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VNTelecom Forum

http://vntelecom.org

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VNTelecom Forum creation

Some ideas at beginning of 2006 Create a mailing list vntelecom@yahoogroups.com

Started two years ago VNTelecom Forum site http://vntelecom.org

Goals of VNTelecom Forum First step towards a “Vietnam telecoms community” Create a forum to discuss, share and exchange ideas Create a social and professional network for Vietnamese

people working in Telecoms Organize the offline events, seminars, conferences,

meetings Bridge between Telecom in Vietnam and Vietnamese

aboard researchers/engineers

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Some statistics information

Member subscriptions: ~2500 membersMember subscriptions: ~2500 members

Member subscription statisticsMember subscription statistics

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Some statistics information Member subscriptions: ~6300 members Topic discussion:

Topics: 500 in May 08 & 1900 in May 09 Posts: 3500 in May 08 & 19000 in May 09

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Some statistics info Member subscriptions: ~2500 members Topic discussion:

Topics: 500 in May 08 & 850 in September 08 Posts: 3500 in May 08 & 8100 in September 08

Members occupations Researchers

Post-doctoral Lecturer Professor & Assistant professor PhD student, Master student

Consultants Engineers Undergraduate and graduate students

Countries Vietnam, France, Japan, Korea, USA, Canada, Australia,

Germany,… Ages: 18-54 years old

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What we discuss about? Technical issues

New trends in research and development (Telecoms & IT) Networking (GSM, UMTS, WiMAX, 3G LTE, IMS, sensor, ad hoc) Communication technologies (MIMO, OFDM, smart antenna…) Optic networks, Satellite networks IT (web 2.0, ontology, CCNA) Network security & cryptography Simulation & Modeling

Help/guide students during their graduate projects Business & news

Business opportunities/ Seek for partners Share opportunities

Aboard internships, PhD, Master, Post-doctoral, Jobs E-books, conferences

Community projects http://tudiencongnghe.com

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Activities and projects

First VNTelecom Seminar in Paris in May 3th, 2008 50 participants 11 presentations Proceeding, picture, reports…

on VNTelecom Forum

Small VNTelecom offline during the ATC’08 conference Great thanks to the ATC

organization board

Plan for future Seminars /offline

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Activities & projects

Open wiki terminology dictionary http://tudiencongnghe.com Scope

Telecommunications Electronics IT And other fields (not for now)

Communities VNTelecom.org Dientuvietnam.net DSPvietnam.com Robotics Vietnam

An example

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http://tudiencongnghe.com

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Activities & projects Open wiki terminology dictionary (in Vietnamese)

http://tudiencongnghe.com Set up a portal for VNTelecom (on-going) Translation project

Select the best papers/book chapters And translate them to Vietnamese On-going task: “A Mathematical Theory of

Communication” – C.E. Shannon, Bell System Journal, 1948

Organize the VNTelecom working groups (WG) Collect the useful posts on VNTelecom forum Make a newsletter Create products for community Etc…

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See you soon on VNTelecom

Toward a flat world of communication Toward a flat world of communication Toward a flat world of communication Toward a flat world of communication

Thank you very muchThank you very much

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