October 2009 - change - Mailing Lists

CMU Internship Program in Technology Supported Education
by Sunil Garg 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cprose/winterschool/index.html This internship program in technology-supported education will draw on broad areas such as mobile learning, educational games, technology- assisted language learning, computer-assisted collaborative learning, intelligent tutors, machine learning, educational data mining, human- computer interaction, as well as speech and language technologies. The goal is to create an international bridge between institutions of higher learning in India and Carnegie Mellon University, which is at the forefront of research both in technology and in the learning sciences in the U.S., and even worldwide. This internship program will provide valuable research training opportunities for Indian undergraduates through a partnership between one of India's premier technical universities and one of the top ranking schools of computer science in the world, with the goal of expanding the pool of talented young researchers in India. A secondary goal is to provide a mechanism through which ongoing research partnerships can form and flourish between researchers at institutes for higher learning in India and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, such as taking the form of co-advised B-Tech projects. And finally, the internship program directly benefits the infrastructure for education in India as a biproduct of the research projects the students will engage in. As part of the internship program, participants will focus on topics relevant to education in India, and in the developing world more generally. The internship program will be composed of two stages. In the first stage, students will apply to participate in a two-week winter school from December 10-22, 2009 in Hyderabad. During these two weeks, students will attend lectures that will cover research and research methodologies, tools and techniques, insights about theory and practice, and a broad overview of the field of technology-supported education. Students will participate in team projects, which will be presented in demo sessions at the end of the winter school. Students who successfully complete the winter school will be invited to apply for research internships at Carnegie Mellon University. Successful applicants for stage two will be matched with internship advisors for a summer internship at Carnegie Mellon University's main campus in Pittsburgh, USA, for summer 2010. Some financial support for the summer internship may be available.

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Interesting New Papers from ITID and NSDR
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Oct '09

10 Oct '09

In the past few days, a few interesting ICTD papers have been published that I wanted to share. The first set comes from the Information Technologies & International Development (ITID), an interdisciplinary open-access journal that focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the “other four billion”. There are a number of great papers in the fall issue, but two stood out to me. What Constitutes Good ICTD Research?: A few months ago in an exchange on a mailing Jenna Burrell and Kentaro Toyama debated the questions posed in the title. After a few rounds, they decided to come together and formalize their discussion and it is an insightful read. http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/382/178 Understanding ‘Gold Farming’: Developing-Country Production for Virtual Gameworlds: Richard Heeks posits that gold farming (the production of virtual goods and services often for real world currency) is a significant activity that predicts a future development trend of outsourcing online employment. http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/383/179 For the more technical crowd, Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR) just posted their papers from their upcoming workshop. Here are two that I enjoyed. Message Phone: A User Study and Analysis of Asynchronous Messaging in Rural Uganda: Kurtis Heimerl, RJ Honicky, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh explore the value and utility of delay tolerant voice messages for cellular users that live in areas of poor or intermittent network coverage. In their user study, they find that voice messages were quite popular and uniformly preferred over text messages due to their ease of use and the richness of voice. http://dritte.org/nsdr09/files/nsdr09_camera/s3p1_heimerl09nsdr.pdf Development and Implementation of a Loosely Coupled, Multi-Site, Networked and Replicated Electronic Medical Record in Haiti: William B. Lober, Stephen Wagner, Christina Quiles present their electronic medical record system (iSanté) that supports individual and population health care for HIV patients in Haiti. iSanté is used in 55 clinic sites nationwide and tracks over 40k patients and the paper discusses their architectural choices made in its design. http://dritte.org/nsdr09/files/nsdr09_camera/s3p4_lober09nsdr.pdf

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The Center for Global Field Study: Training environmental stewards worldwide
by Gaetano Borriello 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=52556

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Lecture: Anticipating BioRisks: Considerations for Building Effective Detection and Prevention Systems -- Tuesday, October 13, 2009 --- 12-12:50 Room T-739 -- South Campus
by Sherrilynne Fuller 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Attached is the announcement of a lecture Im doing next week based on a keynote I gave at BioSecure 2009 in Taipei last month. Feel free to share Sherri Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D. Professor Biomedical and Health Informatics School of Medicine and Department of Health Services (Adj) School of Public Health Co-Director, Center for Public Health Informatics University of Washington BOX 35-4943 Seattle, Washington 98105 206-221-7444 206-491-6380 (mobile) 206-616-5249 (FAX) <mailto:sfuller@u.washington.edu> sfuller(a)u.washington.edu

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CIS becomes TASHCA
by Yaw Anokwa 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

The Center for Information & Society (CIS) has changed its name to the Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) group. Christine Prefontaine explains that, “Over the last 10 years we have grown from a three-person team to more than a dozen researchers and program staff, with affiliated faculty from across the University of Washington and a global network of research partners. This year we came together to reflect, take stock of our strengths and emerging trends, and examine who we are, how we work, and how we can affect change. Our new name is the result of this process — and in the coming months you’ll witness a number of changes.” We wish our friends at TASCHA continued success. You can find out more about their transformation at http://cis.washington.edu/2009/10/07/cis-becomes-tasch/

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meeting this thursday
by Yaw Anokwa 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

hey all, we have a change meeting thursday at noon in the paul allen center, room 403. this week, gaetano will be discussing what he did during his sabbatical at google. hope to see you all there, yaw

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Fwd: [Cs-grads] SPAM: INVITATION: Drum & Dance Guinea Kids Benefit Concert...in the U District....please tell your friends...
by Yaw Anokwa 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Oren Etzioni <etzioni(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 09:33 Subject: [Cs-grads] SPAM: INVITATION: Drum & Dance Guinea Kids Benefit Concert...in the U District....please tell your friends... To: all-faculty - Mailing List <all-faculty(a)cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads - Mailing List <cs-grads(a)cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads - Mailing List <cs-ugrads(a)cs.washington.edu> YOU'RE INVITED! Please join us for an afternoon of fun, sharing, and hot drumming and dancing at the annual Guinea Kids Benefit Concert, a concert and fundraiser to support children's education in Guinea West Africa. LEARN MORE and REGISTER HERE: http://gkef2009.eventbrite.com/ Hosted by Marissa Baratian and the Guinea Kids Education Fund (GKEF) this event includes live West African music and dance, traditional rhythms from Guinea with drumming by Karim Koumbassa, Abdoulaye Sylla, Manimou Camara and friends, New Discovery School's World Dance classes, an African marketplace, and numerous opportunities to learn more about Guinea and GKEF. Guinea is a country of beautiful land, people, music, dance, and rich traditions. It is also among the poorest countries in the world with a 59% adult illiteracy rate. GKEF is an education support project comprised of individuals in the United States and Guinea, West Africa who are committed to enriching the neighborhood of Enco-5 in Conakry, Guinea. Our mission is to assist and empower the community to increase the percentage of children attending and succeeding in school, and to provide the necessary funding for educational resources, school tuition, school supplies, uniforms, and shoes. By forming a cooperative partnership that integrates local traditions and cultures in education, our goal is to improve the quality of life for this community. Guinea Kids Benefit Concert Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:00-6:00pm University Heights Center, Rm. 209 5031 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 www.uhcca.org Directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid… LEARN MORE about the event and REGISTER HERE: http://gkef2009.eventbrite.com/ Can't attend? Please consider making a donation: http://firstgiving.com/gkef/ To learn more about our organization, click here: www.guineakids.org Thank you from Marissa Baratian and the GKEF Team! Sarah Lee “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Mead Sarah Lee & Karim Koumbassa 206-409-6430 WON TA NARA! (We are all together!) www.OneWorldDance.com

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FW: Multilearn Makes Seattle Business Magazine's 2009 Top 25
by Joyojeet Pal 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

I am pleased to announce that our MultiLearn project has been selected among the Top 25 Innovators by Seattle Business Magazine! http://change.washington.edu/projects/multilearn From: "Jenna Shin" <jenna.shin(a)tigeroak.com<mailto:jenna.shin@tigeroak.com>> Date: October 5, 2009 2:43:11 PM PDT To: <sunil(a)sunilgarg.com<mailto:sunil@sunilgarg.com>>, <skgarg(a)cs.washington.edu<mailto:skgarg@cs.washington.edu>> Subject: Who Made the List: Seattle Business Magazine's 2009 Top 25 Dear Sunil, Greetings from Seattle Business magazine! We'd like to first congratulate you on being a finalist for our Top 25 Innovators Awards! We will be honoring all of our finalists as well as announcing our winners at our Top 25 Innovators Event, coming up on October 21, at SkyLine at the Space Needle. Below is the event invitation for more information. We would love to see and acknowledge you at our event! Tickets are $25 and are available online at seattlebusinessmag.com<http://seattlebusinessmag.com>. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and we hope to see you at our event! [cid:image001.jpg@01CA45CA.299C2610] Thank you and best regards, Jenna Jenna Shin Promotions Assistant TigerOak Publications 1518 1st Avenue South, Suite 500; Seattle, WA 98134 206.452.2970 jenna.shin(a)tigeroak.com<mailto:jenna.shin@tigeroak.com>

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New Scientist article: Aid Agencies Turn to Open-Source Software
by Gaetano Borriello 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Aid Agencies Turn to Open-Source Software New Scientist (10/03/09) Campbell, MacGregor Wesleyan University and Trinity College students have developed Collabbit, software that acts as a virtual emergency response center. Collabbit serves as a central repository for information, using RSS or text messages to send project updates to response workers. The students built a prototype system in three weeks as part of the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) project, which developed applications in response to the Asian tsunami. The American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and Catholic Charities USA, which saw potential in the project, also contributed to the design. The relief agencies recently modeled their response after a hypothetical hurricane strike on a major city, and were pleased with the performance of Collabbit. "Not only did it work, but it demonstrated to those who participated the value of the tool," says John Berglund, a coordinator with the New York City Salvation Army. HFOSS project director Trishan de Lanerolle says developing the program provided the computer science students with a meaningful outlet for their work. "The work they are doing is something that has an impact," he says. "It's not just a classroom exercise where you write your program and then delete it the next day." View Full Article<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427286.000-aid-agencies-turn-to-ope…> ----- "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi Gaetano Borriello Jerre D. Noe Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering 572 Allen Center, Box 352350 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2350 +1.206.685.9432 gaetano(a)cse.washington.edu<mailto:gaetano@cse.washington.edu> http://www.cse.washington.edu/homes/gaetano

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REGISTER for Change seminar/lunch
by Gaetano Borriello 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

You can now register for 1 credit for the Change lunch seminar held on Thursday's at 12:00-12:50 in CSE403. The seminar is listed as CSE590C1 and its sln is 20649. Please register if you plan to attend regularly. Thanks, Gaetano ----- "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi Gaetano Borriello Jerre D. Noe Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering 572 Allen Center, Box 352350 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2350 +1.206.685.9432 gaetano(a)cse.washington.edu<mailto:gaetano@cse.washington.edu> http://www.cse.washington.edu/homes/gaetano

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