(forwarding my message on TiER)
Hey!
OpenCurriculum <http://www.theopencurriculum.org>, an open online K-12
learning materials platform, is working with selective pilot partners in
rolling out its (public) API for developers. This API is meant to serve
all kinds of open educational resources that we have painfully
aggregated, sorted and tagged, for no charge to the developers
(definitely the case for early stage partners), via REST.
Please visit and sign-up on our developers page
(http://www.theopencurriculum.org/developers/) or write to me if you are
interested in being involved in this pilot program much before it goes
public, before August 20th. Feel free to ask me questions, if any.
Varun
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From: Paul M. Aoki <aoki(a)acm.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Subject: [TIER] Google Impact Challenge 2013
To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu
g.co/indiachallenge
One-time Rs. 3 crore grants for technology projects proposed by
NON-PROFITS REGISTERED IN INDIA only.
-- paul
(i am NOT involved in running this, so please direct any questions to
the contact email listed in the FAQ and not to me. thanks.)
--
Paul M. Aoki <aoki(a)acm.org>
Google.org
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 USA
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Thought this might be of interest:
The Google Impact Challenge asks Indian non-profits to tell us how they
would use technology and Google’s support to transform lives. At the end of
the Challenge, four non-profits will be selected to receive a Rs 3 crore
Global Impact Award and technical assistance from Google to help make their
project a reality. For more info and to apply, visit g.co/indiachallenge.
--
Joy Carol Ming
AB Degree Candidate in Computer Science
Secondary in Global Health and Health Policy
Harvard University | Class of 2015
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Dear All,
We are currently looking for a project manager to join our team in Nigeria.
More information can be found on LinkedIn <http://t.co/c1Capjv7MI>. We
would appreciate if you can forward this to possible candidates.
Thank you,
Evelyn
*Position Available Now*
*Location:* Kano, Nigeria with travel around Northern Nigeria
*Salary:* $48,000 – $72,000 USD per annum
*Benefits*: Housing and utilities, health insurance, local vehicle, 2
round-trip international plane tickets annually, and relocation allowance
provided
*Project Overview*
The GPS Tracking Management and Analysis Project was designed to monitor
vaccinators in the field to ensure that they are visiting all settlements
in their designated areas. GPS trackers are given to vaccinators which
track their movements throughout the day. The trackers are then returned
and the information is uploaded to a laptop located in the field. All
tracks are displayed on a map at a local level in order for the people in
charge of the vaccinators to determine if all areas were covered.
* *
*Job Overview*
The Project Manager will be responsible for the successful implementation
of the GPS Tracking Management and Analysis of the Polio Immunization
Rounds. In order to accomplish this, the PM must create and implement
effective management systems and technologies. The PM will be responsible
for the management of approximately 50 staff as well as additional
temporary staff. Weekly reports as well as post-immunization campaign
reports will be created clearly describing the work being performed and the
results of the tracking campaign.
--
Evelyn Castle
Director, eHealth Systems Africa
www.eHealthAfrica.org <http://www.ehealthnigeria.org/>
25 Race Course Road, Kano, Ng
mobile: (NG) 0809-515-0585
(US) 714-627-9289
--
Evelyn Castle
Director, eHealth Systems Africa
www.eHealthAfrica.org <http://www.eHealthNigeria.org>
25 Race Course Road, Kano, Ng
mobile: (NG) 0809-515-0585
(US) 714-627-9289
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From: Md Yusuf Sarwar Uddin <mduddin2(a)illinois.edu>
Date: Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 12:04 PM
Subject: [TIER] A workshop on Emerging Computing
To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu
Dear all,
In align with the theme of this group, there is an upcoming workshop,
named "Workshop on Design and Implementation of Emerging Computing
Systems (WECS'13)" on Sept 28-29, 2013 at Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology (BUET), at Bangladesh. Bangladesh, a south
Asian country, is one of the developing countries that demonstrated
development and is thriving so through information and communication
technology. The workshop includes topics on innovative information
technologies and systems for developing/emerging regions.
Workshop website: http://buet.ac.bd/cse/HEQEP/workshop/WECS/
If any of you has an ICT4D operation in Bangladesh or nearby regions,
you can consider a submission as well as attendance to the workshop.
Thank you.
Yusuf
Yusuf Sarwar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept of CSE
BUET, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/ysarwar/
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From: Jay Chen <jay.chen(a)nyu.edu>
Date: Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 3:48 PM
Subject: [TIER] Post-doc & Pre-doc positions with NYU - Abu Dhabi
To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu
Post-doctoral and Pre-doctoral positions in Computer Science are
available at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Applicants with backgrounds in networking, distributed systems,
information retrieval, and
human computer interaction are encouraged to apply.
New York University has established itself as a Global Network
University, a multi-site, organically
connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The
network has three
foundational, degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and
Shanghai, complemented by a
network of more than fifteen research and study-away sites across five
continents. Faculty and students
will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research
interests, the promotion of
cross cultural understanding and solutions for problems, both local and
global.
Entering its fourth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of
faculty who are at once distinguished
in their research and teaching. NYU Abu Dhabi's highly selective liberal
arts enterprise is complemented
by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects
across the arts, humanities, social
sciences, sciences, and engineering.
NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for postdoctoral
fellowships in Computer Science in
the laboratory of Professor Jay Chen. The research projects are highly
interdisciplinary and involve
human computer interaction, distributed systems and networking,
information and communication
technology for developing regions and networking/information access in
developing regions.
Thematically, the projects for developing regions emphasize context
appropriateness, sustainability, and
scalability.
Post-doctoral candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or
a related subject, with significant research
experience in networking, distributed systems, information retrieval, or
human-computer interaction.
Specific requirements vary depending on the area of focus, but all
candidates should have strong
technical skills and experience with design, implementation, and
evaluation of relevant systems.
Knowledge in the following areas is preferred: networking/wireless
protocols, distributed storage,
virtualization, query formulation and processing, content analysis and
indexing, user experience, or user
interfaces. Candidates interested in research involving developing
regions should be capable of (and
excited to) work in the field to conduct deployments and studies.
Pre-doctoral candidates must hold a B.S./B.A. in Computer Science or a
related subject, with some
research and/or professional work experience highly desired.
The positions are open until filled. Applicants must submit a curriculum
vitae, statement of research
interests, list of publications and two letters of reference in PDF
format to be considered. Please visit our
website at http://nyuad.nyu.edu/human.resources/open.positions.html for
instructions and other
information on how to apply. If you have any questions on applying,
please e-mail
Deirdre.tabak(a)nyu.edu.
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Hi,
The Seattle branch of TA3M (Techno-Activism Third Mondays) starts this
month!
http://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays
"Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to
connect software creators and activists who are interested in
censorship, surveillance, and open technology."
We've a series of training based on CryptoParty Handbook and a few other
up-to-date documents planned. We're targeting novice computer users,
especially activists and journalists, instead of those who already know
enough to attend CryptoParties. :-)
We have a series of guest speakers from local communities to showcase
their opportunities for involvement, local projects. Learn to contribute
to documentation, code, translation of related open source tools.
Initial tentative/planned speakers include: Seattle Privacy Coalition,
Tor Project, LibrePlanet Washington, FreeGeek Seattle, OpenStreetMap
Seattle, and about a dozen others in the works.
If you wish to help us, speak on a topic, demo something, help with a
project, or a related group, please consider attending our August
planning meeting.
August's 3rd Monday is for local partners/co-organizers, and local
groups and people with ideas to steer the direction of this new group.
6:30pm at Ada's Technical Bookstore in Capital Hill, Seattle.
September's 3rd Monday is the first one for normal users/activists, with
guest speakers and training.
HELP! We need a hosting location in Seattle, with a max capacity greater
than 50, with WiFi and projector. Please speak up if you know of something!
In the next few days, the above wiki URL will be updated with more
specifics as we have them. Until then, feel free to e-mail me with any
questions.
Thanks!
Lee Fisher
I want to bring this thead up again.
to get answers to how exactly start up a center/NGO or something in a
remote village.
--lets say .. i have identified a region .. ( the region in Rajasthan,
India has high female foeticide, child marraiges, domestic voilences cases)
--I am fortunate to have some people on the ground .. willing to work with
me and they are committed and passionate
-- Now the questions i face are:-- how to i chart up a sustainable solution
in this area?..now i am thinkign out loud
------Do i start a computer center in this region ? why ..how can
computers helps in this remote desert area getting them employment ? how
can internet, excel benefit these people?
-------Do i start a social enterprise --that sounds better since girls in
that region love to sew, or learn more home-making skills .. so they willbe
interested in coming and learning and making new things (crafts, pots
clothes bags e.t.c) ..because they are getting skills they can use and ..if
a fair trade is established they can earn ..and hence get empowered. But
then i don't have experience and i need guidance and i wonder if the costs
can be broken down .. such as international sellings will actually
translate to profits back home for these artisans ?
--------Do i start a awareness center ..a information center probably is
the low-caste safe alternative .. but its reach/impact also is not that
much.
So my question is . ..How to find the right solution for this remote
village in Rajasthan ..to make a difference in the lived of those
girls..Whom i dream of giving the same opportunities i was fortunate enough
to get
cheers,
Neetu
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Rose G <iffatgill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joan and Neetu,
>
> Joan, you really struck a nerve there. I have been working on the issue
> since 2010 and have run into walls repeatedly. I am from Pakistan
> originally, and we have power cuts for up to 18 or 20 hours every day. The
> government is not promoting use of solar power nor looking in to providing
> any incentives for switching to alternative energy sources.
>
> I started a technology centre in a very remote desert area (thanks to
> Systers PIO award) and the girls travelled to the centre from miles for the
> lessons and would sometimes wait a few hours before returning to their
> homes. They would have wasted half their day, mane even bus fare and all in
> vain. The situation was not so bad previously but because the power issue
> got worse and worse, we were running out of luck about what to do. Now the
> centre is used is a private lesson facility almost, if someone wants a
> lesson or guidance about writing a job application, and there is power,
> they are accommodated. If not, they go back without gaining anything. In
> short, it is serving for the individual needs of some women but regular
> group lessons have been a nightmare.
>
> Neetu, we were also facing similar social and cultural barriers of girls
> not coming out of their homes, so we decided to make it a women only
> centre. We had a very good respond, partly because it was a group of young
> women who asked us to start such a facility. We got a managing board and a
> steering committee for the centre in no time!
>
> I agree that connecting the needs of the women to the technology is very
> important. You cannot just start a centre somewhere and hope for women to
> walk unto it. It will only be a success if a genuine need for such a
> facility has been identified. If the need is not there, there will be no
> interest from the community.
>
> I hope to hear more on this topic especially where electric power issue is
> concerned as I am planning to keep on with my mission of connecting women
> from rural areas through modern information and communication technologies.
>
> Kind regards,
> Iffat
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2013, at 17:39 , neetu jain <nutshi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have been very interested in knowing more about how technology can help
> > rural remote areas.
> >
> > I would love to know more about your findings.
> >
> > Here are my 2 cents ( having good amount of exposure to remote villages
> In
> > Rajasthan, India)
> >
> > 1) the best means of information dissemination in rural villages is face
> > to face. They have ample gatherings .. and any information that is
> useful (
> > financially, physically e.t.c) spreads pretty fast ( even the gossips and
> > non-useful info does ..but we are not considering that here) ...free food
> > gatherings, awareness camps should be a hit..for spreading good
> information
> >
> > 2) There is lot of resistance for girls to get out of home .. in general
> in
> > these places because of patriarchal system ..But if there is a safe
> secure
> > ways to make a decent earning .. often that resistance can be fought over
> >
> > 3) Safety of girls is the topmost priority .. if that in any ways is
> > questionable ( like long travel, no support from the mail society e..tc)
> > then no matter how good the initiative it is .. it will fail
> >
> > 4) Cellphones ( in India as well as in Africa) ..are invading even the
> > rural sectors .. because if their usefulness .. they have transformed the
> > way business happens atleast in villages known to me ( because hoarding
> is
> > a major occupation there )
> >
> > 5) To involve girls .. we need to combine the "cultural part" with
> > 'technology part".. to be well received .. Like traditional things that
> > girls can do at home .. sewing, making other craft stuff e.t.c .. are
> > vastly accepted in rural places .. as things to do for girls .. if
> somehow
> > using digital world into these hobbies and often occupations .. can be
> > incorporated then i think it would be a good hit .. for ex .. a "sewing
> > machine database" of a village ..somebody helps them checkout , maintain
> > the database e.t.c , getting deisgns from internet , selling online
> e.t.c
> > e.t.c are few things that come to my mind ..on how their interests can
> eb
> > blended with technology to get better results
> >
> >
> > 6) There was a computer donated by bill gates foundation in my village
> .. i
> > found out when i was there 10 years back .. It was in a cow shed --it had
> > internet :) slow but still worked ..i was abel to chat with my fiance in
> > Stanford from that cowshed -internet thanks to gated foundation . But it
> > made me feel very sad .. on how technology goes waste ..when there is not
> > enough effort spent in incorporating it into people's lives
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:23 AM, African PRIDE Centre <
> > africanpridecentre(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Any ideas on how we can transform rural folk, especially women and young
> >> girls using ICT? Remember that grassroots lack power connections!
> >>
> >> Joan
> >>
> >>
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As part of an NSF-funded project in the Smart Health and Wellbeing
program, the Computing for Development group in the Department of
Computer Science & Engineering at University of Washington is seeking
a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The project aims to develop
technology for mobile devices to support organizations deploying
health solutions in low resource environments. The project will
build on the group's experience in developing Open Data Kit and in
working with global health partners to identify how mobile
technologies can be applied to strengthen health programs.
The Research Associate will conduct research in the application of
mobile technologies to health care and will coordinate the development
of a toolkit that makes artifacts from this project available as
composable modules for other organizations to build their own
customized health solutions. The Research Associate will monitor and
coordinate research projects, develop external partnerships, design
evaluation studies, write research papers, and promote the results of
the project.
The candidate must hold a PhD in Computer Science/Engineering or
closely related field, ideally, with an emphasis on information and
communication technologies for resource-constrained environments, or
in lieu, thereof, a demonstrated interest in the discipline. The
candidate should have a strong publication record with specific
research experience in one or more of the following fields: Mobile
Computing, Software Engineering, Human Computer Interaction,
Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD).
The position is for a period of one year (with the possibility of a second)
starting as early as 1 September 2013.
Related web sites:
http://opendatakit.orghttp://change.washington.eduhttp://c4d.cs.washington.edu
Contact Gaetano Borriello (gaetano(a)cs.uw.edu) and/or
Richard Anderson (anderson(a)cs.uw.edu) if interested.
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From: Samujjal (Shayan) Purkayastha <me(a)samujjal.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 9:17 PM
Subject: [TIER] Pakathon: A Hackathon for Pakistan
To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu, ict4dev(a)csail.mit.edu,
liberationtech(a)mailman.stanford.edu
Hi everyone,
This should be of interest to a lot of you. Pakistan presents some unique
challenges within the developing world for both ictd and libtech
practitioners, students, researchers and enthusiasts and this is a unique
opportunity to meet others who are interested in the potential of
technology to bring about a change in the region and create things that can
have real impact on the ground.
Please share widely within your networks and contact Asad Budruddin (cced
here), one of the organizers if you have any questions.
Regards,
Samujjal Purkayastha
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We live in a unique moment in Pakistan's history. The country is witnessing
an unprecedented democratic awakening. Many Pakistanis both at home and
abroad are taking up civic duty to shape the future of their country. It is
in this spirit we bring you the world's first #Pakathon -- a hackathon
where techies and non-techies form teams, pair up with mentors and over the
course of 40 hours come up with a business, website, app, software or
project that aims to solve a problem you have identified in one of these
fields (1) *Violence* (2) *Education* (3) *Energy* (4) *Agriculture*
(5) *Disaster
Relief* (6) *Health*. We are tired of people talking about Pakistan's
problems. This is an Anti-Conference: we are starting where the conference
ENDS. No talk just action. We are calling all hackers, educators, lawyers,
doctors, dissidents, accountants, physicists, musicians, artists,
scientists and entrepreneurs interested in making a difference to step
forward and take part. The team with the best demo will win funding to
carry their idea forward.
Register here <http://pakathon.eventbrite.com/>, form teams
here<http://www.hackathon.io/pakathon/projects>,
and follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/PakathonBoston>
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