May 2013 - change - Mailing Lists

Global Poverty and Practice Postdoctoral positions available at the Blum Center at UC Berkeley
by Matt Podolsky 29 May '13

29 May '13

> *Global Poverty and Practice Postdoctoral Fellows Program* > At the Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley > > The Global Poverty and Practice Post Doctoral Fellows program aims to > support research and teaching in a wide range of interdisciplinary fields > and on a variety of subject areas relevant to poverty, inequality, and > poverty action. This two year program challenges Fellows to advance a > research project and to articulate a plan for the publication and > dissemination of such research. Each Fellow will also be asked to teach > three courses during the two-year appointment. One course directly relates > to the Fellow’s research, and the other courses contribute to the core > curriculum of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor. Fellows will actively > participate in the newly launched Higher Education Solutions Network. > > For a full description of the postdoc program and the application visit: > https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00149 > > -- > Sean Burns, Ph.D. > Director of Student Programs > Global Poverty and Practice Minor / Big Ideas@Berkeley > Blum Center for Developing Economies > University of California, Berkeley > 5570 Blum Hall, 100F > ph. 510-666-9127 >

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No Change Tomorrow
by Trevor Perrier 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hi All, The ICTD capstone presentations planned for Change this week have been have been moved. So unfortunately Change seminar is canceled tomorrow. - Trevor

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Fwd: APPLICATION CYCLE NOW OPEN: AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships (Please Distribute Widely)
by Gaetano Borriello 26 May '13

26 May '13

> > Call For Applications - AAAS Science & Technology Fellowships > > The 2014-2015 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships online application system is now open. http://fellowships.aaas.org/04_Become/04_Application.shtmlBeginning this application cycle, the application portal will open May 1 and the deadline to apply is November 1, 2013, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. > > As alumni fellows, we encourage you to share this information with friends and colleagues who are interested in seeking opportunities at the intersection of science and policy. On June 6th we will have a live chat event to highlight the fellowship; please feel free to share the message below with prospective candidates: > > The 2014-2015 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships online application system is now open. For details and to learn more about the fellowships, join the AAAS Live Chat Event on June 6 bit.ly/XC01a4 or visit http://fellowships.aaas.org. Please contact the Fellowships staff at fellowships(a)aaas.org or 202-326-6700 with questions. > > Best Regards, > Salaeha > > Salaeha Shariff, MPS > Project Director > Outreach/Recruitment, Professional Development & Alumni Engagement > AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships > American Association for the Advancement of Science > 1200 New York Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20005 > 202-326-7083 | 202-289-4950 fax > sshariff(a)aaas.org > www.fellowships.aaas.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DCFellows listserv > DCFellows(a)listserv.aaas.org > http://listserv.aaas.org/mailman/listinfo/dcfellows > _______________________________________________ > The DC Fellows listserv is intended to provide a free forum for exchange of ideas and information among former AAAS Fellows living in/around Washington, DC only. AAAS does not monitor, sanction, or endorse the content of information exchanged through the listserv, except when posted by AAAS Fellowships staff acting in a professional capacity. Opinions or points of view expressed in a listserv message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of AAAS or the Science and Technology Policy Fellowships Department. > > > > > >

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interesting work on mobile money and unintended consequences
by Beth Kolko 24 May '13

24 May '13

here's a synopsis of the larger study: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-23/kenyans-find-the-unintended… Beth Kolko Professor Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Box 352315 Sieg 423 Seattle, WA 98195 206.685.3809 Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard University

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Fwd: [TIER] APPLY by May 31st - Rolex Awards for Enterprise
by Yaw Anokwa 22 May '13

22 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Temina Madon" <tmadon(a)berkeley.edu> Date: May 22, 2013 6:29 PM Subject: [TIER] APPLY by May 31st - Rolex Awards for Enterprise To: <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu>, <bachas(a)econ.berkeley.edu> Cc: Please forward to young researchers who may be interested-- Rolex Awards for Enterprise - Deadline May 31st The Rolex Awards support pioneering work in five areas: applied technology, cultural heritage, environment, exploration and discovery, and science and health. However, projects may be submitted in almost any area of activity, provided they have the potential to bring benefits for mankind. Projects are assessed based on the feasibility, originality, potential for sustained impact, and, above all, on the candidate’s own spirit of enterprise. Past awards have included novel use of mobile technology for marine conservation research, research on post-harvest technology for small-holder farmers, etc Details here: http://www.rolexawards.com/about/apply Note that these awards are given every two years, and they are devoted exclusively to young professionals (i.e. ages 18-30 years) _______________________________________________ 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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FW: ELISS
by Deborah Wolf 20 May '13

20 May '13

See below for information on ELISS: Emerging Leaders In Science and Society: The UW is one of four founding campuses, and pre-applications for the pilot class of 2014 will be accepted until June 14. From: Nisha Randhava [mailto:nrandha@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:21 PM To: Deborah Wolf Subject: Re: ELISS For those of you interested in bridging the gap between science and policy please see the information below. Dear Graduate and Professional Students at the University of Washington, This past fall, many of you participated in an online signature drive in support of a new professional development program for graduate and professional students who are eager to contribute to solutions to real-world problems. We submitted enough signatures to earn the University of Washington an invitation to become one of only four founding partner campuses for this competitive, national program. Emerging Leaders in Science and Society (ELISS) is now recruiting graduate and professional student volunteers from ALL fields - including professional programs like law and medicine, natural and social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the arts - for this competitive (2-5 fellows per campus), extra-curricular (2-5 hours per week), year-long (Jan - Dec 2014) experience. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a graduate or professional program through at least the end of 2014 and complete a short pre-application by June 15, 2013. See our website for more information and to apply: www.aaas.org/eliss<http://www.aaas.org/eliss>. ELISS fellows will collaborate with students from other campuses and at home to gather expertise from your communities to illuminate the causes and potential courses of action to address a societal challenge in one of our theme areas: Energy & Environment or Health & Wellbeing. Fellows will create an online resource; organize events in their home communities; and attend a final briefing in Washington D.C. In return, fellows will gain leadership skills, join a diverse and dynamic professional network, and identify opportunities to contribute to society throughout their professional and civic lives. ELISS will provide training, tools, mentors, and funds to support fellows' initiatives and leadership development. ELISS is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which publishes Science magazine, and is supported in part by the University of Washington's Graduate School. Please help us spread the word to graduate and professional students across campus, and join the UW ELISS google group to participate in an online exchange with other student leaders at UW who are eager to change the world eliss-uw(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:eliss-uw@googlegroups.com>. If you have any questions, please email us at UW(a)elissfellows.org<mailto:UW@elissfellows.org>. See our website for more information: www.aaas.org/eliss<http://www.aaas.org/eliss>. If you are not eligible to apply for ELISS, but would like to contribute to the program, please fill out this volunteer interest surveyhttp://bit.ly/ZD8Ukz. Sincerely, Jaclyn Saunders, Nisha Randhava, and Stephanie Cruz ELISS Liaisons to UW Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/EmergingLeadersInScienceSociety<http://www.facebook.com/EmergingLeadersInScienceSociety>

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[ACM DEV-4] Call for Papers: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development
by Gaetano Borriello 20 May '13

20 May '13

ACM DEV-4 4th Symposium on Computing for Development Co-located with ICTD December 6-7, 2013 Cape Town, South Africa http://dev4.acmdev.org/ Important Dates: Thursday July 18: Full paper deadline (11:59pm UTC) firm deadline. Friday Sept 13: Notification of authors Friday Nov 1: Camera-ready papers due. Dec 6-7: Conference. DEV-4 provides an international forum for research in the design and implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social and economic development. In particular, we focus on emerging contexts where conventional computing solutions are often inappropriate due to various contextual factors - including, but not limited to, cost, language, literacy, and the availability of power and bandwidth. Papers should describe original and previously unpublished research. Three metrics will be applied to judge papers: (a) Relevance of the problem for development; (b) Novelty of the technical solution; (c) Evaluation of the solution, making a case for development-focused impact. All DEV paper submissions should either provide or directly motivate a novel technical solution that has direct implications for development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Networks/Systems/Security/Architecture Low-cost wireless connectivity Intermittent networks and systems Power-efficient systems Low-cost computing devices Mobile systems and applications Mixed networks, e.g., telephony and IP Special-purpose sensor systems Security challenges in developing regions HCI/Applications User interfaces for low-literacy populations Multi-lingual computing User-interfaces for low-cost devices Participatory methods and user-centered design Accessibility to disabled populations in developing regions Design and evaluation of applications for health, microfinance, education, agriculture, entertainment AI/NLP/Data Mining/Speech/Vision Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in development contexts Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels Understanding social relationships and information flows in disadvantaged societies Speech interfaces and speech recognition for low-resource languages Development of new AI-centric tools/solutions for development Computer vision challenges in development We also welcome papers outside of these topics that address the DEV focus on computing innovations supporting social and economic development. For more information, see the webpage (http://dev4.acmdev.org/) or contact the Program Co-Chairs (Margaret Martonosi, Princeton and Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay).

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Dr Thomas Odeny: Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits and reduce early resumption of sex after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention.
by Nicola Dell 20 May '13

20 May '13

What: Dr Thomas Odeny: Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits and reduce early resumption of sex after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention. When: Tuesday, May 21st at 12 noon Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 Over the last four years there has been significant discussion, both domestically and internationally, about the WHO and UNAIDS recommendation to circumcise men for HIV prevention. Several countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa have been scaling up programs that provide voluntary male circumcision, with Kenya leading in the greatest number of procedures performed. While Kenya has been successful at facilitating the operations, the greatest challenge has been in follow-up of men after surgery to monitor wound healing, facilitating early detection and treatment of adverse events, and to reinforce post-operative care instructions including risk-reduction counseling and promotion of delayed resumption of sex. Unfortunately, many men fail to return for scheduled post-operative visits. The rapid increase in mobile phone connections in Kenya presents an affordable, low-cost, and potentially effective avenue to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits and promote delayed resumption of sex. Dr Thomas Odeny is currently a Post-Graduate Fellow at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in the Department of Global Health, where he is learning new and innovative tools for research in the field of health metrics. He is also a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology advised by Drs Scott McClelland, Elizabeth Bukusi, and King Holmes. Previously, he was a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow in Kisumu, Kenya, where he was PI for a study aimed at leveraging mobile technology to address the global health challenge of HIV prevention and care among women and children entitled, “Improving uptake of early infant diagnosis of HIV for PMTCT: a randomized trial of a text messaging intervention.” He received the Outstanding Student Award in Epidemiology (MPH) in 2012. For his MPH thesis, he conducted a 1,200-person randomized trial on text messaging to improve outcomes after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya. This study won him a nomination for the Top 11 in 2011 mHealth Innovators Challenge by the mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation, and a Young Investigator Award at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. He remains committed to long-term service in both HIV programs and research in Kenya. Having come face-to-face with the magnitude of health disparities in Kenya, his passion is to become a more capable global health researcher working to reduce new HIV infections and finding more effective ways of providing and sustaining care in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Stanford "Design for Extreme Affordability" course
by Gaetano Borriello 18 May '13

18 May '13

http://extreme.stanford.edu/ Today on CNN at 2:30 PDT.

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PartoPen Recruiting
by Nicola Dell 17 May '13

17 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurtis Heimerl Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 Subject: [TIER] PartoPen Recruiting To: tier <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Interdisciplinary research group seeks a masters-level computer science (CS) student or advanced CS undergraduate for summer employment! Write custom software for an innovative digital pen hardware platform, advance existing handwriting recognition algorithms, and impact healthcare delivery in developing countries. Paid full-time summer position at the University of Colorado Boulder (but telecommuting may be considered for the right candidate); must have Java programming skills and familiarity using Eclipse IDE; knowledge of Perl and HTTP scripting preferable. Applicants with a deep understanding of printing specifications and printer software/firmware are also strongly encouraged to apply. Longer term employment possible for highly-qualified individuals. To learn more about the project, visit www.partopen.com. To apply, send email to heather.underwood(a)colorado.edu with resume, CV, and/or github repository/code samples.

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