Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

Apr/2006

Site update

Contents

• Introduction (Partner Institutions)

• What’s new

• Operation update

• Problems & Wishes, Future plan

About organization - IOIT• Organization name: INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

HEAD OFFICE: Address: 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Rd, Cau Giay Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: 84-4-756 4405, 84-4-756 4697 Fax: 84-4-756 4217 Website: http://www.ioit.ac.vn/ E-mail: vanthu@ioit.ac.vn

BRANCH IN HO CHI MINH CITY: Address: 1, Mac Dinh Chi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tel: 84-8-822 2947; 84-8-822 2870 Fax: 84-8-822 2871 Website: http://www.ioit-hcm.ac.vn/ E-mail: pvcntt@netnam.hcmc.vn

About organization – IOIT (cont.)

• Brief history- Established in 1976 - Functions

• Carrying out the studies of the basic problems of informatics, mathematical and technical aspects of IT, application of IT in socio-economic systems and industrial manufacturing processes

• Designing, developing IT products, especially software • Developing IT applications in different sectors, technology

transferring, technical consulting for governmental IT projects, and for other economy sectors

• Training scientific researchers on IT

About organization – IOIT (cont.)

• Potentials– IOIT staff: 200 persons with 50+ Dr Sc and Ph.D. (among

them 11 Prof. and Assoc.Prof), organized in different research departments.

– IOIT LAN is served as Vietnam Academy Science & Technology’s Campus Network Center, based on switched 10/100/1000 Ethernet on Fiber Optics and UTP cable system and serving 400+ workstations.

– IOIT Platforms are heterogeneous, including Windows and UNIX, various databases and different tools for developing integrated database systems, information management systems and other software packages.

– IOIT is one of the first four Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Vietnam.

– IOIT has Ph.D. programs.

Institute of Information Technology (IOIT)

Hochiminh City Branch

Department of Administration

Key-lab for Networking Technology &

Multimedia

Departments of IOIT:

- Integrated Software Systems

- Data Management Systems

- Software Engineering in Management

- Databases and Programming

- Geographical Information Systems

- Pattern Recognition and Knowledge Engineering

- Management Information Systems

- Computer Networking and IT Infrastructure

- Telematics

- Mathematical Aspects of IT

- Computational Statistics

- Automation Technology

- Applications of IT to Control

- Expert Systems and Soft Computing

- Systems and Management Research

- Applications of IT to Socio-Economical Systems

Departments

NetNam ISP

About local partners

• Hanoi University of Technology (HUT)• College of Technology, Vietnam National

University (VNU)IOIT-VAST

HUT-MOET ColTech-VNU

Hanoi University of Technology

http://www.hut.edu.vn

At present, as a key university, HUT has 1,800 employees

including 1,500 Faculty members

25,000 undergraduate students

2,000 graduate students

Established in 1956, the leading higher education institution in the field of science and technology

HUT is situated in the southern section of Hanoi

HUT has carried out thousands of scientific research projects at all levels

HUT has trained80,000 engineers 1,500 masters 330 doctors

HUT ORGANIZATION

Rector

ConsultativeCommittees

Vice-Rectors

Faculties (14) Institutes (5)Research

Centers (17)AdministrativeServices (14)

Corporation (1)

FACULTIES1. Faculty of Applied Mathematics2. Faculty of Chemical Engineering3. Faculty of Economics and Management4. Faculty of Electronics and

Telecommunications5. Faculty of Electricity6. Faculty of Engineering Education7. Faculty of Information Technology8. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering9. Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials

Technology10. Faculty of Textile Engineering11. Faculty of In-service Training12. Faculty of Foreign Languages

13. Faculty of Social Sciences14. Dept. of Physical Education

10. Center of Development and Application of Software for Industry

11. Center for Research and Development of High Technology

12. Polymer Center13. Precise Machinery Research Center14. Renewable Energy Research Center15. Materials Science Center16. Multimedia Information, Communication and Applications Center17. Center for Research and Advisory

Management

Research Centers:1. Automation Center2. Biomedical Electronics Center 3. Library & Information Network Center4. Chromatography Center5. Corrosion and Protection Research

Center 6. Inorganic Materials Research center7. High Performance Parallel Computing

Center8. Kitech-HUT center 9. Center for Internetwork Security

Software and Solutions

HUT INSTITUTES AND

RESEARCH

CENTERS

Institutes:1. Institute of Biological and Food Technology2. Institute of Engineering Physics3. Institute of Environmental Science & Technology4. Institute of Heat Engineering and Refrigeration5. International Training Institute for Materials Science

LINC – Network Center at HUT• Established in 2003

– E-Library– Network Center

• ICT Infrastructure for Higher Education– As a Central Library of Universities– NOC-VN for TEIN2– Network & Equipment for Vietnam-Japan IT HRD Program (2006

– 2014)– Center for OSS Resources

• Directors:– Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Binh (Nov. 2003 – Mar. 2006)– Dr. Nguyen Kim Khanh (since Apr. 2006)

• Links at http://linc.hut.edu.vn– Email: linc-office@mail.hut.edu.vn; fax: +84-4-8681643

Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Vietnam National University (VNU)• VNU: 100 years (May 16, 1906: Indochina Univ.)

– Biggest University in Vietnam– Directly Belongs to the Vietnamese Government– Academic Issues: Consulted with the MOET – 18,000 + 26,000 Students for 60 Fields and Degree Educations;

2,500 Graduate Students of 103 Specializations; 400 PhD Students of 77 Specializations

– 4 Member Universities:• College of Natural Sciences (Hanoi Univ. of Science, HUS)• College of Social Sciences (Hanoi Univ. of Humanity, HUH) • College of Foreign Studies (Hanoi Univ. of FS, HUFS)• College of Technology (Hanoi Univ. of Engineering, HUE)

– Many Research Institutes, Centers, Faculties, including• IT Institute (ITI): for ICT Infrastructure of the whole VNU

College of Technology (ColTech-VNU)

ColTech-VNU

• A Member University in Vietnam National Univ. (ColTech-VNU). Formerly, Faculty of Technology, since 2004: ColTech-VNU

• One of Key Universities in Technology Education

• Good ICT Infrastructure• Joint Collaborations between Research

Institutes (VAST) and Faculties of ColTech-VNU• 1,600+2,500 Students, 550 Master Students, 50

PhD Students

ColTech-VNU (cont’d)• 4 Faculties:

– IT (Partner Institution: IOIT-VAST)– Electronics & Telecom (P.I.: Institute of Posts & Telecom)– Engineering Physics & Nano Technology (P.I.: IMS-VAST)– Engineering Mechanics & Automation (P.I.: Institute of

Mechanics, VAST)• 4 Research Centers:

– Center for Software Engineering– Center for Electronics & Telecom– Center for Molecular Biotechnology– Computer Center

• Websites & Contacts– VNU: www.vnu.edu.vn– ColTech: www.coltech.vnu.edu.vn– Contact: nnbinh@vnu.edu.vn; Fax: 84-4-7547460

SOI Asia/AI3 with TEIN2 in VN

SOI Asia/AI3Network

SOI/AI3 Classroom at IOIT

Picture of Antena

AI3VN SOI Activities (cont.)

Steering Committee

Dr. Le Hai Khoi, Director,IOIT

Dr. Luong Chi Mai, Deputy Director, IOIT

Mr. Tran Ba Thai, Deputy Head of Netrworking

Dept, IOIT

AI3VN SOI Activities (cont.)

Academic

Committee

Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Binh, Vice Rector

College of Technology

Vietnam National University, Hanoi

VNU

Operation Committee

Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Networking Dept, IOIT

AI3VN SOI Activities (cont.)

Operation Committee

Dr. Nguyen Kim Khanh, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Faculty of IT

Directorof Library & Information Network Center - LINC

HUT

Operation Committee

Dr. Nguyen Chan Hung, Faculty of Electronics & Telecommunications HUT

SOI ASIA - IOIT

What’s new since last meeting

• ODU of AI3-SOI VN went wrong, is repaired, will be up and functional at the end of Apr/2006

• New MOU between IOIT and Keio• New Collaboration: IOIT-HUT-VNU• VN is joining TEIN2 project

– HUT is VN Network Operating Center with 45/155Mbps link to TEIN2 Hongkong hub (May/2006)

– Optic fiber links are planned to connect HUT-IOIT-VNU (by May/2006)

– The link will enable SOI activities reach HUT and VNU (using multicast tunnel?!)

Related operations• Developed platforms for blended learning

– Open source based– For universities and colleges

• Getting ready TEIN2-VN with TEIN2– VN gov approved TEIN2-VN project– Players: major R&E institutions in all VN– Land optic fiber-based link to HK NOC– May/2006: Initial bandwidth: 45Mbps, upgrade

to 155Mbps by the end of 2006

Problems & Wishes

• Problems:– Push AI3-SOI VN online again with repaired

ODU (early May/2006?)– Set up optic fiber links between HUT - IOIT -

VNU (May/Jun/2006?)

• Wishes :– HUT, VNU, IOIT actively join AI3-SOI

activities

Thank you

SOI Asia Goal and Mission

• Goal– Establish the scheme for sustainable

educational collaboration programs utilizing the IT among Asian Universities

• Mission– Establish the quality and stable platforms for

the education– Deliver the quality courses for students in

Asia

Other Issues• Agreement between AI3 and SOI• MOUs (Online sinning in Oct. 2006)• Next meeting: 10years of AI3

– 5 years of SOI-Asia– Venue: ITB– Term: Oct. 10-12, 2006– President of Keio will join and sign MOUs

• Future Meetings– For Steering Committee, AI3 Directors, Research,

Operations, …– When and Where?