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FW: Conference on Mobile Telephony in the Developing World in May 2013
by Araba Sey 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

Submission deadline for the "Mobile Telephony in the Developing World" conference has been extended to January 10. Only abstracts are required at this point. See below for details. Happy holidays! araba -----Original Message----- From: Stark Laura [mailto:laura.stark@jyu.fi] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:48 AM To: rili(a)itu.dk; adriana(a)souzaesilva.com; mm577(a)cam.ac.uk; Araba Sey; antonypalackal(a)yahoo.com; arulchib(a)ntu.edu.sg; cwallis(a)tamu.edu; k.v.lexander(a)ikos.uio.no Subject: Conference on Mobile Telephony in the Developing World in May 2013 Dear authors of the volume "Global Communication in the Global South", I wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your interesting articles in the special issue of New Media and Society, and to inform you that on May 24 - 25, 2013 we are organizing a conference on "Mobile Telephony in the Developing World" in the city of Jyväskylä, in Finland. The call for papers has been extended to January 10th, 2013. The conference aims to generate a lively discussion and to give special attention to how mobile technologies intersect with, and are involved in, social and cultural processes. Keynote speakers will be Jonathan Donner, John Postill and Julie Soleil Archambault. Panel topics thus far (to which more papers are welcome) include: 1. Mobile technology in the health sector in developing countries 2. Mobile phones for enhancing economic and business transactions 3. Mobile phones and gender 4. Mobile telephony, politics and governance 5. Mobile phones, social networks and social knowledge 6. Mobile phones and agriculture in Africa 7. Mobile telephony and technological development 8. Calling to Arms: Communication Circuits and War in Africa Please find the call for papers by following this link: http://mobiletelephony-developingworld.blogspot.fi/ We would warmly appreciate it if you could spread the word of the conference to any colleagues which might be interested. Best wishes for the New Year, Laura ************ Laura Stark, Professor of Ethnology Department of History and Ethnology P.O. Box 35 40014 University of Jyväskylä Finland

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Fwd: Call for Papers and Notes – ICTD2013, Cape Town, Dec 7-10 2013
by Gaetano Borriello 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Donner Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012 Subject: Call for Papers and Notes – ICTD2013, Cape Town, Dec 7-10 2013 To: "program(a)ictd2013.info" <program(a)ictd2013.info> Call for Papers and Notes – ICTD2013 Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2013), Cape Town, South Africa Conference dates: December 7-10, 2013 Paper submission deadline: May 1, 2013 (11:59pm UTC) Conference website: http://www.ictd2013.info Contact us at: program(a)ictd2013.info Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2013 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ICTD2013 NOTE: New for 2013, there will be two kinds of manuscripts accepted into the ICTD program track: Full Papers and Notes. CONFERENCE AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS, ICTD2013 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. Hosted by the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, ICTD2013 is the sixth 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; London (United Kingdom) ICTD 2010, and Atlanta, GA (USA) ICTD 2012. Over decades, as radio and television have been joined by computers, the internet, and mobile devices, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more pervasive, more accessible, and more relevant in the lives of people around the world. Virtually no sphere of human activity remains apart from ICTs, from markets to health care, education to governance, family life to artistic expression. Diverse groups across the world interact with, are affected by, and can shape the design of these technologies. The ICTD conference is a place to understand these interactions, and to examine, critique, and refine the persistent, pervasive hope that ICTs can be enlisted by individuals and communities in the service of human development. There are multidisciplinary challenges associated with the engineering, application and adoption of ICTs in developing regions and/or for development, with implications for design, policy, and practice. For the purposes of this conference, the term "ICT" comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as systems, interventions, and platforms that are built on such technologies. "Development" includes, but is not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, general communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment and sustainable livelihoods. The conference program will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research, with anticipated contributions from fields including anthropology, computer science, communication, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, human-computer interaction, information science, information systems, political science, public health, and sociology. In addition to inviting the Full Papers and Notes detailed here, the conference will offer a variety of opportunities for participation, including open sessions, pre-workshops, and demos. Check our website for further calls. CALL FOR FULL PAPERS: Full Papers (ten pages in ACM two-column format) will be evaluated via double-blind peer review by a multidisciplinary panel of at least three readers, overseen by an experienced associate chair. Full Papers will be 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. Manuscripts 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. 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. Accepted Full Papers will appear in electronic conference proceedings and will be archived in the ACM digital library. A subset of the Full Papers will also appear in a special issue of Information Technologies & International Development. New in 2013, authors of all accepted Full Papers will be invited to give a talk, either in plenary or in parallel sessions. Only original, unpublished, research papers in English will be considered. Papers must use the templates (LaTex and Word) available on the submissions page, and must be no longer than 10 pages. Submissions longer than 10 pages, not in the template format, not related to the conference themes, and/or not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. Full Papers must not include names or other information that would identify the authors. Full papers must uploaded via the submissions page by the deadline, May 1, 2013 (11:59pm UTC). Formatting instructions and links to the upload page can be found at the conference submissions page. Authors will be required to sign a copyright release to ACM for publication in the conference proceedings. CALL FOR NOTES: For ICTD2013, a new document category, Notes, is available. With a shorter 4-page format, Notes are intended to highlight work from a range of researchers and practitioners, and can be used to introduce work-in-progress that may be published later in a journal, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. Notes will be evaluated by at least two multidisciplinary reviewers, but not in a double-blind fashion. Notes will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, and quality of writing, and presentation. Manuscripts 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, however Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers. All Notes submissions are strictly limited to four pages. To allow for late-breaking findings, Notes are due on July 26, 2013, closer to the date of the conference. The 4-page manuscripts of the Notes will be made available in the ACM Digital Library under a separate heading of "ICTD2013 Notes", but unlike Full Papers, copyright for Notes will be retained by the authors. Only original, unpublished manuscripts in English will be considered. Submissions must use the templates (LaTex and Word) available on the submissions page, and must be no longer than 4 pages. Submissions longer than 4 pages, not in the template format, not related to the conference themes, and/or not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. Authors of accepted Notes will be required to prepare a poster; template is available here. Authors of accepted Notes will be invited to present in one or more poster sessions during ICTD2013. Note that since the Full Paper and Notes submission review cycles will be sequential; it will be possible to revise, shorten, and resubmit elements of promising but unselected Full Papers in time for reconsideration in the separate Notes review round. KEY DATES: March 1, 2013: paper submission site opens May 1, 2013: deadline for submission of Full Papers June 21, 2013: notification of acceptances for Full Papers July 26, 2013: deadline for submission of Notes July 26, 2013: deadline for application for travel scholarships August 23, 2103: notification of acceptances for Notes September 6, 2013: camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due December 7-10, 2013: ICTD2013 in Cape Town GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town Julian May, University of the Western Cape PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Jonathan Donner, Microsoft Research India Tapan Parikh, University of California, Berkeley NOTES CHAIRS Edwin Blake, University of Cape Town Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE (PRELIMINARY) Jenny Aker, Tufts University Richard Anderson, University of Washington Michael Best, Georgia Institute of Technology Joshua Blumenstock, University of Washington Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington Jenna Burrell, University of California, Berkeley Ed Cutrell, Microsoft Research India Vanessa Frias-Martinez, Telefonica I+D Alison Gillwald, Research ICT Africa Dorothea Kleine, Royal Holloway, University of London Shirin Madon, London School of Economics and Political Science Gillian Marcelle, University of the Witwatersrand Judith Mariscal, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas Joyojeet Pal, University of Michigan Balaji Parthasarathy, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore Idris Rai, State University of Zanzibar Krithi Ramamritham, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore Roni Rosenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University Umar Saif, Lahore University of Management Sciences Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Matthew Smith, International Development Research Centre Revi Sterling, University of Colorado Boulder Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India Kentaro Toyama, University of California, Berkeley Bjorn van Campenhout, Universiteit Antwerpen Tim Waema, University of Nairobi Terry Winograd, Stanford University Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Fwd: Professor advert, UWC South Africa
by Gaetano Borriello 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

******************** Department of Computer Science University of the Western Cape Professor The Department of Computer Science invites applications for a full-time position tenable at the rank of Professor in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Mobile and Internet Computing, Software Engineering or Computer Networks. Candidates with strengths in other areas of Computer Science will also be considered. The ideal candidate for this position will be a highly motivated research-active PhD graduate in Computer Science with a demonstrable track record of teaching, successful supervision of postgraduate students and publication in accredited journals and conferences. The successful candidate will be expected to teach Computer Science courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervise postgraduate research at Master’s and PhD levels; to demonstrate the ability to initiate research programmes, secure external funding, develop industry and academic partnerships and engage in community outreach. In addition, you should have a proven record of academic leadership skills, evidenced by: strong management skills, communication fluency in English, organisational skills and the ability to drive innovation and institutional change. Information about the Department is available at http://www.cs.uwc.ac.za For information about this post, contact Prof. I.M. Venter on tel. +27 21 959 3010 or e-mail iventer(a)uwc.ac.za Closing date for applications: 25 January 2013 To view a comprehensive role description and the application procedure, please visit the Vacancy section on our website at www.uwc.ac.za or contact Mr Bradley Thorne via e-mail bthorne(a)uwc.ac.za (tel. +27 21 959 3756) for assistance. In line with the University’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, applications from designated groups will be given priority consideration. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to make an appointment at a lower level. ********************

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Fwd: Professor post available at University of the Western Cape, South Africa
by Yaw Anokwa 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Great opportunity if you are interested in teaching CS in Cape Town. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bill Tucker <wdtucker(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:48 AM Subject: Professor post available at University of the Western Cape, South Africa To: sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com Please note this post has ample opportunity for ICT for development research/teaching. Department of Computer Science University of the Western Cape Professor The Department of Computer Science invites applications for a full-time position tenable at the rank of Professor in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Mobile and Internet Computing, Software Engineering or Computer Networks. Candidates with strengths in other areas of Computer Science will also be considered. The ideal candidate for this position will be a highly motivated research-active PhD graduate in Computer Science with a demonstrable track record of teaching, successful supervision of postgraduate students and publication in accredited journals and conferences. The successful candidate will be expected to teach Computer Science courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervise postgraduate research at Master’s and PhD levels; to demonstrate the ability to initiate research programmes, secure external funding, develop industry and academic partnerships and engage in community outreach. In addition, you should have a proven record of academic leadership skills, evidenced by: strong management skills, communication fluency in English, organisational skills and the ability to drive innovation and institutional change. Information about the Department is available at http://www.cs.uwc.ac.za For information about this post, contact Prof. I.M. Venter on tel. +27 21 959 3010 or e-mailiventer(a)uwc.ac.za Closing date for applications: 25 January 2013 To view a comprehensive role description and the application procedure, please visit the Vacancy section on our website at www.uwc.ac.za or contact Mr Bradley Thorne via e-mailbthorne(a)uwc.ac.za (tel. +27 21 959 3756) for assistance. In line with the University’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, applications from designated groups will be given priority consideration. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to make an appointment at a lower level.

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Interact 2013
by Nicola Dell 09 Dec '12

09 Dec '12

INTERACT 2013 - The 14th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-6 September 2013. INTERACT 2013 solicits submissions addressing all aspects of human-computer interaction. The conference theme, “Designing for Diversity”, recognizes the interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and intercultural spirit of human-computer interaction (HCI) research and practice. The conference welcomes research and reports of practice that acknowledges diverse disciplines, abilities, cultures and societies, and that address both the technical and social aspects of HCI. Within the broad umbrella of HCI, we seek high quality contributions addressing new and emerging HCI disciplines, bridging cultural differences, and tackling important social problems. INTERACT 2013 provides a forum for practitioners and researchers to discuss all aspects of HCI, but special consideration will be given to papers taking account of the conference theme ‘Designing for Diversity’. The first submission deadline, for full research papers, is 8 January 2013 (abstracts), 15 January 2013 (full papers). TOPICS Suggested topics for contributions are (but not limited to): - Diversity - Inclusiveness - Sustainability - Cross-cultural, intercultural and social issues, including: - Designing for local content - Designing for and with marginalised communities - Designing for resource poverty - ICT in social development - Interaction design for developing regions - International and cultural aspects of HCI. - Methods and processes for interface/interaction design, modelling and evaluation, including: - Affective HCI, emotion - Designing for accessibility and inclusivity - Designing for collaboration - Designing for situated activity - Designing for small, large, shared or ambient displays - Designing for ubiquitous systems - Designing for user mobility - Distributed interaction design - Evaluation methods / tools - Field research and design - HCI research methods - Human error and safety - Human factors and HCI - Interaction design in open source projects - Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary spirit of HCI - Living labs - Model-based design of interactive systems - Motivational needs-driven design - Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques - Participatory design - Qualitative data analysis - Tools for design and modelling - Usability / usability evaluation - Usability and Software / Enterprise Engineering - User experience - User modelling - Values in design - Visualisation techniques. - Specific application areas, including: - Adaptive interfaces - Augmented reality - Child-computer interaction - Context-dependent / aware systems - Fun / aesthetic / creative design - HCI education - Human language technology applications - Human-robot interaction - Human-work interaction design - Interactive systems in healthcare (e-health, m-health, telemedicine, medical informatics) - Mobile interaction design - Multi-modal interfaces - Multi-user interaction / cooperation - Shared devices - Social media / networks - Socio-technical systems - Tangible interfaces - Tangible user interfaces - Ubiquitous computing - User interfaces for e-government - User interfaces for e-learning or m-learning - User interfaces for web-based applications. - User interfaces for safety critical systems - Web 2.0 and social media. If the topic of your paper does not fit any of the topics listed above, please contact the Techical Chairs before making the submission to ascertain its suitability to the Conference. SUBMISSION CATEGORIES - Full research papers<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Full-Research-Papers> (18 pages) - Short research papers<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Short-Research-Papers> (8 pages) - Interactive posters<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Interactive-Posters> (8 pages) - Industrial programme<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Industrial-Programme> (8 pages) - Special interest groups (SIGs)<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Special-Interest-Groups-(SIGs)> (3 pages) - Panels <http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Panels> (3 pages) - Demonstrations<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Demonstrations-and-Interactive-…> (3 pages) - Doctoral consortium<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Doctoral-Consortium> (6 pages) - African masters consortium<http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/African-Masters-Consortium> (follow instructons received) - Workshops <http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Workshops> (3 pages) - Tutorials <http://www.interact2013.org/Call-for-Papers/Tutorials>(3 pages) Accepted submissions must be presented at the conference by one of the authors (no virtual papers will be allowed) and will be published in Springer LNCS Series (full and short research papers, interactive posters, demonstrations, industrial programme) or in the adjunct proceedings (SIGs, panels, doctoral consortium, African masters consortium, workshops, tutorials). SUBMISSION DEADLINES - Full Research Papers: - Abstracts: 8 January 2013 - Full papers: 15 January 2013 - Workshop, Tutorials, Panels and SIGs: 29 January 2013 - Short Research Papers, interactive posters, industrial programme and demonstrations: 25 March 2013 - Doctoral Consortium and African Masters consortium: 25 March 2013. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions should be uploaded to submission site which will open on 1 November 2012 (see www.INTERACT2013.org <http://www.interact2013.org/> for details). All submissions in all categories must follow the INTERACT 2013 Springer Lecture Notes template for Microsoft Word (.doc and .docx files only). Unfortunately no final submissions in LaTeX will be accepted. Papers that do not follow the template may be excluded from the review process and conference proceedings. The maximum paper length as stipulated in the various submission categories will also be strictly enforced (automatically by the conference submission system). For your convenience, a template for Microsoft Word (.doc and .docx) is provided for direct downloading (see panel on teh right). The following tracks have a double-blind review process and require anonymous submissions. For these tracks, the versions submitted for review must be uploaded in .PDF format with all author details removed: - Full research papers - Short research papers - Interactive posters - Industrial programme - Demonstrations and interactive experiences. The following tracks have a single-blind review process and require the author names on the submissions. For these tracks, the versions submitted for review must be uploaded in .PDF format with all author details included: - Special interest groups (SIGs) - Panels - Doctoral consortium - African masters consortium - Workshops - Tutorials Any questions regarding the formatting and uploading of submissions should be directed to: interact2013.submissions(a)gmail.com

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Launching Developers for Development at Harvard!
by Alisa Nguyen 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Hello! We are sophomores studying computer science at Harvard starting a similar group on campus, Developers for Development, that aims to inspire people to apply computer science to make an impact on the world. It would be awesome if any of you in the Boston area would like to stop by our Meet and Greet next Tuesday 8-9pm in Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall to grab some food and learn about the community. Even if you don't have a chance to show up physically, we hope to keep an active email list of relevant events and opportunities. Feel free to sign up at git.to/hd4d to stay up to date and share any relevant information. * * * If you know of any people working in the space, we would like to make as many connections as possible. And of course, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions feel free to let us know! * Sincerely, Alisa Nguyen and Joy Ming * Developers for Development Is your code ready to say hello to the world? Learn how to use CS to make an impact on the world! Meet speakers from interdisciplinary fields such as global health, education, government, and more to learn about current initiatives, participate in existing projects, and work on your own ideas. No CS background is necessary Join us for a short meet and greet Tuesday 12/11 8-9 PM in Ticknor Lounge. Sign up at git.to/hd4d or email HarvardD4D(a)gmail.com to learn more! *

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Another step to the tricorder - at a reasonable price?
by Gaetano Borriello 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

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FYI - South Africa Jembi's looking for developers for OpenMRS and Interoperability
by Jan Flowers 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Sorry for any duplications for anyone viewing this in both mailing lists, but this is a great group of folks to work with so thought there might be some interest from the Change group. Cheers! Jan From: rg.crichton(a)gmail.com [mailto:rg.crichton@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 3:23 AM To: dev Subject: Jembi's looking for devs Hi all, This is a one time message to say that Jembi (http://www.jembi.org/) is currently looking for developers (and we have some other positions open). Some OpenMRS experience would be highly beneficial so we wanted to post this here. You can find more information here: http://www.jembi.org/about/careers/. We are also willing to consider working with remote devs. Cheers, Ryan -- Ryan Crichton Senior Software Developer, Jembi Health Systems | SOUTH AFRICA Mobile: +27845829934 | Skype: ryan.graham.crichton E-mail: ryan(a)jembi.org<mailto:ryan@jembi.org> -- OpenMRS Developers: http://go.openmrs.org/dev Post: dev(a)openmrs.org<mailto:dev@openmrs.org> Unsubscribe: dev%2Bunsubscribe(a)openmrs.org<mailto:dev+unsubscribe@openmrs.org> Manage your OpenMRS subscriptions at https://id.openmrs.org/

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Fwd: [TIER] CFP: IUI4DR 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions with IUI 2013
by Nicola Dell 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sheetal K Agarwal <sheetaga(a)in.ibm.com> Date: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:45 PM Subject: [TIER] CFP: IUI4DR 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions with IUI 2013 To: "tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions: Users, Problems and Technologies Third IUI4DR Workshop in Conjunction with IUI 2013 Santa Monica, California March 19, 2013 Website: http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/IUI4DR/ Submission Deadline: 9 Jan 2013 ========================================================== OVERVIEW This workshop aims to look at interaction from the viewpoint of users in developing regions. We will identify interesting research challenges and usability obstacles experienced by this user population at the workshop. Related workshops were conducted in 2008 and 2011, and several interesting themes emerged, for example low-literacy and multimodal interfaces. In 2013, we will build on past workshops by focusing on different themes that affect the interactions of this target population. This will involve a deeper user-centered analysis of who the users are in developing regions, the main devices they use for interaction, their most common application content, and the computer input capabilities that best support their language and application needs. At IUI4DR 2013, we aim to focus on understanding the problem(s) faced by people in developing regions, and how those problems could be addressed by appropriate intelligent user interface technologies. TOPICS OF INTEREST 1. Users and their problems: We wish to invite papers that provide insights on how the users in developing countries are different from users in the developed world. What specific issues need to be considered in terms of native language literacy, English language literacy, or knowing how to operate technology? While “low literacy” and “low purchasing power” are frequently attributed to users in developing regions, we wish to develop deeper insights into the variability among these users and implications for user-centered design, methods, and appropriate evaluation techniques. 2. Interfaces in developing regions: The developed world is moving from standard keyboard-based interfaces to incorporate new interaction styles such as touch-screen, gesture-based, augmented-reality, video/image-based, spoken language, tangible, and multimodal interfaces. At IUI4DR we would like researchers to share insights and debate what types of interface worked best in the developing world and why. 3. Input technologies: Most worldwide languages in developing regions are not Roman alphabetic ones, such as English, which are supported well with keyboard input and dominate the content represented on the Web. What obstacles existto expressing other native languages when using existing computers, and why is the ability to express one’s native language a consequential issue? 4. Application content: While healthcare, agriculture, education, small business and finance are considered primary domains in most developing regions, we wouldalso be interested in applications involving governance, disaster management, and other mobile domains. 5. Intelligence in interfaces: We would like to invite papers that could propose AI techniques such as recommender systems, conversational agents, intelligent assistants that have been used in the context of developing regions. We seek original, unpublished papers in the following two categories: (a) Up to 2 page position papers that describe novel ideas on interesting research themes and directions, (b) Full papers or work-in-progress (6-10 pages) that document system interfaces, usability issues, user analyses, prototypes of new interfaces, and related topics for users in developing countries. Papers should be in the IUI publication format. The papers need to be authored in CHI archival format. All submissions should be in the PDF format and should be submitted electronically through the IUI4DR Easychair Conference site (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iui4dr13) Since the submission deadlines are dependent on the IUI conference, we will not be able to grant any extensions in any circumstances. We also propose to edit a post-workshop proceedings or book that would define the problem of people interacting with information in the developing regions, and an articulation of possible approaches to overcoming these problems. Since the workshop also aims to be a community building event and exchange for researchers working in this area, at least one author of an accepted paper is required to attend the workshop to present their work. SUBMISSION DETAILS Paper Submission 9 Jan 2013 Paper Notification 31 Jan 2013 Camera-ready 15 Feb 2013 Workshop 19 Mar 2013 ORGANIZERS Sheetal K. Agarwal (IBM Research, India) Dr. Neesha Kodagoda (Middlesex University, UK) Dr. Sharon Oviatt (Incaa Designs, USA), Nitendra Rajput (IBM Research, India) Prof. William Wong (Middlesex University, UK) PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Marshini Chetty, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA - Jason Ellis, IBM Research, USA - Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo! Research, Spain - Kasper Løvborg Jensen, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia - Keyur Sorathia, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India - Bill Thies, Microsoft Research, India _______________________________________________ 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

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Fwd: [TIER] Omidyar Announces $45 Million - Tech for Citizen Participation
by Nicola Dell 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Temina Madon <tmadon(a)berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM Subject: [TIER] Omidyar Announces $45 Million - Tech for Citizen Participation To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu There's a new grant opportunity for tech companies or research groups working on "citizen participation": http://makingallvoicescount.org Omidyar Network has announced the launch of a $45 million fund that will support Web and mobile technologies designed to advance the global movement for open government, transparency, and accountability. Beginning in the spring of 2013, Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development will accept proposals from technology-led organizations working to develop tools that provide citizens with better ways to engage with their governments and that enable governments to be more responsive to their citizens. The fund is a public-private collaboration between ON, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the UK Department for International Development, and the Swedish government's International Development Cooperation Agency. The fund was inspired by the Open Government Partnership, a global multilateral initiative to elevate government performance, empower citizens, and promote inclusive development. "As the largest fund dedicated to using technology to close the gap between citizens and governments, Making All Voices Count will be a crucial catalyst in accelerating the open government movement," said Omidyar Network partner Stephen King. "Its effectiveness will be realized not solely by the funding it provides, but by the entrepreneurial collaborations it encourages and the replication of successful technology applications it spurs." Press Release: http://www.omidyar.com/about_us/news/2012/12/05/omidyar-network-partners-de… _______________________________________________ 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 On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Temina Madon <tmadon(a)berkeley.edu> wrote: > There's a new grant opportunity for tech companies or research groups > working on "citizen participation": > http://makingallvoicescount.org > > Omidyar Network has announced the launch of a $45 million fund that will > support Web and mobile technologies designed to advance the global movement > for open government, transparency, and accountability. > > Beginning in the spring of 2013, Making All Voices Count: A Grand > Challenge for Development will accept proposals from technology-led > organizations working to develop tools that provide citizens with better > ways to engage with their governments and that enable governments to be > more responsive to their citizens. The fund is a public-private > collaboration between ON, the U.S. Agency for International Development, > the UK Department for International Development, and the Swedish > government's International Development Cooperation Agency. > > The fund was inspired by the Open Government Partnership, a global > multilateral initiative to elevate government performance, empower > citizens, and promote inclusive development. > > "As the largest fund dedicated to using technology to close the gap > between citizens and governments, Making All Voices Count will be a crucial > catalyst in accelerating the open government movement," said Omidyar > Network partner Stephen King. "Its effectiveness will be realized not > solely by the funding it provides, but by the entrepreneurial > collaborations it encourages and the replication of successful technology > applications it spurs." > > Press Release: > http://www.omidyar.com/about_us/news/2012/12/05/omidyar-network-partners-de… > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >

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