January 2020 - change - Mailing Lists

Change Seminar: Bratati Ghosh, Turn the Bus- Can We End Educational Inequality With the Help of Smartphones?
by Esther Jang 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Please join us for Change Seminar next *Tuesday 2/4/2020 at 12 PM in CSE2-371. Note the room change.* *Talk Title:* Turn the Bus- Can We End Educational Inequality With the Help of Smartphones? *Talk Summary:* Educational inequality leads to intergenerational poverty. When young people do not have access to a quality education, they are not able to access the economic opportunities that can help them lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Education also has a deeper impact on people’s lives, health and self-esteem. Due to insurmountable infrastructural and cultural barriers, it has hitherto been impossible to deliver the best quality education to the world’s most disadvantaged communities in remote parts of the Global South. Now, for the first time, there might be a ray of hope in being able to solve this problem in a direct and scalable way. There are millions of people in the developing world today who do not have access to a toilet in their homes, but have access to a smartphone. In India alone, Omidyar Network reports that half a billion users are scheduled to come online for the first time through smartphones over the next few years. Turn the Bus is creating educational solutions to reach these new Internet users via their smartphones in their local languages in a scalable and accessible way. We are also creating AI tools to enhance our efforts. Our project “AI Librarian” was a winner at the Microsoft Hack for Good Hackathon in Nov 2019. *Speaker Bio:* [image: image.png] Bratati Ghosh is the Founder of Turn the Bus (www.turnthebus.org) She graduated from the top-ranked engineering school in India (IIT Kanpur) with an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering, and the top ranked Business School in India (IIM Ahmedabad) with an MBA in Business Strategy & Finance. Over the last twenty years, Bratati has worked in the USA in the Tech sector, including a stint as a Senior Director at Expedia (which brought her and her family to Seattle), and most recently, as the Chief Marketing Officer for a 2700 employee Blackstone LP (Private Equity) investee global tech company. bghosh(a)turnthebus.org https://turnthebus.org/ Thanks, -Esther

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Change Seminar Tuesday 1/28: Shaddi Hasan - Democratizing Service Provider Networks
by Samia Ibtasam 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Hi, Join us for the Change Seminar next Tuesday 28th Jan 2020 at noon. When: Tuesday 1/28, 12pm-1pm Where: CSE2 271 (Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Building). Who: Shaddi Hasan (Facebook) Title: Democratizing Service Provider Networks *Abstract: * As the Internet grows in importance worldwide, legacy network architectures, closed vendor ecosystems, and rigid regulatory frameworks constrain innovation in Internet service provider and mobile operator networks. As a result, the expansion of the Internet is slowing, leaving more than 1.7 billion people without access, largely in rural areas. In this talk, I present approaches to enabling new classes of service providers that are able to expand the frontiers of the Internet beyond what is achievable today. First, I present Nomadic GSM, a system that demonstrates community-run mobile networks can safely share radio spectrum with existing mobile network operators. Next, I present CCM, a system that shows how community networks and traditional mobile network operators can cooperate to share resources to extend service. Finally, I will discuss an evaluation of these systems through longitudinal deployments in Southeast Asia that provide service to thousands of rural people, as well as their implications for future service provider networks and universal access to the Internet. *Bio: * Shaddi Hasan works on open wireless networks and rural connectivity at Facebook Connectivity. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer networks and ICTD. His work addresses fundamental scale and flexibility challenges faced by service provider networks, especially in rural and developing regions, and has appeared in venues such as NSDI, IEEE DySPAN, ICTD, and SIGCOMM. He received his Ph.D. and MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his BS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to its acquisition by Facebook, he was a co-founder of Endaga, a startup focused on building systems to enable community cellular networks. Best, Samia Ibtasam <http://samiaibtasam.com/> PhD Student, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington,

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Fwd: LIMITS 2020
by Jay Chen 25 Jan '20

25 Jan '20

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: LIMITS 2020 outreach and promotion Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:02:07 +0000 From: Bates, Oliver (bateso) <o.bates(a)lancaster.ac.uk> To: Jay Chen <jay.chen(a)nyu.edu> CC: Barath Raghavan <barathra(a)usc.edu> Hi Jay, Barath and I are reaching out to all of the LIMITS organisers to drum up some interest and promotion of the workshop, our distributed workshop plan and new paper format. It would be a huge favour to us if you could reach out personally to people you know might be interested and see if they’re interested in submitting a paper for LIMITS 2020. We’re doing this outreach earlier this year as we are looking for more generation contributions focusing on what we’ve branded as "future systems paper” where there is an empirical contribution towards a LIMITS 2030 future (more details below). Warm regards, Oliver and Barath ————————— Call for Papers ————————— LIMITS 2020 Sixth Workshop on Computing within Limits June 21-22, 2020 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__airmail.calendar_2020-2…> Bristol, UK and Los Angeles, USA https://computingwithinlimits.org/2020/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__computingwithinlimits.…> The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in a human society affected by real-world limits (ecological or otherwise). We seek to reshape the computing research agenda as these topics are seldom discussed in contemporary computing research. LIMITS 2020 solicits papers looking ahead to 2030, as described below. This year, LIMITS will be a distributed workshop between USC (Los Angeles, California, USA) and University of Bristol (UK). All main sessions will be held in parallel (morning in Los Angeles, evening in Bristol), with local events in addition to these main sessions. LIMITS in the UK will be co-located with ICT4S. LIMITS 2020 aims to reach computing researchers outside of the LIMITS community who might ask: "what does research in a LIMITS future look like?" Suppose the ideas of LIMITS have diffused throughout both computing research and broader society, such that LIMITS 2030, ten years from now, need not exist as a separate venue. What would researchers and engineers be building in that future world? To reach this audience, we solicit papers on "future systems". Such systems are socio-technical systems that are responsive to the LIMITS 2030 world that might exist. This year we specifically discourage "critical", "analysis", and similar types of papers. A future systems paper concerns the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of a real tool, system, app, or any other artifact situated in a future (year 2030) world. Such contributions would be of a flavor that could be imagined to be published in a more applied venue of computing (e.g., UIST for HCI researchers, NSDI for networked systems researchers, etc.). That is, if the researchers from more-applied, less-critical areas of computing were to shift their topics of interest to align with this envisioned world of 2030, what would they build? Empirical evaluation is strongly encouraged; papers without an empirical evaluation are acceptable if they provide substantial evidence regarding the practical usefulness of the future system(s) described. We look to a classic vision outlined by Donella Meadows (see LIMITS website for details) for the future world of 2030 papers should be placed within. That is, authors should imagine that one or more of the economic, societal, business, energy, and other changes that Meadows describes here are already coming into being, but require computing to help them take shape. *** Abstract registration deadline: March 6, 2020, 11:59pm Pacific Time <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__airmail.calendar_2020-2…> Paper submission deadline: March 20, 2020, 11:59pm Pacific Time <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__airmail.calendar_2020-2…> Paper reviews available: April 10, 2020 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__airmail.calendar_2020-2…> Camera ready deadline: May 15, 2020 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__airmail.calendar_2020-2…> *** Program Co-Chairs: Oliver Bates, Lancaster University, o.bates(a)lancaster.ac.uk <mailto:o.bates@lancaster.ac.uk> Barath Raghavan, USC, barath.raghavan(a)usc.edu <mailto:barath.raghavan@usc.edu>

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Fwd: [liberationtech] Research Faculty Opportunity at UW Information School
by Kurtis Heimerl 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Coward <ccoward(a)uw.edu> Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:58 AM Subject: [liberationtech] Research Faculty Opportunity at UW Information School To: lt(a)lists.liberationtech.org <lt(a)lists.liberationtech.org> The University of Washington Information School has an exciting opportunity for an Open Rank Research Faculty (Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, or Research Professor), non-tenure track position. This position will be expected to engage in outstanding research that broadens and deepens our scholarly and social impacts in areas such as: civic media, civic engagement, information literacy, media literacy, information and communication technologies and development (ICTD), community informatics, digital democracy, digital geographies, digital youth, open data, misinformation, and public interest technology, among others. We are particularly interested in scholars willing to apply these areas of study to the context of public libraries. This position will benefit from a close association with the research center for which I currently work, the *Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA)*, a collaborative and multidisciplinary research center with an applied research mission to explore the role of digital technologies in engendering open, inclusive, and equitable societies. Candidates are encouraged to apply if they are interested in also engaging with the newly formed *Center for an Informed Public (CIP), *with a core mission of resisting strategic misinformation and strengthening democratic discourse. The position is a full-time 12-month appointment at the rank of Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, or Research Professor. Rank is commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Information School will offer three years equivalent of full funding for this position, with the expectation that the individual will be able to maintain an ongoing program of research funding. The anticipated start date for this position is September 1, 2020. Applicants may find further information about the Information School at ischool.uw.edu, the Technology & Social Change Group at tascha.uw.edu, and Center for an Informed Public at cip.uw.edu <https://www.cip.uw.edu/>. To learn more about the opening and to apply, click this link <https://apply.interfolio.com/72310>. The deadline for applications is *Friday, February 28**th, 2020*. Chris Coward Senior Principal Research Scientist Information School, University of Washington Technology & Social Change Group <http://tascha.uw.edu> (TASCHA), Director Center for an Informed Public <http://cip.uw.edu>, Co-founder -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing lt-owner(a)lists.liberationtech.org. -- Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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FW: Call for Notes ICTD 2020
by Richard Anderson 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

----------------- Call for Participation - ICTD 2020 Notes Hello! I would like to invite you to submit a Note to The International Conference on Information Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2020. With a 4-page limit, Notes are intended to introduce work-in-progress and also serve as an excellent venue to submit revised papers that may not be ready for full-paper status. Notes are due on March 6, 2020, and the conference will be held on June 17-20, 2020, in Gayaquil, Ecuador. For more information visit: https://ictd2020.org/call-for-notes/. If you have any questions, feel free to email the Notes chairs: ictd2020notes(a)gmail.com<mailto:ictd2020notes@gmail.com>. Thank you! Michaelanne and Eduardo (Spanish Version Below) Hola, Quisiera invitarte a enviar una Nota a la Conferencia Internacional sobre Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación para el Desarrollo (ICTD) 2020. Con un tamaño máximo de cuatro páginas, las Notas buscan presentar trabajos en progreso, y sirven además como una excelente manera de enviar ponencias que no estén aún listas para ser consideradas como artículos terminados. Las Notas deben ser enviadas a más tardar el 6 de marzo de 2020, y la Conferencia tendrá lugar entre el 17 y el 20 de junio de 2020, en Guayaquil, Ecuador. Para más información, visiten https://ictd2020.org/call-for-notes/. Si tienen más preguntas, no duden en escribir a los responsables de las Notas, ictd2020notes(a)gmail.com<mailto:ictd2020notes@gmail.com>. ¡Gracias! Michaelanne y Eduardo -- Michaelanne Dye Assistant Professor/Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow University of Michigan School of Information e: mmtd(a)umich.edu<mailto:mmtd@umich.edu> w: michaelannedye.com<http://michaelannedye.com> t: @michaelannedye<http://twitter.com/michaelannedye>

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Change Seminar Tuesday 1/21: Torgie Madison and Rene Peters - Introduction to the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB)
by Samia Ibtasam 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

*Join us for Change Seminar next Tuesday 21st Jan 2020.* *When*: Tuesday 1/21, 12pm-1pm *Where*: CSE2-271 (Bill & Melinda Gates CSE Building <https://goo.gl/maps/497jYdiMa3g56zDV6>) *Who: *Torgie Madison (chair) and Rene Peters (vice-chair), CTAB *Title*: Introduction to the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB) *Bio*: CTAB was founded in 1995 and is one of Seattle's Boards and Commissions. Our primary responsibility is to make recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council on issues of community-wide interest relating to information and communications technology. Issues are referred by the Mayor, City Council, or come from community input. Torgie is the chair of CTAB. He has been a board member for 3 years and was previously the chair of CTAB's Privacy & Cybersecurity committee. He had spent 15 years in the corporate tech world focusing on payments, authentication, and DevOps security and best practices for global-scale Software-as-a-Service products. Recently, he left that career to pursue independent video game development. Rene is the vice-chair of CTAB. He's currently a product manager within the augmented reality space at Microsoft, with a focus on bringing new business applications to the market. As an engineer by trade who has passed through manufacturing, and now cloud/AI/IoT/augmented reality, René is interested in imagining how technology will influence the way people work and live in the future. *Abstract:* Torgie Madison (chair) and Rene Peters (vice-chair) will introduce the roles and responsibilities of the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB). They will cover past accomplishments, as well as the accomplishments of CTAB's three subcommittees, Digital Equity, Smart Cities, and Privacy & Cybersecurity. Topics will include Net Neutrality, Citywide Surveillance, AI, Self-Driving Vehicles, and more! Samia Ibtasam <http://samiaibtasam.com/> PhD Student, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington,

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Change Seminar Tuesday 1/14: Naveena Karusala - Engaging Identity, Assets, and Constraints in Designing for Resilience
by Samia Ibtasam 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

Hi, Join us for the Change Seminar next Tuesday 14th, 2020 at noon. *When*: Tuesday 1/14, 12pm-1pm *Where*: CSE2 271 (Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Building). *Who: *Naveena Karusala *Title: *Engaging Identity, Assets, and Constraints in Designing for Resilience *Bio:* Naveena is a 3rd year Ph.D. student at the University of Washington's School of Computer Science and Engineering, working with the Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD) Lab and advised by Richard Anderson. Her research lies at the intersection of HCI and ICTD. Drawing on qualitative and participatory methods, she studies the use of chat in patient-provider communication and how it can be leveraged towards the design of sustainable health technologies that support care work. Her work draws on feminist and assets-based perspectives on design, focusing on equity, bridging policy and ground-level perspectives, and sustainability. *Summary:* We contribute to the growing conversation on assets-based approaches to design in Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a qualitative study of resilience. Our study is situated within a community health infrastructure in a rural county in southwest Kenya, where health organizations pay community health workers’ salaries via digital payments, backdropped by ongoing issues with missing and delayed payments. Through the lens of intersectionality, we examine how community health workers of diverse backgrounds and contracted status respond to the mandated use of digital payment methods and long payment delays. We highlight how resilience in this context is situated in workers’ intersecting socioeconomic and professional identities, which shape the assets and constraints that workers engage with, in efforts to be resilient. We leverage our findings to discuss how assets-based approaches to design can be further operationalized and used to sustainably support resilience. Samia Ibtasam <http://samiaibtasam.com/> PhD Student, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington,

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Study Abroad Opportunity in Hawaii
by Kat Chung 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Good morning, Applications are now open for an exciting new study abroad program in Hawaii. A partnership between the Information School<https://ischool.uw.edu/> and the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity<https://www.washington.edu/omad/>, the program will expose students to different ways of knowing and take them through a hands-on journey from oceanic navigation to taro cultivation and fishing. The focus will be on Hawaii and Oceania and will help students understand the value of indigenous knowledge systems as valid, critical, and credible sources of scientific information. Please share this unique opportunity with the students in your program. More information and a link to apply can be found here: https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgra… The application deadline is February 15th. For questions, contact Chris Rothschild at chriskr(a)uw.edu<mailto:chriskr@uw.edu> -- Kat Chung Communications Manager (she, her) kchung2(a)uw.edu<mailto:kchung2@uw.edu> | tascha.uw.edu<https://tascha.uw.edu/> [signature_906378707] [signature_1636236474]<https://www.facebook.com/taschagroup>[signature_1253210595]<https://twitter.com/taschagroup>

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Re: [change] You have a new message
by Matthew Johnson 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Dear Change, Please ignore the above message -- it is spam. I will update the list now to only allow posts from list members instead of just relying on spam filters (which appear to not be holding up lately). -Matt J. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 12:01 PM University of Washington < sjoh4429(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Dear user, > > You have received a new message from University of Washington posted to > you through the Blackboard Learning System. > > www.blackboard.com/blackboard/course/messagecenter > <https://borneobeachvillas.com/edu/uwashington.edu> > > Regards, > University of Washington. > Admin Management > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change(a)change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >

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You have a new message
by University of Washington 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

Dear user, You have received a new message from University of Washington posted to you through the Blackboard Learning System. www.blackboard.com/blackboard/course/messagecenter Regards, University of Washington. Admin Management

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