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CfDS Fisipol UGM Explains Its Achievements and Publications to Minister Rudiantara: UGM Should Propel Technology Development

The Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia, Rudiantara, visited the office of CfDS (Center for Digital Society) Fisipol UGM. On this visit, Diah Angendari, the Executive Secretary of CfDS, explained the publications and programs of CfDS throughout the past four years, which include 43 case studies. Afterwards, Rudiantara also visited the Digital Intelligence (DI) Lab that was recently inaugurated on November 2018. This lab will be used to identify various issues in society and to comprehend them through artificial intelligence technology to analyse conventional and online data activities. The newest program from DI Lab is Digilog, which consists of vlogs produced by CfDS. The first episode discusses regarding Nurhadi-Aldo and abstentions in elections.

Furthermore, CfDS once more was nominated for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize 2019, an annual award held by the International Telecommunication Union, an organization affiliated to the United Nations.

For the WSIS Prize 2019, CfDS was nominated for Multi Approach Digital Literacy Program and Digital Intelligence Lab. In 2018, CfDS received one nomination.

CfDS itself has established a cooperation with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia and SiBerkreasi through the launch of digital literacy series, Netizen Fair and #FIRAL (Digital Literacy Festival).

Accompanied by the Dean of Fisipol UGM, Erwan Agus Purwanto, Rudiantara appreciated CfDS and all of its achievements. “I hope that CfDS can further develop research in the sphere of social sciences that concerns with sociological and anthropological aspects,” as stated by Rudiantara.

He also affirmed his support for the role of higher educational institutions to develop research that can be done through a partnership with the ministry in order to further develop science and technology. “Higher educational institutions, such as UGM, must propel the development of technology, especially when it comes to research,” he stated.