start to the new semester.
The program featured an opening address by H.E. Dr. Chea Vandeth, Founder of AUPP, and welcome remarks by Dr. Matthew Schenk, Interim President of AUPP, followed by interactive breakout sessions that encouraged collaboration, reflection, and shared ideas across the AUPP community.
The kickoff week also provided opportunities for faculty and staff to connect beyond the workplace, including a Riverside Evening & Private Riverboat Tour along the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers.
Read more here.
AUPP officially welcomed the 2026–2027 academic year with the AUPP Academic Year Kickoff, bringing together our university community for a meaningful start to the new semester.
The program featured an opening address by H.E. Dr. Chea Vandeth, Founder of AUPP, and welcome remarks by Dr. Matthew Schenk, Interim President of AUPP, followed by interactive breakout sessions that encouraged collaboration, reflection, and shared ideas across the AUPP community.
The kickoff week also provided opportunities for faculty and staff to connect beyond the workplace, including a Riverside Evening & Private Riverboat Tour along the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers.
Read more here.
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🌟 Achieve Excellence with AUPP Professors: Jesse Orndorff
Meet Prof. Jesse Orndorff, Instructor in the Faculty of Digital Technologies, whose work focuses on human-computer interaction, usability, accessibility, and inclusive technology in low-resource contexts.
🔹 Holds a Master’s in User Experience Design from Falmouth University, UK, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Design Studies.
🔹 Brings 20 years of experience in software and digital technology, with extensive work alongside governments and development organizations across Southeast Asia.
🔹 Founded Glean Asia, acquired by a Singaporean firm in 2025, and serves as an Open Source Advisor to UNICEF’s Venture Fund, mentoring early-stage technology founders.
At AUPP, Prof. Jesse brings real-world experience and research into the classroom, helping students explore how technology can be designed to be more accessible, inclusive, and impactful. 🌎💙
Study Locally. Live Globally. 🦅
Meet Prof. Jesse Orndorff, Instructor in the Faculty of Digital Technologies, whose work focuses on human-computer interaction, usability, accessibility, and inclusive technology in low-resource contexts.
🔹 Holds a Master’s in User Experience Design from Falmouth University, UK, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Design Studies.
🔹 Brings 20 years of experience in software and digital technology, with extensive work alongside governments and development organizations across Southeast Asia.
🔹 Founded Glean Asia, acquired by a Singaporean firm in 2025, and serves as an Open Source Advisor to UNICEF’s Venture Fund, mentoring early-stage technology founders.
At AUPP, Prof. Jesse brings real-world experience and research into the classroom, helping students explore how technology can be designed to be more accessible, inclusive, and impactful. 🌎💙
Study Locally. Live Globally. 🦅
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🤖✨ AI Agents: From LLMs to Production-Ready Agentic Systems
Go beyond chatbots and explore the complete lifecycle of Agentic AI, from LLM foundations and multi-agent architectures to tool integration, benchmarking, safety guardrails, and deployment.
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
💰Fee: USD 80 per participant (USD 50 for early birds)
🎓 Participants will receive a certificate of completion after the workshop.
Whether you're a developer, IT professional, student, or AI enthusiast, this workshop offers hands-on insights into building production-ready AI agents.
🚀 Register NOW: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/AP6fmGaJhA
Go beyond chatbots and explore the complete lifecycle of Agentic AI, from LLM foundations and multi-agent architectures to tool integration, benchmarking, safety guardrails, and deployment.
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
💰Fee: USD 80 per participant (USD 50 for early birds)
🎓 Participants will receive a certificate of completion after the workshop.
Whether you're a developer, IT professional, student, or AI enthusiast, this workshop offers hands-on insights into building production-ready AI agents.
🚀 Register NOW: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/AP6fmGaJhA
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🇰🇭🏆 AUPP-RehabAI Shines at ASEAN AI Hackathon 2026 & Wins Best Pitching Award Among 240+ Teams
The American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) proudly celebrates AUPP-RehabAI for being selected as one of the Top 16 teams at the ASEAN AI Hackathon Grand Finale 2026, held in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Organized by Passage to ASEAN (P2A) and co-organized by Duy Tan University, the competition brought together more than 240 teams from 110 institutions across 9 countries in the preliminary rounds, with only 16 teams advancing to the Grand Finale. AUPP-RehabAI was the only Cambodian team to reach the final round.
The team presented an innovative solution using artificial intelligence and computer vision to support stroke rehabilitation and was awarded the Best Pitching Award for their outstanding presentation. 🏆
The achievement was made possible through the dedication and collaboration of Hang Panha, Chan Panha, Eung Laimeng, Say Kimlong, and Morm Lyda.
Read more here.
The American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) proudly celebrates AUPP-RehabAI for being selected as one of the Top 16 teams at the ASEAN AI Hackathon Grand Finale 2026, held in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Organized by Passage to ASEAN (P2A) and co-organized by Duy Tan University, the competition brought together more than 240 teams from 110 institutions across 9 countries in the preliminary rounds, with only 16 teams advancing to the Grand Finale. AUPP-RehabAI was the only Cambodian team to reach the final round.
The team presented an innovative solution using artificial intelligence and computer vision to support stroke rehabilitation and was awarded the Best Pitching Award for their outstanding presentation. 🏆
The achievement was made possible through the dedication and collaboration of Hang Panha, Chan Panha, Eung Laimeng, Say Kimlong, and Morm Lyda.
Read more here.
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🌏🇰🇷 AUPP Students Represent Cambodia at the 5th ROK-Mekong Youth Group Workshop!
AUPP is proud to celebrate HUT Meilang, Senior Year, BSc in Business, and DY Piseth, AUPP Alumni, BSc in Software Development, for representing Cambodia at the 5th ROK-Mekong Youth Group Workshop in South Korea.
Held in Busan and Seoul, the annual youth diplomacy program brought together 36 young delegates from South Korea and the five Mekong countries under the theme “ROK-Mekong Youth United through Culture,” focusing on culture and tourism.
Throughout the program, Meilang and Piseth participated in expert lectures, cultural visits, networking activities, and cross-national team projects exploring opportunities for ROK-Mekong cooperation in culture and tourism.
Read more here.
AUPP is proud to celebrate HUT Meilang, Senior Year, BSc in Business, and DY Piseth, AUPP Alumni, BSc in Software Development, for representing Cambodia at the 5th ROK-Mekong Youth Group Workshop in South Korea.
Held in Busan and Seoul, the annual youth diplomacy program brought together 36 young delegates from South Korea and the five Mekong countries under the theme “ROK-Mekong Youth United through Culture,” focusing on culture and tourism.
Throughout the program, Meilang and Piseth participated in expert lectures, cultural visits, networking activities, and cross-national team projects exploring opportunities for ROK-Mekong cooperation in culture and tourism.
Read more here.
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