Saat ini sebagai penulis bebas dimana ratusan tulisan-tulisannya telah menghiasi berbagai media massa, majalah, seminar, workshop dan konferensi nasional maupun internasional. Juga aktif memberikan tutorial ke berbagai universitas dan pendidikan tinggi dalam tema Linux, Wireless LAN, dan VOIP.
Enam tahun kemudian Onno lulus dengan predikat wisudawan terbaik. Setelah itu Onno melanjutkan studi ke Kanada dengan beasiswa dari PAU-ME. RT/RW-Net adalah salah satu dari sekian banyak gagasan yang Onno lontarkan yang mengukir Sejarah Internet Indonesia.
Ia juga aktif menulis dalam bidang teknologi informasi di berbagai media, seminar, konferensi nasional maupun internasional terutama untuk memberdayakan masyarakat Indonesia menuju masyarakat berbasis pengetahuan. Lebih dari 161 kota besar di 33 negara di kunjungi dalam perjalanan hidup-nya. Onno percaya filosofy copyleft, banyak tulisannya dipublikasi secara gratis di internet.
Pendidikan Onno W Purbo
# 1987 S1 Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Jurusan Teknik Elektro. Judul tugas akhir "Perancangan dan implementasi rangkaian RS232C 8 kanal dan program untuk praktikum" di bawah bimbingan Prof. DR. Samaun Samadikun dan DR. Adang Suwandi
# 1989 S2 (M.Eng) McMaster University, Kanada – Semikonduktor Laser. Judul thesis "Numerical models for degenerate and heterostructure semiconductor diodes" di bawah bimbingan Prof. DR. D.T.Cassidy dan Prof. DR. S.H. Chisholm.
# 1993 S3 (Ph.D) Universitas Waterloo, Kanada – Teknologi Rangkaian Terintegrasi untuk Satelit. Judul thesis "Studies on Polysilicon Emitter Transistors made on Zone-Melting-Recrystallized Silicon-on-Insulator" di bawah bimbingan Prof. DR. C.R. Selvakumar
Penghargaan Onno W Purbo
Menerima beberapa penghargaan / pengakuan tingkat nasional dan internasional, seperti
* 1987, Lulusan Terbaik, Jurusan Teknik Elektro, Institut Teknologi Bandung.
* 1992, Masuk dalam buku "American Men and Women of Science", R.R.Bowker, New York (Amerika Serikat).
* 1994, Profil Peneliti, KOMPAS 26 Desember 1994.
* 1996, Menerima "Adhicipta Rekayasa", dari Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia.
* 1997, Menerima “ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award”, dari ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organization (AFEO)
* 2000, Masuk dalam buku "Indonesia Abad XXI: Di Tengah Kepungan Perubahan Global", Editor Ninok Leksono, KOMPAS.
* 2000, Award for Indonesian Internet Figure, KADIN Telematika Award.
* 2002, Eisenhower Fellow, dari Eisenhower Fellowship (Amerika Serikat).
* 2003, Sabbatical Award, dari International Development Research Center (IDRC) (Kanada).
* 2005, Ashoka Senior Fellow, dari Ashoka (Amerika Serikat).
* 2008, Menerima "Gadget Award Exclusive Appreciation", dari Majalah Gadget.
* 2008, Menerima "IGOS Summit 2 Award", dari MENKOMINFO "Atas Semangat dan Perjuangan menyebarluaskan pemanfaatan Open Source di Indonesia".
* 2008, Masuk dalam buku "Indonesia 100 Innovators", Business Innovation Center.
* 2008, Menerima Gelar " Pahlawan Generasi Masa Kini" dari Modernisator.
* 2009, Indigo Fellow: Digital Community Fellow, dari PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia.
* 2009, Anugrah "TIRTO ADHI SOERJO" kategori Pelopor / Pemulai, dari [I:BOEKOE] http://indonesiabuku.com/
* 2009, Anugrah "Competency Award 2009" dari Badan Nasional Sertifikasi Profesi (BNSP).
* 2010, Anugrah "Tasrif Award" dari Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI)
Buku Onno W Purbo
Menulis lebih dari 40 judul buku dengan topik sekitar teknologi Internet, Open Source, Linux, Keamanan Jaringan, Wireless Internet, Internet Telepon (VoIP). Beberapa diantaranya dalam bahasa Inggris dan dapat di download di Internet. Beberapa diantara buku tersebut adalah,
* 1998, Onno W. Purbo, Gadang Ramantoko, Khrisnahadi Pribadi, Bobby Nazief, "Kerangka Konseptual Nusantara 21", Yayasan Litbang Telekomunikasi Informatika.
* 1998, Onno W. Purbo, Ismail Fahmi, Akhmad Husni Thamrin, Adnan Basalamah, “TCP/IP: Konsep Disain dan Implementasi”, Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2000, Onno W. Purbo, "Teknologi Warung Internet", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2000, Onno W. Purbo dan Akhmad Daniel Sembiring, "Linux RedHat", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2001, Thabratas Tharom dan Onno W. Purbo, "VOIP: Voice over Internet Protocol", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2001, Onno W. Purbo dan Akhmad Daniel Sembiring, "APACHE Web Server", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2002, Onno W. Purbo, "Konferensi Video Melalui Internet", Penerbit Andi.
* 2003, Onno W. Purbo, "Filosofi Naif Kehidupan Dunia Cyber", Penerbit Republika.
* 2003, Onno W. Purbo, "Infrastruktur Wireless Internet Kecepatan 11-22Mbps", Penerbit Andi.
* 2004, Samuel Prakoso, Tomy dan Onno W. Purbo, "Panduan Praktis Menggunakan E-mail Server Qmail", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2004, Onno W. Purbo, "Practical Guide to Internet Telephony", International Development Research Center
* 2004, Onno W. Purbo, "Practical Guide To Build A WiFi Infrastructure", International Development Research Center
* 2005, Onno W. Purbo, "Buku Pegangan Internet Wireless dan Hotspot", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2006, Onno W. Purbo, "PC Cloning Windows pakai Linux LTSP", Penerbit Andi.
* 2006, Onno W. Purbo, "Buku Pegangan Pengguna ADSL dan Speedy", Elexmedia Komputindo.
* 2007, Onno W. Purbo, "Buku Pegangan VoIP Rakyat Cikal Bakal Telkom Rakyat", InfoKomputer.
* 2007, Onno W. Purbo, "Panduan Praktis RT/RW-net", Infokomputer.
* 2007, Onno W. Purbo, "Akses Internet Menggunakan 3G", CHIP.
* 2007, "ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks", (co author) LIRNEAsia
* 2008, Onno W. Purbo, "Intel Platform Administration Technology", Penerbit Andi.
* 2008, Onno W. Purbo, "Panduan Mudah merakit + menginstal server linux", Penerbit Andi.
* 2008, Onno W. Purbo, "Membangun Pemancar FM broadcast komunitas", Penerbit Andi.
* 2009, Onno W. Purbo, "Ayo memblok situs negatif", Penerbit Andi.
* 2009, Onno W. Purbo, Protus Tanuhandaru, M. Reza Djajadikara, Nurlina Noertam, " Wireless Networking for Developing World" versi 2, terjemahan.
Publikasi Internasional Onno W Purbo
Beberapa cuplikan publikasi internasional yang pernah dilakukan adalah,
* Onno W. Purbo, D.T. Cassidy and S.H. Chisholm, "Numerical model for degenerate and heterostructure semiconductor devices," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 5078-5082, 15 November 1989.
* Onno W. Purbo and C.R. Selvakumar, "Simultaneous extraction of hole barrier height and interfacial oxide thickness in polysilicon emitter bipolar transistors," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 821-826, 1991.
* Onno W. Purbo and C.R. Selvakumar, "High gain SOI polysilicon emitter transistors," IEEE Electron Device Letter, Vol. 12, No. 11, pp. 635-637,1991.
* Onno W. Purbo and Adang Suwandi, "Automation of Bipolar Transistor Characterization," IEEE conference, Kuala Lumpur, 1992.
* Onno W. Purbo, "Development of Low Cost Wide Area Network in Indonesia," Journal of Scientific Indonesia, Vol. 1, No 1, October 1991.
* Onno W. Purbo, "SOI Transistor for high speed devices and satellite applications," Journal of Scientific Indonesia, Vol. 1, No 1, October 1991.
* C.R.Selvakumar and O.W.Purbo, "Polysilicon emitter bipolar transistor realized on Zone-Melting-Recrystallized Silicon-on-Insulator material," SPIE conference on "Emerging Optoelectronic Technologies" Bangalore, India, 16-21 December 1991.
* Onno W. Purbo, C.R. Selvakumar and D. Misra (NJIT, USA), "Reactive Ion Etching of SOI (ZMR and SIMOX) Silicon in CF4+O2 and SF6+O2 Plasmas," the Fifth International Symposium on Silicon-on-Insulator Technology and Devices of the Electrochemical Society, St. Louis, Missoury, 17-22 May 1992.
* Onno W. Purbo, C.R. Selvakumar and D. Misra (NJIT, USA), "Reactive Ion Etching of SOI (SIMOX and ZMR) Silicon in Nitrogen Containing CF4 + O2 and SF6 + O2 Plasmas," Journal of Electrochemical Society, vol. 140, no. 9, pp. 2659-2668, 1993.
* Onno W. Purbo, "An alternative approach to built low cost TCP/IP-based Wide Area Network in Indonesia," the South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) '92 regional conference, Kuala Lumpur, 14 August 1992.
* Onno W. Purbo, "The building of information infra-structure to sustain the current growth in Indonesia," The Canadian Association for Studies on International Development (CASID) conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, 7-9 June 1993.
* O.W.Purbo and C.R.Selvakumar, "Gamma radiation effects on ZMR-SOI Polysilicon Emitter Transistors," 1993 International Conference on Microelectronics, Dhahran, 14-16 December 1993.
* Onno W. Purbo, "Low cost strategies for a sustainable microelectronics information system," MICRO'93, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia 5-8 October 1993.
* Onno W. Purbo, "A Unified Model of Early Voltage for Bipolar Transistors at low temperatures," the 3rd ASEAN regional seminar (TARSMIT 94) on Microelectronics and Information Technology, 9-11 August 1994, Bangkok, Thailand.
* Onno W. Purbo, "Early voltage of ZMR-SOI polysilicon emitter transistors at low temperatures," the 3rd ASEAN regional seminar (TARSMIT 94) on Microelectronics and Information Technology, 9-11 August 1994, Bangkok, Thailand.
* Onno W. Purbo, F. Ihsan Hariadi & Mervin Hutabarat, "The microelectronics infrastructure in Indonesia," International Conference on Microelectronics 1994, Istambul, Turkey.
* Onno W. Purbo, "The Indonesia Computer Network Infrastructure A Status Report," Expert Group Meeting in the Development of RIHED Information Network on Higher Education, Bangkok, Thailand, March 14‑16, 1995.
* Budi Jatmiko, Abdulbasir, Eddy Yahya, Onno W. Purbo, and Ihsan Hariadi, "Optimizing temperature and time of phosphorous diffusion in p/B type polycrystalline silicon substrate," International Conference on Microelectronics ICM'95, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* Onno W. Purbo, Ichwan F. Agus, Arman Hazairin, A. Daniel Sembiring, Rudi Nursasono, Aulia K. Arief, Basuki Suhardiman, Zilmy Zamfarra, M. Halomoan Rambe, Februaris Purnomo, Bondan, Unedo Matondang, Denisz, Ismail Fahmi, Adnan, "Development of Computer Communication Network & its present status in Indonesia," The 4th ASEAN Science and Technology Week, 21 August - 1 September, Bangkok, Thailand.
* Soegiardjo Soegijoko, Onno W. Purbo, Widiadnyana Merati, Priyono Sutikno, Intan Achmad, "Indonesia Computer Network Status", Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) Meeting, 22-24 January 1996, Singapore.
* D.Misra, O.W.Purbo, C.R.Selvakumar, "Reduction of damage in Reactive Ion Etched Surfaces through Process Modification," SPIE: Microelectronics Processing '93, Monterey, California, 27-29 September 1993.
* Onno W. Purbo, “Indonesian Information Infrastructure & The Strategy to Implement Electronics Data Interchange (EDI),” International Seminar on Electronic Data Interchange: Implementation in Transport Sector, Yogyakarta 11-12 June 1997.
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