April 2009 - change - Mailing Lists

ictd2009 reminder
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

if you are going to ictd2009 and have a change shirt, please don't forget to pack and wear the shirt during the conference. we want to make uw's presence known visually. see you all in doha, yaw

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Summer Research Intern opportunity at IBM Research.
by Bill Lober 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Summer Research Intern opportunity at IBM Research. BS required, plus 1 yr Java/Eclipse. Aimed at graduate students, though as I read it, recent grads might be eligible. A colleague of mine at IBM Research, Hawthorne, NY has an internship slot open for this summer. She begins interviewing next week, so the lead time for this is short. I understand it to be a good position in terms of salary, stipend for expenses, etc., as well as a great opportunity. Possible projects could include open source work on an interface between Lab Information Systems (LIS) and Electronic Medical Records for HIV care in resource poor settings, healthcare interoperability framework stuff. The stuff that interests me the most would be contributions relevant to our Electronic Medical Record work in Haiti, our Lab System development and implementation work in Haiti, our surveillance and lab assessment activities in Mozambique and Cote d'Ivoire, and our just-beginning work on health research informatics infrastructure in Kenya. Thanks, Bill Lober, MD Associate Professor Schools of Medicine & Nursing (Joint), Public Health (Adjunct) If you do choose to apply, let me know. Main contact: Sondra R Renly <srrenly(a)us.ibm.com> Local contact: Bill Lober <lober(a)u.washington.edu> "Students are employees hired for a pre-professional/professional assignment while enrolled at a university/educational institution or just after completion of qualification and work for IBM as a required part of their academic program or work during vacation, breaks, and/or holiday periods or as a placement year, for example, co-ops and interns." =================================================================== Posting below from: <http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/fi_search.shtml>http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/fi_search.shtml keyword (the job ID works): RES-0224755 ============= Research Intern Job IDRES-0224755Job typeFull-time Complementary Work countryUSAPosted18-Mar-2009 Work cityYorktown HeightsJob areaResearch TravelNo travelJob categoryOther Business unitResPerSys&StorJob roleStudent/Intern Job role skillsetGeneral Intern year of studyGraduateInternship termUS- Spring/Summer Job description We currently have internship opportunities available in Computer Sciences: Healthcare Information Infrastructure. In our department we have many projects related to advancing standards-based Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and developing new technologies within HIEs to improve clinical outcomes and population health. We participate in organizations like HL7 and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) to provide feedback on current specifications as well as motivation for new work. We contribute open source client-side implementations of IHE profiles in Open Health Tools (OHT) to advance the adoption of interoperability among healthcare vendors. We have client focused challenges where we work on projects such as developing new learning algorithms to detect negative consequences from unstudied multi-drug interactions, building a public health inclusive infrastructure that adopts clinical interoperability for the goals of public health surveillance, building new tooling for advancing uptake of the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), and building a modeling framework that digests real-time standards-based reports and models disease progression under various potential interventions. Some of our recent notable department accomplishes/awards include a Laureate Award from Computerworld Information Technology for the collaborative work with the Middle East Consortium for Infectious Disease Surveillance, a Best HL7 CDA Case Study Award from IHIC2008, and an IBM Outstanding Award for Contributions to the Global Pandemic Initiative for Public Health. Students are employees hired for a pre-professional/professional assignment while enrolled at a university/educational institution or just after completion of qualification and work for IBM as a required part of their academic program or work during vacation, breaks, and/or holiday periods or as a placement year, for example, co-ops and interns. Required Bachelor's Degree At least 1 year experience in Eclipse IDE, Java English: Intermediate Preferred Master's Degree in Other Sciences At least 1 year experience in HL7 v2 and v3 message and document standards At least 1 year experience in IHE interoperability specifications Additional information The IBM Research Division conducts scientific research and develops technologies and processes for use with IBM Products and customer applications. IBM Research has produced leading contributions to the technology underlying IBM's product portfolio, as well as to the world of science and the entire IT industry. For more information go to www.ibm.com/research IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Thanks, Sondra Renly, MT(ASCP)cm IBM Almaden Research Center 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120 email: srrenly(a)us.ibm.com Office in IBM T.J. Watson Research Center 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532-1596 phone: (914) 945-1076 (tie 8-862-1076)

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World Affairs Council panel on ICTD
by Justine Sherry 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

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weekly meeting: multimath presentation
by Yaw Anokwa 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Every week we hold an open meeting to discuss ICTD at UW. This week, we will have a presentation from "MultiMath: Numeric keypads for math learning on shared personal computers". The MultiMath team just arrived from their tests in India. Come hear how they incorporate split-screen UI and low cost keypads to create a engaging multiplayer arithmetic game targeted for use in primary schools. For more information, see: http://change.washington.edu/projects/multimath As always, we will leave room at the end for other open topics.

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digital government applications in the developing world
by Alan Borning 05 Apr '09

05 Apr '09

Hi all - for the past several years I've been one of the faculty members in a week-long summer institute for PhD students interested in research in digital government (or e-goverment if you prefer). It was in New York City in 2007, Manchester in 2008, and it will be in Seattle this summer, June 21-27. See http://www.ctg.albany.edu/institute There is considerable interest among the students coming this summer in applications in the developing world, and I wanted to check whether there are UW folks working on projects that might be of particular interest to the group -- we could arrange a presentation, a field trip (well, to someplace in Seattle or environs), or an activity - let me know. Also, applications for student spots are closed now -- but we may well be able to slip a UW grad student or two in still -- let me know also if you're interested in that. Thanks! Alan

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GHDonline Summer Internships
by Yaw Anokwa 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

From: Joaquin Blaya <joaquin_blaya(a)hms.harvard.edu> Subject: [Ict4dev] GHDonline Summer Internships To: <ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <C41BD3B5BF8842F99A5C1D0C6A56BDA1@JBLAYA> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi The GHD online team at the Brigham and Women?s Hospital is looking for two summer interns. A brief description is below as well as the website where you can find out more information. Over the past year, the GHDonline website has grown from just a concept to a full-fledged community website where health care implementers from around the globe discuss proven practices, engage in problem-solving, and address challenges to improve health outcomes in resource-limited settings. None of this would exist without coders building the platform on which GHDonline runs. If you are a junior, senior, or graduate student in Computer Science and are interested in making a difference in global health, here?s your chance to join us! We are looking for a pair of interns for the summer to develop new features and help us build the capacity to support even more members. Learn (or build on your knowledge of) the Django web application framework in an agile development environment with a startup feel! http://globalhealthdelivery.org/blog/?p=312 Joaquin

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FW: IT Teacher wanted in Zanzibar
by Yael Schwartzman 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

We, ICT4D.at (www.ICT4D.at) are organizing a comprehensive IT course in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, from the beginning of July until the end of September 2009. The basic idea is to teach a group of 3 – 5 students with basic skills in web design to build solid web applications using PHP and Java as well as setting up diverse Web applications like wiki (MediaWiki), CMS (Joomla!) and blog software (Wordpress). Also, basic Linux (Ubuntu) skills should be mediated, not only by using Linux throughout the whole course. For complete information on the course itself please refer to http://wiki.ict4d.at/Zanzi bits_Support. Unfortunately, the teacher that intended to go there for the first six weeks, so from beginning of July until mid of August, quit completely so we are currently searching for someone who is interested and fulfills the requirements stated below. ICT4D.at supports possible teachers as follows: - 50% of the airfare to Zanzibar and retour is paid (so approx. € 400 are to be paid by yourself). - The visa is paid. - Accommodation near the location of the IT course is provided (single bed room). - Spending money to cover expenses for victuals is provided. - A Swahili course with altogether 15 units to 1,5 hours each held weekly in Vienna is paid. - Martin Konzett who has been in Stone Town several times will travel to Stone Town with you and introduce you to the local habits and culture as well as to the students and anyone you need to know in Zanzibar. What we require from a possible teacher: - Necessary skills: PHP (object oriented and using a framework like CodeIgniter or equal), Linux basics & administration (Ubuntu), Java basics (OOP basics). - Skills in setting up wiki, CMS or blog software are advantageous but not required. - The ability to teach a group of 3 - 5 people around 20 years old 3 hours a day, 5 times a week, 6 weeks altogether and to prepare for the course independently (which can be done on-site in Stone Town every day for the following day's lesson, of course). - The motivation to learn Swahili as well as possible before departure and to lead the course in English and Swahili. - The ability to tailor the education in the course to the student's needs individually as student's education and skills may vary. For (even) more information or applications please contact me: http://stefanasseg.com/contact. Please forward this to anyone that could be interested. Thank you. Kind regards,

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nandan nilekani in seattle
by Yaw Anokwa 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

nandan nilekani is going to be in seattle on thursday (april 2nd) and there are a number of events that you can attend to hear him speak. the first is at the hub from 3.30-4.30 and is free. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56435523796 the second is in montlake at 7pm and is not free http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm?eventID=1075&action=eventDetails both events are on the change calendar http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56435523796 yaw

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thursday weekly meeting
by Yaw Anokwa 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Every week we hold an open meeting to discuss ICTD at UW. This week, we will have Anthony Poon presenting "*bus: Building a Public Transportation Information System in Kyrgyzstan". The *bus team just arrived from their tests in Bishkek. Come hear how their bottom-up, transportation information infrastructure using GPS and SMS worked out in the field. As always, we will leave room at the end for other open topics. See you all in Paul Allen Center (CSE) Rm 303 from 12-1pm.

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