Two IPB University Students Join The International Conference of Global Issues in Vietnam

M Ficky Haris Ardiansyah (Statistics 57) and Azka Al Azkiya (Statistics 56) became delegates of IPB University to follow The International Conference of Global Issues, Trends, and Directions Across Discipline at Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam (26/5). At the event, both presented a research paper entitled ‘Mapping ASEAN Countries Food Security Using Fuzzy Gustafson Kessel Clustering Framework’.

“In Vietnam, we became participants and presenters in the Humanities, Societies, Languages, and Cultures room. The research we presented was about clustering ASEAN countries based on food security indicators,” he explained.

“From these clusters, we provide recommendations that can be done so that countries in ASEAN can have equal food security. Some of our recommendations are the need for student exchanges to study food security, as well as the need for cooperation in agriculture to meet food needs in the future,” he added.

Ficky said the method they used was Fuzzy Gustafson Kessel Clustering. He said, this method is quite interesting. Because besides giving each country into a certain cluster, the method also provides several opportunities for ASEAN countries to enter other clusters. So there is attention to consider other clusters based on the percentage.

According to Ficky, being a campus delegate to Vietnam gave him many new experiences. “I joined together with students and lecturers from ASEAN countries in Vietnam. With that, I also got many new perspectives on various things, because the activities there were quite active discussions,” he added. She also said she was happy to be able to contribute to ASEAN through her research. In addition to adding experience and exposure in the international world.

Not only attending the conference, the two IPB University students also visited the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Ho Chi Minh City. “From the event, I was able to build a network with fellow Vietnamese students, three of whom turned out to have similar topics that I like, namely data science. We talked a lot about data science and the differences between Indonesia and Vietnam,” said Ficky.

Behind the excitement of attending conferences outside the country, the difficulty of communicating with local residents is a challenge in itself. That’s because many people still have difficulty speaking English. Ficky said that this condition sometimes led to funny moments because of the difference in vocabulary and letters between Indonesia and Vietnam. (IAAS/RUM)

“So, we had to use Google Translate to translate the words in some places,” he said. (dh/Rz)