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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 11/1 - Richard Anderson
by Innocent Obi 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Richard Anderson. Richard's talk is titled "Making good ideas last". *Abstract* A goal of HCI research is to invent technology that improves people’s lives. In this talk I will reflect on challenges in sustaining innovations as they transition from researchers to organizations or governments who deploy them at scale. I will draw on examples from low cost Video-Based education, mobile data management for national immunization programs and training in global health projects. The main theme of the talk is to formulate a set of downstream research challenges that target the post innovation phase of HCI research with the hope that this will strengthen long term impact. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Present Bio* Richard Anderson is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, where he has been on the faculty since 1986, with brief leaves to Indian Institute of Science, Microsoft Research, and PATH. His research has focused on computing for the developing world since 2005, when he became involved with the Digital Study Hall project. In 2009, Richard spent a sabbatical year working with the Digital Health Solutions group at PATH, a global health NGO based in Seattle. This opportunity allowed him to increase his efforts on applying computing technologies to challenges in global health. While working with PATH, he co-founded the Projecting Health project, which used the Community-Led Video Education model to promote healthy practices in rural areas in India. His research interests in ICTD include technologies for behavior change communication, improving tools to support the use of data in strengthening health systems, and digital financial services. In 2020 he received the ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics for contributions bridging the fields of computer science, education, and global health. Best, UW Change Seminar Organizers ReplyReply allForward

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 10/25 - Chinasa T. Okolo
by Innocent Obi 24 Oct '22

24 Oct '22

Good Afternoon Everyone, This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Chinasa T. Okolo. Chinasa's talk is titled "Navigating the Limits of AI Explainability: Designing for Novice Technology Users in Low-Resource Settings''. *Abstract* As researchers and technology companies rush to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications that aid the health of marginalized communities, it is critical to consider the needs of the community health workers (CHWs) who will be increasingly expected to operate tools that incorporate these technologies. My previous work has shown that these users have low levels of AI knowledge, form incorrect mental models about how AI works, and at times, may trust algorithmic decisions more than their own. This is concerning, given that AI applications targeting the work of CHWs are already in active development and early deployments in low-resource healthcare settings have already reported failures that created additional workflow inefficiencies and inconvenienced patients. Explainable AI (XAI) can help avoid such pitfalls, but nearly all prior work has focused on users that live in relatively resource-rich settings (e.g., the US and Europe) and that arguably have substantially more experience with digital technologies such as AI. My research works to develop XAI for people with low levels of formal education and technical literacy, with a focus on healthcare in low-resource domains. This work involves demoing interactive prototypes with CHWs to understand what aspects of model decision-making need to be explained and how they can be explained most effectively, with the goal of improving how current XAI methods target novice technology users. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Present Bio* Chinasa T. Okolo is a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. Before coming to Cornell, she graduated from Pomona College with a degree in Computer Science. Her research interests include explainable AI, human-AI interaction, global health, and information & communication technologies for development (ICTD). Within these fields, she works on projects to understand how frontline healthcare workers in rural India perceive and value artificial intelligence and examines how explainability can be best leveraged in AI-enabled technologies deployed throughout the Global South. Best, UW Change Seminar Organizers

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 10/11 - Caryl Feldacker
by Innocent Obi 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

Good Afternoon Everyone, This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Caryl Feldacker, PhD, MPH <https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/caryl-feldacker>. Caryl <https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/caryl-feldacker>will present, “Mobile Health Innovations for Low-Resource Settings: Benefits and pitfalls of prioritizing open-source tools and participatory engagement.” She will present recent digital health innovations in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Malawi that use the open-source Community Health Toolkit, including two-way, interactive texting (2wT) to increase patient engagement and an offline-first, mobile electronic medical record system (EMRs). Both 2wT and the offline EMR are being designed, developed, and optimized for routine public clinic contexts using a human-centered design (HSD) approach and implementation science methods. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Virtual Attendance*: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611 *Present Bio* Caryl Feldacker, PhD, MPH, has over 20 years of international experience focused on ensuring quality public health programming and rigorous program monitoring and evaluation (M&E), including more than 10 years conducting HIV-related implementation science (IS) research in sub-Saharan Africa. Her current NIH-funded research focuses on applying IS and human-centered design (HCD) principles to implement digital health innovations aimed at improving the quality of patient care while reducing provider workload and program costs in routine low- and middle-income settings. For each initiative, she partners closely with Ministries of Health and local partners with the aim of helping strengthen M&E and research capacity for sustained improvement. Her digital health interventions employ the open-source Community Health Toolkit in collaboration with technology steward, Medic. Results from these collaborations demonstrate safety of the two-way, text-based (2wT) approach for male circumcision (MC) follow-up, reducing healthcare worker burden with high usability and lower cost. 2wT for MC is now scaling nationally in Zimbabwe. New projects aim at establishing an offline-first mobile electronic medical record and applying the 2wT approach to improve retention in ART care both at Lighthouse Trust in Lilongwe Malawi. Other current collaborations using IS and HCD approaches include partnerships with Aurum Institute on 2wT for MC follow-up in South Africa and 2wT for both MC and ART in collaboration with Zimbabwe Technical Assistance, Training and Education Centre for Health - ZIM-TTECH (Harare, Zimbabwe). For more information, check out publications here or contact directly: cfeld(a)uw.edu. Best, UW Change Seminar Organizers

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 10/11 - James Daily
by Innocent Obi 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Good Afternoon Everyone, This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be James Daily. James will be discussing the evolution of the Mifos project <https://fiter.io/mifos-fineract-core-banking-opensource/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhY-a…>from Microfinance to financial inclusion and his work on payment systems with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) (which began as an open source project aimed at microfinance organizations and has evolved into an Apache project (fineract)). James will be sharing the journey of open source financial services Digital Public Goods (DPGs) and insights from his work with the BMGF on the LevelOne team and the recent launch of OpenG2P in a consortium. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Virtual Attendance*: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93100061611 *Present Bio* James Dailey is a founder of the Mifos.org project, MicroEnergyCredits.com, openG2P.org, fineract.apache.org, ExtoLab.com and Alluvi.al. His work spans payments, health logistics, and banking, especially in developing countries and with open source software. He consults with the World Bank, IFC, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a key focus on the development of low cost systems to support broad economic development. He holds a degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters from the Evan's School of Public Policy. In his work with BMGF he was recently involved with efforts in Pakistan to introduce the RAAST payment system and with the Central Bank of West Africa for their interoperability project. Recently he has given talks on the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). He lives in Seattle and serves on non-profit Boards Best, UW Change Seminar Organizers

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