South Korea to promote joint use of research equipment among local universities
The Core Research Facility pools together research equipment from individual research laboratories across the country, enhancing equipment utilisation rates and boosting research productivity.
India to provide more digital services in villages through Common Service Centres and Wi-Fi hubs
According to the Indian Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, now all Wi-Fi hotspots in the country will become knowledge centres.
IMF grows advisory group to foster closer collaboration on fintech
IMF recently announced the expansion of its High Level Advisory Group on Finance and Technology to strengthen the representation of national authorities and international organisations.
CSA Singapore Cyber Landscape 2017: Cyber threats in Singapore grew, mirroring global trends
The Singapore Cyber Landscape 2017 reports an overall
increase in cyber threats, such as phishing attacks, website defacements, and
malware infections.
Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy promotes interoperable and secure communication
Relying
on fax machines as a form of communication among healthcare providers,
professionals and patients can be fatal. Australia’s National Digital Health
Strategy answers the need for interoperability and a secure form of
communication that would provide timely, reliable and safe information.
Australia’s DTA announces 2nd round of data fellowships to improve government services
The Australian Government targets current employees of the Australian Public Service who are interested in building data skills within their agencies
Australia welcomes new research centre for low-energy electronics technologies
More efficient, low-energy electronics technologies and devices are critical to the future of computing and communication, to address the limitations of present technology.
Australia and US join forces to advance cancer and paediatric healthcare
The world’s best practice, expertise and innovations in cancer and paediatric health will now be shared with Victorian researchers.
ANU designs versatile optical sensors that will allow earlier disease-detection in real time
Scientists at ANU are
changing how wearable devices for medically diagnosing the health of people in
real time are made. The technology is also versatile as it can be integrated
into different technologies for applications ranging from medical diagnosis,
farming and space exploration.
