tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post4849080381801876375..comments2024-03-26T02:19:16.090-07:00Comments on The Internet in Cuba: Updated Cuban ICT statisticsLarry Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-25711150592075359522012-08-20T09:11:23.960-07:002012-08-20T09:11:23.960-07:00I followed up with IEEE and ACM, and it looks like...I followed up with IEEE and ACM, and it looks like Cuban authors are now treated the same as any others:<br /><br />http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2012/08/cuban-computer-scientists-can-publish.html<br />Larry Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-2575549956244870772012-07-27T12:56:48.826-07:002012-07-27T12:56:48.826-07:00About this question: "Can the primary and sec...About this question: "Can the primary and secondary students get access at the Youth Computer Clubs?"<br /><br />Sure, those are available for everyone, but as you know it is "intranet access" only (*.cu)muchasgraciasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-36473605430904255712012-07-27T12:23:47.687-07:002012-07-27T12:23:47.687-07:00Yes, but he/she cannot say that he/she is still li...Yes, but he/she cannot say that he/she is still living and working in Cuba.muchasgraciasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-8441403858616468492012-07-27T12:11:43.482-07:002012-07-27T12:11:43.482-07:00The ban on publication is ridiculous. Can a Cuban...The ban on publication is ridiculous. Can a Cuban co-author be listed?Larry Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-37849177651870152592012-07-27T12:04:01.921-07:002012-07-27T12:04:01.921-07:00Do the regular students or research students and p...Do the regular students or research students and professors get international access?<br /><br />That's hard t tell, it varies a lot. Student of IT-related programs do have international access in general, but students from other programs are less lucky.<br /><br />I have read that university CS students do work on practical projects as part of their studies. Is that what you mean by being on a research team, or is a research team more advanced?<br /><br />Students may be working in production-projects, which will also give them privileges for internet access, but what I meant with "research teams" is something more advanced, like theoretical computer scince for example (compilers and programming languages, artificial inteligence and machine-learning, bio-informatics, etc). <br /><br />Something interesting about scientific research is that many times Cuban researchers have to publish their papers with co-authors from foreign universities, as a research made on those foreign universities. Otherwise the papers will be regected because of the US embargo. This is because many research magazines are published in US, speacially CS magazines (ACM, IEEE etc).muchasgraciasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-66942617067775496342012-07-27T10:00:34.091-07:002012-07-27T10:00:34.091-07:00Muchas Gracias,
Very interesting.
Do the regular...Muchas Gracias,<br /><br />Very interesting.<br /><br />Do the regular students or research students and professors get international access?<br /><br />I wish they would allow selected organizations, like universities and INFOMED, to use the undersea cable -- that would benefit both Cuba and the rest of the world.<br /><br />I have read that university CS students do work on practical projects as part of their studies. Is that what you mean by being on a research team, or is a research team more advanced?<br /><br />Can the primary and secondary students get access at the Youth Computer Clubs?Larry Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-74506294555538680662012-07-27T08:02:00.913-07:002012-07-27T08:02:00.913-07:00Remembering once more the limitations for internet...Remembering once more the limitations for internet access in Cuba, I recalled something that I think has not been mentioned here before. Many of those internet users reported by ONE, will access Internet either at their workplace or at schools as you said before, but this kind of access is not only slow and highly filtered & surveyed, it also usually limited by a quota in bandwidth that tends to be ridiculously small. <br /><br />For example, the last time I heard about this a few months ago, a regular university student that is not part of a research team, could have a quota of 50 Mb per months. These amounts vary in each university and even in each faculty, but this is usually the way it works. I remember students disabling images and flash animations in their web browsers in order to save bandwidth, and only loading the images that they actually needed. <br /><br />Foreign students however do not have this limitation since they are allowed to sign up for a personal dial-up connection with ETECSA, here the limitation will be the high price of this kind of connection.<br /><br />Professors and students that are part of a research team may have some privileges also in terms of bandwidth at universities. However internet access in primary and secondary schools is rarely available, for students and professors alike.MuchasGraciasnoreply@blogger.com