September 2019 - change - Mailing Lists

CSE 590F: Computing and the Developing World
by Naveena Karusala 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Hi all, CSE 590F meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 in Gates 387. This quarter will focus on a selection of papers related to ICTD (Information Communication Technology and Development). We will start with an organizational meeting tomorrow (Oct 1). We'll decide on a theme for weekly readings---they could be classic/foundational ICTD papers, new ICTD papers at recent conferences, or other suggestions as well. If you're interested in this area and want an overview of the current research, please consider registering! Best, Naveena

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Alliance4AI startup overview
by Yosem Companys 17 Sep '19

17 Sep '19

Alliance4AI highlights their latest analysis and summary of the African AI start-up space. https://medium.com/alliance4ai/ai-generation-learnings-from-alliance4ais-fi… (h/t Ulrich Paquet <ulrich.paquet(a)gmail.com>)

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Tensorflow Roadshow Will Go to Africa (Nairobi, Lagos, & JHB)
by Yosem Companys 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

From: Jade Abbott <jade.zoe.abbott(a)gmail.com> The Tensorflow team are having a roadshow and are visiting Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg in October "The TensorFlow team will be presenting a series of highly technical talks which will inlcude the TensorFlow 2.0 best practices, TF Lite, TF.js, TensorFlow Extended, Model Optimization and much more. Come meet the TensorFlow team, hear what's new, and help us continue to build our developer community!" Sounds like they're going to be fantastic events. More details at the following links: TensorFlow Roadshow Nairobi <https://events.withgoogle.com/tensorflow-roadshow-nairobi-2019/> TensorFlow Roadshow Lagos <https://events.withgoogle.com/tensorflow-roadshow-lagos-2019/> TensorFlow Roadshow Johannesburg <https://events.withgoogle.com/tensorflow-roadshow-johannesburg-2019/>

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Privacy Policy Talk at UW CSE, Wed 9/4 at 3:30pm- "Seattle Surveillance Ordinance: Information for Tech Activists"
by Esther Jang 06 Sep '19

06 Sep '19

Hi Change community, Next *Wed 9/4 3:30pm at UW CSE*, students from the ICTD and Security & Privacy Labs will jointly be hosting a talk by local privacy activist Cynthia Spiess. She'll be talking about how to get involved in the City of Seattle's process for publicly reviewing surveillance technologies used by the city, the Seattle Surveillance Ordinance. *Talk Title: "Seattle Surveillance Ordinance: Information for Tech Activists"* *When: Wednesday 9/4, 3:30-5 pm* *Where: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Gates Commons (rm CSE 691)* *Speaker Bio:*Cynthia Spiess has previously worked at Adobe as a Senior Security Researcher for the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET). Prior to that, she worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Security Engineer for the AWS AppSec team; and earlier as a Developer Support Engineer for AWS Premium Support. She has spoken at DefendCon 2017 and iSec (now NCC) Open Forum Seattle. Her work experience covers front-end and back-end web stacks (GUIs and APIs), both traditional and more modern (NoSQL DBs, docker/Mesos), SecOps/IR, and (unsurprisingly) cloud security. *Talk Summary:*The City of Seattle is in the midst of undertaking important steps that impact the privacy (and security in some cases) of all persons living, working, and traveling in Seattle for likely many years to come. This work is partially underway, with different surveillance technologies in different stages of the process. This presentation will cover what the Seattle Surveillance Ordinance is & the overall process end-to-end; what stage we’re at; noteworthy technical findings thus far; what’s next; and how to contribute your knowledge. The overall situation is one which is near starving for technical contributions and voice, so the hope is that this presentation is more than purely informational and instead results in informed participation (in any level or capacity). Here's a FB event <https://www.facebook.com/events/376419182991263/> for sharing. Please come if you can make it, and invite anyone who you think would be interested! Thanks, -Esther

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Fwd: Re Postdoc/Research Associate Opportunity at the CTIC at Penn
by Kurtis Heimerl 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Muge Haseki <mhaseki(a)law.upenn.edu> Date: Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 1:03 PM Subject: Postdoc/Research Associate Opportunity at the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition at Penn The Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a research fellow to work on a set of research projects focusing on access to information and communication technologies and their impact on economic development outcomes. The work will involve analyzing quantitative data from a variety of datasets, including local administrative data, survey data, experimental data, and financial data. We are currently soliciting applications for postdocs, data scientists, and research associates, with appointment to begin immediately. This position is for 1 year, subject to renewal for an additional year. Qualified candidates should have a graduate degree in Computer Science, Economics, Information Science, or a related field. Strong technical, analytic, and computational skills are essential. Familiarity with financial modeling and prior experience conducting field experiments are preferred. Some of the responsibilities include: · Conduct fieldwork when necessary · Clean and manage large datasets · Conduct statistical analyses of data using R/Stata · Prepare literature reviews, background research, and other draft content for grant proposals and academic papers · Draft project reports, research protocols, and other project documents · Prepare presentations for large venues – e.g., U.N. bodies · Manage teams of research assistants · Represent the project on conference calls and email discussions with various communities of interest · Maintain the project website Interested individuals should send the following materials to Muge Haseki ( mhaseki(a)law.upenn.edu) with a subject line “Postdoc/RA Position”: a CV, a cover letter describing research interests and prior relevant experience, two writing samples (or a relevant chapter from their dissertations), and a list of names and contact information of three references. Review of applications will begin immediately. -- Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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Re: [change] Privacy Policy Talk at UW CSE, Wed 9/4 at 3:30pm- "Seattle Surveillance Ordinance: Information for Tech Activists"
by Esther Jang 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

Reminder: talk starting in 10 minutes! -Esther On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:40 PM Esther Jang <infrared(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Reminder: this is tomorrow! > -Esther > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 2:01 PM Esther Jang <infrared(a)cs.washington.edu> > wrote: > >> Hi Change community, >> >> Next *Wed 9/4 3:30pm at UW CSE*, students from the ICTD and Security & >> Privacy Labs will jointly be hosting a talk by local privacy activist >> Cynthia Spiess. She'll be talking about how to get involved in the City of >> Seattle's process for publicly reviewing surveillance technologies used by >> the city, the Seattle Surveillance Ordinance. >> >> *Talk Title: "Seattle Surveillance Ordinance: Information for Tech >> Activists"* >> *When: Wednesday 9/4, 3:30-5 pm* >> *Where: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Gates >> Commons (rm CSE 691)* >> >> >> *Speaker Bio:*Cynthia Spiess has previously worked at Adobe as a Senior >> Security Researcher for the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET). >> Prior to that, she worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Security >> Engineer for the AWS AppSec team; and earlier as a Developer Support >> Engineer for AWS Premium Support. She has spoken at DefendCon 2017 and iSec >> (now NCC) Open Forum Seattle. Her work experience covers front-end and >> back-end web stacks (GUIs and APIs), both traditional and more modern >> (NoSQL DBs, docker/Mesos), SecOps/IR, and (unsurprisingly) cloud security. >> >> >> *Talk Summary:*The City of Seattle is in the midst of undertaking >> important steps that impact the privacy (and security in some cases) of all >> persons living, working, and traveling in Seattle for likely many years to >> come. This work is partially underway, with different surveillance >> technologies in different stages of the process. This presentation will >> cover what the Seattle Surveillance Ordinance is & the overall process >> end-to-end; what stage we’re at; noteworthy technical findings thus far; >> what’s next; and how to contribute your knowledge. The overall situation is >> one which is near starving for technical contributions and voice, so the >> hope is that this presentation is more than purely informational and >> instead results in informed participation (in any level or capacity). >> >> Here's a FB event <https://www.facebook.com/events/376419182991263/> for >> sharing. Please come if you can make it, and invite anyone who you think >> would be interested! >> >> Thanks, >> -Esther >> > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change(a)change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >

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