Toward a successful relationship between PNC and APAN-eCulture

PNC 2005 Annual Conference in Conjunction with PRDLA, ECAI

October 31, 2005 ~ November 3, 2005University of Hawaii at Manoa

Yoshinori SATO, Takaharu KAMEOKAMie University

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What is APAN-eCulture?

• What is APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network)?A non-profit international consortium established in

June 1997 Providing an advanced networking environment for

the research and education communities in the Asia-Pacific region

Promoting global collaboration

※http://www.apan.net/

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The objectives of APAN

(a) to coordinate and promote network technology developments and to advance network-based applications and services;

(b) to coordinate the development of an advanced networking environment for research and education communities in the Asia-Pacific region; and

(c) to encourage and promote global cooperation to achieve the above.

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The Context of APAN-eCulture

• The development of ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

⇒ Impossible to discuss anything without mentioning and/or using ICT

⇒ ICT is not for professionals, but for everyone

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The Context of APAN-eCulture (Continued)

•APAN is a network infrastructure•Powerful groups in e-Science and Natural Resources •Strong agricultural collaboration

Common concerns: too much emphasis on technology?

Revalidating cultural issues

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Extraction of Factors related to “Culture”

Natural Resources Workshop

Agriculture

DigitalAsia

DisasterPrevention

eCulture

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The Mission of eCulture

• To make the research and education more active in Asia-Pacific region through applying ICT to all disciplines including Humanities and Social Sciences, and to provide the fruitful outcome to the societies at large

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The Goals of the APAN-eCulture

• To pursue various issues on culture taking full advantage of ICT through active partnership

– Information-Sharing; • information on the practical methods, published in academic

conferences etc.• best practices and/or lessons learned among members

– Discussions to;• aggregate e-resources scattered among member countries

– Provision of the place;• for collaboration in research or project

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Objectives (1)

• Technological Issues1. Sharing information about new technologies to visualize a

cultural phenomenon spatially and/or chronologically, e.g. GIS applications

2. Sharing Experiences; providing case studies which use the above-mentioned technologies

3. Communication with other members about e-resources (systems) scattered among member countries, and about aggregation methods including interoperability and meta-data, etc.

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Objectives (2)

• Cultural Issues4. Encouraging academics in Humanities and Social Sciences

to make proposals for taking full advantage of ICT

5. Information Sharing about the social changes in member countries along with the development of network infrastructure; e.g. Sub-Culture peculiar on the Net

6. Discussions on the impact of globalization and localization.

7. Exploring the possibility of cultural database in Asia-Pacific region

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Past Meetings

1. eCulture BOF in 18th APAN meeting– 11:00 - 12:30, 5 July, 2004 in Cairns, Australia

2. eCulture Workshop in 19th APAN meeting– 14:00 - 17:30, 26 January, 2005 in Bangkok, Thail

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3. eCulture Workshop in 20th APAN meeting– 11:00 - 17:30, 24 August, 2005 in Taipei, Taiwan

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Presentations in Cairns Meeting1. “Introduction of Mie University,” Takaharu Kameoka.

2. “The new Center for International Exchange at Mie University,” Makiko Hanami.

3. “Two Features of Library, Mie University, JAPAN,” Osamu Inoue.

4. “The challenges of the Information Management in Farm Businesses,” Tomohiro Uchiyama.

5. “Encountering of Cultures,” Masao Ishii.

6. “Strategy against Environmental Problems in East Asia for Promoting e-Culture -Viewpoint of Human Dimensions,” Hye-Sook Park.

7. “Economy and Society in Southeast Asia,” Shigeo Arai.

8. “VR model for Historical Site Study - What Mahatat, Ayudhara, THAILAND,” Piyawut Srichaikul.

9. “DancingQ and Korea on the Net,” Dae Young KIM.

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Presentations in Bangkok MeetingSession 1. - Viewpoint of Human Dimensions1. “Short presentation: Introduction of eCulture in APAN,” Takaharu Kame

oka. 2. “Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) representative presentation,” Jo

hn A. Lehman, University of Alaska Fairbanks.3. “Digital Archives and Historical GIS in Vietnam and Japan,” Mamoru Shi

bayama, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.4. “A brainstorm on developmentally oriented cultural, historical, and eco- e-

tourism,” David Hastings, UN-ESCAP.5. “E-culture webserver implementation for historical research in Southeast

Asia,” Surat Lertlum, AIT and CCRMA.6. “The Isan travels of Etienne Aymonier: Developing a web-accessible data

base on life and culture in Northeast Thailand,” Leedom Lefferts, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Drew University.

7. “An e-culture approach for museums: Defining the spatial dimension in networked cultural and environmental data,” Caverlee Cary, GIS Center, UC Berkeley.

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Presentations in Bangkok Meeting

Session 2. - Culture and ICT1. “The Information Continuum and the Making of E-Culture,” Don Schaude

r, Monash University.2. “Digital Archive of Cultural Heritages,” Atsushi Nakazawa (Osaka Univer

sity), Katsushi Ikeuchi, Kiminori Hasegawa, Jun Takamatsu, Takeshi Oishi (University of Tokyo).

3. “The Role of Advanced Network in Intercultural Communication: Issues and Challenges,” Faridah Noor Mohd. Noor, University of Malaya.

4. “Reki-Show Authoring Tools : an approach to visualization of temporal-spatial database,” Makoto Hanashima (Institute for Areal Studies), Ken-ichi Tomobe, Chun-Lin Kuo (Keio University).

5. “E-culture activities in Korea,” Sanggyun Kim (ANF Secretariat), Dae Young Kim (Chungnam Univ.)

6. “The Field Server (the Sensor Net) Application to Information, Environmental Education and International Communication with eCulture Scheme,” Wataru Yaguchi, (Elab-Experience Ltd.), et al.

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Presentations in Taipei Meeting

Session 1 - Technology oriented 　1. “The Technologies for Digital Content that Enliven Local Community,”

Hiroshi Ono (Contents, Inc.), Yoshinori Sato (Mie University)2. “E-Museum Development Progress in Thailand: Case Study of Wat Makut

kasattriyaram,” Chularat Tanprasert, Rachabodin Suwannacunti, Piyawut Srichaikul, (Computing Research and Development Division (RDC), National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

3. “Near Infrared Digital Images of Historical Resources of the Nara Region,” Katsuya Watari & Saori Donkai (The Nara Women's University)

4. “A Polymorphic Data Visualization for Spatiotemporal Database,”Makoto Hanashima (Institute for Area Studies)

5. “Communication in eCulture,” Shih-Chieh Li (National Digital Archives Program)

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Presentations in Taipei Meeting

Session 2 - Social Science/ Humanities oriented1. “Research on Digital Heritage Exchange (DHX),” Yong-Moo Kwon, Hee

dong Ko, Jinwook Kim (Korea Institute of Science & Technology)2. Loess Plateau Project in China. [Remote Presentation] Ayumu Yasutomi

(Tokyo University), Yoko Fukao (Osaka University of Foreign Studies), Juncai Ma, Shoji Hatano (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Kazunari Yokoyama (Hokkaido Agriculture Research Center)

3. Indian Traditional Dance: A Virtual Prototpe. [Remote Presentation]Faridah Noor Mohd Noor & Selvanathan Narainasamy (University of Malaya), Suhaimi Napis (University Putra Malaysia).

4. With the Aim of Forming the Education Network for Children in the World using Squeak and Fieldserver. Haruhiko Okumura, T. Shimomura, M. Matsuoka & T. Kameoka (Mie Univrsity, JAPAN), H. Shimamura (Elab-experience Ltd.).

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Presentations in Taipei Meeting

BoF meeting: Extra discussion - For Research Collaboration

Presentation for the Discussion:

“Prospects of e-culture from a Standpoint of Human Science:

A case of Disaster Relief and Prevention,”NAGATA, Motohiko (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mie University)

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Current Chairing Persons

Takaharu KameokaVice President, Mie Univeristy, JAPAN

Piyawut SrichaikulComputing Research and Development Division (RDC)National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), THAILAND

Dae Young KIM InfoCom Eng. Dept. Chungnam Nat'l Univ., South KOREA

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Future Plans

1. To be established as a Formal Workshop• In the next Tokyo Meeting

2. To Deal with Untouched Realm (?)• Cultural issues

• Subculture issues, e.g. O-TA-KU, Comics on the Net• Food Culture

• Technology• Assembling and dissemination of data, e.g. Meta-data Harvesting

(OAI-PMH)

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Future Plans

3. Common Area Session: A New Initiative in APAN The Proposal From Natural Resources Workshop On a Trial Basis Discussion on the fields of common interest, e.g. Civil En

gineering Collaboration between Natural Resources and eCulutre Wo

rkshops

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Toward a Collaborative relationship with PNC

Much to learn for the realization of: Successful cooperative management Information sharing

Need to avoid redundancy in similar initiatives

⇒　 Need for close communication and collaborationwith similar groups or consortia

especially with PNC.

Thank you!

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Future APAN Meetings

• 21st APAN meeting in Tokyo - 2006.1.22-26• 22nd APAN meeting in Singapore (proposal )- 2006.7.

17-21• 23nd APAN meeting in Manila proposal - 2007.1.22-2

6• 24th APAN meeting in Xi'An proposal - 2007.7/8• 25th APAN meeting in Hawaii proposal - 2008.1.20-25

http://www.apan.net/