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ACM COMPASS 2018 Call for Notes and Work-in-progress Posters: March 30th, 2018
by Kurtis Heimerl 04 Mar '18

04 Mar '18

The Notes and Posters Chairs (Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington and Nithya Sambasivan, Google) invite you to submit your more compact research to the ACM COMPASS notes and work-in-progress posters tracks this March. ACM COMPASS is a broad, interdisciplinary conference focused on research that benefits underrepresented communities throughout the world. This notes track is appropriate for smaller-scale focused research results and, as a new addition, position papers (e.g. HotConference-style) in the ICTD and/or Sustainability spaces. These are completed works and will be published in the ACM COMPASS proceedings. The official call for notes is below and also available here <https://acmcompass.org/cfn>. The work-in-progress poster proposals track is appropriate for works in progress and allows for researchers to gather feedback and discussion on projects and dissertation work that is still being developed. These will not be published in the ACM proceedings. The official call for posters is also below and available here <https://acmcompass.org/cfposters/>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Notes The first annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (ACM COMPASS 2018) invites submissions of 4-page Notes for the main conference program. ACM COMPASS is a re-creation of the ACM DEV conference, which was held annually between 2010 and 2016. The new conference expands the focus of the original conference to explicitly welcome work on underrepresented communities worldwide and includes a new track on sustainability. To ensure strong contributions, the conference will accept Notes based on tracks corresponding to the computing areas they draw upon. The tracks for the 2018 conference are Systems, HCI, Data Science, Sustainability, and Applications. Notes are treated to a similar review process as full papers, with a focus on strength of the research contribution to scholarship in computing and sustainable societies. However, Notes are more focused and provide a shorter contribution. For example, related work or discussion may be much more targeted, rather than aiming for breadth and completeness as in Full Papers. Notes can be up to 4 pages in length (not including references). Notes will be published in the ACM SIGCAS proceedings. Due to the short review cycle, Notes will be assessed as is, without revise and resubmit provisions. Submissions should be made to https://compass18notesposters.hotcrp.com. <https://compass18notesposters.hotcrp.com> Use the CHI 2018 Proceedings Format available here <https://chi2018.acm.org/chi-proceedings-format/>. See our FAQ <http://acmcompass.org/faq/> if you still have questions! Some examples of note-scoped contributions could be: - A case study of an intervention towards social good and evidence of its utility. - A novel technical system that provides a contribution over known techniques in low resource computing. - An empirical or conceptual understanding of a specific under-represented community or situation that enhances how the community or situation is viewed within COMPASS. - A novel methodology for designing, building, or understanding a system for under-represented communities. - An analysis of the impact of a policy, law or regulation in an area relevant to COMPASS. - A discussion with scholarly debate about: - viewpoints (short articles dedicated to views and opinions on the impact of technology in which positions are substantiated by facts or principled arguments), - point/counterpoints (two viewpoints, taking opposite sides of an argument), and - multi-author discussion articles (e.g. authors discuss arguments around an issue concerning the impact of technology on society). Works in progress without a clear research result are not appropriate submissions and will be rejected. For work-in-progress research, consider submitting to Posters. Please see the FAQ page for further clarifications. Important dates March 30, 2018: Deadline for submission of notes. April 13, 2018: Notifications of decisions on submitted notes sent. May 4, 2018: Camera-ready of accepted notes due. All submissions are due 11:59 pm UTC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Work-in-progress Posters The first annual ACM SIGCAS conference on computing & sustainable societies (ACM COMPASS 2018) invites submissions of 4-page work-in-progress poster proposals. These proposals provide a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Accepted submissions will be presented as a physical poster at the conference. COMPASS 2018 is a re-creation of the ACM DEV conference, which was held annually between 2010 and 2016. The new conference expands the focus of the original conference to explicitly welcome work on underrepresented communities worldwide and includes a new track on sustainability. To ensure strong contributions, the conference will accept based on tracks corresponding to the computing areas they draw upon. The focus areas for the 2018 conference are Systems, HCI, Data Science, Sustainability, and Applications. Poster proposals are structured similarly to Notes, being shorter and more focused. However, poster proposals are explicitly for works-in-progress and not completed research. Submissions should represent work that has not reached a level of completion or maturity that would warrant the full refereed selection process and should report on cutting edge or emerging work that has not been fully realized or developed or for which empirical data may not yet be available. The goal is for this early-phase work to be presented to the community for feedback. Submitters will be expected to generate posters for their proposals if accepted and present these at the 2018 ACM COMPASS poster session. Posters and poster proposals will not be published in ACM SIGCAS proceedings, allowing for future publications on the same topic. Proposals can be up to 4 pages in length (not including references). Due to the short review cycle, poster proposals will be assessed as-is, without revise and resubmit provisions. Submissions should be made to https://compass18notesposters.hotcrp.com. <https://compass18notesposters.hotcrp.com> Use the CHI 2018 Proceedings Format available here <https://chi2018.acm.org/chi-proceedings-format/>. See our FAQ <http://acmcompass.org/faq/> if you still have questions! Some examples of poster proposals could be: - An initial investigation with insufficient statistical power into mobile money use in a marginalized community. - The current state of a specific dissertation project seeking feedback and guidance. - A notable negative result worth discussing with the community. Important dates March 30, 2018: Deadline for submission of poster proposals. April 13, 2018: Notification of decisions on submitted poster proposals. May 4, 2018: Camera-ready of accepted poster proposals. All submission are due 11:59 pm UTC.

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UW Change Seminar 3/6: Lubna Razaq- Digital Financial Services Research in Pakistan: Information Technology University's FinTech Center, Academia, and Industry
by Esther Jang 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Please join us for the last Change Seminar of the quarter on Tuesday 3/6/2018 in *EEB 003*. *Who*: Lubna Razaq, Director of the ITU FinTech Center *What*: *Digital Financial Services Research in Pakistan: Information Technology University's FinTech Center, Academia, and Industry* *When: *Tuesday, March 6th, 12-1 PM *Where*: EEB 003 *Abstract:* Pakistan has one of the lowest financial inclusion ratios in the world. Mobile Financial Services have been around for some time but their uptake has been very low in Pakistan. Gaps exist in almost all verticals of financial services, with some segments of the population more excluded than others. This requires special attention. The ITU FinTech Center conducts research to create solutions for problems that hinder scaling and adoption of Digital Financial Services in Pakistan. The FinTech Center's Director, Lubna Razaq, will be talking about the financial services landscape in Pakistan, the DFS research being carried out at the FinTech Center in collaboration with DFSRG at UW, learnings from conducting research in the regulated financial space, and working with the industry on research and development. *Profile:* Lubna is the Director of the FinTech Center at Information Technology University in Lahore, Pakistan. She is a financial technology professional with experience in product development, business development, and consulting. Before taking her position at ITU, Lubna was part of FinSurgents, a Singapore-based FinTech consulting firm, where she led in-depth studies into the FinTech ecosystem of Pakistan in comparison with global hubs. This work produced a ‘Roadmap for FinTech ecosystem development in Pakistan’ and a ‘Framework for Karandaaz Pakistan’ to invest into FinTech startups. She acted as adviser to the local regulator on FinTech regulations around the world. Prior to joining FinSurgents, Lubna worked for Vopium, based in Denmark, on all facets of IR value chain- cash-in, cash out, European payment regulations, international transfers, digital KYC and AML for online channels. The main focus of her work on IR has been on EU to Pakistan corridors.

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