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columbia university hiring web programmer
by Yaw Anokwa 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

columbia university is hiring a programmer/web engineer. the developer will work on the design, development, and maintenance of on-line information systems and mapping applications for afsis (aftrica soil information service) website. demonstrated experience with open data kit is one of the preferred qualifications. http://www.universityjobs.com/jobs/printer_friendly.php?jobid=1070945

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REMINDER: Eric Brewer (UCB) to give Change talk TODAY, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons
by Gaetano Borriello 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Reminder..... On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Gaetano Borriello <gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu > wrote: > Here is the promised title and abstract - hope to see you there: > > Technology, The Cloud, and Developing Regions > > Eric Brewer > UC Berkeley & Google > > Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have become an > fundamental tool to improve the quality of life for the majority of the > world's population, a major change from a decade ago. The role for > universities it to create new technology options for developing regions and > to help apply technology in the places where market forces are insufficient > to create solutions. After covering some of the technologies that we have > deployed in developing regions, I shift to the great remaining potential > impact from energy, connectivity solutions, and the cloud. > > This is in some ways a follow-up to Eric's "The Case for Technology for > Developing Regions" talk at UW in 2004. > > Monday, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Gaetano Borriello < > gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Eric Brewer <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/>, of UC Berkeley's CS >> Division <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/> and leader of the TIER group<http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/drupal/>, >> will give a talk on ICTD (title/abstract will be sent out soon) in the Gates >> Commons on the 6th floor of the Allen Center on Monday, June 6 at 10:30. >> >> Eric is one of the pioneers on the technology side of ICTD research, founder >> of the Federal Search Foundation, which built FirstGov (now USA.gov)<http://www.usa.gov/>, >> the portal for the US government, and he was founder and Chief Scientist >> of Inktomi Corporation, now part of Yahoo! >> >> I hope you'll be able to join us. >> >> Thanks, >> Gaetano >> >> >> >

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Eric Brewer (UCB) to give Change talk Monday, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons
by Gaetano Borriello 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Eric Brewer <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/>, of UC Berkeley's CS Division <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/> and leader of the TIER group<http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/drupal/>, will give a talk on ICTD (title/abstract will be sent out soon) in the Gates Commons on the 6th floor of the Allen Center on Monday, June 6 at 10:30. Eric is one of the pioneers on the technology side of ICTD research, founder of the Federal Search Foundation, which built FirstGov (now USA.gov)<http://www.usa.gov/>, the portal for the US government, and he was founder and Chief Scientist of Inktomi Corporation, now part of Yahoo! I hope you'll be able to join us. Thanks, Gaetano

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Fwd: Invitation for International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications
by Rohit Chaudhri 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ggapartners <ggapartners(a)mssrf.res.in> Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:24 AM Subject: Invitation for International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications To: rohit.chaudhri(a)gmail.com Dear Sir Greetings. On 15-16 September 2011, the International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications will be held at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. The conference organizers are International Institute for Information Design (IIID), the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) and M S Swaminathan Research Foundation. On 17th September 2011 the interested participants will be taken to Pondicherry to visit the Village Resource Centres (VRCs) and Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs) operated by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation. The conference will address the information design challenges for bringing relevant content via a mobile phone to people who would otherwise have no access to such information, to facilitate exchange and interaction and thus promote inclusive growth. It will investigate what formats of communication are appropriate and understandable in order to empower people and support socio-economic development. Bringing together technological possibilities, content provision and the transformative power of information design we expect this conference to be a milestone for the development of innovative and effective applications for mobile phones. I shall be grateful if you would like to submit a presentation on mobile expertise in your field or participate as a participant. Your participation will certainly enrich the debate and strengthen the conclusions of this conference. If you will need more information, kindly contact my colleagues Mr Surendran (ffma(a)mssrf.res.in) or Ms Suvitha (ggapartners(a)mssrf.res.in) or Mr Senthilkumaran (senthilrural(a)gmail.com) For more information kindly check the web site www.mobileplus-india.net for further information and registration. Kindly register as early as possible. We shall be grateful if you could kindly attend this International Conference and provide your valuable inputs. Thank you and regards. Sincerely Senthilkumaran Director Information, Education and Communication M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Peter Simlinger Director, IIID International Institute for Information Design Prof. Kirti Trivedi Industrial Design Centre, IITB Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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CSE481K Capstone Presentation/Demos (2 events) - Wed, June 1, 5pm in Gates Commons and Wed, June 8, noon in Atrium
by Gaetano Borriello 31 May '11

31 May '11

This year's projects in the multi-disciplinary CSE481K - Designing Technology for Resource-Constrained Environments will be giving presentations in the Gates Commons from 5:00 to 6:30 in the Gates Commons. You are welcome to join us. WHAT: CSE481K Designing Technology for Resource-Constrained Environments Project Presentations DATE: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 TIME: 5:00pm - 6:30pm PLACE: Gates Commons (6th floor), Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, UW Campus http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=CSE http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/maps.html HOSTS: Gaetano Borriello (CSE), Ruth Anderson (CSE), Beth Kolko (HCDE), Rohit Chaudhri (CSE) Smartphones are becoming and important tool in helping under-served populations improve their healthcare, citizen groups increase their reach, small entrepreneurs improve their businesses, and much more. Come and see how six projects - all connected to real customers - are tackling some interesting problems for which existing commercial products are inadequate, inflexible, or just too expensive. CSE and HCDE students teamed up over the winter and spring quarters. First, the HCDE students took the lead in developing project ideas and their requirements. Then, the CSE students took those project ideas to working prototypes. There will also be a poster/demo session next week. WHAT: CSE481K Designing Technology for Resource-Constrained Environments Project Posters and Demos DATE: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 TIME: 12:00pm - 1:30pm PLACE: Atrium, Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, UW Campus http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=CSE http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/maps.html HOSTS: Gaetano Borriello (CSE), Ruth Anderson (CSE), Beth Kolko (HCDE), Rohit Chaudhri (CSE) Here is a list of this year's six projects: - Global2Local: helping local (SeaTac) health clinics coordinate interpreter services for the over 60 languages spoken in the SeaTac community (with the Global2Local program run by the Washington Global Health Alliance, Swedish Hospital, HealthPoint, and the King County Department of Public Health) - Paper2Digital: using smartphone cameras to translate optical mark forms to spreadsheets automatically (a Gates Foundation funded project with VillageReach - a local NGO working in health clinics in Mozambique) - WaterUse: using low-power sensing to precisely determine the pattern and duration of water gathering activities in rural Ethiopia (in collaboration with Prof. J. Cook, an economist in the Evans School) - MilkBank: a low-cost sensor for guiding the flash-heat pasteurization of human breast milk (to eliminate HIV) to used in South Africa (with PATH - a large local NGO with activities in many countries) - ODK Tables: a new tool in the Open Data Kit suite developed at UW, allows the SMS population and queries of an on-phone database and presents a phone-optimized table viewing interface (intended to lower the barrier to entry by providing an alternative to cloud-hosted servers) - NatureMapping: extensions to ODK Collect (also a tool in Open Data Kit) to allow data collection and decision tree forms to extract choices from a database (local or remote) based on data already entered - think advanced field guide (with the Nature Mapping project in the UW's Department of Forestry) We hope to see you at either or both of these events. Gaetano Borriello Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington

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Discussion on Cancer Care in Resource-Poor Environments
by Eleanor O'Rourke 31 May '11

31 May '11

This Thursday at Change we will be hosting a discussion about cancer care in resource-poor environments, led by Change members Rita Sodt, Nick Garrett, and Michael Ratanapintha. They will be joined by Addie Boone, who works with Rita in the Swanson Lab <http://depts.washington.edu/krslab/> in the UW Pathology department. Addie recently traveled to Uganda to study cancer care, and will be sharing highlights of a recent talk she gave entitled “Contextualizing Cancer Care Delivery in a Resource Poor Setting: A Provider Ethnography”. Addie will also be sharing some of her previous experience in medical device design and how that translates to new innovations and approaches to global health technology development. Please join us for sandwiches, and to learn more cancer care in resource-poor environments! *What:* Discussion on Cancer Care in Resource-Poor Environments *When:* Thursday, June 2nd at noon *Where:* Paul Allen Center, Room 203

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