January 2017 - change - Mailing Lists

Tomorrow at Change: Anil Dash - Holding to account
by Trevor Perrier 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at Change for another video and discussion. We will watch a short video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocTorRMTHXk> by Anil Dash from Pop Tech on holding technology to account. Anil <http://anildash.com/about.html> is a blogger, entrepreneur, and activist who has thought a lot about making technology more humane and ethical. This is not only highly relevant to technologist here, but also how initiatives and startups have global reach and repercussions. *When: *12pm, Tuesday January 31 *Where: *CSE 203 - Trevor

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Off Topic: Academics Against Immigration Executive Order
by Yosem Companys 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

From: Mariya Ivancheva <mariya.ivancheva(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues, This petition might be of interest to those of you who are currently watching with horror the recent developments in the USA. Please DO NOT REPLY to my email, but follow the instructions below: -- Academics Against Immigration Executive Order https://notoimmigrationban.com/ To add your name, please send an email to [NoToImmigrationEO AT gmail DOT com] NoToImmigrationEO(a)gmail.com from your academic email. The subject of your email must be one line: name, (award, if applicable) title, affiliation: e.g. John Doe, Nobel Laureate (Physics 1999), Professor, Harvard University PLEASE PASS IT AROUND TO FURTHER ACADEMIC LISTS AS WELL. -- M.

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Internet Connection officially Severed in Anglophone Cameroon Pleaase help
by Yosem Companys 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

From: Nyangkwe Agien Aaron <nyangkweagien(a)gmail.com> Dear All It has been roughly a month that the people of the anglophone regions (formerly Southern Cameroons) of Cameroon have had internet cut off. The minister of Post and Telecommunication states that it was for security reasons. MTN the operator that supplys internet in the zone stated that they were under contractual obligations to cut internet from the area. The situation is causing some economic and human rights havoc One should recall that the entire anglophone region is currently on a school strike action and ghost towns untill the government ascribes to the demand of a two states federation, reinstate the anglosaxone system of education that has been sytematically destroyed and diluted into the french system (Cameroun is a bilingual country) and its justice sytem. It was vey common to find a francophone teacher lecturing anglophone students physics in pidgin or you find francophone Magistrates handing litigations in anglophone territory in french. When lawyer organized a peaceful march against this, they were severely beaten wounded and their robes torn. Students of the University of Buea were tortured and some raped. Leaders of the Consortium of Anglophone Civil societies organizations that handled negociations with government to look into the issues ahve been arrested and are currently court-marshalled on counts of terrorism etc. More to that a Supreme Court Attorney General (Paul Ayah Abine) was arrested including an appeal Court Magistrate wre currently under detention for voicing their concern over the situation in Anglophone Cameroon I cannot make a call from my phone either What can you do to help us in such a horrible situation? -- Aaron Agien NYANGKWE Journalist-Outcome Mapper P.O.Box 5213 Douala-Cameroon Tel. 237 673 42 71 27

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Study Abroad and Study Research, Development, and ICTs in Ghana this Summer
by Chris Rothschild 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

Hello, Applications are now open for an exciting study abroad opportunity coming up this summer: · 2017 Early Fall Exploration Seminar: iSchool Ghana| Experience Research: Communication Technologies and Development in Southern Ghana. Please see below and the attached slides for information on the program and links to the application site for more details. Don’t hesitate to contact me (chriskr(a)uw.edu<mailto:chriskr@uw.edu>) if you have any questions. Thanks! Chris iSchool Ghana| Experience Research: Communication Technologies and Development in Southern Ghana If you've ever wondered what it’s actually like to do field research studying if development project are really changing lives, 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 24 - September 22, 2017. Credits will be counted towards your Fall 2017 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 March 1. To apply or get additional information, follow this link: https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgra…

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If Muslims are blocked by the U.S., should we respond?
by Yosem Companys 27 Jan '17

27 Jan '17

From: Dave Burstein <daveb(a)dslprime.com> I raise the question of whether we should respond to the proposed U.S. ban on nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. Scott Aaronson reports one of his MIT students will probably have to leave if he can't get his visa removed. We all know how many Iranians are world-class technologists, including in computer science and electrical engineering. I hope many from outside the United States speak up. The issues around Trump make it hard to be objective here. Should we take a stand? If so, should it be symbolic or substantive? Symbolic actions could include: - A resolution - Establishing remote hubs for our meetings in Iran and one of the Arabic speaking countries. ISOC has funded remote hubs. - Outreach in Farsi and Arabic to show that whatever actions the government takes, the IETF welcomes participation. This could be as simple as Jari Arkko writing a letter to the editor of the leading newspapers with an invitation for all to join our work. Some might also think that we should move the July 2018 meeting from San Francisco to a location accessible to more of our members, perhaps to Mexico or Canada. ------------ As we discuss this, I urge everyone to avoid distracting comments about U.S. politics. We're not going to change many minds here pro or con the new U.S. President. Instead, let's keep the discussion here to how we should respond to a major nation refusing visas to so many of our members. Dave Burstein -- Editor, Fast Net News, 5GW News, Net Policy News and DSL Prime Author with Jennie Bourne DSL (Wiley) and Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed (Peachpit)

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Mercy Corps Innovation & Digital Coordinator in Nairobi
by Yosem Companys 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

From: Christopher Maclay <christophermaclay(a)gmail.com> We're looking for an Innovation and Digital Coordinator in Nairobi. Please see posting here: http://reliefweb.int/job/1870559/innovation-and- digital-coordinator Mercy Corps is a leading global relief and development agency saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places. We are powered by the belief that a better world is possible. Across the more than 40 countries in which we operate, we are working to address root causes of poverty head on, and helping those caught in crisis not only meet their immediate needs, but build a brighter future. In taking on these challenges, Mercy Corps does not act alone nor are we satisfied with business as usual. In our work, we strive to innovate for greater impact – often through increased take-up of technology and investment in market-driven models. In our work, we see technology as an enabler to improve scale, access, efficiency, engagement, and effectiveness in our global work. Mercy Corps is looking for committed and dynamic individual to take up the following position. *TITLE: INNOVATION AND DIGITAL COORDINATOR* *LOCATION: NAIROBI* *PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:* Youth Empowered for Success (YES!) is a partnership with the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) and Harambee which seeks to enhance employment for 25,000 young people in six African countries by 2018, and 500,000 by 2022. Mercy Corps is the lead implementer in Kenya, Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, and Tunisia. The program has three work streams: - Core YES! Model: Localizing the YES! model in 6 countries to improve the employment and entrepreneurship of 18,000 youth; - Innovation and Digital: Driving innovation in youth employment in Africa through the identification, incubation and scaling of breakthrough business solutions for youth employment; - Thought leadership: Research and learning on youth economic empowerment in Africa, building an evidence base enabling partnerships to scale to reach 500,000. *GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:* YES!’s Innovation and Digital work stream was approved in December 2016, which seeks to identify, incubate and scale breakthrough solutions for youth employment in YES! target countries. Through the Innovation and Digital Coordinator, the program seeks to support two types of initiatives: 1) Core investments, which support the development and scaling of products and services in the Human Resource, training or job match sector, whose businesses are directly geared towards facilitating and enhancing employment and employability; and 2) Ancillary investments, which develop of new methods sales or business which have the ability to enhance youth employment and/or create jobs. The YES! Program will support these initiatives through project-based financing, technical support, convening, and connection to youth within the program. *ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:* *Strategy Development*  Lead the development of YES! Digital and Innovation Strategy, including pipeline development, contracting, technical support and more.  Revise strategy in line with emerging opportunities, including new funding and fundraising opportunities.  Work with Results, Learning and Research Coordinator to establish methods for measuring and evaluating investment impact. *Pipeline Development*  Develop a pipeline of potential partnerships, covering a breadth of organizations including job matching, training and more.  Maintain strong connections with the regional start-up scene, maintaining responsiveness to opportunities.  Work creatively with target partners to ideate and co-develop concepts for new products and services.  Conduct Due Diligence, vet, and prepare documentation on longlisted and shortlisted partnerships.  Take a collaborative and supportive approach when working with private sector partners. *Contracting and Partner Administration*  Work with Mercy Corps legal teams to develop suitable contracting mechanism and contracts for YES! Innovation and Digital partners.  Function as focal point for contracting and partner management. *Partner Support*  Provide technical support to YES! Innovation and Digital partners, including on market research, product development, and human-centered design.  Convene different actors and stakeholders for collaborations, where appropriate.  As required, bring in external expertise to support partners. *Research & Thought Leadership*  Work with the Results, Learning and Research Coordinator to ensure effective learning from YES! Innovation and Digital partnerships.  Participate in, and generate insights, for Thought Leadership events on innovation and business solutions to youth employment. *Other*  Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.  Other duties as assigned. *Organizational Learning:* As part of Mercy Corps’ agency-wide Organizational Learning Initiative, all team members are responsible for spending 5% of their work time in formal and/or non-formal professional learning that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves. *ACCOUNTABILITY:* Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects. *SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: *None *REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: *YES! Program Director *WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: *YES! Results, Learning and Research Coordinator, YES! Innovation and Digital Partners, YES! Program Managers in 5 countries. *KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:*  Minimum of 4 years of experience in a combination of strategy and business consulting, impact investment, product design, or relevant areas;  BA/S or equivalent in Information Technology or related field of study. An MBA is an added advantage;  Experience in Management/Development consulting firms or business incubators/accelerators working with start-ups and SMEs on business modelling, strategy and/or product development is required;  Experience working in/with start-ups is required. Experience related to employment generation is an added advantage;  Experience working with impact investment is an added advantage;  Demonstrated ability to design and implement strategy;  Exceptional writing skills, and ability to present complex concepts and/or analysis clearly;  Willingness to travel to YES! Country programs in Uganda, Tunisia, Nigeria and Liberia;  Experience and passion working in youth employment is a plus. *SUCCESS FACTORS:*  The successful Innovation and Digital Coordinator will show flexibility, a can-do attitude, and a willingness to test, adapt, learn and improve.  S/he will be a self-starter and a doer, capable of driving the Innovation and Digital work stream with minimal supervision.  S/he will have a creative mindset, with ability to generate new ideas, coupled with attention to detail and ability to get things done.  S/he will have strong social and collaborative skills, with an ability to maintain an extensive network of partners and professional connections. *Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should submit a cover letter and detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three professional references (including a recent supervisor) to ke-hrkenya(a)mercycorps.org <ke-hrkenya(a)mercycorps.org> on or before Monday 6th February, 2017 by 4.00pm. The email subject line must clearly indicate the job title and location being applied for.* *Applications without an appropriate subject heading will be automatically disqualified. Please do not attach any certificates.* *Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.* *NB: Mercy Corps does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.*

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Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company
by Yosem Companys 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

I don't know, Akshay. I would ask Patrick directly at PS1(a)stanford.edu (mailto:PS1@stanford.edu). Best,Yosem On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Akshay Chalana < icareers(a)uw.edu (mailto:icareers@uw.edu)> wrote: Hello Mr. Companys, Do you happen to know if this position ended up being filled? I’m well past the deadline, but if hasn’t been yet, I’m very interested. Thanks! Akshay From: < change-bounces(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change-bounces@change.washington.edu)> on behalf of Yosem Companys < icareers(a)uw.edu (mailto:icareers@uw.edu)> Reply-To: < icareers(a)uw.edu (mailto:icareers@uw.edu)> Date: Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:29 PM To: < melclark(a)uw.edu (mailto:melclark@uw.edu)> Cc: < change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu)> Subject: Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to 5k) with new social good tech company I'd ask Patrick directly... On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Cameron Seib < icareers(a)uw.edu (mailto:icareers@uw.edu)> wrote: Hi Melody, Thanks for passing this along. Do you know if Patrick and Jenny are operating under a specific company name? And do you know where this internship would take place? I'll need those bits of info to get this posted on iCareers. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Cameron On Fri Dec 16 18:56:04 2016, melclark(a)uw.edu (mailto:melclark@uw.edu) wrote: From: liberationtech-jobs [mailto: liberationtech-jobs-bounces(a)lists.stanford.edu (mailto:liberationtech-jobs-bounces@lists.stanford.edu)] On Behalf Of Yosem Companys Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 1:45 PM To: Liberationtech Jobs < liberationtech-jobs(a)lists.stanford.edu (mailto:liberationtech-jobs@lists.stanford.edu)> Subject: Re: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company This email is from Patrick Schmitt, who was the Head of Innovation at Change.org. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Yosem Companys < companys(a)tmp.ucsb.edu (mailto:companys@tmp.ucsb.edu)> wrote: Do you want your (paid) summer internship to help raise $1 trillion for the world’s highest-impact nonprofits? We are looking for 1-2 engineers to join us this summer to build a new philanthropy platform focused on helping people leave significant portions of their estates to top charities. This is a paid internship, with compensation up to $15,000 for the full summer. The current team is Jenny Xia -- a founding member of Paribus (successfully exited to Capital One), former impact investor at Bain Capital, and frisbee fanatic -- and Patrick Schmitt, the former Head of Innovation at Change.org, ran email fundraising for Obama, and a Scrabble aficionado. The ideal new team member will be mission-aligned, with front-end and back-end experience (HTML/ Bootstrap, CSS, AngularJS, Python/ Django). If interested, please send your resume and a brief note about why you are interested to Patrick at PS1(a)stanford.edu (mailto:PS1@stanford.edu). Deadline for applications is December 21st. Come change the world with us! - Patrick & Jenny _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/lis tinfo/change _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change

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Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company
by Akshay Chalana 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hello Mr. Companys, Do you happen to know if this position ended up being filled? I’m well past the deadline, but if hasn’t been yet, I’m very interested. Thanks! Akshay From: <change-bounces(a)change.washington.edu> on behalf of Yosem Companys <icareers(a)uw.edu> Reply-To: <icareers(a)uw.edu> Date: Monday, December 19, 2016 at 1:29 PM To: <melclark(a)uw.edu> Cc: <change(a)change.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to 5k) with new social good tech company I'd ask Patrick directly... On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Cameron Seib < icareers(a)uw.edu (mailto:icareers@uw.edu)> wrote: Hi Melody, Thanks for passing this along. Do you know if Patrick and Jenny are operating under a specific company name? And do you know where this internship would take place? I'll need those bits of info to get this posted on iCareers. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Cameron On Fri Dec 16 18:56:04 2016, melclark(a)uw.edu (mailto:melclark@uw.edu) wrote: From: liberationtech-jobs [mailto: liberationtech-jobs-bounces(a)lists.stanford.edu (mailto:liberationtech-jobs-bounces@lists.stanford.edu)] On Behalf Of Yosem Companys Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 1:45 PM To: Liberationtech Jobs < liberationtech-jobs(a)lists.stanford.edu (mailto:liberationtech-jobs@lists.stanford.edu)> Subject: Re: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company This email is from Patrick Schmitt, who was the Head of Innovation at Change.org. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Yosem Companys < companys(a)tmp.ucsb.edu (mailto:companys@tmp.ucsb.edu)> wrote: Do you want your (paid) summer internship to help raise $1 trillion for the world’s highest-impact nonprofits? We are looking for 1-2 engineers to join us this summer to build a new philanthropy platform focused on helping people leave significant portions of their estates to top charities. This is a paid internship, with compensation up to $15,000 for the full summer. The current team is Jenny Xia -- a founding member of Paribus (successfully exited to Capital One), former impact investor at Bain Capital, and frisbee fanatic -- and Patrick Schmitt, the former Head of Innovation at Change.org, ran email fundraising for Obama, and a Scrabble aficionado. The ideal new team member will be mission-aligned, with front-end and back-end experience (HTML/ Bootstrap, CSS, AngularJS, Python/ Django). If interested, please send your resume and a brief note about why you are interested to Patrick at PS1(a)stanford.edu (mailto:PS1@stanford.edu). Deadline for applications is December 21st. Come change the world with us! - Patrick & Jenny _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change

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CHI 2017 Symposium -- HCI Across Borders
by Richard Anderson 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Call for Proposals HCI Across Borders<http://hcixb.org/> Symposium in Denver (CO, USA) at CHI 2017 6th-7th May, 2017 About the Workshop The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community at CHI is increasingly embracing research being performed on topics and in regions that have been under-studied in the past. To promote these efforts, the Development Consortium Workshop titled HCI Across Borders was held at CHI 2016 in San Jose. With generous support from SIGCHI and in collaboration with Facebook and Google, it was attended by 70+ researchers from 20 countries across the globe, with some of these countries being represented at CHI for the first time. The goal of this Consortium was to build community and invite collaborations across borders on themes of interest to the participants – those actively involved in international HCI projects, with most of them conducting research in understudied areas and with underrepresented individuals and communities across the world. This year marks another milestone -- this event has grown to be a CHI Symposium. Our goal for 2017 is to build on the efforts from the Development Consortium at CHI 2016 and grow the community working in the area of HCI Across Borders (HCIxB). We aim to provide an opportunity for interested researchers to come together as a community, to improve the visibility of their work, and to bring to the larger HCI community a greater awareness of the challenges that plague international research, particularly research that takes place in resource-constrained settings. Participation We solicit participation from HCI researchers and practitioners across the globe who work with underserved, underrepresented, and/or under-resourced communities. We particularly invite participants who are keen to explore collaborations across borders. “Borders”, in this context, include geographic boundaries, but also boundaries of other kinds, such as disciplines, methodologies, ideologies, and more. Research areas of focus can be diverse, including but not limited to learning, global health, crisis informatics, civic engagement, mobile banking, etc. While this is not an exhaustive list, examples of topics/themes of submission might include: · Leveraging participatory design and co-design approaches · Factoring cultural sensitivities in the design of new technologies and/or HCI methods · Designing to accommodate power differentials in communities · Devising innovative techniques for engaging new technology users · Designing for sustainability · Studying the intersection of HCI and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) · And more! Examples of projects from our Consortium last year<https://hci4dacrossborders.wordpress.com/> include: · Emotional Wellbeing: Technology for Mental Health in Developing Countries · HCI, Forced Migration & Refugees: Collaborations across Borders and Fields · ICT Intervention for Agricultural Development: Exploring Prospects for Pakistani Farmers · Cuba Intercambio: Cultural and Information Exchange for Cuba · Online Learning Across Diverse Low-Resource Indian Contexts · Cognitive Modeling for Illiteracy Eradication · Mobile Technology-Based Supports for Prenatal Care Among the Ngäbe in Panama Submissions Please submit a proposal (3-5 pages in the CHI Extended Abstracts format<https://chi2017.acm.org/submission-formats.html>) starting now and before April 15th, 2017. You will receive a decision within 15 days of your submission so you can plan your registration and travels accordingly. All submissions will be reviewed by the organizers and a program committee. They will be selected in accordance with their potential to contribute to the Symposium and to foster discussion. Accepted submissions will be available on our website before the conference. Authors of accepted submissions will also be invited to present posters of their proposals at CHI (although not mandatory). Please submit your PDFs at https://hcixb17.hotcrp.com/. Please note that we will accept contributions until the limit on the number of attendees is reached, which may be before the ultimate deadline. Bursaries We are working on obtaining funding to pay travel expenses (or at least a portion thereof) for attendees in need. Please note that CHI guidelines require at least one author of each accepted submission to attend and be registered for the Symposium. Organizers Neha Kumar, Georgia Tech (USA) Susan Dray, Dray & Associates (USA) Christian Sturm, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Nithya Sambasivan, Google (USA) Laura S. Gaytan-Lugo, University of Colima (Mexico) Leonel Morales, Francisco Marroquin University (Guatemala) Negin Dahya, University of Washington (USA) Nova Ahmed, North South University (Bangladesh) Contact For updates, please check: https://hcixb.org<https://hcixb.org/> Email us your questions at: admin(a)hcixb.org<mailto:admin@hcixb.org>

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Tomorrow at Change: Telecom data and development aid
by Trevor Perrier 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello All, Please join us tomorrow in the Change Seminar for a video and discussion the potential (and problems) surrounding around mobile phone data for development. We will watch a talk by Gautier Krings <https://realimpactanalytics.com/en/news/watch-video-gautier-krings-about-ho…> - Chief Data Scientist at Real Impact Analytics - on how how telecom data is used to improve living conditions in developing countries. *When: *12pm Tuesday, Jan 17 *Where: *The Allen Center, CSE 203 Thanks, - Trevor

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