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FW: Opportunity Labs Fellowship Program - please circulate
by Kentaro Toyama 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

From: Ravi Agarwal [mailto:RaviA@engageSPARK.com] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 10:50 AM To: 'Kentaro Toyama' Subject: Opportunity Labs Fellowship Program - please circulate Hello Kentaro, Do you know any people who might be interested? Can you please forward to your networks / alum lists? We're launching our Opportunity Labs Fellowship Program in Cebu, Philippines. Do you know anyone that might be interested? Opportunity Labs is looking for talented people who are passionate and ready to step up to make change in our world - to help us tackle global poverty at scale by building new social businesses around the world. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to and learn about building social businesses while working with a distinguished and diverse team. We're looking for Fellows in the following areas of expertise: . Business Fellow: help us develop partnerships with telecommunications companies around the world to carry our traffic and to distribute our services, especially in developing markets where finding reliable telephony routes can be a challenge. . Marketing Fellow: help us build on our global online and offline marketing strategy while building a local team to leverage the best and latest marketing tactics. You must have experience with offline and online marketing, ideally for an online product. . Software & Technology Fellow: help us with our innovative cloud platform by teaching and training young Filipino software developers on the latest cloud technologies: Python, Django, Java, PostgreSQL, CouchDB, Nginx, Apache Tomcat, Freeswitch, and ActiveMQ. You must have programming proficiency in object oriented design in C, C++, C#, Go, Java or Python, and experience in working with cloud stacks. Please see the attached pdf or view it here: http://opplabs.org/Fellowships.pdf . The Fellowships will be based in Cebu, Philippines. Thank you, -Ravi Mobile: +63-998-189-5363 (Philippines) <http://linkedin.com/in/raviagarwal> http://linkedin.com/in/raviagarwal <http://www.engagespark.com/> www.engageSPARK.com - SMS & Voice. Quick, Simple, Global. Check out our Recent Blog Posts: * <http://engagespark.com/blog/is-sms-really-solution-change-voice-calls-are-f or-most-poor-people/> The problems we're solving at engageSPARK * <http://engagespark.com/blog/incorporating-social-enterprise-simple-legal-gu ide/> Incorporating a Social Enterprise - a simple legal guide , <http://engagespark.com/blog/social-enterprise-existing-laws-not-so-modest-p roposal/> Part II * <http://engagespark.com/blog/the-technology-behind-mobile-phones-for-develop ment-m4d/> Intro to technologies behind M4D (Mobile for Development) This email and its contents are confidential and may not be shared. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please discard it. Please do not copy, forward, disclose, or use any part of it. Please delete it and all copies from your system and please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

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Reminder: Call for Demos ICTD2013 deadline 15th September
by Carlos Rey-Moreno 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Good morning, (sorry for crossposting, you may receive this from several sources) ICTD2013 call for demos deadline is approaching (*15th September)*. To submit your proposal, please fill the form here <http://goo.gl/Jaq15>. Please find the information below, and help us spread the word. If you know of an institution or project that you would like to see a demo from at ICTD2013 do not hesitate of telling us and we will contact them personally to remind them about the conference. regards, carlos I*CTD 2013 – Call for demos* We welcome submissions of demonstrations for ICTD 2013. The demo session will provide students, researchers, and practitioners with an international audience for showcasing demonstrations of their work. Your demonstration may span novel hardware or software systems, video footage, or physical artifacts, amongst others. Research projects, commercial tools, or government initiatives are all welcome. Engaging, interactive demos that demonstrate real world impact are encouraged. Unlike ICTD 2013 papers, the subject of a demo may have been published previously, either in ICTD or in other venues. However, the demonstration itself should be new and interesting to the community, and should reflect work that is at least as mature as a poster presentation. At least one presenter of each accepted demo must register for the conference and be in attendance to present the demo. Authors of accepted papers and posters are also invited to propose demonstrations of their work. *Submission Instructions* Demo participants must submit a brief abstract (minimum of 100 words) that describes the context, novelty, and significance of the demonstration, including a precise description of exactly what is to be demonstrated (hardware, software, etc.) along with the demonstrator’s technical requirements (power, internet, setup, space, etc.). Each submission should include a title; the names, affiliations, and contact emails for all authors. Each submission will be reviewed to assess the novelty of the demo and its suitability for the conference before its final acceptance. Please note, accepted submissions will not be published in the conference proceedings. To submit a demo, please use the demo application form here: http://goo.gl/Jaq15 Submission deadline is *15 September 2013*. Acceptance notifications will be emailed on *27 September 2013*. Contact us with any questions at: demos(a)ictd2013.info *About ICTD2013* The Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development will be hosted at the University of Cape Town, December 7 - 10 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa. ICTD2013 is held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS. You can find more information about it at: http://ictd2013.info/ ICTD is the world’s premier conference examining the role of computers and communications in social, economic and political development. -- Carlos Rey-Moreno Research Assistant Office 1.28 Department of Computer Science University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 - Bellville, 7535 Cape Town - South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 959 2562 Cel: +27 (0) 76 986 3633 Skype: carlos.reymoreno Twitter: Creym

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[CHANGE] EXTENDED DEADLINE: DPEW13 Robust Socio-technical Architectures in Support of Displaced Persons 2013
by Mariya Zheleva 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DEC. 4-5, 2013 * EXTENDED DEADLINE***** Workshop on Robust Socio-technical Architectures in Support of Displaced Persons (DPEW ‘13)**** Travel funding available. Application deadline *extended to Sept. **22nd*. Interested practitioners are invited to contact the organizers to discuss participation. For more information and application instructions see the workshop website at https://sites.google.com/site/dpew13/ or email the organizers (Carleen Maitland, Penn State University and Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara) at displaced-workshop(a)ist.psu.edu. -- Mariya Zheleva Department of Computer Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110 http://cs.ucsb.edu/~mariya/

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Fwd: [TIER] FW: DIL RFA for Fall 2013 Grant Competition
by Nicola Dell 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kentaro Toyama <kentaro_toyama(a)hotmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:23 AM Subject: [TIER] FW: DIL RFA for Fall 2013 Grant Competition To: tier <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu>, ictd-group(a)ischool.berkeley.edu Cc: Subarna Mitra <subarna(a)berkeley.edu> Development Impact Lab (DIL) grants…**** ** ** *From:* Subarna Mitra [mailto:subarna@berkeley.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:54 PM *To:* Kentaro Toyama *Subject:* DIL RFA for Fall 2013 Grant Competition**** ** ** Dear Kentaro,**** ** ** We launched our first grant competition and the RFA was released Aug 30. *** * ** ** I just wanted to make sure you received the call for proposals and would be delighted if you could pass the word around to PhD students / faculty / colleagues who are eligible? Details are below. **** *DIL Fall 2013 Grants - Request for Application (RFA) - Deadline October 30th, 2013***** The Development Impact Lab (DIL) is offering grants of up to $200,000 to support the design, piloting and evaluation of innovative solutions for international development.**** DIL is a USAID-funded research network headquartered at UC Berkeley. The program funds scientific, engineering, and economic breakthroughs that address pressing challenges in global development.**** This RFA is the first of an annual series of competitions (to run through 2017). In this round, we expect to award approximately 8 “pilot” grants (up to $75,000) and 4 “project” grants (up to $200,000).**** · *The deadline for submission is Wednesday October 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. ***** · Apply by responding to the RFA – attached and also at the DIL website<http://dil.berkeley.edu/technology-portfolio/competitions-incentives/fall-2…> **** · Please email all queries to dil-grants@berkeley.edu**** We warmly encourage affiliated researchers to apply!**** Do let me know if you have any questions at all.**** Best regards,**** Subarna**** *Note*:**** *Eligibility*: This opportunity is open to all researchers with PI status at UC Berkeley or at select institutes and centers at partner universities (details in the RFA). **** *Explore Grants*: DIL also offers $5,000 micro-grants to explore early-stage ideas or build new international collaborations. Visit the DIL website <http://dil.berkeley.edu/technology-portfolio/competitions-incentives/fall-2…>for details.**** _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Fwd: [mhealth] Fwd: M4D Call for Papers - Am just the messenger
by Rohit Chaudhri 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kelly Keisling <keisling.kelly(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:09 PM Subject: [mhealth] Fwd: M4D Call for Papers - Am just the messenger To: mHealth Working Group <mhealth(a)my.ibpinitiative.org> Apologies for any cross-posting. The submission deadline is Oct. 1st. Please follow the instructions below for any responses. Best, Kelly Welcome to M4D2014 The 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development (M4D) http://m4d2014.net Dakar, Senegal, 8-9 April 2014 University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in co-operation with HumanIT, Karlstad University 2nd call M4D2014 We are happy to announce two exiting keynotes at the M4D2014 conference. Professor *Laura Stark* from University of Jyväskylä in Finland who will talk about ethnographic approaches to mobile use among the very poor. Our second keynote is *Anne Shongwe,* founder and CEO of Afroes Transformational Multi-Media & Consulting. Anne has worked with several governments across Africa and South-East Asia as well as with UN, Bill and Melinda Gates foundations and the Nelson Mandela Childrens fund to mention a few. We are also happy to announce that we are going to organize workshop for PhD students attending the conference with among others the two keynotes, Jonathan Donner from Microsoft Research and Rich Ling from IT University Copenhagen and Telenor research. A separate call will follow this autumn. M4D2014 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in the use, evaluation, and theorizing of Mobile Communication for Development. M4D2014 will combine two days of plenary parallel paper sessions, panel sessions, short presentations, posters and workshops. This conference is the fourth in the M4D biennial series following the inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008. The 2nd conference was in Kampala, Uganda in 2010 and the 3rd in New Delhi, India in 2012. *How to Participate?* M4D2014 welcomes participants from academia, industry, NGOs, development agencies, and governmental and international organizations. If you want to submit a paper, there are two different options. *Research papers *(8-12 pages including references) will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on theory craftsmanship and analytical rigor. Articles considering critical approaches and theoretical development will be prioritized. The *practitioner’s track* is open to practitioners to present their experiences, cases and policies (4-5 pages). These contributions do not have to be guided by academic theory and critical analysis. All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings and allocated a presentation slot.** *Presenting with Posters, in Short Track or Parallel Sessions?* Accepted papers with best reviews will be allocated longer presentation slots in parallel sessions. The other accepted papers will be allocated shorter presentation slots in short track sessions that will be followed by poster sessions. Accepted paper presenters should thus be prepared to bring posters with them. Poster size max. 80x120 cm. Roll-ups are also allowed. You can also participate by organizing a workshop. Workshops submissions for proceedings (2 pages) must contain: title, organizers with affiliation, participants, motivation and objectives. Finally, there is also the possibility to only submit a poster or a demo (1-page extended abstract). We are particularly interested in (but not limited to): mLearning mLivelihood mAgriculture mHealth mParticipation mGovernance mInnovation mDemocracy Inclusion of accepted papers/posters/demos/workshops in conference proceedings is conditioned on payment of registration fee prior to registration deadline. Conference proceeding will be published in the Karlstad University Studies Series, as well as on the websites of the University Cheikh Anta Diop and the Centre for HumanIT, Karlstad. The template and more submission information are available here: www.m4d2014.net and questions can be sent tom4d...@gmail.com.** *Important Dates:* Paper submission deadline: 1 October 2013 Acceptance note papers: 15 January 2014 Final papers due and registration deadline for presenting authors: 15 Feb 2014 Poster/Demo/ workshop submission deadline: 1 February 2014 Acceptance note Posters/Demos/ workshops 15 February 2014 Registration deadline for participants without presentations 1 April 2014** * Registration and Fees:* The registration will open during autumn 2013, see http://www.m4d2014.net Conference fee will be 150€ with a reduced fee of 110€ for Master and PhD students. Participants salaried from a developing country are entitled to a 30% discount (105€ and 77€ for PhD and Master Students). Conference fee includes access to conference venue, presentations, workshops and demonstrations, keynote speakers, one copy of the proceedings, lunches, refreshments and receptions throughout the conference, conference dinner and social events.** *Participation Grants:* IPID will sponsor participation for selected members given that there is an accepted paper and based on the reviews as well as on where the student is based (developing countries and Sweden are prioritized). For questions regarding these scholarships contact IPID at *in...@ipid.se* We hope to arrange travel grants for participants from developing countries that will cover registration fee and a maximum of 500€ for flight tickets and accommodation. Other costs will not be covered for.** *Interested in Reviewing?* Please contact m4d...@gmail.com and make known areas of interest and level of expertise and how many papers/short papers you are interested in reviewing. Due mention will be made in the proceedings.** *Interested in Sponsoring?* We are happy to receive funding for travel grants, social events, lunches, refreshments, conference proceedings, etc. Due mention will be made at the occasion, on the website, in the conference program, and in the conference proceedings. Please contact m4d...@gmail.com for more details.** *Conference Committee:* General Chair: Ibrahim Niang (UCAD, Senegal Local Organizing Chair: Christelle Sharff (Pace University, USA) Co-chair: Johan Hellström (Stockholm University, Sweden) Co-chair: Babacar Ngom (UCAD, Senegal Co-chair: Jean Marie Preira (ESMT, Senegal) Co-chair: Jakob Svensson (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden) Co-chair: Caroline Wamala (HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden) --- Dr. Christelle Scharff Pace University Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems http://www.csis.pace.edu <http://www.csis.pace.edu/~scharff> Chair / Associate Professor of the Computer Science -- Nadi Nina Kaonga -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mHealth Student Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mhealth-student-group%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. 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[announce] TA3M-Seattle #1, Mon 9/16
by Blibbet 05 Sep '13

05 Sep '13

What: TA3M-Seattle #1 When: 3rd Monday, Sep 16, 2013, 6:30-9:00pm Where: Black Coffee Coop, 501 E. Pine St; Seattle, WA 98122 <http://blackcoffeecoop.com/> Welcome to the first TA3M-Seattle meeting! TA3M-Seattle (Techno-Activism, 3rd Mondays) is a monthly event for people that either work on or want to learn more about online surveillance and censorship, the open source tools that are used to combat it, and issues and initiatives associated with this area. The idea is to bring together software developers, activists, concerned citizens, and others, so we they can both educate each other, and share knowledge. For more information about TA3M-Seattle, see the wiki: <https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays:seattle> We are proud to have two excellent speakers lined up for our first event! Schedule: 6:30-7:00 (30m), pre-event networking 7:00-7:10 (10m), welcome 7:10-7:50 (30m), Jason Self, "The FSF, LibrePlanet, And GNU" 7:40-7:55 (15m), break, networking 7:55-9:00 (65m), Jerry Whiting, "Life Online Post-PRISM" The above schedule is estimated, unsure of exact length of guest speaker's presentations. Speaker 1: Jason Self, "The FSF, LibrePlanet, And GNU" Jason Self, a free software and free culture activist, will be giving a talk entitled "The FSF, LibrePlanet, And GNU". In this talk, Jason gives an introduction to the Free Software Foundation, their efforts for Free Society -- including it's anti-Surveillance campaign, their free software projects, including including GNU/Linux, their local LibrePlanet Washington State community, and some related upcoming events. Speaker 2: Jerry Whiting, "Life Online Post-PRISM: tiptoeing through cyberspace" If you've been awake and paying attention the last month you know that the National Security Agency among others has been eavesdropping, wiretapping, and invading our privacy for years. Jerry will review what the NSA can and can't do, as well as what the NSA does and doesn't do. More importantly he'll discuss what we as individuals can do in response including truly secure password hygiene, encryption and cryptography that actually works, Tor, the anonymizing network, and a new security model that assumes ever-present surveillance. A Tor relay will be configured and given away as well as flash drives and CDs full of tools and toys. Jerry Whiting engages in what he calls "political computing" providing assistance and guidance to activists, NGOs, and others. He has done encryption and cryptography for 15+ years, runs Tor relays, and lectures on related topics. Founder of Azalea Software, he served on Seattle's Citizens Telecommunications & Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB) for 4 years and publishes JetCityOrange. Jerry has done presentations for #OccupySeattle, Seattle Mini Maker Faire, ToorCamp, and Ada Books. He works with elders of the Black Panther Party, the Tibetan diaspora, and others engaged in the struggle around the world. ###

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Fwd: [TIER] Fwd: call for participation pre-conference workshop on ICTs for displaced persons
by Nicola Dell 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl(a)cs.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:50 AM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: call for participation pre-conference workshop on ICTs for displaced persons To: tier <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DEC. 4-5, 2013 Workshop on Robust Socio-technical Architectures in Support of Displaced Persons (DPEW ‘13) Travel funding available. For more information and application instructions see the workshop website at https://sites.google.com/site/dpew13/ or email the organizers (Carleen Maitland, Penn State University and Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara) at displaced- <displaced-workshop(a)ist.psu.edu> workshop(a)ist.psu.edu. _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Fwd: [TIER] Dimagi seeking Field Managers, India
by Yaw Anokwa 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Dimagi does great work. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DSI Jobs <dsi-jobs(a)dimagi.com> Date: Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 5:08 AM Subject: [TIER] Dimagi seeking Field Managers, India To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Hi, Dimagi is an award-winning, socially-conscious technology company that helps organizations deliver quality health care to urban and rural communities in over 30 countries around the world. Our team of exceptional software developers, engineers, public health experts and field staff apply their experience in global health care delivery and technology development to further personal and public health and well-being. Dimagi <https://www.dimagi.com/> is looking for Field Managers for our expanding work in India. We are looking for adventurous individuals with an eagerness to work with frontline workforces to deploy technologies designed to improve health care delivery and other services in urban and rural communities. For details on the position, please see attached and visit Dimagi website www.dimagi.com and http://www.dimagi.com/about/careers/ If interested, please send your CV and cover letter to dsi-jobs(a)dimagi.com. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Please indicate “India FM Position” in the subject line of your e-mail. Thanks & regards, Dimagi HR _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Fwd: [TIER] iHub Research's 3Vs Framework for Crowdsourcing During Elections Released
by Yaw Anokwa 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Angela Crandall <angelac(a)ihub.co.ke> Date: Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:09 AM Subject: [TIER] iHub Research's 3Vs Framework for Crowdsourcing During Elections Released To: crisismappers(a)googlegroups.com, TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu, ictd-researchers-in-africa-network(a)googlegroups.com Dear fellow researchers, crowd mappers, and media stakeholders, On behalf of the iHub Research <http://www.ihub.co.ke/research> Crowdsourcing Research Group, I am happy to announce that the results of our research on developing a crowd sourcing framework for an election context are now out. Over the past 6 months we have been looking at a commonly held assuption that crowd sourced information captures more information about the on-the-ground reality than traditional media outlets like television and newspapers. We used the Kenyan General Elections in March 2013 as a case study to compare information collected from the crowd with results collected by traditional media and other sources. You can download the final report<http://www.ihub.co.ke/ihubresearch/jb_VsReportpdf2013-8-29-07-38-56.pdf> , framework document<http://www.ihub.co.ke/ihubresearch/jb_CrowdsourcingFrameworkpdf2013-8-29-13…>, and framework visual<http://www.ihub.co.ke/ihubresearch/jb_CrowdsourcingInfographiceditpdf2013-8…> at the indicated links. A special thank you to Canada's International Development Research Centre for their funding support. We look forward to receiving any comments and questions. Cheers, -- Angela Crandall iHub Research - Driving local tech research in East Africa Discovery, Knowledge, Sharing - www.ihub.co.ke Twitter: @iHub | @iHubResearch +254 735 070 518 / +1 808 358 8563 | Skype: angela_crandal www.research.ihub.co.ke | Twitter: @Honoluluskye _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Fwd: ICT4D Officer position at Jhpiego
by Yaw Anokwa 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:39 PM Subject: ICT4D Officer position at Jhpiego "Alice T. Liu" <alice.t.liu(a)gmail.com> Aug 29 01:41PM -0400 Hi folks! This job is still available - see https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/1782/ict4d-officer/job. We're looking for someone with an eHealth or mHealth background, with a few years of implementation experience in low-income countries in one or more areas: eLearning, ICTs for monitoring and evaluation, mobile technologies, project management of ICT4D projects or software development projects, systems architecture, and health information systems, to name a few. Jhpiego is headquartered in Baltimore so we are open to having the position based there. It is a time-limited position but has the possibility of extension pending new business. Last but not least, we are also looking for an mHealth officer for a project in Mindanao, Philippines that started recently and in Nairobi, Kenya to support several projects, so feel free to contact me if you're interested so I can put you in touch with the recruiter in those offices. They will forward you a copy of the job description and instruct you on how to formally apply. Local hires only. Best of luck to you all! -alice

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