NCHC Internship Report Week 2: September 27th – October 1st 2010

INTERNSHIP WEEKLY TIME AND ACTIVITY REPORT

National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) 
Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Basic Information:

• Name: Mulyadi Pasaribu
• Intern Organization: National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC)
• Advisors: Wei-Ping Jia: CEO of BCUA, Chia-Chen Kuo: Associate Research Scientist of NCHC, Steven Shiau: Associate Research Scientist of NCHC, Panut Hadisiswoyo: Founding Director of OIC
• Supervisors: Ceasar Sun, Jazz Wang and Thomas Tsai from the Free Software Lab, NCHC
• Service Period: September 27th – October 1st 2010

Weekly Report:

Time/Date	Daily Log
	09/27/10	09/28/10	09/29/10	09/30/10	10/01/10
Time In	08.50 AM	09.05 AM	09.00 AM	09.00 AM	08.55 AM
Time Out	05.30 PM	05.30 PM	05.30 PM	05.20 PM	05.10 PM

Scheduled Activities:

1. 09/27: Shell, Cron, OSI, TCP/IP, Interfaces, DNS, Route, Gateway, Network Problem 1
2. 09/28: Shell, Cron, OSI, TCP/IP, Interfaces, DNS, Route, Gateway, Network Problem 2
3. 09/29: Deb, DHCP Server, Log Files
4. 09/30: DRBL Software
5. 10/01: Self Learning: DRBL Software

My Internship Room and Equipment ;)

Mr. Thomas Tsai... My Mentor during the Internship. He's a Linux Geek ^_*

Assignment: -

Self Note:

1. 09/27: I started the second week of my internship in NCHC with more passion. I really understand that my mission visiting Taiwan and doing internship in NCHC is to get some knowledge that hopefully can be implemented in the OIC project I currently managed in Bukit Lawang and Tangkahan, Indonesia. The project that I mean is CDOC (Conservation and Digital Opportunity Centre).
   
   On the first day of the second week (September 27^th), I learn about Shell, Cron, OSI, TCP/IP, Interfaces, DNS, Route, Gateway, Network Problem. Mr. Thomas gave brief knowledge about each part and I also use the Linux System Administration book to know more about the meaning and complete description of every words that I learn today.
   To make me feel familiar with Linux administration, Mr. Thomas always explain and give the example of each lesson using terminal and if we need to editing some file, he always using the Vi software. Slowly but sure I also know how to use command in terminal and know how to find some information if the command we write on terminal didn't work. I also started to use the Vi software more often if I want to edit something in Linux.
2. 09/28: On the 2^nd day of the 2^nd week of internship on NCHC (September 28^th), I didn't learn anything new, I only repeating what I've learn so far. On this day, beside repeating the lesson I learn from previous day, I also try to updating the wiki site on http://www.wikispaces.com/. The actual link to the wiki that I want to create can be found on http://cdoc-oic.wikispaces.com but so far I didn't fill any content yet except an about page of the wiki.
   
3. 09/29: On this day (September 29^th), my boss Mr. Panut Hadisiwoyo also join me to the NCHC office. He want to see how's NCHC and my internship work there. If possible he also wish to meet Ms. Chia-Chen Kuo and Mr. Steven Shiau.
   
   We arrive at NCHC before 09.00 AM and I decided to ask to the receptionist whether he can also come and stay at the room where I placed during the internship for this day. Carol, one of NCHC staff come and help us to deal with the receptionist and he also help us to arrange the meeting between Mr. Panut Hadisiswoyo with Ms. Chia-Chen Kuo. 
   On this day the planned lesson for me is about Deb, DHCP Server and Log Files but this lesson has been described on some previous day during the internship so we didn't do specific learn about the scheduled lesson for today. 
   On this day, Mr. Thomas gave me new set of PC that will be used on the next day lesson where the lesson is about DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) software. He gave me some website links about DRBL and ask me to read and learn about the DRBL software and how to install it on the computer. When Mr. Thomas come to the room, I also introduce him to my boss and identify him as my mentor during my internship in NCHC.
4. 09/30: This day (September 30^th) is one of my best lesson during the internship on NCHC. I learn about an open source software that build and compiled by the NCHC staff. The software name is DRBL.
   
   I stated the lesson I learn this day as one of my best lesson because I know that I can implement the DRBL software to be used in CDOC. When I go back to Indonesia I will surely try to use the DRBL software to be used and implemented and first time it will be installed on CDOC Tangkahan. 
   Mr. Thomas teach me step by step so I know how to install the DRBL software both for server and for clients. The step by step process of installing this software is quite complicated but I try my best to remind all of the process because I know by using this kind of software, we can save money and inventory if we plan to build an ICT center just like the CDOC. 
5. 10/01: This is the last day of my 2^nd week doing internship on NCHC (October 1^st). On this day Mr. Thomas didn't come to the office so I must learn by my self. What I do this day is trying to repeat the long process of installing the DRBL server and client.

ICOS10 Day 2: Bridging the Digital Divide with Open Source: Linux Implementation for Development for Rainforest Children in North Sumatra

The implementation of Open Source is through the Conservation & Digital Opportunity Centre (CDOC), a Project aims to provide capacity building services such as computer training, ICT training, public library and free Internet access to the communities and tourists in Bukit Lawang and Tangkahan, well known ecotourism and conservation areas around Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Why the CDOC using Open Source?

• Most of PC's and Laptops used in Indonesia identified using pirated software and we are responsible to stop the tradition.
• Most of People on the target area of CDOC Project never use computer and when we come and introduced Linux Ubuntu, they can learn to use it very well... (Maybe the condition would be different if they already know about Windows before)
• It's free and regularly updated by the community (user). What would be better than free software with worldwide support?
• No Viruses?

CDOC not Only for Children

• Actually CDOC project managed for all age of people in the communities, but we focused on Children because they had more consistency in the training class and they can receive the learning material very well...
• In the future, the Children hopefully can reduce the gap of digital knowledge between the people in the cities and them who lived in the village

CDOC not Only About Digital

• CDOC also raise the awareness for conservation and ecotourism to the community and visitors especially about the Sumatran Orangutan and Gunung Leuser National Park
• We also serve the students and community with other information by providing mobile library and mini library

CDOC activities in Slideshow:

For more information about CDOC You can visit: Orangutan Centre and CDOC - OIC project page (still on development).

ICOS10 NGO Track Day 2 Presentations

Workshops for the NGO track started off with a series of presentations titled "Mapping our communities: GIS for social-cultural and environmental actions." Although the morning session was slated to be presented in Chinese, Professor Lin and Professor Huang assisted in translating presentation to English for the international participants present at the even.

The first presentation "More Thank Biking: bikers GeoWeb 2.0" was conducted by Chong-Wey Lin, Professor of Department of Communication and Technology, NCTU. Professor Lin explained the complexities of launching a website, where questions like "who will use it?" and "what will the use it for?" must be raised. The needs of the users must be understood. Problems lead to opportunity and solutions, when a human centric design is utilized and user participation is encouraged. Living Labs and Open innovation played a pivotal role in the launching of the site. The GeoWeb 2.0 site was launched as has been a success with over 8,000 registered users. Professor Lin went on to demonstrate the very impressive features of the site.

The second topic was PPGIS initiative presented by Shen-Tzay Huang, Professor of Department of Management Information Systems, NPUST. This talk showed that technology is not enough if it is not centered around the user. The Technology Acceptance Model was utilized to show that if people do not perceive technology to be useful or easy to use it will not be used. Users must be satisfied that the technology will provide a benefit that exceeds the cost of learning the technology.

The series continued in English with an international presenter from Indonesia, Mr. Syafrizaldi Aal, Board member of Sumatra Sustainable Support (SSS) presenting a talk on Watershed Management in Sumatra. Mr. Aal gave an overview of the current situation in Sumatra and the importance of involving all stake holders in the management of watersheds.

Mr. Mulyadi second international speaker from Indonesia continued with a presentation on the Orangutan Information Center, showing how ICT can be used in environmental protection.

Day 2 Afternoon

The afternoon commenced with the World Cafe Plenary where international and Taiwanese participants interacted in small groups focusing on how to best answer the following question: "Embracing open source: how do I attract my friends and colleagues to try Linux."

The conclusion of the day was an inspirational talk by Indonesian students Taufig Muhammad Isa and Laina Farsiah on the topic of Bridging the digital divide with open source: true stories of Linux implementation for development. The speaker are students from Aceh, the epicenter of the Tsunami disaster in Sumatra, who has spend a 2 month internship at Academia Sinica learning how to implement open source solutions for development. The presentation gave a background of Sumatra and the disaster. They talked about Taiwan's involvement in the rescue efforts.