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Fwd: [dub] Upcoming workshop deadline on interfaces for developing regions
by Nicola Dell 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

From: Sharon Oviatt <sharon.oviatt(a)incaadesigns.org> Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:47 PM To: "change(a)change.washington.edu" <change(a)change.washington.edu>, " dub(a)dub.washington.edu" <dub(a)dub.washington.edu> Cc: Sharon Oviatt <sharon.oviatt(a)incaadesigns.org> Subject: Upcoming workshop deadline on interfaces for developing regions For those of you interested in interfaces for developing regions, papers will be due soon for an upcoming IUI'13 workshop to be held in Santa Monica in late March just before spring break: http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/IUI4DR/ This will be the third such workshop, so things are starting to get interesting! Sharon _______________________________________________ dub mailing list dub(a)dub.washington.edu http://dub.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Michael Toomim <toomim(a)cs.washington.edu>wrote: > There's a dev-world workshop forthcoming: > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sharon Oviatt <sharon.oviatt(a)incaadesigns.org> > Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 12:47 PM > To: "change(a)change.washington.edu" <change(a)change.washington.edu>, " > dub(a)dub.washington.edu" <dub(a)dub.washington.edu> > Cc: Sharon Oviatt <sharon.oviatt(a)incaadesigns.org> > Subject: Upcoming workshop deadline on interfaces for developing regions > > For those of you interested in interfaces for developing regions, > papers will be due soon for an upcoming IUI'13 workshop to be held > in Santa Monica in late March just before spring break: > > http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/idc/IUI4DR/ > > This will be the third such workshop, so things are starting to get > interesting! > Sharon > > > > _______________________________________________ > dub mailing list > dub(a)dub.washington.edu > http://dub.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub > >

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Study and earn credits in Ghana - Summer 2013
by Chris Rothschild 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Happy New Year all, Below is the description of an Exploration Seminar Dr. Araba Sey and I will be directing in Ghana this summer. The seminar is about research, development, information, communication, and technology. Students receive 5 graduate or undergraduate credits. This will be the 3rd year we've offered the seminar and are looking forward to spending another great summer with more fantastic students in Ghana (a safe, exciting, and culturally-rich country). We hope to hold information sessions on this in the coming weeks. Until then, we are happy to answer any questions you have so please don't hesitate to email us! Dr. Araba Sey (arabasey(a)uw.edu<mailto:arabasey@uw.edu>) Chris Rothschild (chriskr(a)uw.edu<mailto:chriskr@uw.edu>) Applications are due March 1. Thanks! Chris ___________________ Chris Rothschild Research Analyst Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) University of Washington Information School chriskr(a)uw.edu<mailto:chriskr@uw.edu> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram… PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Ghana ranges from no access in many rural areas to access comparable to some major US cities. What strategies do people with low incomes use to connect to others and get the information they need? How does this impact their lives? We can getanswers to these questions through research and direct experience. Whether you are interested in the uses and impacts of ICTs on the lives of people in developing countries or more generally in learning about how to do field research, this seminar is an opportunity to explore researched-based learning through immersion in the people and culture of Ghana. In this seminar students will examine how people in different types of communities (urban and rural) use ICTs in their daily activities and how they feel about the impacts on their well-being. In contrast to historical notions of development where outside agencies determine goals with little input from the target populations, we will focus on development from the perspective of low-income populations. Students can apply the experience to their individual areas of interest, whether they be information systems, health, education, or other fields. The program will provide instruction and practical experience on using field research methods to investigate the role of ICTs in the livelihoods of low and middle-income populations. If you are interested in ICTs, development, or just want to learn more about conducting field research, weencourage you to apply! APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2013 To find out more about this seminar visit the program website<http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram…> (http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram…) If you have any questions about the program, feel free to email us: Dr. Araba Sey (arabasey(a)uw.edu<mailto:arabasey@uw.edu>) Chris Rothschild (chriskr(a)uw.edu<mailto:chriskr@uw.edu>)

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Reminder CFP: IUI4DR 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces for Developing Regions with IUI 2013
by Sheetal K Agarwal 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Apologies for cross posting ================================================== 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/ Abstract 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

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