1. ATC 2008, Student Session 10/28/2015 1 VNTelecom Forum http://vntelecom.org

2. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 VNTelecom Forum creation  Some ideas at beginning of 2006  Create a mailing list vntelecom@yahoogroups.comvntelecom@yahoogroups.com  Started two years ago  VNTelecom Forum site http://vntelecom.orghttp://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 2

3. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 Some statistics information  Member subscriptions: ~2500 members Member subscription statistics 3

4. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 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 4

5. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 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 5

6. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 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 http://tudiencongnghe.com 6

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8. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 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 8

9. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 Activities & projects  Open wiki terminology dictionary  http://tudiencongnghe.com http://tudiencongnghe.com  Scope  Telecommunications  Electronics  IT  And other fields (not for now)  Communities  VNTelecom.org  Dientuvietnam.net  DSPvietnam.com  Robotics Vietnam  An example 9

10. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 http://tudiencongnghe.com 10

11. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 Activities & projects  Open wiki terminology dictionary (in Vietnamese)  http://tudiencongnghe.com 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…  Join us to share your ideas 11

12. VnTelecom 2009 10/28/2015 See you soon on VNTelecom Toward a flat world of communication Thank you very much 12