January 2016 - change - Mailing Lists

Fwd: [dub] FW: Disease surveillance web app dev competition summer 2016
by Trevor Perrier 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julie Kientz <jkientz(a)uw.edu> Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:22 AM Subject: [dub] FW: Disease surveillance web app dev competition summer 2016 To: "dub(a)dub.washington.edu" <dub(a)dub.washington.edu>, "hcde-ms(a)uw.edu" < hcde-ms(a)uw.edu>, "hcde-phd(a)uw.edu" <hcde-phd(a)uw.edu> This might be of interest to some of you! Julie From: This listserv provides information about the Smart and Connected Health program <SMARTHEALTH_COMMUNITY(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV> on behalf of "Nilsen, Wendy" <WNILSEN(a)NSF.GOV> Reply-To: This listserv provides information about the Smart and Connected Health program <SMARTHEALTH_COMMUNITY(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV> Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 5:08 AM To: "SMARTHEALTH_COMMUNITY(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV" < SMARTHEALTH_COMMUNITY(a)LISTSERV.NSF.GOV> Subject: Disease surveillance web app dev competition summer 2016 Hi all, Here is a very interesting opportunity! Thanks, Wendy The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will host the 3rd annual teamed web app intern development competition in Summer 2016 to foster novel and creative approaches that enhance biosurveillance. Intern teams will be responsible for identifying the target user, usage scenarios, and app design and development. Interns will be encouraged to leverage and adapt new and existing algorithms, analytics, mathematical models and other tools and methods to support the analytic needs of the target users. Each intern team will produce over the course of the 10 week long program a fully functional disease surveillance-related web application, which at the conclusion of the program will be judged by a panel of domain experts, and cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. The competition will be managed to provide both a positive educational experience for the interns as well as a high-quality software product. All students are expected to start on the same day during summer 2016. PNNL will organize and provide support and guidance for a solid design and implementation process. Teams will be chosen to contain a suitable representation of experience, including software engineering, human-computer interaction, social media, epidemiology, and mathematical modeling and simulation. Additionally, interns will exhibit a strong desire to work collaboratively in a team and the ability to effectively communicate and present their ideas. Applications are accepted here: · *Masters Intern - Web App Dev't / Disease Surveillance Competition* <http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/masters-intern-web-app-devt-disease-surveillan…> o http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/masters-intern-web-app-devt-disease-surveillan… · *PhD Intern - Web App Dev't / Disease Surveillance Competition* <http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/phd-intern-web-app-devt-disease-surveillance-c…> o http://pnnl.jobs/richland-wa/phd-intern-web-app-devt-disease-surveillance-c… Some information on previous competitions can be found here: · http://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=1015 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVIy1bWt29Y · http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2015/02/informatics-student-app-flu.shtml · http://jendownes.com/mozziemap · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCsiwI4uJ3g . *Minimum Qualifications* Candidates must be matriculated/enrolled in a Master's program at an accredited college or university. Minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. . *Preferred Qualifications* Applicants with experience in one or more of these areas, or closely related topics, are encouraged to apply: · Web application development · Software engineering · Epidemiology / Public Health · User Experience Design Court ____________________________________________ *Courtney D Corley, PhD * Senior Data Scientist and Data Science Team Lead Data Sciences and Analytics Group NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 902 Battelle BLVD, Box 999, MSIN K7-28 Richland, WA 99352 court(a)pnnl.gov%E2%97%86 @CourtCorley ◆ http://linkd.in/HvxjVY Cell: (214) 673-3099 ◆ Tel: (509) 375-2326 *Collaboration* *|* *Creativity* *|* *Courage* *|* *Integrity* *|* *Impact* ######################################################################## _______________________________________________ dub mailing list dub(a)dub.washington.edu http://dubber.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub

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Study abroad in Ghana or Tahiti this summer
by Araba Sey 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello, Applications are now open for two great study abroad opportunities coming up this summer: * 2016 Summer A-Term: iSchool French Polynesia| Wayfinding and Different Ways of Knowing * 2016 Early Fall Exploration Seminar: iSchool Ghana| Experience Research: Communication Technologies and Development in Southern Ghana. Please see below for information on each program and links to the application sites for more details and don't hesitate to contact me (arabasey(a)uw.edu<mailto:arabasey@uw.edu>) if you have any questions. Thanks! araba 1. iSchool French Polynesia| Wayfinding and Different Ways of Knowing French Polynesia, and the island of Tahiti in particular, is an ideal site for exploring issues of "wayfinding" through the lens of place and identity and a rich culture of oral traditions. Drawing on traditional knowledge systems and la culture ma'ohi, which refers to an indigenous perspective on identity and connection to land, we will engage students in an exploration that traces both the historical, geographic, and mythical frameworks that shape our understanding of the key role the region has played in the Diaspora of Polynesian people across the Pacific. The course content is interdisciplinary in nature and draws on scholarship from information science, geography, history, and anthropology to help students understand the cultural, social, and economic realities of this island society. This program is open to undergraduate students. The program will be 4 weeks long and takes place from June 20 to July 18, 2016. Students will receive 6 credits (INFO 498 - 5 credits and one GEN ST 391 - 1 credit). Application deadline is January 29. Information sessions: There are no information sessions for this program, but feel free to contact me with your questions. To apply or get additional information, follow this link: https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgra… 2. iSchool Ghana| Experience Research: Communication Technologies and Development in Southern Ghana If you've ever wondered whether information and communication technologies (ICTs) are really changing lives in African countries, this is an opportunity to find out for yourself. Learn how to design and carry out a research project to answer questions you have about the role of ICTs in socio-economic development, while also experiencing the realities of life in Ghana. You do not need to have research experience, and we welcome both graduate and undergraduate students. The program will be 4 weeks long and takes place from August 26 - September 25, 2016. Credits will be counted towards your Fall 2016 load. Students will receive 5 credits (INFX 598 or INFO 498). The course satisfies the research methods requirement for Informatics students (INFO 470) and qualifies as an elective for the International Development Certificate Program (IDCP). We are happy to work with you and your adviser if the program could satisfy requirements for other courses in your major. Application Deadline is February 29. Information sessions coming soon... Look out for a message in the next few days announcing the dates for our information sessions. To apply or get additional information, follow this link: http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=programs.ViewProgram… Araba Sey Research Assistant Professor UW Information School Technology & Social Change Group Ischool.uw.edu

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Change Tomorrow - Introductions and Discussions
by Trevor Perrier 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hello, The Change Seminar will be held tomorrow at 12pm in CSE 203. Please join for an introduction to the community, a brief icebreaker to get to know each other better, and group discussion. Thanks, - Trevor

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IBM Research Kenya Information Session, Tuesday, Jan 19, 4:30 pm, CSE 691
by Richard Anderson 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

IBM Research Kenya is holding an Information Session on Tuesday, January 19, 4:30 PM, in the Gates Commons (CSE 691) in the Paul Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya (Lab Director), Dr. Skyler Speakman (Research Scientist) and Dr. Jay Taneja (Research Scientist) will lead the information session, which will consist of a short (20-minute) presentation about the labs activities, followed by a Q&A session. The research lab is IBM's 12th global research lab, and the 1st commercial IT research lab in sub-Saharan Africa. The research is strongly application-driven, with groups working on topics in energy and electricity (Jay Taneja leads this group), financial inclusion, health care, mobility/traffic, agriculture, education, government services, and public safety. The lab has a group working specifically on African-relevant HCI. The goal of putting the lab on the continent is to gain a deeper understanding of the real challenges faced on the ground and to collaborate with partners in Africa to conduct research and develop innovative technology solutions. The Nairobi lab was founded in 2013 and has about 50 research staff, hailing from many countries on the continent as well as Japan, India, Europe, and the US, including a large number of software developers from Kenya. IBM also founded a small lab earlier this year in South Africa. The labs publish, patent, work with partners and clients, and love to build systems. The research team is looking to grow the research team with people who are interested in living and working on the continent and have skills in computer vision, natural language processing, statistics and probability, systems, and machine learning, and other backgrounds as well. The lab hires at both the M.S. and Ph.D. level, and has full-time as well as summer internship positions available. IBM Research - Africa is IBM's 12th global research lab and the first industrial research facility on the continent of Africa. With facilities in Kenya and South Africa, IBM Research - Africa is driving innovation by developing commercially-viable solutions to transform lives and spark new business opportunities in key areas such as agriculture, healthcare, financial inclusion, and e-government. First announced by IBM's CEO Ginni Rometty in 2012, the Nairobi facility was officially inaugurated by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in November, 2013. The Nairobi facility is supported by the Kenyan ICT Authority. The South African branch of IBM Research - Africa was announced in March 2015 and will be collocated with Wits University in the Tshimologong Precinct technology hub in Bramfontein, Johannesburg. IBM Research - Africa is actively engaging with Africa's innovation ecosystem to kick start new business opportunities and ensure the full commercial viability of its solutions and services. Entrepreneurs, developers and business partners are a key part of IBM's research programs and go-to-market strategy in Africa. [Your future made with IBM. What will you make with IBM?] Africa is poised to become a leading source of innovation in a variety of sectors, with an expected growth rate of 7% annually over the next 20 years. IBM recognizes the huge potential impact of research and smarter systems in helping to build Africa's future, and we looking for the next generation of IBMers who can lead this change! IBM Research - Africa is visiting the University of Washington and we'd love to discuss your future with us. Visit us on:- Date: January 19th, 2016 (Tuesday) Time: 4:30pm - 6pm Venue: Gates Commons (CSE 691), Paul Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington Our Africa Research labs are focused on technology applications in a range of industries and institutions at the core of Africa's growth: healthcare, financial services, agriculture, and government. We are collaborating with leading universities around the world and hiring top M.S. and Ph.D. candidates across a range of technical fields. At this information session, you will meet Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya (Lab Director), Dr. Skyler Speakman (Research Scientist), and Dr. Jay Taneja (Research Scientist) who will give an introduction to IBM Research - Africa, the teams and insight into projects at our Nairobi lab. Following this, there will be an informal networking session to explore career opportunities or discuss topics covered by our speakers. Please bring a business card if you have one. View open positions at IBM Research - Africa and [Apply now] What will you make with IBM? Join us to discover! [Meet IBMers and discover what you can make of this moment.] Watch this video to see the Inside of IBM Research - Africa: https://ibm.biz/BdHHHF or Discover Project Lucy: https://ibm.biz/BdHHHK To read more about IBM Research - Africa, visit our website: www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa/index.shtml<http://www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa/index.shtml> [IBM Your future made with IBM]

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Fwd: [TIER] Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS '16)
by Matt Podolsky 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barath Raghavan <barath(a)icsi.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:30 AM Subject: [TIER] Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS '16) To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu I want to invite you all, or anyone you know who might be interested, to submit a paper to the second Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS '16). The workshop considers the role of and types of computing in society when faced with, among other things, major ecological and energy challenges. These two papers may help provide context: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wmt/pubs/CHI2012_Collapse.pdf http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2011/papers/greennet/p37.pdf Here's a bit more info, and the workshop URL where there's a longer description and a link to last year's papers: http://acmlimits.org/2016/ LIMITS aims to foster research on the impact of present or future ecological, material, energetic, and/or societal limits on computing and computing research to respond to such limits. The medium-term aim of the workshop is to foster concrete research, potentially of an interdisciplinary nature, that innovates on technologies, techniques, and contexts for computing within fundamental limits. A longer-term goal is to build a community around relevant topics and research. A goal of this community is to impact society through the design and development of computing systems in the abundant present for use in a future of limits and/or scarcity. Paper submission deadline: February 29, 2016 Organizers: Daniel Pargman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (co-chair) Barath Raghavan, ICSI (co-chair) Jay Chen, NYU Elina Eriksson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Bonnie Nardi, UC Irvine Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University Don Patterson, Westmont College Debra Richardson, UC Irvine Bill Tomlinson, UC Irvine _______________________________________________ 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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CHI workshop on "HCI Across Borders". Submission deadline: January 15th.
by Nicola Dell 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

*Call for Proposals* Two-Day Workshop in San Jose (CA, USA) at CHI 2016 <http://chi2016.acm.org/> Development Consortium 2016: HCI Across Borders <http://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/> 7th-8th May, 2016 Deadline for proposals: 15th January, 2016 *About the Workshop* The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community at CHI has expanded its scope in recent years to study technology use in under-served, under-represented, and under-resourced regions around the world. This area of work is identified (not without debate) at CHI as HCI4D*, where the ‘D’ is used for highlighting the ‘developing world’ context where much of this work has taken place. To work around the limitations imposed by this term, we invite individuals who identify themselves as HCI4D researchers/practitioners, *and also more broadly*– those who are keen to (or keenly) pursue research and practice in these under-served, under-represented, and/or under-resourced contexts. Nearly a decade ago, at CHI 2007, the first workshop on user-centered design and international development was held – also in San Jose. Since then, we have seen an explosion of work in this area. This has been accompanied by a growth of sophistication in understanding, methods, approaches, and techniques towards devising solutions to problems seemingly intractable due to logistical and methodological challenges. As the area has grown, it has understandably become harder for us to stay connected with the expanding scope of research and practice and the increasing number of people involved. While technological and methodological advances are critical for further development of our field, so too is it important for us to stay connected. We often work in relatively isolated contexts, geographically dispersed across the globe, and rarely find the opportunity to associate with the larger community even though we know this could be helpful. Why work across borders? Though every country and context is unique, and much of our work aims to design for “situatedness”, there are lessons to be learned across borders as well. Questions we would like to ask include: What are common themes that tie together different resource-constrained contexts? For instance, could a maternal health project in India benefit from lessons learned from a project in Kenya and vice versa? How can we – as a community – work within countries *and* across them as well? The primary objective of this event is to bring together HCI voices from across the globe at one venue as they develop themes of common interests and work on potential projects/proposals they can pursue together as collaborators. Our secondary, and larger, objective however is to launch a series of such workshops that will help advance towards a richer, stronger, and a fundamentally more cohesive community overall. ** Unpacking the term HCI4D will be one of the undertakings of this workshop. Though debated, the term helps us refer to the area that applies what we know about human-centered processes and technology design to work that aspires towards economic, social, and human development. * *Participation* Our workshop will take place over two days – 7th/8th May 2016 – and solicit participation from HCI researchers and practitioners across the globe who work with under-served, under-represented, and/or under-resourced communities. We invite participants keen to explore collaborations across borders and geographies. We define “borders” and “geographies” broadly to include both national boundaries and more localized boundaries such as those between cities or different groups within a country. Research areas of focus can be diverse, including but not limited to education, healthcare, civic engagement, mobile banking, etc. We welcome all methodological and ideological leanings. Examples of topics/themes of interest might include, among others: - Leveraging participatory design and co-design approaches - Factoring cultural sensitivities in the design of new technologies - Designing to accommodate power differentials - Devising innovative techniques for engaging users - Designing for sustainability Examples of projects might include, among others: - Study of Facebook use and gender roles in South Africa vs. in Namibia - Design of mobile-based reporting systems for targeted African-American and impoverished citizens to report police brutality in Atlanta (GA), Minneapolis (MN), and New York (NY) - Design of mobile media for maternal and newborn health in India and Pakistan - Study of IVR use to provide information on agricultural practices in Peru and Ethiopia - Development of mobile technology-based supports for prenatal care among the Ngabe-Bugle and the Embera in Panama *Submissions* Please submit a proposal (2-4 pages in CHI Extended Abstracts <http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-extended-abstracts-for…> format) by *15th January 2016*for notification by 19th February. Submissions should discuss a plan or intent to collaborate ‘across borders’, articulating an area of work and research questions of interest. If these include potential projects and collaborators, even better! Submissions can be crafted by a set of authors (who may like to meet and discuss at the workshop), or by a smaller group/individual seeking additional team members. If additional collaborators are sought, submissions should describe desired expertise/profiles/locations. These submissions will seed small group discussions and informal presentations at the workshop. All submissions will be reviewed by the organizers and selected according to their potential to contribute to the workshop’s goals and foster discussion. Accepted submissions will be available on our workshop website at least two weeks before the conference to allow participants to prepare. In addition, organizers may consider the publication of revised versions of accepted papers as part of a special issue in a related journal. Please send submissions to hci4d.across.borders(a)gmail.com. All deadlines will be observed at 11.59pm AoE <http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe>. *Bursaries* CHI workshop guidelines require that at least one author of each accepted submission attend and that each (physical) participant be registered for the workshop and one day of the conference. If these constraints become limiting, please contact us so that workarounds might be considered. We are working on obtaining funding to pay travel expenses (or at least a portion thereof) for attendees in need. So if you do work in this area and are hesitating because you believe that obtaining travel money will be difficult to impossible, please go ahead and submit anyway. We will work with you to try and fund (or partially fund) your travel. *Virtual Participation* We understand that not everyone who wishes to participate will be able to attend physically, due to financial or other constraints. We invite you to express an interest to participate (via email) and we will work with you to accommodate you on our ‘virtual track’ where you will also have the chance to work with a mentor and on a team. *Organizers* Neha Kumar, Georgia Tech, co-chair (USA) Susan Dray, Dray & Associates, co-chair (USA) Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Cornell University (USA) Kagonya Awori, University of Melbourne (Australia) Nic Bidwell, University of Namibia (Namibia) Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland (USA) Andy Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Nicola Dell, Cornell Tech (USA) Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Brian DeRenzi, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Beki Grinter, Georgia Tech (USA) Zhengjie Liu, Dalian Maritime University (China) Mario A. Moreno Rocha, Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca (Mexico) Anicia Peters, Namibia University of Science & Technology (Namibia) Nithya Sambasivan, Google (USA) Eunice Sari, University of Western Australia & UX Indonesia (Australia) Bill Thies, Microsoft Research, India (India) Indrani Medhi Thies, Microsoft Research, India (India) William Tucker, University of Western Cape (South Africa) Elba Valderrama Bahamondez, Universidad Technologia de Panama (Panama) Susan Wyche, Michigan State University (USA) *Contact* For more up-to-date details, please check the workshop website: https://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/ Email us your questions at: hci4d.across.borders(a)gmail.com

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No Change Tomorrow
by Trevor Perrier 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hello All, Welcome back - I hope everyone is ready for the new quarter. There will be no Change seminar tomorrow - the first week of classes. We do plan on meeting the following week Tuesday Jan 12 and hope you will be able to join us then. *As always, if you or anyone else you know wants to present at Change please let me know!* Thanks, - Trevor

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