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R10 Industry Relation Coordinator

Just a couple weeks ago, I’ve got an invitation from IEEE Region 10 Director-Elect, Prof Kukjin Chun. He will be the Director of IEEE Region 10 in 2017–2018; and he invited me to be a member of the Executive Committee (Excom), as the Industry Relations Coordinator.

This morning I got an Excel file from the Region 10, containing the list of the Region 10 Excom next year (starting 01 January 2017).

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The IEEE Region 10 covers Asia–Pacific area. It covers a geographical area stretching from South Korea and Japan in the north-east to New Zealand in the south, and Pakistan in the west. It comprises of 57 Sections, 6 Councils, 17 Sub-sections, 515 Chapters, 60 Affinity Groups and 958 Student Branches. With a membership of 107,154 (about 25% of total IEEE membership), it is one of the largest regions in IEEE.

My predecessor on this position is Ms Pamela Kumar, the IEEE Region 10 Industry Relations Coordinator for 2015–2016.

Checking the IEEE Region 10 site, here’s the objective of Industry Relation activities:

Promoting IEEE activities within industries.
Engaging industries and practitioners in IEEE activities
Creating a platform for practitioners to network and benefit from being IEEE members
Creating benefits for academia-industry partnership to achieve innovations.
Recruiting more members from industry.

The responsibilities include:

Liaison with business and industry associations to facilitate collaborative applied
research and development.
Providing assistance to academic research communities in transferring technologies to
industry.
Providing services and holding activities for IEEE members and industrial employees to
share knowledge and establish mutually beneficial relationship.

The activities, among others:

Creating a platform for Industry–Academia engagement during flagship IEEE R10
events – TENCON, TENSYMP, SYW and HTC conferences
Promoting programs to have practitioner oriented hands-on workshops (like MGA
Metro Area Workshops)
Engaging and working together with local industrial bodies to promote
interests of IEEE
Organising webinars on latest topics of interest to IEEE Industry members
Earmark and celebrate “Industry Day” during the month of November every year to
have a platform to celebrate association with local industries.

Surely I will need supports from all of you: the academician & business people with concerns to technology development to enhance the quality of life. Please contact me for supports & feedbacks.

IEEE Day 2016

IEEE Day diperingati setiap Selasa pertama di bulan Oktober. Konon, pada awal Oktober 1884 itu, para pioneer dan engineer di dunia kelistrikan berjumpa (konon termasuk Edison dan Tesla sendiri), dan memutuskan perlunya membentuk kolaborasi profesional. Kolaborasi itu kemudian mengerucut menjadi organisasi insinyur listrik Amerika atau AIEE. Di tahun 1912, sekelompok hacker membentuk organisasi IRE yang lebih berfokus pada rekayasa listrik untuk keperluan persinyalan, termasuk komunikasi radio. AIEE berfokus ke Amerika, dan IRE meluas ke mancanegara. AIEE didominasi kaum tua, sementara IRE diasiki engineer muda. Jumlah anggota IRE melampaui AIEE. Demi kemaslahatan profesi, akhirnya disusunlah penggabungan organisasi menjadi IEEE pada 1963. Logo IEEE merupakan gabungan dari layang-layang Franklin dari AIEE dan tangan kanan Ampère dari IRE. IEEE meluas ke seluruh penjuru dunia, dan mendalami teknologi pelopor, termasuk biomedical engineering, information theory, nanotechnology, dan seterusnya. Walau didirikan pada tahun 1963, namun IEEE melacak jejak sejarahnya sejak Selasa pertama Oktober 1884 itu.

Awal Oktober ini, kebetulan ada beberapa event di IEEE Indonesia. Jadi kami tak merasa perlu membuat event khusus untuk memperingati IEEE Day. Ini beberapa event IEEE yang aku hadiri sambil merayakan IEEE Day:

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SERPONG: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL

Science & Technology Festival diselenggarakan oleh LIPI di ICE Serpong, 03-05 Oktober 2016. Di dalamnya, tercakup delapan konferensi, dari mekatronika, informatika, kimia, dll. Dua diantaranya disponsori juga oleh IEEE, yaitu IC3INA dan ICRAMET. Sebagai bagian dari kegiatan ini, pada Selasa 04 Oktober, diselenggarakan workshop / seminar tentang Kolaborasi Riset & Publikasi Karya Ilmiah, diselenggarakan oleh Kemkominfo, LIPI, dan IEEE Indonesia. Aku menyampaikan paparan 3 jam, menampilkan peluang kerjasama riset & publikasi melalui komunitas profesional, plus prosedur penyelenggaraan konferensi internasional dengan sponsor dari IEEE.

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Presentasi & tanya jawab diakhiri foto bersama dengan latar belakang banner IEEE Day 2016.

JAKARTA: IEEE LECTURE @ BINUS

Kamis malam, 06 Oktober, IEEE Indonesia Section menyelenggarakan IEEE Lecture di Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta. Aku memberikan paparan selama 2 jam, berjudul Collaborative Platform Architecture for Digital Experience. Peserta dari dosen, researcher, dan mahasiswa S2 / S3 di Binus University. Acara dibuka oleh IEEE Indonesia Section Vice Chair, Dr Ford Lumban Gaol – yang selalu gaol abezzzz.

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Berakhir pada pukul 21:00, kegiatan ditutup dengan foto bersama dengan latar belakang banner IEEE Day 2016.

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DENPASAR: ICSGTEIS & SMART CITY SEMINAR

International Conference on Smart-Green Technology in Electrical and Information Systems (ICSGTEIS) diselenggarakan Universitas Udayana dengan sponsor dari IEEE. Ide ICSGTEIS diprakarsai di FORTEI 2014, saat para dosen Teknik Elektro Universitas Udayana dan aku (mewakili IEEE Indonesia) memperbincangkan (secara informal) kesiapan Universitas Udayana menyelenggarakan konferensi internasional sendiri, plus dukungan ketat dari IEEE Indonesia.

ICSGTEIS 2016 adalah konferensi kedua dalam seri ini, diselenggarakan di Pantai Sanur, Bali, 06-08 Oktober 2016. Kebetulan aku hanya bisa hadir pada sesi workshop di hari ke-3, Sabtu 8 Oktober 2016. Workshop ini sepenuhnya dikelola oleh IEEE Udayana University Student Branch. Fokus workshop ini pada green technology, smart city, dan IoT. Aku menyampaikan keynote speech dengan judul Internet-of-Everything Architecture for Smart City.

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Tentu kegiatan ini ditutup dengan foto bersama dengan latar belakang banner IEEE Day 2016. Tapi logo IEEE Day ada di kiri & kanan panggung. Kebetulan foto yang lengkap dengan logo ini belum aku terima. Yang ada dulu deh ya :). Oh ya, aku pakai batik dengan motif yang dinamai Batik Kuncoro. Periksa di Google deh.

APWCS 2016

APWCS (Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium) adalah konferensi regional Asia Pasifik yang dikelola oleh IEEE VTS (Vehicular Technology Society) dari chapter-chapter Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, dan Singapore. Tak bisa disalahkan jika kita membandingkan dengan APCC yang dikelola IEEE bersama dengan IEICE, KICS, CICS. Tahun ini APWCS diselenggarakan di Tokyo City University, Tokyo; 25–26 Agustus 2016. Aku hadir ke simposium ini dalam misi untuk mengaktifkan VTS di Indonesia, termasuk mengajukan kesiapan Indonesia sebagai host APWCS berikutnya.

Kebetulan aku masih punya 76000 Garuda Miles, dan 70000-nya langsung dikonversikan jadi tiket Garuda Cengkareng–Haneda p.p. Berangkat tanggal 23 Agustus menjelang tengah malam, Garuda mendarat di Haneda tanggal 24 pagi. Mandi di airport, dan langsung menjelajah Tokyo. Kuliner pertama adalah sushi segar yang langsung dibuatkan di depan kita. Wow :). Tentu, didahului sop miso yang khas itu.

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Kamis pagi, 25 Agustus, barulah mengarah ke Tokyo City University, di kawasan Setagaya, Tokyo. Khawatir dengan gaya Jepang yang seringkali formil, aku pakai suite dengan gaya yang klasik tapi tetap santai. Di sana, Prof Mamoru Sawahashi, General Chair dari APWCS 2016 siap menyambut. Eh, baru sadar, suite kami matching sekali. Prof Sawahashi menceritakan scope simposium, sebaran pesertanya, dan nature dari penyelenggaraan simposium ini. Setiap konferensi memiliki sifat yang berbeda, dan kadang hanya dapat dipahami dengan langsung mengikuti seluruh kegiatan di dalamnya.

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Tak lama, Prof Sawahashi harus memutus percakapan, untuk secara resmi membuka APWCS 2016. Berderet keynote speakers dari kalangan akademisi dan industri bergantian memberikan paparan tentang filosofi dan rencana implementasi Jaringan 5G dengan berbagai aspeknya. Ini selalu jadi saat yang mendebarkan, saat kita memiliki kesempatan mendengarkan update terbaru dari researcher senior yang merupakan para inventor & innovator kelas dunia. VTS memiliki sifat yang lebih spesifik dan fokus daripada society yang besar, semisal Comsoc (IEEE Communications Society) atau IEEE Computer Society. Jadi paparan para researcher ini betul-betul fokus di cutting-edge teknologi 5G.

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Tengah hari, Prof Sawahashi mengajak makan siang ke ruang VIP. Di sini, sekaligus dilakukan General Meeting dari APWCS Board of Governor. Anggotanya bukan hanya dari Jepang, tapi dari berbagai negara stakeholder, dengan gaya masing-masing.

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Di BoG meeting inilah, aku memaparkan situasi riset & industri mobile di Indonesia, kapabilitas dan peluangnya, serta kemudian mengajukan Indonesia sebagai host dari APWCS berikutnya. Berikutnya itu bukan 2017, karena simposium semacam ini memerlukan persiapan sangat panjang, dan unik. Jadi mereka membuka kesempatan Indonesia menjadi host pada 2019, jika Indonesia memang dapat meyakinkan komitmen & kapabilitasnya.

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Cukup banyak masukan yang diberikan bagi Indonesia dalam meeting ini; terutama bahwa Indonesia belum memiliki VTS Chapter. Selain periset dan akademisi serius, mereka sebenarnya sekumpulan macan. Tapi aku semacam macan lokal juga sih. Dan aku bisa menunjukkan bahwa IEEE Indonesia Section memiliki leadership kuat untuk memastikan keberhasilan program ini. Jadi akhirnya mereka secara prinsip menyetujui Indonesia menjadi host. Namun dalam jangka waktu itu, kita harus menunjukkan langkah-langkah kesiapan.

Lepas presentasi, beberapa anggota BoG mengajak berbincang. Sebagian untuk lebih kenal, sebagian lagi untuk meneruskan assessment :). Experience dari Section dan representative-nya pun (yours truly) dieksplorasi. Beberapa nama penting disebut. Entah kebetulan atau keberuntungan, nama-nama yang disebut itu punya hubungan baik dalam perjalanan networking di IEEE, termasuk incoming Director of IEEE Region 10, Prof Kukjin Chun, dan former Director of IEEE Comsoc Prof Byeong Gi Lee. So far so good.

Usai BoG meeting, aku masuk ke sesi-sesi paralel di simposium ini; menyimak beberapa hasil riset para researcher dan mahasiswa. Namun saat break, aku jumpa lagi dengan Chairman of APWCS BoG, Prof Li-Chun Wang. Kami berbincang cukup panjang di meja kecil. Di sini Prof Wang menyampaikan concern sesungguhnya dari banyak anggota BoG. Fokus BoG sebenarnya bukan simposium atau conference; melainkan memastikan VTS tumbuh di region ini, dengan kegiatan yang terus bertumbuh. Simposium hanyalah sebuah cara untuk memastikan pertumbuhan kegiatan ini. Prof Wang juga menceritakan bagaimana akhirnya BoG bisa yakin untuk tetap mendukung Indonesia di 2019. OK, deal.

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Selesai tugas, masih ada waktu untuk meneruskan belajar berbagai aspek dari vehicular technology, khususnya perkembangan 5G network yang menjadi fokus utama tahun ini. Menarik bahwa IoT masuk ke frame ini bukan sebagai requirement yang harus didukung dengan 5G, melainkan benar-benar merupakan bagian terpadu dari 5G itu sendiri.

Dan masih ada waktu juga untuk beristirahat dan berlibur beberapa hari. OK, yang ini kita sambung di blog lain. Aku masih punya travelling blog loh :).

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IEEE Tensymp 2016

TENSYMP 2016 (atau lengkapnya: The 2016 IEEE Region 10 Annual Symposium) telah dilaksanakan di Sanur Paradise Plaza, Bali, tanggal 9–11 Mei 2016 lalu. Sebanyak 213 paper didaftarkan dalam simposium ini, namun hanya 96 yang lolos seleksi komite, yang artinya acceptance rate hanya 45%. Dari jumlah itu, 72 paper dipresentasikan dalam simposium ini.

Walaupun dinamai sebagai simposium, TENSYMP sebenarnya memiliki tingkatan sebagai sebuah konferensi; dan merupakan konferensi terbesar kedua yang dimiliki oleh IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pasifik). Namun TENSYMP masih berusia muda. Konferensi di Bali ini hanyalah TENSYMP keempat. Tujuannya adalah meningkatkan peran IEEE dalam pengembangan dan peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat Asia-Pasifik melalui penyebaran pengetahuan dan pengalaman teknologi. Konferensi ini dibuka oleh Direktur IEEE Region 10, Ramakrishna Kappagantu, disertai oleh:

Satriyo Dharmanto, IEEE Indonesia Section Chair
Dr. Ford Lumban Gaol, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 General Co-Chair
Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 General Co-Chair
Prof. Gamantyo Hendrantoro, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 TPC Chair
Dr. Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, Kepala Riset dan Pengembangan SDM Kemkominfo

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Topik TENSYMP tahun ini kami pilih dengan mempertimbangkan posisi Asia-Pasifik sebagai pusat riset, pengembangan, dan bisnis TIK. Kita berada di tengah pengembangan perangkat, layanan, dan aplikasi digital yang berproliferasi dalam tingkat yang belum terbayangkan; namun dengan nisbah keberhasilan yang belum memuaskan. Kegagalan di bidang TIK umumnya disebabkan oleh akses yang kurang memadai terhadap teknologi, pasar, komunitas, atau investasi. IEEE sebagai komunitas merasa tertantang untuk mengatasi masalah-masalah ini dengan menyusun koherensi pada tingkatan teknologi, infrastruktur, dan peluang bisnis. Tantangan lain adalah perlunya mengarahkan pengembangan teknologi untuk secara konsisten menumbuhkan harkat hidup manusia. Arahan inilah yang menjadi dasar untuk menyusun tema TENSYMP 2016: Smart Computing, Communications, and Informatics of the Future. Riset yang mengarah ke pengembangan platform dan aplikasi tetap ditujukan untuk mencerdaskan kehidupan manusia.

Direktur IEEE Region 10 Ramakrishna Kappagantu menyebutkan bahwa melalui TENSYMP 2016, IEEE Region 10 bermaksud untuk:

Mempersembahkan forum internasional yang prestisius untuk berinteraksi dalam bidang-bidang elektri, komputer, dan teknologi informasi, dalam bentu paper, pameran, paparan ilmiah, tutorial, dan aktivitas lainnya.
Menyebarkan pengetahuan dan pengalaman teknis kepada masyarakat di kawasan Asia-Pasifik.
Mendorong pengkajian dan interaksi teknologi dan aplikasinya dalam konteks sosial, politik, dan kemanusiaan secara lebih luas.
Memperkuat kemampuan interpersonal dan profesional serta semangat kepemimpinan dari volunteer di bidang-bidang teknologi dan rekayasa.

Konferensi ini menampilkan lima pembicara kunci:

Prof. Kukjin Chun: Microelectromechanical Systems Technology Development.
Prof. Benjamin Wah: Consistent Synchronization Of Action Order with Least Noticeable Delays Ini MultiPlayer Online Games
Prof. Rod van Meter: Analyzing Applications for Quantum Repeater Network
Prof. Soegijarjo Soegidjoko, Biomedical Engineering Advances for a Better Life in Developed & Developing Countries
Dr. Basuki Yusuf Iskandar

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Konferensi juga menampilkan tujuh sesi tutorial, dengan para tutor yang berasal dari berbagai negeri di Asia-Pasifik. Kami juga menyelenggarakan Gala Dinner yang dihadiri seluruh peserta konferensi, dan juga dihadiri Prof Kukjin Chun sebagai Direktur Terpilih dari IEEE Region 10 (yang akan menjabat sebagai Direktur di tahun 2017).

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Kegiatan lain dalam konferensi ini:

IEEE Region 10 Young Professional Gathering
IEEE Region 10 Women in Engineering Sharing Session
IEEE Region 10 Education Activities Sharing Session
IEEE TENSYMP 2016 Industry Forum

IEEE Tensymp 2016

The 2016 IEEE Region 10 Annual Symposium (TENSYMP 2016) has been carried out in Sanur Paradise Plaza, Bali Island, Indonesia, in 9–11 May 2016. TENSYMP is the second flagship conference belongs to the IEEE Region 10. But TENSYMP is relatively new: this event was only the fourth TENSYMP. The aim is to serve IEEE contribution to the development, progress and welfare of countries in the Asia-Pacific region by disseminating technological knowledge and experience.

There were almost 213 papers submitted to the conference this year, of which only 96 papers were accepted, and 72 were presented in this conference. So, acceptance rate was 45%, and attendance rate was 75%. The conference was opened by IEEE Region 10 Director, Ramakrishna Kappagantu, accompanied among others by:

Satriyo Dharmanto, IEEE Indonesia Section Chair
Dr. Ford Lumban Gaol, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 General Co-Chair
Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 General Co-Chair
Prof. Gamantyo Hendrantoro, IEEE TENSYMP 2016 TPC Chair
Dr. Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, Head of Research & HR Development of the Indonesian Ministry of ICT

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The topics for TENSYMP 2016 were selected by considering the position of Asia Pacific area as de facto centre for the ICT research, development, and industry. Digital devices, services and applications proliferate in unprecedented growth; but only a small number will become success stories. The others, despite their idealistic technical plan, will succumb the poor access to technology, market, community, or investment. It is the duty of the IEEE Region 10 as a community to arrange a coherence among those technologies, infrastructures, and business opportunities, to accelerate our common growth toward a digital society. Other big challenges are to develop and deploy our technology in meaningful ways – in real applications to enhance the value of human life. This is the expectation to choose the topic of TENSYMP 2016: Smart Computing, Communications, and Informatics of the Future. While we carry out deeper researches on those smart services and platforms; we keep in mind that our works are to enhance the quality of life.

On the Opening Speech, IEEE Region 10 Director Ramakrishna Kappagantu mentioned that with TENSYMP, IEEE Region 10 aims:

To provide a prestigious international forum for specialist presentations and interactions in one or more areas of Electrical, Electronics, Computer and Information technology through papers, exhibitions, plenary talk, tutorials, and other activities;
To contribute to the development, progress and welfare of countries in the Asia-Pacific region by disseminating technological knowledge and experience.
To encourage the study and discussion of technology and technological applications in a broad social, political and human context;
To polish and boost the interpersonal and professional skills of volunteers with the guidance of leaders and the renowned personalities in the respective field of Engineering & Technology.

The conference presented five prominent keynote speakers:

Prof. Kukjin Chun: Microelectromechanical Systems Technology Development.
Prof. Benjamin Wah: Consistent Synchronization Of Action Order with Least Noticeable Delays Ini MultiPlayer Online Games
Prof. Rod van Meter: Analyzing Applications for Quantum Repeater Network
Prof. Soegijarjo Soegidjoko, Biomedical Engineering Advances for a Better Life in Developed & Developing Countries
Dr. Basuki Yusuf Iskandar

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The conference also presented 7 tutorial sessions, presenting tutorial speakers from spreading countries in Asia Pacific Region.

There was a Gala Dinner session on the first night of the conference, attended by all participants of the conference, and also by Prof Kukjin Chun as the Director-Elect of IEEE Region 10.

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Other programs related to IEEE TENSYMP 2016 were, among others:

IEEE Region 10 Young Professional Gathering
IEEE Region 10 Women in Engineering Sharing Session
IEEE Region 10 Education Activities Sharing Session
IEEE TENSYMP 2016 Industry Forum

CFP: Tensymp 2016

Aku mengakhiri masa jabatan sebagai Chairman di IEEE Indonesia Section di awal 2015. Pemilu elektronis nan demokratis telah memilih New Chairman, Satrio Dharmanto, buat tahun 2015, yang bisa diperpanjang di 2016. Tapi aku ternyata aku gak boleh meninggalkan aktivitas di IEEE. Dr Ford Lumban Gaol segera berkontak, menyampaikan bahwa tahun Indonesia akan jadi tuan rumah IEEE TENSYMP 2016, dan kami berdua harus jadi ketua bersama (General Co-Chair) buat konferensi regional ini.

Waktu aku masih jadi Chairman di IEEE Indonesia Communications Society Chapter; IEEE Indonesia Section pernah jadi tuan rumah untuk IEEE TENCON 2011. TENCON adalah konferensi resmi dari IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific), yang umumnya diselenggarakan di akhir tahun. Sukses dengan TENCON, IEEE Region 10 mendirikan konferensi regional seri kedua sejak 2013. Mula-mula seri kedua ini disebut dengan TENCON Summer, karena diselenggarakan di pertengahan tahun. Namun, karena seri kedua ini masih lebih kecil daripada TENCON, maka akhirnya konferensi ini dinamai TENSYMP, atau IEEE Regional 10 Symposium. TENSYMP diselenggarakan berturut-turut di Australia, Malaysia, India, dan tahun 2016 ini diselenggarakan di Indonesia.

Tugas kami, tentu, adalah memastikan keberhasilan TENSYMP sebagai flagship conference dari Region 10. Paper harus diperoleh dari riset terbaru dan terbaik dari seluruh Asia Pasifik, pada tema yang sedang menjadi hal terpenting di Asia Pasifik. Asia Pasifik masih jadi salah satu pusat pertumbuhan bisnis dan ekonomi berbasis teknologi terbesar di dunia. Masalah energi, informasi, hingga teknologi untuk kemanusiaan jadi soal yang sama pentingnya. Namun akhirnya kami memilih fokus tematis pada prakarsa-prakarsa baru di bidang TIK.

Topik dibagi atas 4 track, yaitu Building Blocks yang mengkaji fundamental perbaikan infrastruktur informasi masa depan, termasuk jaringan 5G, IoT, hingga quantum networks; Architecture yang mendalami kerangka masa depan jaringan informasi, termasuk cognitive radio, cybernetics, dan big data; Critical Aspects yang mencoba menemu kenali titik-titik terpenting dalam pengembangan platform digital, termasuk pengoptimalan informasi konteks, ekonomika internet, dan green technology; serta Smart Applications yang mengeksplorasi berbagai peluang aplikasi dan produk yang memanfaatkan kecerdasan Internet masa depan.

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TENSYMP akan diselenggarakan 9-11 Mei 2016 di Denpasar, Bali. Paper akan kami terima hingga 31 Januari 2016. Sebagai TPC Chair, kami memilih Prof Gamantyo Hendrantoro dari ITS, yang telah memiliki reputasi global, baik di sisi expertise maupun komitmen terhadap profesi. TPC (Technical Program Committee) diisi para expert dari kalangan akademisi dan profesional di berbagai negara, termasuk beberapa dari Indonesia.

Keynote Speaker untuk TENSYMP juga memiliki kelas berat. Prof Kukjin Chun adalah Direktur IEEE Region 10 di tahun 2016, sekaligus expert di bidang micromechanics dan microengineering. Prof Benjamin Wah adalah mantan Presiden IEEE Computer Society, juga expert di bidang artificial intelligence dan multimedia. Dr Rod van Meter, adalah bintang yang sedang bersinar dalam riset dan rekayasa quantum computing & quantum networks. Semua akan mewarnai TENSYMP dengan inpirasi terkini yang akan membekali para akademisi dan insinyur Indonesia dan dunia.

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Kami mengundang para akademisi dan profesional bidang TIK Indonesia untuk hadir dan berperan aktif dalam konferensi ini. Sungguh kesempatan menarik dan luar biasa buat kita semua. Sayang kalau yang hadir justru hanya para profesional dari luar negeri, terutama para kompetitor di MEA.

Informasi tentang TENSYMP 2016 dapat disimak di TENSYMP2016.ORG. Paper dapat dikirim melalui layanan EDAS, dengan alamat tertera di web TENSYMP. Seperti konferensi IEEE lainnya, paper akan diproses lebih lanjut di IEEE Xplore serta diajukan ke indeks SCOPUS.

Sampai jumpa di Bali, Mei 2016!

Section Chairmanship Handover

It has been 2 years that I had handled the chairmanship of IEEE Indonesia Section, i.e. 2013-2014. At the end of the year 2014, I seek the support of the Advisory Board to prepare the Election to choose the new chairman. The Advisory Board formed an ad hoc Election Committee, led by Mr Arnold Djiwatampu. They also nominated Mr Satriyo Dharmanto as the candidate of the new chair. Satriyo was the chair of IEEE Indonesia Communications Society Chapter (2012-2014). The committee also invited other candidates through petitions. One candidate was nominated this way, i.e. Prof Pekik Argo Dahono, the chair of the Join Chapter of Education Society / Electron Devices Society / Power Electronics Society / Signal Processing Society. The election was conducted online on January 2015 with a web tool provided by the IEEE. The result was announced by the committee, one day after the election due. Satriyo won.

Then it was my turn to prepare the chairmanship handover process. I chose Jakarta Digital Valley (the HQ of Indigo Accelerator) as the venue for this handover. It was a symbol that this engineering professional organisation should put more attention to entrepreneurship based on technology innovation; without losing focus on academic research and industrial development. The handover ceremony was carried out as an IEEE Indonesia Section Member Gathering, conducted on 15 February, just a day before the Section’s anniversary. The IEEE Indonesia Section was established on 16 February 1988, through an approval letter published by the IEEE MGA.

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To symbolise the handover process, Dr Wahidin Wahab (member of the Election Committee) put the Section Chair pin on Satrio’s jacket, and put the Section Past Chair pin on mine. So we have a new chairman! Then I handed over the Section banner (symbolising the life of the Section) to the new chairman.

Meanwhile, Dr Ford Lumban Gaol will retain his position as the Section Vice Chair. Dr I Wayan Mustika will be the new Secretary, and Ms Agnes Irwanti be the Treasurer.

What’s the duty of a Section Past Chair? We have never defined it. Obviously, the previous chair will support the new one with advices, guidance, and networking with the Region, neighbouring Sections, and the HQ. Some years ago, the Section established an Advisory Boards, populated by some former Section Chairs. I haven’t known yet whether I will be appointed as a member of this board. You know: as a chairman, I was not too warm hearted.

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However, I will still work for the organisation (and, obviously, for the profession). Even after understanding that I would no more be a Section chair, some conference organisers have appointed be as a member of their TPC (technical program committee), scientific committee, or even steering committee. Here are some of such conferences:

Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2015). IEICE Comsoc, KICS, CIC. Kyoto 2015. Technical Program Committee, Member.
International Conference on Computer, Control, Informatics and Applications 2015 (IC3INA 2015). LIPI. Bandung 2015. Scientific Committee, Member.
International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems (ICTS 2015). ITS. Surabaya 2015. Scientific Committee, Member.
Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Aided System Engineering (APCASE 2015). Quito, Ecuador 2015. Steering Committee.

Bandung: IC3INA 2014

IC3INA (International Conference on Computer, Control, Informatics and its Applications) is an annual conference, organised byResearch Center for Informatics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Since 2013, the IEEE Indonesia Section co-organised this conference as technical sponsor. This year, IC3INA was conducted in Bandung, October 21st-23rd.

I attended this conference as one of Scientific Committee member, and as the chair of the IEEE Indonesia Section. Last year (2013), they made me the moderator of all keynote speech session on opening day. But this year (2014), they only wanted me to present a 5 minutes speech as an IEEE representative.

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Here’s what I read:

Assalaamu’alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh.

Distinguished Ladies & Gentlemen,

It’s always enchanting to be around the community of scientist, researchers, academicians, and technology professionals. Representing the IEEE, and especially the IEEE Indonesia Section, I would like to express our gratitude to be involved for this distinguished event, the IC3INA 2014 in Bandung, Indonesia, organised by LIPI.

We have known that the IEEE was established more than 125 years ago. This organisation is a home for scientists and engineers from the industrial world and academic domain to synergise their idea, and to collaborate their efforts to understand more about the nature and to engineer it toward a better life. In Indonesia, the Section was established only 26 years ago, and is now actively fostering the academic and professional engineering activities in Indonesia with its 10 chapters representing 15 different fields, and 7 student branches. It is a place for the engineering ecosystem to work in partnership and collaboration to enhance the dynamics and quality of our researches, our academic and professional works, for our mission to advance the technology for humanity.

The second decade of the 21st century has been witnessing new paradigms for the Information Technology. The Internet, which has previously revolutionized the communication and interaction among people, has started its next evolution to be the Internet-of-Things (IOT), with the ability to connect any digital entity or virtually anything to the network of information and knowledge. Information processing does not stop with just doing computation over data input, but would also enrich the information with aggregation of various supporting knowledge, with context-awareness. Big data technology allows the aggregation of large amounts of information from various sources intelligently to obtain results that are sometimes unpredictable.

But the challenge is to develop and to implement those new computing paradigms in real applications to enhance the value of human life. While we carry out researches on Big Data, we keep in mind that this is one of the key technologies to improve the quality of life. We expect better understanding to the universe and human, better education approach, personalised health care, smart city integrated with ubiquitous sensing networks, smart businesses that understand their customers in person, better approach for environment conservation, and others. The interesting thing about Big Data is the necessity on its implementation to maximize the role of the ecosystem, to involve all stakeholders in designing a disruptive lifestyle with this technology.

So let’s have some discussions, and warm networkings. All the best for you; all the best for the profession. Thank you.

Bandung, 21 October 2014

Kuncoro Wastuwibowo
Chair, IEEE Indonesia Section
IC3INA 2014 v02

Bali: APCC 2013

Alhamdulillah, we have finished APCC 2013. Just like TALE 2013 was somehow related to CYBERNETICSCOM 2012; then APCC 2013 was like a continuation of COMNETSAT 2012, when Prof. Byeong Gi Lee suggested the IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter to host the APCC. This suggestion brought us to attend APCC 2012 in Jeju Island, where we won the bid to host the 2013 APCC. It was followed by a series of activities, including event organising and paper management. The IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter appointed Dr. Wiseto Agung, an avid scientist an researcher from Telkom Indonesia, as the General Chair of the conference. Another strategic step taken is to arrange a partnership with ITTelkom (now the University of Telkom) as a co-organiser on both the technical issue and event organising. Originally, the number of submitted papers raised very-very slowly. A bit stressed, indeed. But a few days before the deadline, hundreds of paper came through the EDAS. From all over the world, those most educated human beings still chose to wait until the final second before submitting their papers. We collected a total of 309 papers. The Technical Program Committee was chaired by Dr Arifin Nugroho, with some vice chairs. The most active TPC vice chair was Dr. Rina Puji Astuti. Meanwhile I held the position of Chair at IEEE Indonesia Section, so I must share my resources (time etc) with many other IEEE activities. The Comsoc Chapter Chair (Satriyo Dharmanto) and the Past Chairs (Muhammad Ary Murti, Arief Hamdani) continued the struggle to succeed APCC 2013. With strict selection process, APCC 2013 passed only 163 papers (53 % of total incoming paper).

APCC, Asia – Pacific Conference on Communications, is a very prestigious regional conference in Asia Pacific, which is the region with the highest growth in the world of ICT technology. APCC is supported by the IEEE Communications Society, the KICS in Korea, the IEICE Communications Society in Japan, and the CIC in China. The names of the APCC Steering Committee members are also thrilling: the great figures who pioneered the world of ICT. APCC was first held in 1993 in Taejon, Korea. This year, the 19th APCC was held at the Bali Dynasty Resort in Kuta Beach, 29 to 31 August 2013. I had been in Bali since August 26 to attend TALE 2013. The other APCC organisers, from the IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter, University of Telkom, and University of Udayana, has started preparing the event on 28 August.

Thursday, 29 August, the APCC 2013 was opened. With a lot of technical sponsors, some representatives had to deliver short speeches at that opening ceremony. But each one took only about 5 minutes. Opening speeches were delivered by Dr. Wiseto Agung (GC APCC 2013), Satriyo Dharmanto (Chair , IEEE Indonesia Comsoc Chapter), Dr. Ali Muayyadi (Telkom University representative), Prof. Zhen Yang (Chair of APCC Steering Committee; Chair of the CIC), Dr. Yoshihiro Ishikawa (Chair, IEICE Communications Society), Prof. You- Ze Cho (Vice Chair , KICS), and yours truly (Chair, IEEE Indonesia Section). IEEE Indonesia Section itself represented the IEEE as the technical activity endorser.

My speech just simply mentioned that Asia Pacific has great significance in the development of ICT. Besides the fact that this area is the center of the most competitive ICT industry, the residents are also among the most adaptive in embracing digital lifestyle in the new culture. Our cultural richness has supported the development of communication technologies, with the ability to understand and support the highly contextual interaction and communications. But the social problems in the region is also alarming. We open access to information technology, but we encourage consumerism. We facilitate the preservation of nature, but we also increase pollution. We help creating new jobs, but we also accelerate urbanisation. The engineers need to design and develop technologies that will address the various issues of humanity and the life of human being. And it was in this social context, that we chose this theme for APCC 2013: Smart Communications to Enhance the Quality of Life .

Keynote speeches were delivered successively by Prof. Byeong Gi Lee (Past President, IEEE Communications Society; Past President, KICS), Prof. Adnan Al-Anbuky (Director of Sensor Network and Smart Environment (SENSE) Research Lab, School of Engineering Auckland University of Technology, Auckland New Zealand), Mr. Indra Utoyo (CISP, Telkom Indonesia; Chairman, MIKTI), and Mr. Ichiro Inoue (Network Systems Planning & Innovation Project, NTT).

The next activities were typical for any international technical conference. Special speech sessions, tutorial sessions, parallel presentation sessions, poster sessions, etc. In the tutorial session, I chose to avoid mainstream discussions of mobile network etc, and chose instead the sensor network as one of the elements for the Internet of Things (IoT). The tutors happened to be a pair of professors from Coventry University. This is a modern university (compared to classical universities) that gained a lot of appreciation and awards everywhere this year. Another regular event was the Gala Dinner, with its semi-formal atmosphere, but also with its permission for a laugh-out-loud sessions. Here the Paper Awards were also presented by the APCC Steering Committee .

The last day, I spent my time to visit the poster sessions. Out of curiosity, I seriously talked to all presenters about the posters presented. It was a way to learn new things while expanding networks. Conversations in the poster session could be deeper and more interesting than the presentation session where time is very limited.

I recognised that it was a hard work for the organisers. In the review session on Saturday afternoon, I said that even though the organisers in any events always feel that there are a lot of unforgivable shortcomings, but the APCC Steering Committee and the participants, had personally conveyed their appreciations and positive feedbacks. Good job! The IEEE, Unitel, Udayana University, and all. Great job! This year there will be many other events of the IEEE Indonesia Section. Hopefully all will provide supports as it was for the APCC . Thanks, all.

Bali: TALE 2013

TALE, the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, is one of three key conferences of the IEEE Education Society. This year, TALE was held at the Bali Dynasty Resort, a resort on the shores of Kuta Beach, Bali , 26-29 August 2013. Indonesia was recommended to host the TALE Conference by Prof. Michael Lightner (ex IEEE Education Society President), who had observed the way the IEEE Indonesia Section organised IEEE CYBERNETICSCOM 2012, where he was present as a keynote speaker. Despite the obtained recommendations, the Indonesian team should still needed to bid on TALE 2012 at Hong Kong.

The technical aspects of the conference were organised by the IEEE Education Society. The IEEE Indonesia Section needed only to organise the event. The operation was led by Dr. Ford Lumban Gaol as the General Chair. He is also the vice chair of the IEEE Indonesia Section. Some universities provided some supports, especially Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta. TALE was carried out in serial with the APCC.

I arrived in Bali on Monday afternoon, August 26. Ngurah Rai Airport was still in the process of intensive renovation. From the airport, we needed only 10 minuted to reach the Dynasty Resort. The first day of TALE was occupied by tutorials and workshop activities. I attended some workshop sessions, then I spent the afternoon biking along Kuta Beach, until the sunset. At night , there was a Welcome Party, with some introductions to the VIP and committees. Presented at the event were Prof. Manuel Castro (IEEE Education Society, President), Dr Alain Chesnais (ACM, Past President), Prof. Sorel Reisman (ex IEEE Computer Society President), etc. I spent a lot of time discussing with colleagues from Bangalore .

(TALE photo session after the Opening Ceremony 2013 : All in Batik)

The opening ceremony was held on August 27 morning. Opening speeches are presented by Dr. Ford Lumban Gaol as General Chair; Prof. Gerardus Polla (ex Rector of Binus University) who represented Binus as co-organiser; then IEEE Indonesia Section representation — yours truly. I started with the paradox that although almost all technological advances has been initiated or supported by the education, but the ICT has not been widely revolutionised the education field (compared to — for example — the field of communications , transportation, industry , etc.). ICT infrastructure for this purpose could be considered quite ready. But just to convert the education content and interaction into digital forms would be far from sufficient to achieve the expectations of creating a new way to educate more people, anyone, of any age, anywhere, in ways that remain humane and not by separating people with their natural environment. A new paradigm is required for a lifetime process of human education, with the support of pervasive ICT infrastructure. It was actually just the opening for the discussion :). Then the conference was opened by Prof. Gerard Polla with Balinese gong. Booom – booom – booom .

The keynote speeches were delivered by Prof. Manuel Castro of the IEEE Education Society, Prof. Ken Kawan Soetanto, and Prof. Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro from Binus Advisory Board. The education field is indeed interesting, encouraging, with a broad impact. Discussions on the keynote sessions were pretty hot, resembling various visions. We easily observed many pros and cons on every aspect of e-learning digital education, and others. But those battles of the titans had made this kind of a conference so much more interesting than just reading the paper stacks .

(Prof. Reisman discussed with Prof. Castro and M Chesnais)

The conference continued with parallel presentation sessions. The discussions about education were still as hot as the discussion at the keynote sessions. At night, we had a Gala Dinner session to display the culture of the region: from Balinese Dance to Asia Pacific songs and music.

(Koen with Prof. Castro and Prof. Ken Soetanto)

The last day, August 29th (the same day as the opening of the APCC), Bali was still consistent with its fresh but hot weather. We closed the conference with the awarding session by Alain Chesnais. I presented the closing remarks, and then closed the conference. This time there was no gong. So I closed this extremely important international conference with a bread knife tapped on a white cup . Tinq – tinq – tinq, and TALE 2013 was closed .

(Special photo with Alain Chesnais and Alain Chesnais)