Hội thảo: The 2nd International Joint Conference on Convergence

Ngày 18-22/01/2016

FIMO tham gia hội thảo Quốc tế do Trường Đại học Công nghệ chủ trì thực hiện với chủ đề: The 2nd International Joint Conference on Convergence. Nội dung của hội thảo liên quan đến các vấn đề về Viễn thông và Công nghệ thông tin; Tương tác người máy; Công nghệ nano; Công nghệ thông tin văn hóa; Tin sinh học; Công nghệ thông tin trong môi trường; Hội tụ văn hóa (CC); Hội tụ công nghệ (TC)

The 2nd International Joint Conference on Convergence

The 2nd International Joint Conference on Convergence

 

Tác giả: Quách Mạnh Đạt

Open training: Cloud computing training course inside the framework of Torus Project

Together with the organization of a Torus Workshop on “THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE CLOUD COMPUTING AND GEOSCIENCES” FIMO also organizes a short course of cloud computing to help people get an overview of cloud computing as well as the orientation can be applied to their working. The course is held immediately after the workshop and took place in two days from January 18 to January 20.

Picture from the course

Picture from the course

In the course, experts on cloud computing first presented some problems with big data while working on cloud and then have some practice project on big data, web service an try to design an server system with
Scala language.

Some picture from the course:

Picture from the course

Picture from the course

Picture from the course

Picture from the course

FIMO held Torus Workshop on THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE CLOUD COMPUTING AND GEOSCIENCES

In the framework of the project TORUS (Toward an Open Resources using Service), FIMO has collaborated with University of Engineering and Technology to organize a workshop: “THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE CLOUD COMPUTING AND Geosciences” from January 18th to January 20th, 2016 at the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

The workshop is organizing as a major international conference with the participation of scientists from universities, European institutions and scientists from Thailand and Vietnam in the field of cloud computing and the science of Geography, geology and the environment  to present an overview of the project Torus, scientific exchange on applying cloud computing in science Geospatial.

Initiated and driven by Dominique Laffly, geographer, university professor and member of GEODE laboratory, TORUS is one of eight French projects selected among the 120 selected for more than 575 candidatures. The project is financed by the European Union in the framework of Erasmus + Capacity Building. This program funds “transnational partnerships between educational institutions and organizations, training and youth programs in order, promoting cooperation and development”. TORUS funded for 3 years, gathered around the University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaures, the international school of information processing sciences (EISTI, Pau campus), University of Ferrara in Italy, university Brussels Vrije in Belgium, Vietnam national University in Hanoi, the Nong Lam university of Ho Chi Minh and two Thai institutions: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Pathumthani and Walailak university in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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Le Xuan Thanh, Do Van Tu

Hội thảo Chương trình Công nghệ Vũ trụ

Ngày 15/01/2016.
Diễn ra hội thảo báo cáo kết quả Chương trình Khoa học và Công nghệ Vũ trụ giai đoạn 2012 – 2015 tại Hạ Long do Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam chủ trì tổ chức. FIMO là thành viên thực hiện một trong số các đề tài nghiên cứu khoa học trong Chương trình trong giai đoạn này.

Vệ tinh viễn thám quang học đầu tien của Việt Nam, VNREDSat-1, được phóng vào quỹ đạo ngày 8/3/2013

Vệ tinh viễn thám quang học đầu tien của Việt Nam, VNREDSat-1, được phóng vào quỹ đạo ngày 8/3/2013

 

 

Tác giả: Quách Mạnh Đạt

Hội thảo quốc tế về Land Cover/Land Use Changes

Ngày 11/01/2016, tại Myamar, FIMO tham gia hội thảo quốc tế về Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LC/LUC)

Land Cover/Land Use Changes

Land Cover/Land Use Changes

Tác giả: Quách Mạnh Đạt

Internal training: Trainning ArcGis for new FIMO’s Member

In the series of basic courses to help students, who have just participated in the research work with FIMO. An ArcGis basic course has been organized on January  09th by MSc Nguyen Quoc Huy.

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Courses will be held in four sessions
lasted in 1 month to helps students get the first glance, the most basic knowledge preparation for the in-depth study later. This is also an opportunity for them to more easily falling into line with research environment of FIMO.

Some picture from this course:

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FIMO News

Professor Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba University, Japan had a working visit at FIMO

On 7th January 2016, Professor Ryutaro Tateishi, Director of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Japan had a visit to FIMO. Dr. Bui Quang Hung, Director of FIMO center and FIMO’s staffs attended the meeting.

Professor Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba Univ

Professor Ryutaro Tateishi, Chiba Univ

Professor Tateishi is famous for land remote sensing, land cover monitoring and global environmental database. One of his famous products is the CEReS Gaia system which is a Geospatial Data Sharing/Overlay System. The CEReS Gaia system has also successfully installed at FIMO Center as the first collaboration between FIMO and CEReS Center.

CEReS Gaia system installed at FIMO Center

CEReS Gaia system installed at FIMO Center

During the meeting, FIMO’s staff introduced some FIMO’s researches and products to Professor Tateishi including APOM, FORES Fire, Ship Monitoring Systems. Professor Tateishi appreciated FIMO’ effort to research and develop these systems.

FIMO’s staff presented APOM system to Prof. Tateishi

FIMO’s staff presented APOM system to Prof. Tateishi

Prof. Tateishi working with FIMO

Prof. Tateishi working with FIMO

At the end of the meeting, the two sides were unanimous in potential for continuing collaboration in future.

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FIMO Year-End Party 2015

As scheduled, the year-end party 2015 hosted by FIMO took place on 25th December 2015 at 19:00 p.m to summarize a success year and welcome New Year 2016. 2015 was a successful year of FIMO both of training and researching missions, creating valuable products for needs of the society.

The year-end party is an opportunity for us to sitting together, talking together, sharing the joy. It really is a funny party

Every one at the party

Pham Van Ha

TORUS WORKSHOP ON THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE CLOUD COMPUTING AND GEOSCIENCES

Local Host:

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Objectives:  TORUS is one of eight French projects selected among the 120 selected for more than 575 candidatures. Almost one million euros will be financed by the European Union in the framework of Erasmus + Capacity Building. This program funds “transnational partnerships between educational institutions and organizations, training and youth programs in order, promoting cooperation and development”. TORUS funded for 3 years, gathered around the University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaures, the international school of information processing sciences (EISTI, Pau campus), University of Ferrara in Italy, University Brussels Vrije in Belgium, Vietnam National University in Hanoi, the Nong Lam University of Ho Chi Minh and two Thailand institutions: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Pathumthani and Walailak University in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The ambition of TORUS is to develop research on cloud computing in the environmental sciences and promote its education in the countries of South East Asian partners.

Schematically, cloud computing consists of pooling hardware and software resources via the Internet. It reduces the costs of processing and storage of information in a simplified environment accessible to all. It is also an operational response to the generalized problems of Big Data – also today major issue of Computer Science. This simplification and cost reduction offer methodological possibilities not previously explored (e.g. test many models, including in the area of Big Data for data reduction to compare their relevance). The strategy of the project that aims at organizing thematic workshops and practical workshops applied to the environment is a real innovation responding to demands now clearly identified with our partners. Still little teaching of cloud computing, recent paradigm of computer science, requires a major theoretical investment before being mobilized by the practice on concrete projects. Projects that will have at heart to strengthen the links between education, research and environmental engineering. TORUS is responding to regional priorities set in the framework of ERASMUS + projects. Besides the theoretical and requested practical skills TORUS develop the specifications for future Masters level training with our partners and publish two reference books (education, scientific), and also deliver practical solutions deployed at three basic levels of cloud computing (infrastructure, platform and software) in the partner countries with computer hardware funded by the project.

The first workshop of TORUS in Hanoi, Vietnam will include the below scientific sessions:

  • The TORUS Project
  • Introduction of Cloud Computing
  • Interdisciplinary research topics of Geosciences
  • Training on Cloud Computing

Project information: http://cloud-torus.com/

Workshop dates  January 18th – 20th, 2016

Venue University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-UET).  144 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Workshop Convener: 

Dr. Dominique Laffly, Professor

Université de Toulouse, UFR Sciences Espaces Sociétés, Département de Géographie
GEODE UMR 5 602 CNRS, Maison de la recherche
5 allées Antonio Machado, 31 058 Toulouse cedex
Tel. 05 61 50 36 99, Fax. 05 61 50 42 75, Email. [email protected]
http://www.univ-tlse2.fr/geode/

Local Convener

Dr. Bui Quang Hung, Director
Center of Multidisciplinary Integrated Technologies for Field Monitoring (FIMO);
VNU University of Engineering and Technology;
Tel: +84 4 3754 9727. Fax: +84 4 3754 9727
Mobile: +84 904 371 339. Email: [email protected]

Local Contact

Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhat Thanh ([email protected]), Mr: Pham Ngoc Hai ([email protected]), Ms. Le Thu Thuy ([email protected]), FIMO TORUS ([email protected])

Agenda

Monday (January 18th, 2016). Conference Room, ULIS-SUNWAH Building, VNU.
8:00. Reception

8:30. VNU UET – Welcome Speech

8:40. UT2J – A brief history of TORUS – D. Laffly
9:10. MOST – Introduction of Vietnam Climate Innovation Center – Duc Nghiem PHAM, Vice Director of NATEC (National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development)
9:40. MONRE – IT Application for Environment – Ngoc Vu NGUYEN, DINTE (Department of Information Technology, MONRE)
10:10. VNU – Field Infomatics: Application of ICT to Environment Management and Monitoring – Quang Hung BUI
10:40. Group photo + Coffee break
11:00. UNIFE – Principle of Distributed Computing – E. LUPPI
11:30. AIT – Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing – Nguyen Thi KIM-OANH
12:00. UNIFE – The global warming in monsoon region – M. Fazzini
12:30 – 14:00. LUNCH
14:00. VNU – Air pollution mapping from space – Thi Nhat Thanh NGUYEN
14:30. IAE – Vietnam environmental priority – Van Trinh MAI
15:00. WU – Emission inventory, greenhouse gases, and air pollution  – Thongchai Kanabkaew
15:30. Coffee break
16:00. NLU – SWAT hydrodynamic modelization – Kim Loi NGUYEN
16:30. AIT – Air pollution modeling – Didin A. Permadi
17:00. NLU – Assessing the water quality in Dong Nai river by MIKE 11 model – Quoc Tuan LE
17:30. VNU – Developing DSS and PIS in Vietnam – Quang Huy MAN
18:00. Closing
19:30. Welcome Dinner

Tuesday (January 19th, 2016). Lab Room, 201 G2, VNU UET.
8:30. Reception
9:00. EISTI – A brief history of cloud computing – P. Loubière
9:30. EISTI – Web Oriented Architecture – F. Devin
10:00. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
10:30. Coffee break
11:00. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
11:30. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
12:00. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
12:30 – 14:00. LUNCH
14:00. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
14:30. EISTI – Learning Scala (the basics) – F. Devin
15:00. EISTI – Machine learning with Spark and Hadoop – Y. Le Nir
15:30. Coffee Break
16:00. EISTI – Machine learning with Spark and Hadoop – Y. Le Nir
16:30. EISTI – Machine learning with Spark and Hadoop – Y. Le Nir
17:00. EISTI – Machine learning with Spark and Hadoop – Y. Le Nir
17:30. Closing

Wednesday ( January 20th, 2016). Lab Room, 201 G2, VNU UET.
8:00. Reception
9:00. EISTI – HTML/javascript – P. Loubière
9:30. EISTI – HTML/javascript – P. Loubière
10:00. EISTI – HTML/javascript – P. Loubière
10:30. Coffee break
11:00. EISTI – Not Only SQL database – P. Loubière
11:30. EISTI – Not Only SQL database – P. Loubière
12:00. EISTI – Not Only SQL database – P. Loubière
12:30 – 14:00. LUNCH
14:00. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
14:30. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
15:00. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
15:30. Coffee Break
16:00. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
16:30. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
17:00. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
17:30. EISTI – Case studies – Y. Le Nir & D. Laffly
18:00. Closing

Thursday and Friday (January 21th – 22th, 2016)
Excursion (SAPA field trip)

Workshop registration

Please make your registration to attend the workshop and get invitation letter for your VISA application.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s_iS4-HJLCoqQDZVECA013KIDjzh0yxgOgm68Tbp920/viewform?c=0&w=1

Computer skill survey

If you are going to attend the training days of cloud computing, please take 5 minutes to do survey of your computer skill via the following link. We will be able to support you at best.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GdKMqLD-bFSlWa_TedsKlu-69x7kcC1WZaY9Dl7_kxM/viewform?entry.324787483&entry.88671835&entry.1507212047&entry.1632130102

Visa to Vietnam

Please check if you need VISA to enter Vietnam by the link

http://www.myvietnamvisa.com/vietnam-visa-exemption.html

In the case of VISA requirements, please make your workshop registration as soon as possible to receive invitation letter for VISA. For detaile VISA application procedure, please check the website http://visa.mofa.gov.vn/Homepage.aspx

Accommodation

Western Hanoi hotel

Address: B2D6 Road No.2. Tran Thai Tong Str., Cau Giay Dist, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Tel: (84-4) 43 236 3838 – Mobile: (84) 912590920. Email: info@westernhanoihotel.com. Website: http://www.westernhanoihotel.com

The Western Hanoi hotel is located in the administrative and business district (Cau Giay Dist) in Hanoi. Western Hanoi Hotel is only 20 km away from Noi Bai  Hanoi International Airport, which 25 minutes travelling time by car, 3 km from National Stadium Centre, 5 km to the Ho Chi Minh – Mausoleum and Temple of Literature, 6 km to Old Quarter area, and 2 km (9 minutes by taxi) from the hotel to VNU-UET venue workshop. Western Hanoi Hotel Hanoi open in December, 2014 and has a contemporary design that is complemented with fashionable, carefully chosen decorations. In addition, friendly and professional staffs help to make every stay most enjoyable.

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About Hanoi

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country’s second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts and 7 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. The city lies on the right bank of the Red River. Hanoi is 1,760 km (1,090 mi) north of Ho Chi Minh City and 120 km (75 mi) west of Hai Phong city.

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Hanoi features a warm humid subtropical climate  with plentiful precipitation. The city experiences the typical climate of northern Vietnam, with 4 distinct seasons. Winter, from November to January, is dry and cool by national standards. The city is usually cloudy and foggy in winter, averaging only 1.5 hours of sunshine per day in February.

As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centres of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint. You can visit many landmarks such as Old Quater, Lakes, Museums and enjoy shopping and cuisine tradtion in Hanoi.

About Excursion (SAPA Field Trip)

Sa Pa District is located in Lào Cai Province, north-west Vietnam, and 380 km north-west of Hanoi, close to the border with China. The Hoàng Liên Son range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. This range includes Vietnam’s highest mountain, Fan Si Pan, at a height of 3143 m above sea level. The town of Sa Pa lies at an altitude of about 1500 meters (4921 feet) above sea level.

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The climate is moderate and rainy in summer (May—August), and foggy and cold with occasional snowfalls in winter. Sa Pa is a quiet mountain town and home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. The total population of 36,000 consists mostly of minority groups. Besides the Kinh (Viet) people (15%) there are mainly 5 ethnic groups in Sapa: Hmong 52%, Dao 25%, Tay 5%, Giay 2% and a small number of Xa Pho. Approximately 7,000 live in Sapa, the other 36,000 being scattered in small communes throughout the district.

FIMO English Club: Motivational skills

In the business world, people who are able to motivate themselves as well as people around them have a better chance of advancing in their career. Motivation may seem like a simple thing to achieve, but sometimes it is difficult to keep going and be productive.

Motivational skills in the workplace can be defined as actions or strategies that will elicit a desired behavior or response by a stakeholder. Motivational tactics will vary given the style of the motivator, their relationship with the target of the motivation and the personality of the individual to be motivated.

Motivating others  is an important skill for managers is to be able to motivate other workers. There are many different methods that can be used to increase motivation. Giving out rewards for good work can be a great way to motivate employees to work harder. While money and other financial rewards are nice, some people are motivated by the chance of being recognized for their skills. In addition to motivating others, managers and other employees can benefit from being able to motivate themselves. Having goals that are being worked toward can be a great way for a person to motivate themselves to work harder. When a person is able to identify things that make them stronger, it can really help with motivation.

Benefit of motivating:

  • Reduces boredom.
  • Brings new prospects and revenues.
  • Leads to job satisfaction and mental peace.
  • Avoids jealousy and prejudice amongst team.
  • Helps to achieve deadlines faster.

Ways of motivating:

  • Offering perks and incentives regularly
  • Inceptives may not always be monetary
  • For old employees, a friendly and supportive atmosphere matters
  • To retain old employees, appraisals works the best
  • Organizing events and programs to reduce monotony
  • Sending employees on site.
  • Giving them new challenges apart from their daily tasks
  • Appreciating their hard work.

Steps in the Motivational Process:

  1. Assessing the preferences and personality characteristics of the individual or group to be motivated.
  2. Defining motivational strategies appropriate for that target.
  3. Conveying expectations for performance to or achieving desired outcomes from the object of the motivation.
  4. Communicating benefits, rewards or sanctions if expectations are (or are not) met.
  5. Providing feedback regarding progress or lack of progress towards desired outcomes.
  6. Addressing problems or obstacles that are limiting success.
  7. Providing rewards for desired outcomes.
  8. Issuing warnings prior to enacting sanctions.
  9. Publicly recognizing others who have responded in the desired manner.

Reference list:

Motivational skills. <http://www.careerride.com/Soft-Skills-Motivational-Skills.aspx>

Motivational skills. <http://www.gomentor.com/articles/motivational-skills.aspx?pw=gillianormston>

The below are some pictures from the meeting.

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Le Thu Thuy