May 2012 - change - Mailing Lists

Job Opening(s) for EMR, Lab systems work in resource poor settings
by Bill Lober 23 May '12

23 May '12

These two staff positions involve OpenMRS, OpenELIS, and similar systems. https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=… For this already part of the UW community, there are additional possibilities for student/RA positions. Bill

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Fwd: USENIX/ACM NSDR '12 Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended!
by Yaw Anokwa 22 May '12

22 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Noble <brian.noble(a)usenix.org> Date: Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:00 AM Subject: USENIX/ACM NSDR '12 Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended! To: "yanokwagmail.com" <yanokwa(a)gmail.com> <http://s.usenix.org/acton/ct/2452/s-000c-1205/Bct/l-0023/l-0023:15f/ct0_0/1> Dear Colleague, The early bird deadline has been extended! Join us in Boston, MA, on June 15, 2012, for the *6th USENIX/ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR '12)*. *Register<http://s.usenix.org/acton/ct/2452/s-000c-1205/Bct/l-0023/l-0023:15f/ct1_0/1>by Tuesday **, May 29, 2012*, for the greatest savings. NSDR ‘12 will provide a venue for researchers to propose and discuss ideas concerning the design, implementation, and evaluation of new computing and communications technologies to support the sustainable development of developing regions. NSDR ‘12 specifically focuses on the technical networking and systems research challenges that arise in the design, implementation, and deployment of new computing solutions appropriate for developing regions. The program includes: - Keynote Address from Dr. Richard Fletcher, National Center for Homeless Veterans - Presentations on tracking water distribution through simple human observation, deploying broadband networks in rural Haiti, and managing traffic in countries with few observable traffic rules Check out the full program<http://s.usenix.org/acton/ct/2452/s-000c-1205/Bct/l-0023/l-0023:15f/ct2_0/1> ! Because NSDR '12 is part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week<http://s.usenix.org/acton/ct/2452/s-000c-1205/Bct/l-0023/l-0023:15f/ct3_0/1>you can create your own conference experience. Your daily registration gets you into all the events happening that day: talks, workshops--you name it. Plus, registration packages offer expanded discounts: the more days you attend, the more you save! We look forward to seeing you in Boston! Kameswari Chebrolu, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Brian Noble, University of Michigan NSDR '12 Program Co-Chairs nsdr12chairs(a)usenix.org --------------------------------- *6th USENIX/ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions* *(NSDR '12<http://s.usenix.org/acton/ct/2452/s-000c-1205/Bct/l-0023/l-0023:15f/ct0_1/1> *) June 15, 2012 Boston, MA *Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 29, 2012* --------------------------------- * * About this mailing list: USENIX never shares, sells, rents, or exchanges email addresses of its members or conference attendees. We would like to continue sending you occasional email announcements like this one. However, if you no longer want to receive emails from USENIX, please click the link below. Click here to opt out<http://s.usenix.org/acton/rif/2452/s-000c-1205/-/l-0023:15f/l-0023/zout> If you have any questions about the mailing list, please send email to office(a)usenix.org. We may also be reached via postal mail at: USENIX Association 2560 9th Street, Suite 215 Berkeley CA 94710

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Job: Front-end Engineer for Awaaz.De
by Yaw Anokwa 22 May '12

22 May '12

Awaaz.De ("Give your voice") is a research-backed, revenue generating application currently reaching tens of thousands through hundreds of thousands of phone calls. Awaaz.De facilitates information sharing amongst groups through interactive voice message boards, voice broadcasts, and voice surveys, all available through normal phone numbers. Organizations across India use Awaaz.De to communicate with customers or beneficiaries who lack Internet and require a richer way to engage than text. More at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceO_zWwlZf4. Awaaz.De was founded by Neil Patel (PhD in CS from Stanford) and Tapan Parikh (Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley). Both are awesome people to work with and have been great supporters of UW Change. Front-end Engineer Responsibilities • Drive the design and development of our web and smartphone-based interfaces; own what the user sees and have a strong voice on how to create the best possible user experience. • Architect server and client-side systems using the Django framework • Make UI and UX decisions, including layout. • Integrate with the rest of social web through apps and APIs • Stay up-to-date with technologies so you can suggest new coding practices, recommend architecture changes and optimize scalability. http://angel.co/awaaz-de/recruiting/3369

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e/merge 2012: Final Call for Proposals
by Dr. Baba Kofi Weusijana 22 May '12

22 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tony Carr <Tony.Carr(a)uct.ac.za> Date: Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:10 AM Subject: [Emerge-l] e/merge 2012: Final Call for Proposals To: emerge-l(a)lists.uct.ac.za Dear colleagues, This is the final call for proposals for presentations, panels and workshops for the e/merge 2012 online conference which will be live from 9th to 20th July. We invite proposals in the form of abstracts of up to 500 words by Friday 8th June 2012. All proposals should be sent by e-mail to proposals(a)emerge2012.net. Authors will be eligible to submit final papers after e/merge for a special issue of the African Journal of Information Systems. e/merge 2012: Open to Change focuses primarily on how the use of educational technology in African universities is responding to (and sometimes anticipating) profound changes in the environment experienced by university management, educational technologists, educators and students. We will also consider proposals relating to emerging practices in educational technology use globally and to the effective use of educational technology in primary and secondary education in Africa. Proposals from colleagues in other regions are most welcome. Please circulate this call to all potentially interested colleagues through your mailing lists, websites, blogs and social networks. Best wishes :) Tony Carr Contact Details Conference website: http://emerge2012.net General Inquiries: info(a)emerge2012.net Proposals: proposals(a)emerge2012.net Tony Carr Staff Development and Curriculum Projects Coordinator Centre for Educational Technology University of Cape Town phone: +27216505033 e-mail: tony.carr(a)uct.ac.za Please note that as of 15th August 2011 Stephen Marquard is the Acting Director of CET. He can be contacted directly on stephen.marquard(a)uct.ac.za . ### UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's individual capacity. ### _______________________________________________ This is a low traffic announcement list and all replies go to the list owner Emerge-l mailing list Emerge-l(a)lists.uct.ac.za https://lists.uct.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/emerge-l

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CCC/CRA workshop on emergency management
by Gaetano Borriello 21 May '12

21 May '12

http://www.cccblog.org/2012/05/20/emergency-management-incident-resource-an…

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Fwd: [Ihmeseminars] IHME Seminar 5/23: Dr. Ross Donaldson
by Gaetano Borriello 18 May '12

18 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dane Boog <danegb(a)uw.edu> Date: Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:52 AM Subject: [Ihmeseminars] IHME Seminar 5/23: Dr. Ross Donaldson To: "ihmeseminars(a)uw.edu" <ihmeseminars(a)uw.edu> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: IHME Update]**** ** ** Good Morning,**** ** ** I am pleased to announce Ross I. Donaldson, Global Head, Emergency & Disaster Care (EDC) Development, International Medical Corps* *as our seminar speaker on Wednesday, May 23rd * *from 4:15PM to 5:30PM at the IHME office in Belltown. Dr. Donaldson’s seminar is titled: “Developing sustainable emergency and disaster care in low- and middle-income countries.”** ** ** Emergency medical care is a key component of any health system; however, it is often neglected in low- and middle-income countries, where it is needed most. Injuries from road traffic collisions and violence are leading causes of death in children and young adults worldwide, in addition to numerous other illnesses amenable to emergency intervention spanning all ages. Emergency medical care becomes even more important in areas of conflict, where for every direct injury from conflict, there is an even greater increase in injuries from the secondary breakdown of society. **** ** ** International Medical Corps, a non-governmental humanitarian organization, has extensive experience building functioning emergency care systems in numerous countries, including most recently Iraq and Haiti. It has led the development of national emergency care plans and spearheaded the training of thousands of EMTs, nurses, and doctors worldwide, as well as the establishment of emergency prehospital and hospital-based systems of care.** ** ** ** Ross I. Donaldson, MD, MPH, CTropMed, FACEP is the critically acclaimed author of *The Lassa Ward*, a memoir about international aid work, as well as other medical texts and software. He is Global Head of Emergency & Disaster Care Development at International Medical Corps, where he has received and managed over $15 million in grants for emergency health care system strengthening. He is also the Director of the Emergency Medicine Global Health Program at Harbor-UCLA and holds appointments in the UCLA schools of medicine and public health. **** ** ** Featured on CNN, BBC, NPR, and other media outlets, Dr. Donaldson is an internationally recognized expert on the global provision of emergency and disaster care. Among other honors, he received the Humanitarian Award from the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2010.**** ** ** Please join us at our office in Belltown (2301 5th Avenue, Suite 600) at 4:00PM for coffee and tea. The seminar will begin at 4:15PM.**** ** ** Best regards,**** Dane**** ** ** Dane Boog**** Education Program Manager**** Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | University of Washington**** 2301 5th Avenue, Suite 600 | Seattle, WA 98121**** Tel: +1-206-897-2870 **** danegb(a)uw.edu **** http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org**** [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: IHME Logo]**** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** _______________________________________________ Ihmeseminars mailing list Ihmeseminars(a)u.washington.edu http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ihmeseminars

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Job: VP of Eng position, Bridge International Academies, Nairobi
by Yaw Anokwa 18 May '12

18 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 19:52:46 +0300 From: Jeff Wishnie <jeff(a)wishnie.org> Subject: [TIER] Nairobi: VP of Eng position, Bridge International Academies To: tier <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Just received this note?Bridge is a very ambitious Nairobi based social enterprise, they build and operate low-cost private schools. If interested, please contact Bridge directly: Bridge International Academies is looking for a VP of Engineering - a role that encompasses leading IT, Software Development, and also all of their data/reporting teams. Do you guys know of anyone suitable? http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qO09VfwC&v=1&page=Job%20… - Jeff

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Fwd: Open Data for Development Camp
by Yaw Anokwa 18 May '12

18 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Newman <laura.new...@okfn.org> Hi all, Someone just brought this event to my attention. You may know about it already, but thought I would pass it on just in case. Open Data for Development Camp - 28th and 29th June in Nairobi, 29th June in Amsterdam. More details: http://openforchange.info/ Cheers, Laura -- Laura Newman Community Coordinator Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/ Skype: lauranewmanonskype Twitter: @Newmanlk

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Fwd: [dub-students] World Lab Summer Institute
by Yaw Anokwa 17 May '12

17 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Landay <landay(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:55 PM Subject: [dub-students] World Lab Summer Institute To: "dub-faculty (dub-faculty(a)dub.washington.edu)" <dub-faculty(a)dub.washington.edu>, "dub-students(a)dub.washington.edu" <dub-students(a)dub.washington.edu>, "dub(a)dub.washington.edu" <dub(a)dub.washington.edu> As those of you who saw my dub retreat talk know, we will have a new innovative program this summer on the UW campus: The World Lab Summer Institute. We will put 10 UW students (strong undergrads and young grad students) together with 10 top students from Tsinghua University in China. Students will work on interdisciplinary teams (designers, technologists, and social scientists) that are also cross-cultural (Chinese and Americans) to make impact on the Environment, Health, or Education. The students will work on 7-week projects (from mid-July to late August) with an optional week in Beijing to show off the demos/videos that are produced. The program will include morning lectures/design exercises, team work the rest of the day, and Friday industry lab tours. This entire program will be funded by industry at no cost to the students. I am now recruiting for the UW participants in the program. If you are interested in joining us in this incredible effort, please drop me a note telling me about yourself. I've attached a high level summary of the program as well as a link to a tentative schedule (we will be adding more design thanks to Prof. Tad Hirsch and more entrepreneurship lectures TBD): http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/landay/teaching/world%20lab%20summer/ Thanks! James PS dub Faculty, if you know of appropriate students for this special opportunity please encourage them and pass this information on. --- James A. Landay 刘哲明 Short-Dooley Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington 642 Allen Center, Box 352350 Seattle, WA 98195-2350 landay(a)cs.washington.edu http://cs.washington.edu/homes/landay/ Co-author of The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites _______________________________________________ dub-students mailing list dub-students(a)dub.washington.edu http://dub.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub-students

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Fwd: "Unreasonable at Sea" Opportunity
by Yaw Anokwa 17 May '12

17 May '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kate Otto <katherine.otto(a)gmail.com> Check out this very interesting opportunity if you are a "company using technology to address a massive social or environmental problem" ("We are looking for ventures focusing on telemedicine, mobile banking, clean-tech, democratized education, disaster relief...etc. In short, we are searching for companies leveraging technology to have significant impact.") http://unreasonableatsea.com/criteria/

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