Interoperability of Positioning Determination Technology

Well, it's not well written yet....

but this is my latest paper about:

Abstract

Currently there is no single position determination technology that able to provide ubiquitous location based service due to the limitations of each system. Hence, interoperability of more than one platform of technologies is needed to support the service. Interoperability can be achieved by creating layers that provide a common abstraction for the application and the systems. The study case is computer network architecture, which already implements the layering method to get interoperability of all different network devices. This common abstraction is important, especially for LBS software developer to create an application that works on all position determination platforms and to get higher quality of information. By having the common abstraction, hybrid location technology is happened. 

I decided to start my final project as early as possible.... and lucky me.... I have gotten the supervisor... and she said that instead of doing project... I'll be a research assistant for her research (my project will be a part of her research) as well.... 

And lucky me again.... the research will be related on what really I like about.... and actually, it is what I haven't understand about..... and it's related to the position determination technology (which I learn this semester)

Thanks God..... (especially for "hidden treasure" (as what Ling said) for me)....

cheers

IPDN visited Seminari Mertoyudan

I'm proud to be an alumni of Seminari Mertoyudan....

Hopefully IPDN becomes more humanist :)

Cited from http://mertoyudan.org

Posted by Martinus Hadisiswoyo SJ

Hari Jumat, 15 Agustus 2008, Seminari Mertoyudan dikunjungi oleh Tim yang berjumlah 6 orang dari IPDN (Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri), Jatinangor Sumedang. Drs. Srimoyo Tamtomo, SH,MM, Kepala Biro Umum dan Keuangan yang menjadi ketua Tim, menjelaskan alasan mereka berkunjung ke Seminari Mertoyudan. 
Suatu ketika, mereka menyampaikan gagasan kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri (Mardiyanto) yang juga mantan Gubernur Jateng untuk mengadakan studi banding ke Akademi Militer Magelang dan Akademi Kepolisian Semarang.Tanggapan Bpk. Mardiyanto : "Berkunjung saja ke instansi sipil.Datang ke Seminari Mertoyudan, belajarlah dari sana". Jadilah mereka mengadakan kunjungan pendidikan ke Seminari. Kecuali berkunjung ke Seminari Mertoyudan, mereka juga mengunjungi Pondok Pesantren Al Zaitun Indramayu dan Ponpes Gontor Jatim.
Kunjungan ini dilaksanakan terkait dengan rencana mereka untuk menyusun berbagai pedoman, baik akademik maupun non-akademik dalam rangka pembenahan pelaksanakan pendidikan bagi para Praja IPDN.
Mereka datang pada pukul 09.15, diterima oleh Rm. Rektor, Direktur, Minister, Pamong Umum, didampingi 2 guru. Setelah perkenalan singkat di kamar tamu DP, mereka keliling kampus. Dimulai dari kamar tamu DP, mereka melihat dapur, refter, valet, kamar tidur MP, kelas-kelas, Gedung Musik, menuju Lab. Komputer, lalu menuju ruang rapat di Medan Utama. Kepada mereka, Rm. Direktur memberi penjelasan singkat tentang SMA Seminari, lalu disambung dengan penjelasan dari Pamong Umum tentang pembinaan siswa di Asrama. 
Baik waktu keliling kampus maupun selama pertemuan, mereka nampak antusias menanyakan macam-macam hal tentang Seminari dan pembinaan yang diberikan kepada para siswa.Kepada mereka kami bekalkan buku pedoman pembinaan dan beberapa panduan untuk pembinaan siswa di Seminari. Mereka berada di Seminari hingga pupul 10.30, 15 menit melebihi rencana. Lewat kunjungan studi banding ini kiranya mereka mendapat banyak inspirasi untuk mengadakan pembenahan bagi Praja IPDN. Kepada mereka kami jelaskan, di Seminari kakak kelas/senior tidak diberi kewenangan memberi sanksi atau hukuman pada adik kelas (yunior). Mereka tentu berharap, ke depan di IPDN tidak lagi terjadi tindak kekerasan dari senior pada yunior, yang sampai membawa korban seperti masa yang lalu.

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I'm extremely worry

She's the super woman... a mother, lecturer, 

supervising house builder, and a great wife for her husband

Andra is in hospital now... he got fever.. but still giving his smile to his mother... what a wonderful boy.

I'm here, 8 hours away from them... it's just painful, do you know how I fell? Yes, I'm extremely worry.

I've got ticket to go back to Indonesia in a few days... but I still need to sit for several exams. My wife is the person who always give me spirit... yeah.. I'll do my best for you guys...

get well soon babe...

Satellite, what is it

Most of us, at least heard it... ever used google maps to find a location, a weather forecast from yahoo.. (or in your dashboard if you use mac).... Those are examples of satellites services. In simple, satellites is something that orbiting the world. It can be used for many purposes such as telecommunication, networking, photogrammetry, radar, forecast, etc.....

This morning I just read an article, well, it's from other blog, that discussed about ten most important satellites orbiting earth now.

Where is Palapa?

Image taken from : http://io9.com/391538/the-ten-most-important-satellites-orbiting-earth-now

More discussion : http://io9.com/391538/the-ten-most-important-satellites-orbiting-earth-now

Reading Howto

I've been in OZ for almost one year. I found that my English is far better than what I had before (except for speaking, my Javanese accent can't be eliminated when I speak in English :)... that's good). 

Now, reading is a pleasure for me... That's a positive thing that I got since I were here. It was so surprised for me when I came here and saw people read a book in the bus, in the park, everywhere, while I loved to play my latest nokia phone. 

Yeah... before, I loved to upgrade my phone to the latest one, and I saw that Indonesians tend to do the same. Not in here, only few of them have an expensive mobile phone so that they can play in a bus or campus or other places... They love to read rather than having a good and expensive mobile phone. Hmm... it's just my view... I don't know the reality, but it's good that we don't need to gain all the technology and happy with that. Sometime an expensive mobile phone is just a status that we can buy. But in here, who cares...

If you have salary, says 2million rupiahs.. and you buy 3million rupiahs mobile phone... hmm, it's just crazy.... (but that's what I did... I realize and regret now)

Back to reading....

Here, bookshop just like a heaven.. specially "basement bookshop". I pass it every time back from work. You can find the cheapest books in Sydney there... Usually, I just grab the one that below 5$ :)

You don't need to be an expert to read, just open your eyes, mind and imagination. Everything is worth to read. But sometimes, we easily get bored... 

Steve Kaufmann has some great tips and how to read and how to choose on what should you read....

1. Read about things that interest you.

2. Read material that is at your level, or just a little difficult for you.

3. Learn to read in depth, stay on the same subject for a while.

4. If you have trouble reading, listen first.

5. Let your imagination get involved.

6. Don’t worry about what you don’t understand

7. Recognize that the key is to read a lot.

Well, for me, the greatest tip is number 6, Don't worry about what you don't understand :)

Happy reading.....

 

If you find that those tips are interesting for you, check out the full article here http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/7-pleasurable-ways-to-improve-your-reading-ability/

Open Source Investment

Technology grows very fast. Living in that situation will lead your company to bankrupt since you need to invest more money buying latest software, anti virus, security software, expensive hosting, etc. So how can we face it?

Use open source!

Open Source also grows very fast recent days. You can get 3D desktop easily using latest Linux OS and run it faster that Vista on your old machine. You can have more secure website, Application, virus-free, etc using this kind of technology. As the result, you can multifold your revenue as not investing much money on software, etc.....

Who's able to do that? Is it easy to learn?

The reason it's difficult to learn is because you haven't tried it. Or, you've tried it but few years ago. Nowadays, open source is far better and more reliable solutions not only for budget-limited companies, but also others that wants better service and reliability.

IT fresh graduates sometimes do not ready for this kind of technology since they more learn proprietary technology in their study rather than open source. Universities are getting good facilities from proprietary company so their students would be "proprietary minded". This situation is slightly different compared to what I feel in here. Some of Australian universities (particularly UNSW) are using open source platform in almost of academic aspects but still provides proprietary technology as comparison or a learning-media for other kind of technology.

What about Indonesia? Where can I get fresh graduate that well equipped  with open source knowledge?

Computer Science of Soegijapranata Catholic University (IKOM UNIKA) is one of faculty that using open source technology in all aspect of learning process. (I think this is the only one computer science faculty that using "fully open source technology" in Indonesia. Well, at least till last year :) ). As they learn computer science based on open source technology, they'll be easily adapt any other technology since they can have the benefit of open source which is deeper understanding of what happens in that technology.

More discussion about open source technology http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7404387.stm