BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kuching END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c802084f63e76dc9bdba846a9792cdca CATEGORIES:Stories CREATED:20221003T164046 SUMMARY:SARAWAK STATE OFFICIALS CLOSING THE DIGITAL GAP THROUGH BORNEO ICT4D IN THE FIELD DESCRIPTION:
Kota Samarahan, 30 September – Fifteen Sara wak state government officials who are currently enrolled in Master in Info rmation Technology Management (MITM) in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS ) presented their community-based research projects at the Borneo ICT4D in the Field Symposium. The symposium was held at the Faculty of Computer Scie nce and Information Technology (FCSIT) on Friday 30 September 2022.
Borneo ICT4D in the Field is a community-
centred program organised from 12 to 30 September 2022 and it is one of the
enrichment programs specially designed for the first batch of state offici
als taking MITM. ICT4D stands for Information, Communication & Technolo
gy for Development. UNIMAS proposed four research themes that involved Sara
wak Digital Economy and its initiatives for the officers to investigate at
the community level within the given period. The themes were agriculture, d
igital services, digital government and ICT.
In the first week of the program, the officers engaged with comm
unities from Kampung Terbat, Kampung Temong Mawang, Kampung Danu & Kuch
ing residents from Taman Lebunda, Taman Demak Indah and Sourabaya Height to
find research problems. Focus group discussions between the community repr
esentatives and the officers were also conducted to propose ICT-based solut
ions or methods. After the site visits, the officers then continued to stud
y the findings with supervisors from FCSIT and refine problem statements or
reviewing related literature.
The
last day of the program is the symposium for the officers to present analy
ses and to show their proposed solutions in front of panel members who gave
feedback on their solutions and supply ideas for way forward.
The symposium was attended by Abang Muhammad S
yafiq Abang Mohtar and Dayang Patinas Awang Jos from the Human Resource Dev
elopment and Management Unit, Sarawak Premier’s Department. Dr Dayang Hanan
i Abang Ibrahim, Deputy Director of Centre for Technical Excellence (CENTEX
S) Digital Academy also attended the symposium as one of the panel members.
Research theme: Agriculture; Office rs: Stonton Morse, Kenneth Topit, Mohd Amirul & Rezuan Abdul Rashid; Ar ea: Kampung Terbat
Rezuan explaini ng the computer vision methods for counting fish based on current literatur e
Community briefing led by Maria ti Samat to obtain responses from the community about Sarawak’s initiatives on digital government for the people
Activi ties conducted by another group of officers to conduct investigation at Kam pung Danu on Bengoh Dam
Bengoh Dam, water catchment area capable of storing 114 million cubic metres of water
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Sarawak state officials with UNIMAS FCSIT lectures at the sy mposium
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