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Bernhard Fabianek <Bernhard.Fabianek@ec.europa.eu>
Erdogan Dogdu, Ph.D. <edogdu@etu.edu.tr>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Heikki Hallantie <heikki.hallantie@tkk.fi>
Prof. Dr. Suleyman
Saritas <ssaritas@etu.edu.tr>
Mr Yilmaz Cakir <y.cakir@superonline.com>
Dr. Harold P. Sjursen <hsjursen@duke.poly.edu>
Asuman Dogac <asuman@srdc.metu.edu.tr>
Ed Dodds <dodds@conmergence.com>
Yaman Barlas, Ph.D. <ybarlas@boun.edu.tr>
Dr. Robb Burlage <RBurlage@aol.com>
Dear Bernhard:
(1) Many thanks for your very interesting and valuable msg (ATTACHMENT I), in response to our following
list distribution;
(09/19/07) Possible GUS/Romania with Black Sea Ring
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2oawpy
I visited all of web sites you referred to, with great interest.
(2) I also greatly appreciate to hear of your strong interest in our
arrangement of collaborations between TOBB Economic and Technology University
(ETU) in Ankara, Turkey and the University of Tampere and Helsinki University
of Technology for their e-course offering to Turkish learners.
Incidentally, this could be a part of Prof. DogduÕs ERASMUS program, which
is, I believe, of the European CommissionÕs program.
The unique advantage of this arrangement would be that the learners in Turkey
would not have any trouble of time difference when they call their instructors
in Finland via Internet at almost free of charge.
The TOBB ETU already has a program in which students go out industry for a
semester or so, to gain practical experience so that they can readily go out to
industry upon their graduation. In the sake token, those students who
would take courses available from Finish universities would be able to take
jobs in Finland. We will devise face-to-face mtgs between instructors and
learns so that they would interact more easily via VOIP (voice over Internet
Protocol) and email, etc. even while they are apart thousands miles away.
I think that this would prepare Turkish students for globalization.
I. Mini-workshop for GUS/Turkey:
Dear Prof. Dogdu, Prof. Saritas, Mr. Cakir and Tapio and Heikki:
(3) I hope to have a ceremony to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the University of Tampere and TOBB ETU and between the Helsinki
University of Technology and TOBB ETU at the planned mini-workshop on November
9th (or 10th) at the University of Tampere, after the Finish and Japanese
ÒCultural BridgeÓ event;
(09/08/07) "Cultural
Bridges between Finland and Japan" in Tampere, Finoland on 11/9th/07
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2l7l8j
Dear Mr. Cakir:
Pls let me know if the Rector, Prof. Dr. Kesici of the TOBB ETU would be coming
to the mini-workshop.
(4) At our mtg at the TOBB last fall, Heikki indicated his possibility of
helping to submit a grant request for this project to the European Commission,
since Turkey is not the member of the European Union.
However, according to BernhardÕs msg, this would not be necessary, and TOBB can
do it by themselves. So, letÕs talk about how to construct such a grant
application to the EC at the mini-workshop. This talk should include the
plan how to conduct the e-learning course offer to Turkish learners.
Dear Harold:
(5) Pls let me know soon when you decide to attend the mini-workshop, to meet
with the people from TOBB ETU for your possible affiliation with them as
similar to our Finish colleaguesÕ projects. If such affiliation would be
possible, it would prepare Turkish learners taking jobs in the US, too.
Dear Prof. Dogac:
(6) Should you be interested in the GUS/Turkey, pls feel free to contact Prof.
Saritas at the TOBB ETU.
When I was at the TOBB ETU last fall, Ed Dodds suggested that I should contact
you, but, alas, I could not find enough time to do so.
I was quite impressed with your considerable expertise on e-healthcare info
system while I went through your web. We would be very happy if you can
kindly play a major role in the e-healthcare/telemedicine of GUS/Turkey, if
that would be of any help to the people of Turkey.
Dear Ed:
Many thanks
for your introduction to Prof. Dogac.
Dear Mr. Cakir:
You told me
that you know Prof. Dogac. Pls contact her at your earliest convenience.
Dear Yaman:
(7) Should you ever be interested in GUS/Turkey (in addition to our GSEEED
project), pls feel free to contact Prof. Saritas and come to the mini-workshop
at the University of Tampere on November 9th (or 10th).
According to BernhardÕs msg, I understand that you can submit your grant
proposal to the EC for your part of the GSEEED project, say, GSEEED/Turkey.
LetÕs work on this as soon as we would meet on this project at the
Polytechnic University in the coming month.
II. Black Sea Ring:
Dear Mr. Cakir:
(8) Pls visit our list distribution mentioned in the Item (1) above.
Pls consult with the Rector, Prof. Dr. Kesici of the TOBB ETU if there may be
some Turkish industry which might be interested in initiating this Black Sea
Ring — I understand that the TOBB was established by a vast number of
consortium members of Turkish industry. If you and he would come to the
mini-workshop at the University of Tampere on November 9th, we can discuss this
matter.
I think that this Black Sea Ring would enhance the services of GLORIAD and
GEANT2, and also open the connection possibilities to various Central Asian
countries.
III. GUS/Romania:
Dear Robb:
(9) Welcome back to NYC from Romania yesterday.
LetÕs have a mtg in Manhattan to hear of your investigation for the possibility
of creating GUS/Romania.
According to Bernhard, Romania is eligible to the European UnionÕs fund.
IV. Global Research Network:
Dear Bernhard:
(10) Many, many thanks for your very interesting following information;
(a) GEANT2: At the Heart of Global Research Networking
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/3arzpb>;
(b) Your following excellent write-up;
ÒGlobal Virtual Research CommunitiesÓ
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qs8ff>
BTW, when you publish this paper, pls let me know its URL.
(11) I read it with great interest.
Congratulations!! It reminded me of my following paper;
"Globally Collaborative Innovation Network (GCIN)
with Global University System," Paper for Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 8,
Issue 3, July, 2006
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/fuwg6>
I expect that this would be the extension and subsequent outcome of the
following projects;
Quantitative Policy Analysis of Global
Socio-Economic-Energy-Environment Development (GSEEED) Project
http://preview.tinyurl.com/337nrn
and
Takeshi Utsumi, GLOSAS/USA
"Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming"
http://tinyurl.com/k2c7a
ÒSynopsis of Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)Ó
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2pa6e5
(12) In Section 1 ÒRationalÓ of your paper, you said;
ÒThere are however two major differences between the
development of what is sometimes called the Global Open University movement -
aiming at spreading higher education to underprivileged areas - and the Global
Virtual Research Community that is discussed hereafter. The first difference is that the
generic internet for all practical purposes fills most of the needs when it
comes to electronic infrastructure. The second difference is that education on
distance has been shown to have some limits. Teachers and personal tutoring are
even more important elements in learning than in research and cannot easily be
replaced.Ó
Yes, I
agree with you that the outreach of Internet with narrow band has accomplished
so far to most of developing countries, and we are now faced with the upgrading
it to broadband Internet. The former is mainly for exchange and sharing
of information, and the latter for collaboration. Such collaboration across
boundaries of continent and ocean, and of nation and culture would bring new
age, as similar to the Golden Age of Spain when Jews, Christian and Moslem
co-mingled and co-existed to create Renaissance out of the Dark Age. Our
new age would enable us to create a new civilization, say, neo-Renaissance with
the appropriate use of ICTs by all the people of the world, not only those
three religions, but also those of orient in Asia and the Pacific, Africa, etc.
The essence of education is the inheritance of wisdom (i.e., know-how how to
live a life), more than mere transfer of knowledge. We hope that, as an
extension of our GCEPG/GSEEED projects, learners will also form a global
knowledge forum for the exchange of ideas, information, knowledge and joint research
and development, which will foster creativity of youngsters around the world.
Researchers in developing countries can co-work with colleagues in
advanced countries to perform joint collaborative research with use of virtual
laboratories for experiential/constructive learning and creation of knowledge
through the global GRID technology (which concept I initiated — see
McLeod (2000)), thus forming GCIN mentioned above. Such interactions
among youngsters around the world through global broadband Internet would
certainly promote mutual understanding and hence global peace.
Dr. Hallan Cleveland, former president of the University
of Hawaii and former US Ambassador to NATO, once wrote that 8 bits become one
byte, 5 bytes become one word or data, which becomes information.
Information selected with intelligence becomes knowledge.
We then expanded its hierarchy as depicted above. As shown, each item is
controlled by the one above. However, Justice and Forgiveness/tolerance has to
be two-way interaction.
McLeod, J., "Power (?) Grid!," Simulation in the Service
of Society, Simulation, September 2000 <http://preview.tinyurl.com/22bl7v>
I am also a science advisor of the E-LeGI (European Learning GRID Infrastructure)
Project <http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/research/projects/ELeGI>,
which was financed by the 6th Framework Programme - Information Society
Technology - of the European Commission — see;
Colin Allison, Stefano A. Cerri, Matteo Gaeta, Pierluigi
Ritrovato, and Saverio Salerno, University of St. Andrews, UniversitŽ
Montpellier II et CNRS, and University of Salerno, Italy
"Human Learning as a Global Challenge:
European Learning Grid Infrastructure"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ybttv
This paper is in the Part IV of the following book;
Global Peace Through The Global University System
Tapio Varis -
Takeshi Utsumi - William Klemm (Eds.)
University of Tampere, Finland 2003
ISBN 951-44-5695-5
The entire contents of this book can be retrieved at;
http://tinyurl.com/kofpf
In the bottom line of this page, you can find the
following;
ÒInterview with Takeshi UtsumiÓ by Parker Rossman
http://tinyurl.com/fnxxt
I am very happy to know that you are working for the same direction as mine.
LetÕs work together and keep in touch.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT
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From: <Bernhard.Fabianek@ec.europa.eu>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:23:46 +0200
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Conversation: [gu-new] (09/19/07) Possible GUS/Romania with Black Sea Ring
Subject: RE: [gu-new]
Dear Sir,
As I know many of the people and initiatives quoted in your emails, I thought
it is time that I provide you with some background information.
It is very good to hear about your initiatives with Turkey and South-Eastern
Europe. Please note that all these countries are fully eligible for funding
under the European Union's 7th Framework Programme for R&D (some 53 billion
Euro until 2013).
The collaborations that you describe between Turkish and Finish universities
are very interesting to us.
You might want to have a look at the EGEE project (www.eu-egee.org) where the
middleware to support such joint cooperation is developed.
You are certainly aware of the initiatives in the Balkans SEEREN and SEEGrid
(www.seeren.org and www.see-grid.eu).
There are quite advanced plans now for a Black Sea Interconnection Initiative (building
on the experience gained in SEEREN2). We think that towards the end of the year
we might be in a position to make some concrete announcements.
The same holds for a Central Asian initiative (to complement the very
successful TEIN2 project - www.tein2.net).
The attached picture puts it all nicely together.
Obviously these initiatives are more than happy to collaborate with you and to
support your activities.
In this context Global Virtual Research Communities might be of high interest
to you (see attached draft discussion paper).
Happy to discuss with you further,
Bernhard Fabianek
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Bernhard Fabianek
European Commission
Information Society and Media Directorate-General
GƒANT & eInfrastructures
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/
Office: BU25 4-82
Bernhard.Fabianek@ec.europa.eu
BE-1049 Bruxelles
Tel:
+32 2 29.69.615
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Fax:
+32 2 29.93.127
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Bernhard Fabianek
EU – research technical assistance and program development
European Commission
Information Society and Media Directorate-General
GƒANT & eInfrastructures
BU25 4-82
BE-1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 29.69.615
Fax: +32 2 29.93.127
Bernhard.Fabianek@ec.europa.eu
Bernhard.Fabianek@cec.eu.int
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/
Erdogan Dogdu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Erasmus Institutional Coordinator
TOBB Economics and Technology University
Turkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birligi (TOBB)
Computer Engineering Department
Sogutozu Cad. No.43
Sogutozu, 06560
Ankara, Turkey
Tel : +90-312-292-4072
Fax : +90-312-292-4180
edogdu@etu.edu.tr
www.etu.edu.tr/~edogdu
http://www.etu.edu.tr/
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +3358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-614-5611
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@hamk.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/
and
Principal Research Specialist
Unesco-Unevoc International Centre for Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
Gorresstr 15
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +358-335-51-3608
Fax: +358-335-51-3611
t.varis@unevoc.unesco.org
www.unevoc.unesco.org
Heikki Hallantie
Development Expert
Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli
Teaching and Learning Development
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. Box 8000
FI‑02015 HUT, Finland
phone +358 9 451 4036
fax 358 9 451 4060
gsm +358 50 309 6466
heikki.hallantie@tkk.fi
Prof. Dr. Suleyman
Saritas
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
TOBB Economics and Technology University
Turkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birligi (TOBB)
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
Sogutozu Caddesi 43
Sogutozu, Ankara
06560 Turkey
Tel: +90-312-292 40 61
+90
(312) 292 4000 (pbx)
+90 (312) 292 4061 (Direct)
Fax: +90-312-292 40 91
Cep: +90-533-631 42 26
ssaritas@etu.edu.tr
http://www.etu.edu.tr
Mr Yilmaz Cakir
Chairman
Turkish-Finnish Business Council
Foreign Economic Relations Board
Digital Distance Learning
Digital Platform
ARA Research Inc.
Abdi Ipekci Caddesi, Altõn sokak no.2
Ahmet Kara Is Hanõ Kat 2 No. 10
34-367 Nisantasõ
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90-212-225-19-12-225-1952
Cel: +90- 532 314 84 84
Fax: +90 212 225 99 58
+90-212-225-00-58-224-1816
y.cakir@superonline.com
arayl@superonline.com
Dr. Harold P. Sjursen
Professor of Philosophy
Associate Provost for International Education and Research
Director, Liberal Studies
Polytechnic University
5 Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, New York 11201
USA
Tel: 718-260-3597
Fax: 718-788-4268
Cel: +1 (917) 743-2390
hsjursen@duke.poly.edu
hsjursen@poly.edu
hsjursen@gmail.com
http://www.poly.edu/
Asuman Dogac
Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
Director
Software Research & Development Center
Faculty of Engineering
Middle East Technical University
06531 Ankara, Turkey
phone: +90 - 312 - 210 5598 or +90 - 312 - 210 2076
fax: +90 - 312 - 210 5572 or +90 - 312 - 210 1259
Skype: adogac
asuman@srdc.metu.edu.tr
http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/~asuman/
http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/projects/ride/
Ed Dodds
<Conmergence/>
PO Box 210735
Nashville, TN 37221-0735
P: 615-301-8507
S: ed_dodds_skype
dodds@conmergence.com
www.conmergence.com
Yaman Barlas, Ph.D.
Professor, Industrial Engineering Dept.
Bogazici University
34342 Bebek, Istanbul, TURKEY
Tel. +90-212-359 7073
Fax. +90-212-265 1800
ybarlas@boun.edu.tr
http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~barlas
SESDYN Group: http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/labs/sesdyn/
Dr. Robb Burlage
Professor, Five Borough Institute
Founding Director, Joint Graduate Degree Program in Public Health & Urban
Planning
Columbia University
200 West 90th Street, Suite #6-E
New York, N.Y. 10024
RBurlage@aol.com
Or
Robb Burlage, Ph.D.
Senior Management Consultant
International Relations
New York City Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC)
125 Worth Street, Room 504
New York, Ny 10013-4006
212-788-3654
Cel: 917-318-7908
Fax: 212-788-3358
Robb.burlage@nychhc.org
nyc.gov/hhc
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