Strengthening ICT R&D in Indonesian Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities By: Zainal A. Hasibuan Sekjen Aptikom

Strengthening ICT R&D in Indonesian Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities

By: Zainal A. HasibuanSekjen Aptikom

Sarasehan APTIKOM14 April, 2011

Agenda

I. BackgroundII. Driving Forces: Strategic TechnologyIII. Interesting Facts for ICT R&D in IndonesiaIV. Indonesian Strategies to Develop ICT

R&DV. Challenges to ICT R&D CooperationVI. Recommendation

I. Background• ICT develop very fast

– Emerging new technology: Grid, Cloud Computing, RFID, Smartphone, 4G Wireless, etc.

• ICT do things differently– Emerging new capabilities: Unified

communication, Semantic connectivity, Collective intelligence, etc.

• ICT change the way people do business– Emerging new busines model: Global-micro-

business, Personalized pricing, Real-time enterprise, etc.

(Source: Gartner, 2006)

II. Driving forces: Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008

• Green IT• Universal communications• Business process modeling• Metadata management• Virtualization “2.0”• Mashup and composite

web applications• Web platforms and “WOA”• Computing fabric• “Real World” web• Social software

• Need focus on ICT R&D

• Need workable strategies to R&D on ICT

III. Interesting Facts for ICT R&D in Indonesia

• Knowledge divide due to geographically vast creates regional disparities and inequities of resources allocation (a lot of ICT problems domain).

• There are around 950 out of 3150 Higher Education Institutions have study programs related to ICT with around 550,000 students (ore than enough human resources).

• ICT investments is growing: ICT-infrastructure procurement such as hardware, system software, and networking, especially for government usage (Continuous ICT spending).

• ICT Policy and Regulation are developed and in place– National ICT Council: Coordinating ICT flagships– Ministry of Communication and Information: the use of ICT

for community access point– Ministry of Education: Endorse the use of ICT for teaching

and learning

Indonesian Higher Education Networks (INHERENT)

Around 360 Higher EducationInstitutions connected with Broadband

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IV. Indonesian Strategies to Develop ICT R&D

• Empower 650 Higher Education Institutions (HEI) that has ICT related study programs (resource sharing & relevance).

• Use government ICT spending to stimulate ICT industry and ICT R&D (setting priorities).

• Establish ICT R&D focal points, according to their specificity (business incubator).

• Establish regional and international ICT R&D collaboration.

Strengthening HEI for ICT R&D Through Resource Sharing

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Model of Focal Point and Business Incubator Establishment

Center for ICT Business Incubator FUNDING AGENCY

start-up capital (competitive)

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V. Challenges to ICT R&D Cooperation • Consolidating strengths and weaknesses

among HEIs– Technology, human resources, domain

problems, budget, etc.• Capacity building

– Knowledge rich versus knowledge poor• Institutional building to ensure

sustainability– Strong commitment, strong support from

government• Intellectual Property and ownership

Recommendation-Action Plan

• Identify areas of interest in ICT R&D.• Identify ICT needs for local and national.• Use ABG (academician, business, and

government) approach to establish ICT project as a jumpstart.

• Establish ICT R&D focal points• Establish multiyears commitment in order

to reach critical mass point in ICT R&D.