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Fwd: 2011 mHealth Summit - Call for Abstracts & Presentations, 11 Days Remaining!
by Gaetano Borriello 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: 2011 mHealth Summit <events(a)fnih.org> Date: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM Subject: 2011 mHealth Summit - Call for Abstracts & Presentations, 11 Days Remaining! To: Gaetano Borriello <gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu> Cc: "sgilmore(a)cs.washington.edu" <sgilmore(a)cs.washington.edu> [image: mHealth Summit — Shaping the Future of mHealth — Dec. 5-7, 2011]<http://mhealthsummit.org/>Visit the Summit Website <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/> | Register Now<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/register.php>| Contact Us <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/contact.php>[image: Keynote Speakers]* **Paul E. Jacobs* Chairman & CEO Qualcomm [image: Presented By][image: FNIH][image: Organizing Partners][image: mHealth Alliance][image: HiMSS][image: NIH][image: Strategic Affiliates] [image: Join Us]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundation-for-the-National-Institutes-of-Hea…> <http://twitter.com/mHealthSummit11> <http://mhealthsummit.org/rss_feed.php> <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3778987> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/43520317@N05/> <http://vimeo.com/fnih/videos/search:mhealth/sort:newest> *Call for Abstracts & Presentations ** **11 Days Remaining!* *Submission Deadline: Friday, July 8, 2011* *mHealth Summit to Highlight Groundbreaking Research Abstracts and Innovative Presentations* *TOPIC AREAS* *RESEARCH*: Ground-breaking health research using mobile technologies in clinical medicine and public health outcomes. *TECHNOLOGY*: Categories that examine the technologies being deployed today while also exploring new technologies currently under development. *BUSINESS*: Focus on moving the debate forward by addressing the business models that impact mHealth with a focus on lessons learned, best practices, and the emergence of commercially viable models to scale mHealth globally. *POLICY*: Showcase of healthcare, technology and investment communities seeking regulatory clarity on wireless medical technologies to accelerate this promising engine of health care innovation. Click Here To Learn More <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/call_abstracts.php> <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/register.php>[image: Call for Abstracts]<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/call_abstracts.php> [image: Register] <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/register.php> ------------------------------ [image: Cvent - Web-based Software Solutions] <HTTP://www.cvent.com>

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Open Data Kit cited in new issue of MIT Innovations Journal
by Robert C. Richards, Jr. 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Open Data Kit and the Hartung et al. ICTD 2010 paper are cited in the new issue of MIT Innovations Journal: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/INOV_a_00058 . An open access version of the article is available here: http://bit.ly/kD9Cvw . Thanks to Carl for answering some of my questions about ODK in preparation for this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert C. Richards, Jr., J.D.*, M.S.L.I.S., M.A. Ph.D. Student University of Washington Department of Communication Seattle, WA E-mail: rcr22(a)uw.edu CV: http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/robert-richards Blog: http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com * Member New York bar, retired status. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Fwd: Updated CFP, ICTD2012, Atlanta. Submission site is open, papers due 22 July
by Gaetano Borriello 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Program Chair <program(a)ictd2012.org> Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM Subject: Updated CFP, ICTD2012, Atlanta. Submission site is open, papers due 22 July To: Gary Marsden <gaz(a)cs.uct.ac.za> This is a reminder that the submission deadline for ICTD2012 is one month away, on July 22, 2011. The submission site is now open. Details are in the call for papers, below, and online at http://www.ictd2012.org. Please re-post and share with your colleagues. CALL FOR PAPERS, Revised 21 June 2011 Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA USA Conference dates: March 12-15, 2012 Paper submission deadline: July 22, 2011 (11:59pm UTC) Conference website: http://www.ictd2012.org Contact us at: program(a)ictd2012.org Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2012 Facebook: ICTD 2012 Atlanta ICTD provides an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. The conference program and accepted papers will reflect and deepen the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research, with anticipated representation from anthropology, computer science, communication, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, information science, political science, public health, sociology, and so on. Submitted papers are subject to a rigorous and selective double-blind peer review; accepted papers will appear in electronic conference proceedings and will be archived in the ACM digital library. A subset of the papers will also appear in a special issue of Information Technologies & International Development. ICTD2012 is the fifth of an ongoing series of conferences occurring every one-and-a-half years; previous conferences have taken place in: Berkeley, CA (USA) ICTD 2006; Bangalore (India) ICTD 2007; Doha (Qatar) ICTD 2009; and London (United Kingdom) ICTD 2010. For the purposes of this conference the term "ICT" comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as platforms that are built on such technologies. "Development" means international development, including, but not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, general communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment and sustainable livelihoods. Papers considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered. Well-analyzed negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. Relevant papers reporting high-quality original research are solicited. Full papers will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary panel, and evaluated according to their novel research contribution, methodological soundness, theoretical framing and reference to related work, quality of analysis, and quality of writing and presentation. Authors are encouraged (but not required) to address the diversity of approaches in ICTD research by providing context, implications, and actionable guidance to researchers and practitioners beyond the authors' primary domains. Only original, unpublished, full research papers in English will be considered. Submissions not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. Papers should contain a maximum of 8000 words. Reviews are double blind, so papers should not include author names or other information that would identify the authors (references to previous work by the authors should be in the third person). Papers must uploaded by the deadline, July 22, 2011 (11:59pm UTC). Papers should contain a maximum of 8000 words. Formatting instructions and links to the upload page can be found at the conference submissions page (http://ictd2012.org/submissions) Authors will be required to sign a copyright release for publication in the conference proceedings. Authors of top rated papers, as determined by the reviewers, will be invited to give a plenary talk. Authors of the remaining highly rated papers will be invited to give a poster. Papers accompanying plenary presentations and posters will appear in separate sections in the proceedings. Thus while all papers in the proceedings should be considered full length and peer reviewed conference papers, authors may wish to note that for plenary presentations the accept rate will be calculated as (plenary presentations/all submissions), while for poster presentations the accept rate will be calculated as (all accepted papers/all submissions). Venue Information Atlanta is a world-class city with a rich and passionate history. Spring comes early to Atlanta; March is likely to be sunny, crisp, and pleasant. The conference venue is the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. Georgia Tech is one of the top research universities in the United States, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. IMPORTANT DATES Peer review mentor program submission deadline: May 1, 2011 Paper submission deadline: July 22, 2011 Acceptance notifications: September 16, 2011 Camera-ready papers due: January 16, 2012 Conference dates: March 12-15, 2012 Program Committee Chairs Jonathan Donner, Microsoft Research India Beki Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town General Conference Chairs Michael Best, Georgia Institute of Technology Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology

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UN Global Pulse job opportunities
by Yaw Anokwa 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4dev-request(a)lists.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 18:00 Subject: Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5 To: ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:11:27 -0700 From: emma brunskill <emma(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Ict4dev] UN Global Pulse job opportunities To: ict4dev(a)csail.mit.edu Message-ID: <BANLkTin-MQ6KU5JnmNv3KgqpvTHZeaaE%3Dg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Job and intern opportunities at UN Global Pulse, see http://www.unglobalpulse.org/jobs for more details. - Emma Lead Software Developer Closing Date: 21 June 2011 Location: United States of America - New York, NY Vacancy Details Vacancy Code: VA/2011/NAO/DG/GIVAS/LSWD/06-08 Title: Lead Software Developer Level: International Individual Contractor Agreement (I-ICA) Org Unit: UNDG, NAO Duty Station: New York, USA Duration: 6 months Closing Date: 21 June 2011 Background UN Global Pulse is an innovations team in the United Nations, that is developing real-time crisis impact monitoring to assist governments to effectively protect vulnerable populations through early warning of slow onset crises. We?re looking for a Lead Software Developer to head its software team and help develop technology communities around the Global Pulse open source software platform and toolset. The Lead Software Developer will work in the Global Pulse New York lab and focus on designing and creating federated systems for real-time information analysis and evidence-based decision-making. They will lead and mentor members of the software development team, and support capacity building efforts with both partner and client organisations, and local and global software development communities. The Lead Software Developer reports to the Global Pulse Chief Platform Architect. ---------------------------------------- Data Visualization Intern Closing Date: 7 July 2011 Location: New York, NY Vacancy Details Title: Data Visualization Intern Section/Unit: Technology/Data Analysis Contract type: Internship (unpaid) Duration: Three to four months, full time/ part time Supervisor: Data Specialist Background The overarching objective of Global Pulse is to develop a 21st century approach to real-time crisis impact monitoring that enables decision makers to protect vulnerable populations with agile, targeted policy responses. To this end, Global Pulse is establishing an innovative monitoring framework that combines new types of real-time data with traditional development indicators to detect early impacts of crises, and developing free and open source toolkit ? assembled largely out of existing technologies ? for real-time data monitoring, collaborative analysis, visualization and decision-making. The internship duration is between 3 and 4 months, starting in July 2011 and finishing by the 30 October 2011.

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Fwd: SOSP Mobiheld 2011 - Deadline extended to June 24, 2011
by Yaw Anokwa 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lakshminarayanan Subramanian" <s.lakme(a)gmail.com> Date: Jun 18, 2011 7:08 PM Subject: SOSP Mobiheld 2011 - Deadline extended to June 24, 2011 To: <sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all, If you are doing any work in the space of mobile innovations for developing regions, kindly consider submitting to SOSP Mobiheld 2011. cheers Lakshmi CALL FOR PAPERS MobiHeld 2011 - The Third ACM Workshop on Networking, Systems, and Applications on Mobile Handhelds In conjunction with ACM SOSP 2011 Cascais, Portugal Sunday, October 23, 2011 http://sosp2011.gsd.inesc-id.pt/workshops/mobiheld IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPERS Paper submissions due: Friday, June 24, 2011 Notification of acceptance: Friday, July 15, 2011 Camera ready version due: Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 Workshop date: Sunday, October 23, 2011 Mobile handhelds are the computing and communications devices that will pervade the lives of users worldwide, much more than desktop-based systems. Mobile handhelds come in many forms, including traditional cellular phones, smart phones, music players, electronic book readers, and watch computers. In recent years, the use of mobile handhelds has grown tremendously, as has the functionality for programmers. This platform will likely change the computing and communications landscape in radical ways in the years to come. With the increasing capabilities of these devices come increasing challenges spanning a wide range of domains: in the design of effective networking mechanisms, in application design, in user interface design, in energy efficiency, and in management of these devices. The goal of the second MobiHeld workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners to investigate challenges in designing and utilizing this platform for the Internet of tomorrow. TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following (all of which are in the context of mobile handhelds): * Wireless protocols and services, especially dealing with limited power, limited bandwidth, and unpredictable connectivity of mobile handhelds * Design, implementation, and evaluation of services for mobile handhelds * Security, privacy, and trust for mobile handhelds * New applications for mobile handhelds * Mobile handheld management * Energy management * Virtualized services * Cloud-based services * Emerging applications, including media applications * Social networking using mobile handhelds * User interface issues * Operating systems and middleware support * Multi-radio mobile handhelds * Platforms and testbeds for experimenting with mobile handhelds * Mobile services in emerging regions SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages in length and in pdf format. Reviews will be single-blind: authors names and affiliations should be included in the submission. Submissions must follow other formatting rules here. http://sosp2011.gsd.inesc-id.pt/submission-guidelines To facilitate authors to better illustrate various aspects of their systems, we are encouraging authors to create easy-to-view videos demonstrating their system, and to post them on either public websites (such as YouTube) or private ones (in their own webspace). The authors can indicate the URL of such videos in the submitted papers if they would like the reviewers to view them, as part of the evaluation process. In addition, authors are also encouraged to submit their work to the demo session. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop. ORGANIZERS PC Chair Lakshminarayanan Subramanian New York University Publicity Chair Venugopalan Ramasubramanian Microsoft Research Silicon Valley PC Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin Madison Ramon Caceres AT&T Ranveer Chandra Microsoft Research Redmond Byung Gon Chun Intel Labs Berkeley Landon Cox Duke University Deborah Estrin University of California Los Angeles Bryan Ford Yale University Ramakrishna Gummadi University of Massachussets Amherst Jonathan Ledlie Nokia Jitendra Padhye Microsoft Research Redmond Jeff Pang AT&T Venugopalan Ramasubramanian Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Antony Rowstron Microsoft Research Cambridge Romit Roy Choudhury Duke University Lakshminarayanan Subramanian New York University Alec Wolman Microsoft Research Redmond Steering committee Victor Bahl Microsoft Research Redmond Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin Madison Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge Lars Eggert Nokia Research Finland Dan Siewiorek Carnegie Mellon University -- "Have a dream, pursue it!" -- Anonymous

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Fwd: Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4
by Yaw Anokwa 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4dev-request(a)lists.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 19:00 Subject: Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4 To: ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu Send Ict4dev mailing list submissions to ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ict4dev or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ict4dev-request(a)lists.csail.mit.edu You can reach the person managing the list at ict4dev-owner(a)lists.csail.mit.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ict4dev digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: [TIER] ICTD position (emma brunskill) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:03:38 -0700 From: emma brunskill <emma(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Ict4dev] Fwd: [TIER] ICTD position To: ict4dev(a)csail.mit.edu Message-ID: <BANLkTikPYPg8UK1JriHxBd0%2BR7WBWy7BSA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gudrun Wicander <gudrun.wicander(a)kau.se> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM Subject: [TIER] ICTD position To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu, tier-bounces(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Cc: Gudrun Wicander <gudrun.wicander(a)kau.se> Research Assistant (or Postdoc) position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Grade 6: Salary ?25,751 - ?30,747 p.a. We are a leading international research and policy Institute looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Dr Mark Graham on the ESRC-DFID funded project, The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa. Employing case-studies, interviews, surveys and textual analysis in Kenya and Rwanda, this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in the production networks of three economic sectors: tea production, ecotourism, and business process outsourcing. Applicants should have a graduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the social sciences, experience of social science research, and be willing to conduct extended fieldwork in East Africa. The successful candidate will be able to take a lead in project management, data collection and analysis, and the dissemination of results. Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, this position is available from 1st October 2011 for 28 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. It may be possible to hire at Postdoctoral Research Fellow level given the right candidate. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Only applications received before 12:00 midday on the 21st July 2011 can be considered. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing 8th Aug 2011. Full job details and online application are available at the following link:?https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100439 More details about the project available here: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=59 ***** _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier -- Emma Brunskill http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~emma/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ict4dev mailing list Ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ict4dev End of Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4 **************************************

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Fwd: [Cs-grads] FW: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School
by Yaw Anokwa 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Ladner <ladner(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:11 Subject: [Cs-grads] FW: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School To: cs-grads - Mailing List <cs-grads(a)cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads - Mailing List <cs-ugrads(a)cs.washington.edu> This is a competition that may interest students who are interested in social entrepreneurship. ________________________________ From: Wren McNally [wrenmc(a)uw.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:18 PM To: Richard Ladner Subject: RE: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Dear Richard, thank you for including the Global Business Center and providing the opportunity. It seemed like the students were very engaged and were stimulated by the conversation. We have begun our outreach for the 2012 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC). I would be delighted if you could share the attached information with students – particularly any you are in contact with over the summer. I can also forward the email announcement if you prefer. Please let me know if you recommend I contact anyone else at CSE. We would love to get more engineering students involved in GSEC so I welcome any suggestions you have in regard to raising CSE student awareness of GSEC. We will be hosting a networking night/information session in early October for interested students as well. I will be sure to let you know when that is scheduled. I am always happy to give a brief presentation to classes, if that approach works best for you. Thank you in advance. -wren Wren McNally Assistant Director, Faculty & Community Programs Global Business Center/CIBER Lewis Hall 315, UW Foster School of Business Tel: (206) 543-4109 – Fax: (206) 685-4079 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) www.facebook.com/GSECUW From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:32 PM To: Wren McNally Subject: RE: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Wren, Thanks for gathering the students. It was a lively conversation. Richard ________________________________ From: Wren McNally [mailto:wrenmc@uw.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:58 AM To: Richard Ladner Subject: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Hi Richard, I’m looking forward to meeting you and Jim today for our lunch at 12:30. I have recruited Foster MBAs and undergraduates and the SEC has done the same for its membership. It looks like we’ll have a small group but I anticipate a good conversation – we have seen great interactions come out of small-scale roundtables with students and executives. See you soon – -wren Wren McNally Assistant Director, Faculty & Community Programs Global Business Center/CIBER Lewis Hall 315, UW Foster School of Business Tel: (206) 543-4109 – Fax: (206) 685-4079 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) www.facebook.com/GSECUW From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:16 AM To: Wren McNally Subject: FW: May 11 event, UW Foster School I’ll have the same. Richard ________________________________ From: Jim Fruchterman [mailto:Jim.F@benetech.org] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:08 AM To: Richard Ladner Cc: 'Wren McNally' Subject: RE: May 11 event, UW Foster School The Classic Cobb Salad, please. Jim From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:25 PM To: Jim Fruchterman Cc: 'Wren McNally' Subject: FW: May 11 event, UW Foster School Importance: High Jim, Please pick out a lunch for Wednesday using the URL below. https://ingallina.net/wa/store.php?cid=11&osCsid=6cabc3b9e199781a69c811eb7e… Let me know what you decide. Richard

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Fwd: Survey on Open Source Software use
by Yaw Anokwa 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Ted McCarthy <epmccart(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 9:26 PM > Subject: Conducting research on Free and Open Source Software with an aim to help the visually impaired > > > Hi! My name is Ted, and I'm a graduate student from the US. I'm in Bangalore for the summer conducting research on technology use among the visually impaired. Related to my research, I am trying to gain a better understanding of Free and Open Source Software use and contribution in India (any software - not just that related to the visually impaired), and am conducting a survey to try to gather information related to this. Below is a link to the survey, and I would greatly appreciate anyone willing to take the time to fill it out. The only requirement for the survey is that you've used open source software at some point - you don't have to use a lot of it, and you don't have to know how to program. > > > https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHI1NFJwUkM4Q… > > Thanks very much to anyone who fills this out - it will hopefully go a long way to helping us to build an understanding of open source software use and contribution in India, and help us build a foundation to better understand technology use by the visually impaired in this country. If you have questions, please feel free to email me at epmccart(a)gmail.com .

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poor economics
by Yaw Anokwa 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

mit economists abhijit banerjee and esther duflo (of the poverty action lab) do randomized control trials in poor communities and have some great insights on global development. they've just published a book (http://pooreconomics.com) that will likely be interesting to the people on this list. there are also a series of interviews online that give you a taste of their work at http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/06/08/137041672/the-tuesday-podcast-poo… and http://temcnally.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-28T10_12_36-07_00 yaw

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Fwd: Pervasive ICT4D special issue
by Yaw Anokwa 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lakshminarayanan Subramanian <s.lakme(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 14:44 Subject: Pervasive ICT4D special issue To: sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com <Apologies if you get multiple copies> Call for Papers IEEE Pervasive Computing Special issue on Pervasive Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Submission Deadline: 1 September 2011 Publication: July–September 2012 Works in Progress Submission Deadline: 21 July 2011 IEEE Pervasive Computing invites submissions on the use of pervasive computing technologies for social and economic development, especially in contexts where conventional solutions are impractical due to factors such as income levels, literacy rates, and available infrastructure. These mobile and wireless technologies hold the potential to significantly improve the lives of large populations in developing regions. Example topics for this special issue include but are not limited to the following: • Pervasive computing applications for education, health, finance, agriculture, governance, etc. in developing regions • Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels • User interfaces on pervasive devices for low-literacy and/or intermittently connected populations • Low-cost computing devices and low-cost network connectivity • Energy-efficient and intermittent-energy devices, networks, and systems • Mechanisms for minimizing energy, latency, and storage • Embedded sensing and/or participatory sensing systems for ecology, sustainability, agriculture, etc. in developing regions • Shared access to pervasive computing infrastructure, including personalization and privacy concerns • Security challenges for pervasive technologies in developing regions • Case studies of operational Pervasive ICT4D devices and systems • Surveys of recent research in Pervasive ICT4D Special Issue Guest Editors • Elizabeth Belding , University of California, Santa Barbara • Ramón Cáceres, AT&T Labs • Tapan Parikh, University of California, Berkeley • Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, New York University Submission Information Submissions should be 4,000 to 6,000 words long and should follow the magazine's guidelines on style and presentation. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed in accordance with normal practice for scientific publications. Submissions should be received by 1 September 2011 to receive full consideration. In addition to full-length submissions, we also invite work-in-progress submissions of 250 words or less (submit to pervasive(a)computer.org) These will not be peer-reviewed but will be reviewed by the Department Editor Anthony Joseph and, if accepted, edited by the staff into a feature for the issue. The deadline for work-in-progress submissions is 21 July 2011. For full author guidelines: http://www.computer.org/pervasive/author.htm To submit an article: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pc-cs For submission details: pervasive(a)computer.org -- "Have a dream, pursue it!" -- Anonymous

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