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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 11/29 - Dr. Nuttada Panpradist
by Innocent Obi 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Dr. Nuttada Panpradist. Dr. Panpradist's talk is titled "Overcoming barriers in diagnostics in and outside the lab through local capacity building and cross-disciplined collaborations". *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/95324763742 *Present Bio* Dr. Nuttada Panpradist is Post-doctoral Scholar in the Lutz Lab @ UW Bioengineering. During her time as a Ph.D. student in UW Bioengineering – she completed her degree in December ’21 – Panpradist has developed successful rapid tests to detect HIV, tuberculosis and drug resistance, and most recently, tests for COVID-19, including one that is now being commercialized <https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/01/24/harmony-covid19/>. She has published one book chapter and co-authored 21 publications – eight with a lead role as the first author – with more in the works. She has collaborated with clinicians worldwide and is an award-winning mentor and role model for women in engineering. *Read more about her contributions to bioengineering and global health here*: https://bioe.uw.edu/new-ph-d-grad-nuttada-panpradist-ready-for-next-challen… Best, UW Change Organizers

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 11/22 - Yael Borofsky
by Innocent Obi 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Dr. Yael Borofsky <https://dec.ethz.ch/people/team/yael-borofsky.html>. Dr. Borofsky's talked is titled "Solar Public Lighting & Sensors in Informal Settlements: Lessons from Research and Practice" *Description: *Informal settlements are unplanned neighborhoods where approximately 1 in 7 people worldwide live. In Cape Town, where my research is focused, nearly 14% of households live in one of the more than 400 informal settlements. The vast majority of research has focused on access to services like shared sanitation, water taps, and housing, but these studies have often ignored an important aspect of life in informal settlements: nighttime. I will discuss how my colleagues and I drew on transdisciplinary methods and used both novel and traditional data collection techniques, including light meters, pedestrian motion, and household surveys to test the impact of wall-mounted solar public lighting in an informal settlement in South Africa. In describing the project, I will also share some key lessons from both research and practice intended to promote discussion and inspire other researchers to take on transdisciplinary research methods. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/95324763742 *Present Bio* Dr. Yael Borofsky is a Senior Scientist in the Development Economics Group, where she helps manage the research group and conducts research focused on access to infrastructure in informal urban settlements. She is a co-founder and editor of the ETH Energy Blog <https://blogs.ethz.ch/energy/>. Yael received her PhD from ETH Zurich in 2022. She has a dual masters' degree in City Planning as well as Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS in Human Development from Cornell University. Best, UW Change Organizers

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 11/15 - Canceled
by Innocent Obi 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

Hi everyone, We hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. This week's change will be canceled. See you all back again in CSE2 271 or virtual next week. Best, UW Change Organizers

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[CSE 590C1] Change seminar 11/8 - Teddy Woodhouse
by Innocent Obi 07 Nov '22

07 Nov '22

This week's Change Seminar Speaker will be Teddy Woodhouse <https://a4ai.org/profile/teddy-woodhouse/>. In his presentation, Teddy will pose the question: can technological innovation ever be just? Drawing from his years of experience in the ICT for development (ICT4D) space, Teddy reflects on some of the recent work of the Alliance for Affordable Internet <https://a4ai.org>, the moral arc of internet access (and the lack thereof), and the importance of thinking about the social implications to the technologies we create and use. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/95324763742 *Present Bio* Teddy (he/him) is the Senior Research Manager for the Alliance for Affordable Internet. In his role, he oversees A4AI’s research program, conducts original analysis and research to support the organisation’s mission, and uses the team’s insights as evidence for policy change. His expertise spans a range of research methods and themes across ICT4D and telecommunications policy. He first joined the Alliance in early 2016 and has since helped co-author a number of publications, including four editions of the Affordability Report; From Luxury to Lifeline <https://a4ai.org/research/from-luxury-to-lifeline-reducing-the-cost-of-mobi…>, A4AI’s first study of device prices in low- and middle-income countries; the Costs of Exclusion <https://a4ai.org/research/costs-of-exclusion-report/> research series to estimate the economic consequences of digital gender inequality; and Advancing Meaningful Connectivity <https://a4ai.org/research/advancing-meaningful-connectivity-towards-active-…>, A4AI’s initial analysis on meaningful connectivity as a foundation for inclusive digital societies. Teddy holds an MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and an MSc in Global Politics (Global Civil Society) from the London School of Economics and speaks English, French, Spanish, and Czech. Best, UW Change Seminar Organizers

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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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Virtual Workshop at ACM CSCW 2022: "Situating network infrastructures" [Deadline Friday Sept 30th AoE]
by Esther Jang 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

Hi everyone, I'd like to announce a virtual community-building *workshop at ACM CSCW 2022 (Nov 8-12)*, "*Situating network infrastructures*," inviting practitioners, researchers, and policy folks from community and Internet access networks around the world. The purpose is to meet and talk about our shared problems, interests and goals in support of networks and networked technologies for empowerment in our various contexts, and to help bring together and align the work, attention, and resources of academic researchers and practitioners. The call for participation deadline is this *Friday Sept 30th*. More info and the *full CFP here*: https://cscwnetworks.wordpress.com/ *Participation form:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNT7LpXvZtimrcfiiB_wM0QqUCvOyznkM… *CSCW 2022*: The 25th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing https://cscw.acm.org/2022/ Thanks so much,

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Announcing the Fall Change Seminar: Noon Tuesdays at CSE2 271
by Kurtis Heimerl 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

Hello Everyone, In preparation for the Fall quarter, I want to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (CSE 590 C1, SLN: 13513) on Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center). Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the UW who are exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the lives of underserved populations, particularly in the developing world (though domestically as well). We cover topics such as global health, education, micro finance, agricultural development, and general communication, and look at how technology can be used to improve each of these areas. We are in the process of scheduling speakers, so stay tuned to our calendar (http://is.gd/3PkTF) or mailing list (http://is.gd/3PlkS) for more information. Food will also be provided. Please consider enrolling. If you are unable to enroll, feel free to come to any of the meetings you are interested in attending! The seminar is available for all UW students and the content is designed to be widely accessible. We encourage students from all departments to enroll/attend if interested. The first week will be "organizing", with the goal of sourcing some speakers from the wider UW community. Please forward this message to any other relevant mailing lists, and we hope to see you on Tuesday October 4th at noon in Room 203 of the Paul Allen Center. Thanks, -- Website: https://kurti.sh/ Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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