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Believe that FOSS is quickly maturing and becoming part of the rich and complex information society. Wish to investigate how individuals and organizations can benefit from its advantages.
Summary:
Results-oriented technology manager and researcher with a focus on delivering high-quality systems and services. Enthusiastic about promoting FOSS and turning complex systems into intuitive and easy to use applications. Proven leadership ability; capable of keeping a team focused on the tasks and deadlines at hand. Ability of solving immediate crises with solutions that will fit for the long-term. Fifteen years of experience in the field of Information and Communication Technology.
Education:
Masters in Computer Science – Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1991.
Present Job:
I am working as the head of the Computer Information Services Unit (CISU) at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) since July 2002. It is a non-profit, international research, training and service institution and the only international health research centre based in a developing country. The Centre conducts research to promote realistic and cost-effective health solutions, and its contributions to the field of international health have been significant.
The Computer Information Services Unit (CISU) of the ICDDR,B provides, coordinates and manages Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related services at the Centre and supports Centre’s hospital, laboratories, research and management programmes with cost- effective information systems and solutions.
Wish to attend next iCommons Summit
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articles · F/OSS:Towards a post-capitalist society
29/2/2008 03:18 · no comments
The software industry plays a major economic, social, and political role in the Information Age. It at once enables the freeing up and the corporate restriction of digital resources and careful restriction of digital information itself has become a rather lucrative industry. As our capitalist society moves into the Information Age, we begin to see how the owners of means of production...
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articles · The tragedy of the Commons in the developing world
by Paul Jacobson · voted on 29/2/2008 04:55 · 37 votes · 1 comment
When we come together on this site to celebrate our creativity we perhaps tend to take advantage of certain other everyday necessities that are more commonplace, and yet also included in this thing we call the "Commons". One of these things is electricity. Another is our connection to the Internet. For the most part these two utilities enable much of the sharing we do online and...
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articles · The tragedy of the Commons in the developing world
by Paul Jacobson · commented on 29/2/2008 05:15 · 37 votes · 1 comment
When we come together on this site to celebrate our creativity we perhaps tend to take advantage of certain other everyday necessities that are more commonplace, and yet also included in this thing we call the "Commons". One of these things is electricity. Another is our connection to the Internet. For the most part these two utilities enable much of the sharing we do online and...
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