Iran-Made Software Significantly Evolves Educational, Research Services
“The software provided by our company helps to make laboratory equipment smart and create a comprehensive smart platform for sharing laboratory and workshop equipment and supplies physically on the internet,” Ramin Azarpour, the managing director of the knowledge-based company based in Islamic Azad University’s Ilkhchi branch, told ANA.
Covering laboratory services at all stages from research to production, easy access for all specialists, students, professors and researchers to laboratory services on a 24-hour and live basis (online access to documents and resources), and maximum utilization of capacities, resources, and laboratory capabilities and their optimal and economic use are among the features of this software, he added.
“Providing the possibility of shared use of laboratory centers from each other's possibilities and maximizing the sharing and exploitation of scientific resources and capabilities (hardware and software), encouraging and inviting professors, researchers and experts to participate in research projects, access to educational content anytime and anywhere, creating equal educational opportunities, and saving time for students and researchers are other features of this software,” Azarpour said.
Last December, a senior Iranian official had also announced plans to establish an integrated national laboratory network in the country.
Yaqoub Fat'hollahi referred to the creation of scattered laboratory networks by the Iranian government, including the Science Ministry and the Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, and underlined the need for the establishment of an integrated national laboratory network.
“Laboratory capacity for scientific research has been created in the country and they work in the form of specialized or national laboratories, and each of these laboratories individually provides services to specialists and researchers,” he said.
Fat'hollahi said that creation of a national laboratory network was proposed to increase laboratory capacities, both in the form of individual laboratories and networks, and integrate the country's laboratories.
“Launching this national network does not mean stopping the activities of other networks, and all laboratory networks should continue to work, and the national network should also be launched with preparations and plans at the national level and with a national and transnational vision to serve all scientists in the Islamic world,” he stressed.
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