September 2011 - change - Mailing Lists

CSE 590F seminar
by anderson＠cs.washington.edu 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

The CSE 590F seminar, Readings in ICTD will meet on Tuesdays, 1:30 - 2:20 in CSE 203. The focus of the seminar this quarter will be mobile health technologies for low resource environments. Participants in the seminar are expected to read the background papers and participate in discussions. For more information, see http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse590f/11au/ - Richard

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Fwd: FW: 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference - Status
by Jon Froehlich 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

This should be of interest to some of you in change... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ben Shneiderman <ben(a)cs.umd.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:07 AM Subject: FW: 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference - Status To: Jon Froehlich <jonfroehlich(a)gmail.com> *From:* ghtc-contacts(a)ieee.org [mailto:ghtc-contacts@ieee.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Kostek *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:30 PM *To:* ghtc-contacts(a)IEEE.ORG *Subject:* 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference - Status**** ** ** Hello All,**** **** The conference is 5 weeks away and we have an outstanding program ( www.ieeeghtc.org left side for program) along with some excellent tutorials. **** **** 1. Affordable Energy Solutions for Developing Communities**** **** 2. Village-level Renewable Energy Projects for the Developing World**** **** 3. Systems Thinking and Village Development**** **** Visit the conference website http://www.ieeeghtc.org/tutorials.html to learn more about the tutorials. If you or a member of your team is interested in just attending a tutorial please contact our registration chair Dick Wilkins (wilkins(a)ieee.org) for information on tutorial only registration. **** **** Check out the Engineering for Change Website (engineeringforchange.org) to participate in pre-conference discussions with several of our authors. **** **** On Monday evening the local chapters of Engineers Without Borders will be sponsoring a silent auction during the reception. **** **** Also want to welcome the Imagine Cup sponsored by Microsoft to the conference. **** **** See you on October 30th.**** **** Cheers,**** **** Paul **** -- Jon Froehlich PhD Candidate Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/jfroehli @jonfroehlich - Twitter

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ICT4D Jobs and Career Forum now Free/Premium
by Yaw Anokwa 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <tier-request(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Based on feedback, we've adapted the ICT4D Jobs and Career Forum. - If you want ICT job ads and general job search tips, get them free via RSS or email here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ict4djobs - When you are ready to be serious about your ICT4D career, join the paid forum for personal support and advice that should reduce your job search by at least a month: http://tinyletter.com/ict4djobs Wayan

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Fall 2011 Change Seminar
by Nicola Dell 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

Hello Everyone, In preparation for the 2011 fall quarter, I wanted to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (Course number: CSE590C1, SLN: 12464). The seminar is held on Thursdays at 12pm in the Paul Allen Center (Room 203). Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the UW who are exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the lives of underserved populations, particularly in the developing world. We cover topics such as global health, education, micro finance, agricultural development, and general communication, and look at how technology can be used to improve each of these areas. This fall we will be alternating between talks by invited speakers and group discussions. Those who sign up for credit will be asked to participate in leading one of the discussions (this requires very little work and can be done in groups). We are in the process of scheduling speakers, so stay tuned to our calendar (http://is.gd/3PkTF) Twitter (http://is.gd/3PkVk) Also please feel free to subscribe to the Change mailing list ( http://is.gd/3PlkS) for more information. Please consider registering. If you are unable to register, feel free to come to any of the meetings you are interested in attending! The seminar is available for all UW students and the content is designed to be widely accessible. We encourage students from all departments to register/attend if interested. Please forward this message to the relevant mailing lists, and we hope to see you at the first meeting on *Thursday October 6 at 12pm in Room CSE 203*of the Paul Allen Center. Thanks, Nicki

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Nominations Open for Nation's Top Honor in Public Interest Computing
by Yaw Anokwa 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Tides Pizzigati Prize will award $10,000 to an open source software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed. Nominations have now opened for the sixth annual Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest, the nation's highest honor for software developers working with nonprofits to help advance innovative social change. Tides is now accepting nominations for this year's $10,000 prize through October 31. The 2012 winner will be announced in April at the Nonprofit Technology Network annual conference in San Francisco. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nominations-open-for-nations-top-honor-in-…

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ICT4D Jobs and Career Forum
by Yaw Anokwa 17 Sep '11

17 Sep '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- I've launched http://ict4djobs.com with a few friends (who you know) to help folks break into the ICT4D field and grow their careers. If I can be so bold, I would appreciate it if you two would advertise it as you see fit. I would think your current and past students would find it very valuable. It is a paid forum. We did this for two reasons. Mainly to make sure those that joined we serious and second to keep us focused on providing good advice. Wayan Volta Senior Director of Inveneo (http://inveneo.org)

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Job in Nairobi to manage maternal care study data
by Yaw Anokwa 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

What Women Want: An Evidence-Based Approach to Innovative Maternal Health Care in Africa Our project, "What Women Want: An Evidence-Based Approach to Innovative Maternal Health Care in Africa" is seeking a project associate to manage data collection for an evaluation that is ready to launch. The project is designed as a first step in evaluating the health impacts of a start-up social enterprise, Jacaranda Health, which aims to deliver affordable, high quality reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health care to poor urban women in Nairobi, Kenya . It combines business, social and clinical innovations to create a self-sustaining and scalable chain of clinics. PIs include Jessica Cohen, Margaret McConnell and Priya Agrawal (Harvard School of Public Health). The project is being administered by HSPH and our partner Jacaranda Health. The project associate would live and work in Nairobi, working closely with the partners to conduct a pre-post survey of pregnant women and an audit of delivery facilities. In addition to managing project operations, the project associate would also coordinate the development of new research agendas surrounding mobile financial services with the partner organization. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who seeks to acquire experience with managing field projects and is interested in quality of care and health service provision. The ideal candidate will be a graduate student with knowledge of Stata, previous experience with collecting or analyzing survey data as well as experience with large scale logistics operations in a developing world context. We are looking for someone who could start immediately, as of September 2011 and could work until December 2011 and possibly beyond. Responsibilities would include: • Hiring and managing a team of surveyors • Helping to develop an audit of health facilities • Hiring and managing a team of auditors • Organizing sampling and surveying in the slums of Nairobi • Supporting the administration of the survey via cell phones. • Managing incoming data • Developing new projects in collaboration with PIs and partners If interested please send a resume to Margaret McConnell (mmcconne(a)hsph.harvard.edu)

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Berkeley startup in crowd sourcing looking for engineers
by Ed Lazowska 10 Sep '11

10 Sep '11

Tapan Parikh is a UW CSE ICTD Ph.D. alum. This startup came out of his ICTD course, passing through Y Combinator. They are looking for a few good engineers. http://www.mobileworks.com/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tapan Parikh <tparikh(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:15 AM Subject: Fwd: MobileWorks is looking for help in building the next crowdsourcing platform (San Francisco/Berkeley) To: Ed Lazowska <lazowska(a)cs.washington.edu> Hey Ed - Where is the right place to put job postings like this for UW CSE? This is one of the start-ups that came out of my class. Good bunch of guys. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prayag Narula <prayag(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:56 PM Subject: MobileWorks is looking for help in building the next crowdsourcing platform (San Francisco/Berkeley) To: Tapan Parikh <tparikh(a)gmail.com> Hi Tap, This is the job description. Please forward it to lists at UW. Cheers! Prayag ------------------------------------ MobileWorks is a start-up that came out of the ICTD class at UC Berkeley. We are looking for exceptional engineers to be our first hires in our San Francisco/Berkeley office. We just graduated from the latest class of Y Combinator and are funded by some of the prominent names in the Silicon Valley who believe in our mission. We are building a crowdsourcing platform of the future and we aspire to change the way the way the world works. If you are an exceptional, idealist software engineer/ engineering student (either by training or experience) looking to meaningfully impact the world by using your ninja coding skills, we are looking for you. For more details please visit http://www.mobileworks.com/jobs.html Thanks, -- Prayag Narula Co-Founder / CTO MobileWorks Inc. Crowdsourcing Made Easy

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Smartphones as Helpers During Disasters
by Gaetano Borriello 09 Sep '11

09 Sep '11

Scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have developed software, with which smartphones can automatically and autonomously organize an energy-efficient, ad-hoc network. Rapid organization of such a communications network can be vital in the event of disasters where normal communications infrastructures have been destroyed, since smartphones could then exchange, e.g., environmental-sensor data. http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/vorbeischauen/aktuell/ni_37632.en.jsp

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Job (Contract) Opening @ Inveneo - Help Build Haiti's Rural Broadband Network
by Yaw Anokwa 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Begin forwarded message: From: Kristin Peterson <kristin(a)inveneo.org> Date: September 7, 2011 10:08:02 AM PDT To: All everyone <all(a)inveneo.org> Subject: Job (Contract) Opening @ Inveneo - Help Build Haiti's Rural Broadband Network Hi All - Inveneo is hiring - please share with anyone who might be interested! Position Summary: Inveneo is seeking a Sr. Technical Project Engineer who will be under contract to lead the continuing technical rollout for Inveneo's Haiti Rural Broadband Program. This position will require strong technical (networking), project management and relationship management skills and the candidate must speak fluent French. The candidate will report to the Program Director and also dotted line report to Inveneo?s CTO, who will lead the network architecture design. Major Responsibilities: Participate in the design of the Haiti backbone in close cooperation with and under the leadership of the CTO * Manage the deployment and stability of the Haiti backbone network based on program goals and key milestones set by the Haiti Program Director o Contract and manage Inveneo in-country Inveneo Certified ICT Partners (ICIPs) to deploy and repair portions of the network backbone o Perform quality checks on the network infrastructure deployed by partners o Provide technical guidance and day-to-day responsibilities to in-country technical volunteers o Quarterly reporting for the Haiti Connected Cities project (for network deployment) o Manage equipment logistics and inventory management with Inveneo staff * Build capacity of local Inveneo ICT Entrepreneurs (the Inveneo BATI Program) o Provide technical training to BATI in classroom (Phase I) o Provide hands-on (Phase II) technical training to install customer links to service provider and Inveneo standards o Train select BATI to perform low-power computing installations o Create training materials and BATI installation documentation in French * Monitor and Maintaining overall health of Haiti Rural Network o Ensure the technical quality of BATI and ICIP projects are to Inveneo standards o Provide in-country second level technical support for the Haiti Connected Cities project. Proactively monitor and maintain the Connected Cities network. o Participate in tool requirements and development (e.g. monitoring dashboard) o Transition monitoring and maintenance to local Inveneo Certified Partners at the end of the program * Local Project Sales o Share service provider connectivity leads and project leads to the responsible party at Inveneo or the appropriate Inveneo Partner in Haiti o Play a technical advisory role for local computing projects Required Job Skills and Experience: * Strong self-starter, able to drive projects to completion in circumstances where little guidance and support is available * Fluency in French * Minimum 2 years Linux systems administration, desktop and server * Minimum 2 years Windows systems administration, desktop and server * Minimum 2 years LAN networking experience, including implementation of gateways, firewalls, NAT, and web proxies * Minimum 2 years script and software development in one or more of the following languages: Python, Shell, Ruby, Java, C/C++, Perl * Ability to administer network systems including but not limited to web servers, routers, firewalls, proxy servers, and mail servers * Familiarity with GPS technology * Ability to communicate highly technical information to a less technical audience * Ability to deliver training in classroom and project settings * Ability to work with people from a wide range of cultural, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds Highly Desirable Job Skills and Experience: * Experience traveling and working in developing regions * Experience working in an ISP environment * Long distance wireless networking experience * RF engineering experience * IP routing experience * AC, DC, and/or solar electrical system experience * VOIP telephony experience Additional Comments: * Position is contract, full-time, based in Haiti for 6 - 8 months * Must be willing to work outside of standard hours as needed to interact with international partners * Must play well with others About Inveneo: Inveneo is a San Francisco based 501(c)(3) non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to connect and empower rural and underserved communities in the developing world with information and communications technologies (ICTs). We work with and serve organizations that deliver vital education, healthcare, economic development and relief services to some of the poorest communities in the world, enabling these organizations -- NGOs, governments and others -- to more effectively serve people in need through technology. We partner with local ICT entrepreneurs though our Inveneo Certified ICT Partner (ICIP) program, now active in 24 countries, to deliver and support these solutions locally. Since 2006, Inveneo and our Inveneo Certified ICT Partners (ICIPs) have delivered innovative solutions reaching more than 1,500,000 people in over 500 communities in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Haiti. How to Apply: Please send cover letter summarizing qualifications and your resume/CV to haitijobs(a)inveneo.org.

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