Malang (ANTARA) - Universitas Brawijaya (UB) with Arterial Research and Educational Network in the Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC) and Indonesia Research and Education Network (IDREN) held a ceremony to mark the operation of a 100 Gbps high-speed network for education in Indonesia on August 9, 2023.
The ceremony also connected to a remote venue in Keio University, Japan, using an 8K uncompressed video conference, which marked the first of such ultra high resolution video conference in Indonesia to demonstrate the high capacity and low latency of the research and education network that spans across the Pacific.
The representatives of the three organizations, Prof. Widodo of UB, Prof. Jun Murai of ARENA-PAC, and Dr. Achmad Affandi of IDREN, attended the ceremony at UB. Meanwhile, the ambassador of Republic Indonesia to Japan, HE Heri Akhmadi, and Vice President of Keio University, Prof. Eiji Okada, attended remotely from Japan. In the audience in both venues, students witnessed this memorable ceremony and enjoyed the interaction.
Rector of UB Prof. Widodo at the Algoritma Auditorium, Faculty of Computer Science UB in Malang, East Java, in his remarks said that this inauguration is a follow-up to MoU signed between the three organizations in 2022. Emphasizing that this network is all about collaboration, he said, "This network infrastructure is not only about data transfer, but also a channel to be able to collaborate, innovate faster and be ready to jump in the digital era which will be dedicated to education and research."
He said, this network connects IDREN with UB as the gateway to Guam and Tokyo, as well as several other locations. In addition, this collaboration is also a big leap for Indonesia to be connected to the current global research and education network.
Prof. Jun Murai in his keynote said, "We sent a message to global leaders that research and educational networks are important."
He emphasized that we need to work together for the next stage of global internet from research and educational networks point of view, working with commercial internet service providers, technology, and application people for many scientific purposes such as high energy physics, medical, and astronomy.
He appreciates Indonesian universities and the IDREN mechanism, which he sees as unique in that universities work with internet service providers that commit to support IDREN.
