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Arsip 2021:

22 January

UGM ASEAN Studies Center and ASEAN-IPR Evaluate the Role of Digital Media in Upholding Peace

EducationPeace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsQuality EducationSeminars Friday, 22 January 2021

UGM ASEAN Studies Center of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, in collaboration with the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR), organized a Focus Group Discussion entitled “The Role of ICT as a Tool in Mitigating Conflict and Fostering Peace”, Monday (25/1).

Several researchers and social media influencers engaged in the discussion forum that was held both offline and online. One of the topics discussed the role of key opinion leaders in social media, or generally known as influencers, as a way to mitigate conflicts and establish peace and how the state cooperates with them.

One of the discussion participants mentioned that social media influencers play an important role in conflict and peace endeavors in the digital era. The emergence of influencers in the realm of social media itself is interrelated with the audience. A person can be an influencer because they have an audience.

She then further explained that there had been a significant leap in the development of information and communication technology in the last ten years.

This leap not only facilitates human behavior but also changes the way humans communicate and perceive communication, including how they explore alternative truths and its source.

Another participant added that collaboration between the government and social media influencers, for instance, a campaign related to the Covid-19 vaccine, was considered a good thing because the community no longer has trust in conventional media.

Nevertheless, according to her, some considerations are necessary for selecting influencers to be engaged in public communication efforts. Not only the number of followers, but integrity, track records, values, and their current strategy in influencing are also important as considerations. The government needs to seriously study how to maximize the role of influencers in terms of marketing.

On the other hand, there was also a discussion topic regarding the use of communication and information technology in dealing with fake news and disinformation in the context of domestic or regional conflicts.

The discussion pioneer explained that fake news could spread ten times faster than correct news. Besides, there is a high tendency among the public to believe the news that is not yet clear.

According to her, to surmount this problem and other negative impacts of technological developments such as cybercrime, it is necessary to create a combination of good regulation and education for children.

Source: https://www.ugm.ac.id/id/berita/20678-asean-studies-center-ugm-dan-asean-ipr-kaji-peran-media-digital-dalam-menjaga-perdamaian

 

 

 

 

BPJT and UGM to Use Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Toll Road Damage

Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureInfrastructure & TransportationNetworkPartnerships for the GoalsResearch Friday, 22 January 2021

The Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT) collaborates with UGM researchers to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor toll road damage all over Indonesia. The use of AI is expected to provide faster information if potential cracks and holes occur, enabling the early execution of maintenance.

“Using this technology, we can predict the toll road asset condition, allowing us to carry out the maintenance procedure immediately without waiting for the damage to occur first,” said Head of the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT), Prof. Danang Parikesit, after signing the memorandum of understanding with UGM Rector, Friday (22/1).

According to Danang, using this technology allows the better maintenance of toll road infrastructure assets as BPJT regulates 2,300 kilometers of toll roads managed by 40 government-owned and private enterprises. “There are 62 toll roads with an investment portfolio of more than IDR 600 trillion. It is a huge asset,” said Danang.

Besides, said Danang, the government planned to build 2,500 km of new toll roads by 2024. Hence managing such long toll roads requires more sophisticated technology and no longer relies on manual mapping methods. As there is a minimum standard of toll road services, with artificial intelligence collecting data on damage, BPJT will later ask the toll road management businesses to process immediate repairs. “No maintenance means exclusion from the toll road tariff adjustment conducted every two years,” he explained.

UGM Rector, Prof. Panut Mulyono, welcomed the cooperation of AI implementation in the maintenance and operation of toll roads in Indonesia. According to him, through this technology, toll road management and operation will no longer use old methods, yet new ones for various purposes. “With AI, the monitoring and detection of road damage is going to be strict and accurate, allowing much faster handling,” he said.

UGM researcher Imam Muthohar said he and his team would use a designated vehicle driving on the toll road with a camera capable of 30 frames per second. “From the document images, we can find out the road surface conditions and damage level,” he said.

Another UGM researcher, Dr. Akhmad Aminullah, added that the installed camera on the vehicle would send the images connected to the server in real-time. After that, the images are processed to determine the crack and hole conditions along the toll road. According to him, the information collected by AI can predict the damage level, allowing related parties to perform maintenance immediately.

Source: https://ugm.ac.id/id/berita/20657-bpjt-dan-ugm-pantau-kerusakan-jalan-tol-lewat-teknologi-ai

 

 

 

 

Polgov UGM Earns 32 Billion NORHED Research Award

Climate ActionNetworkSustainable Cities and Communities Friday, 22 January 2021

Research Center for UGM Politics and Government (Polgov) Department of Politics and Government (DPP) FISIPOL has successfully won an award from the Norwegian Program for Capacity Development Competition in Higher Education and Research for Development or “NORHED II: Call for Proposals” funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

The proposal proposed is the result of the collaboration between Polgov DPP UGM and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Bangka Belitung University, Nusa Cendana University, Pontianak State Polytechnic with the title “Citizens Participation in Resource Governance and Sustainable Transition (Citres)”. This Citres Program is under topic offered by NORHED II, entitled “Climate Change and Natural Resources”.

Nanang Indra Kurniawan, as the Chair of the UGM Research Center for Politics and Government (PolGov), as well as the Citres Program Coordinator, said that the award competition, called NORAD, earned 199 proposals. Nevertheless, there were only 60 proposals successfully elected with a total submission amount of 3.1 billion Norwegian Kroner (NOK) or the equivalent of 4.9 trillion.

Meanwhile, the Citres program by Polgov UGM DPP earned funding of NOK 20 million or around 32 billion rupiahs for six years. The activities sponsored include student and staff exchanges, postgraduate and doctoral scholarships, research, capacity building, and research infrastructure support.

“This Citres research activity covers some sectors including mining, forestry, urban resources, fisheries, and maritime affairs,” he explained in a release received on Friday (22/1).

He hopes that this program implementation can contribute a lot to the natural resource sector. The program is expected to support the development of knowledge related to community involvement in climate change and natural resource management in Indonesia.

“Collaboration with the NTNU Department of Geography and universities in Indonesia as partners is expected to promote the strengthening of the tradition of collaboration in knowledge production at the global level,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Abdul Gaffar Karim, as the Head of the Department of Politics and Government UGM (DPP) FISIPOL, appreciated the UGM DPP’s achievements. According to him, the success is evidence of the UGM DPP’s competitive ability in competitions and academic networks internationally.

“This program is considered a huge action to strengthen international networks managed by the UGM DPP Fisipol along with universities in Norway,” he said.

Sources: https://ugm.ac.id/id/berita/20655-polgov-ugm-raih-hibah-penelitian-norhed-32-milyar

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding the Importance of Covid-19 Vaccines

EducationGood Health and Well-beingQuality EducationSeminars Friday, 22 January 2021

The UGM Update #DIRUMAHAJA talk series was back on Thursday (21/1). Bringing the topic ‘Talking About Vaccines,’ the talk invited a lung specialist at RSA UGM (academic hospital), dr. Astari Pranindya Sari, M.Sc., Sp.P. It was broadcasted live through various UGM social media platforms and available on the UGM Youtube channel here.

During the discussion, Astari explained the vaccines’ importance in handling and overcoming the Covid-19 virus spread. According to her, there are two reasons why it is important. First, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia continue to increase, with positive cases recorded at more than 900 thousand in total. It is also supported by other facts, such as the mortality percentage and positivity rate in Indonesia exceeding the world’s average standard.

Second, the spike in both positive cases and mortality occurs even with the availability of drugs. Patient mortality is still increasing despite many drugs being available for positive patients in Indonesia. As a result, Astari said she decided to restore the fundamental principle known as prevention is better than cure. Through this basis, vaccination becomes important because it is among the preventive efforts. Other efforts, such as 3M or health protocols (wearing masks, physical distancing, and washing hands) and 3T (Tracing, Testing, Treatment), must also be put into practice.

“Everything is interconnected and unable to stand alone,” she explained.

Regarding the vaccine rejection and protests from several people, Astari aired her concerns. She said a vaccine’s journey to existing and be distributed to the people up to this time requires a long process from laboratory tests with animal objects, proceed to clinical trials consisting of three phases, to discover the efficacy percentage at last.

Astari said efficacy has requirements to complete too. WHO requires the vaccine efficacy is 50 percent at a minimum and must pass at least phase three of the clinical trial. As we know, the clinical trial led by Prof. Kusnadi Rusmil in Bandung reached 65.3 percent. This figure is higher than the WHO requirement, enabling it to obtain EUA licensing from BPOM (National Agency of Drug and Food Control).

“By knowing this process, I hope the public understands that it intends to prevent the virus from spreading and is taken very seriously. Perhaps, some people think they can build antibodies by being exposed to the virus first. However, this is unethical from a medical perspective because there have been attempts to manufacture vaccines. Besides, it is also dangerous. Hence we hope the public can accept and support this vaccine,” she said.

On choosing Sinovac over others, Astari said it was due to Sinovac being more stable. She said, principle-wise, all vaccines are more or less the same as the target is to form antibodies against S protein in the virus. Yet, for Sinovac, it uses an inactivated virus or a virus that has been killed. For others, such as Pfizer and Moderna, which modify the viral mRNA without killing it, they are less stable, albeit having higher efficacy.

“The instability refers to the need of storing vaccines at certain minus temperatures. Forwarding information from BPOM, America found cases that showed Serious Adverse Events or fatal situations for patients following the use of these vaccines. As for Sinovac, which has passed phase three of the clinical trial in Indonesia, a similar case has never been encountered,” she said.

Lastly, on the possibility of virus mutations affecting the vaccine effectiveness, Astari advised the public not to worry. There has not been much thorough information about the impact on vaccine effectiveness, and it is unclear such mutations occurred in which part of the virus.

“The current vaccines work to block S protein, which looks and operates like the virus’ hands. As long as the mutations that occur are not on the hands, like on the body, the vaccine antibodies can still block it,” she concluded.

Sources: https://ugm.ac.id/id/berita/20654-memahami-pentingnya-vaksin-covid-19

 

 

 

 

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