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Request: Information on use of smartphones by the socially vulnerable
by Araba Sey 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello friends, A colleague in Brazil is looking for examples of projects or studies at UW that look at "the use of smart phones amongst people in social vulnerability". If you are or have been involved in such work, please let me know. Thanks! araba Araba Sey Research Assistant Professor University of Washington Information School Technology & Social Change Group tascha.washington.edu Tel 206-685-3724

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Interesting article from an unlikely source
by Gaetano Borriello 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

On the modern "non-profit sector": http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex…

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Interesting take on possible future of population growth
by Gaetano Borriello 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/16/the-amazing-su…

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Fwd: [TIER] Hiring now: Rangzen -- Circumventing Government-Imposed Communications Blackouts
by Yaw Anokwa 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shaddi Hasan <shaddi(a)cs.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:41 AM Subject: [TIER] Hiring now: Rangzen -- Circumventing Government-Imposed Communications Blackouts To: "tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Exciting stuff from TIER's own Yahel Ben-David. They're also hiring for a R&D lead: http://denovo.theresumator.com/apply/hGQLuw/RD-Team-Leader-Software-Enginee… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. July 22th, 2013 – Berkeley, CA. Project “Rangzen” – Kickoff. Circumventing Government-Imposed Communication Blackouts The De Novo Group, a non-profit corporation based in Berkeley, California, is launching a technology research and development project into digital communication solutions that preserve anonymity and are infrastructure independent. The target beneficiaries of these solutions are citizens of oppressive regimes faced by government-imposed communication blackouts. The first stage of the project, budgeted at two million dollars, is primarily funded by the US State Department’s bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). It will produce an Android application that relies on cutting-edge computer science research from the University of California at Berkeley. The project was conceived and is led by UC Berkeley PhD candidate and De Novo Group co-founder, Yahel Ben-David. Yahel is a member of the TIER (Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions) research group, led by Prof. Eric Brewer in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) and is co-advised by Prof. Scott Shenker who actively helps guide this research. “We are excited to undertake this important, practical, and urgent work and are thankful for the trust vested in us by our esteemed supporters. Especially, we are proud of our distinguished advisory board that will help propel this diverse, multidisciplinary initiative,” said Ben-David. A key challenge for any community-owned, decentralized, communication network is that of resource allocation and control. A network’s finite resources must be shared among citizens in a manner that deprioritizes unwanted traffic and abusive users, while desired content is allotted higher capacity. Current prioritization mechanisms often depend on a community reputation system: content from reputable users receive higher priority. However, use of reputation mechanisms conflicts with anonymity as it reveals and exposes its users. Anonymity is a critical property for dissent networks due to fear of persecution, but anonymity cripples traditional reputation systems which require authentication of users to defend against fake identities and Sybil attacks. This ostensible paradox has been the focus of the Berkeley research group over the past two years; the technical solution identified for this dilemma forms the cornerstone of the Rangzen project. Project website/contacts: http://rangzen.denovogroup.org/ _______________________________________________ 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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Interactivos?'13 Nuvem Autonomics: Rural Sciences. Call for Projects
by Araba Sey 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Call for projects to be developed within the framework of the international workshop Interactivos?'13 Nuvem Autonomics: Rural Sciences. Call for Projects Nuvem, in collaboration with Medialab-Prado in Madrid (Spain), issues a call for the selection of 5 residency proposals to be collaboratively developed at the rural hacklab rural of *Visconde de Mau? (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) from September 5 to 20, 2013.* Researches, professionals, and amateurs can submit their proposals on communications, food, drinking, health, energy, transportation or bio-construction from a rural point of view. *Deadline: August* *3, 2013 **For submissions and more information:* http://nuvem.tk/ -- Nerea Garc?a Garmendia Medialab-Prado Plaza de las Letras Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid difusion(a)medialab-prado.es<mailto:difusion@medialab-prado.es> http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado <https://twitter.com/medialabprado> /"Antes de imprimir este documento aseg?rate de que es realmente necesario. ?Gracias por tu colaboraci?n!"/ Araba Sey Research Assistant Professor University of Washington Information School Technology & Social Change Group tascha.washington.edu Tel 206-685-3724

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Fwd: [TIER] two Job openings at ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE INTERNET
by Yaw Anokwa 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Baikie <bruce(a)green-wifi.org> Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:30 PM Subject: [TIER] two Job openings at ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE INTERNET To: "tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Forwarding this to the list: Job Opportunities https://a4ai.org/get-involved/job-opportunities/ Policy Manager Want to use your policy skills and experience to make a positive impact on the lives of billions around the world? We’re looking for a policy manager who can design and implement effective advocacy strategies to achieve A4AI’s goals of policy change leading to dramatic reductions in broadband costs in the developing world. As part of this role, you’ll orchestrate joint actions by A4AI members and build strategic partnerships with other key allies. You’ll also be responsible for managing the development of a powerful evidence base, including working with our research team to produce a flagship annual publication on broadband affordability. Membership Co-ordinator A4AI’s most important asset is its members, and we need someone to help us grow our membership and manage these crucial relationships at diverse organizations. In this roles, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that A4AI meets its ambitious targets for recruiting members across all sectors, and that our members are strongly engaged in our activities. _______________________________________________ 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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ICT4D scholarships for students
by Anupam Jain5 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Please contact Marie or Alessandro (cc-ed) thanks, Anupam IBM Research ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:43 PM To: Anupam Jain <anupamjain(a)gmail.com> Dear Anupam, My name is Marie and I’m responsible for the marketing and administration management at the International Federation for Information and Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT). I would like to inform you that IFITT is currently offering talents from developing or emerging countries to apply for the IFITT ICT4D scholarship. This scholarship supports skilled university students from emerging or developing countries who are currently researching on a topic in the area of information and communication technologies for development and who want to provide a positive impact onto their respective communities through the application of ICT. Moreover, the scholarship is a great way for applicants to exploit maximum opportunities for enhancing their studies and discussing them with other academics from around the world at the ENTER 2014 PhD workshop. The scholarship entails an assignment of a tutor, funding of ENTER 2014 participation (up to € 2’000 travel, accommodation and conference fee) and a free IFITT membership for one year. The submission for the scholarship has to be done in form of a proposal (derived from a Master or on going PhD Thesis) that shows a clear orientation to electronic tourism and local development. Specific requirements are stated at: www.ifitt.org/admin/public/uploads/IFITT-ENTER_ICT4D_Scholarship2014.pdf. In addition to the proposal, a curriculum vitae together with evidences of PhD enrolment and/or university contract as well as an indication of your progress toward completion of the thesis (i.e. thinking about it, just beginning the process, completed proposal, etc.) has to be attached. All proposals have to be submitted to Dr Alessandro Inversini ( ainversini(a)bournemouth.ac.uk) by September 1, 2013. Please check if you eligible for receiving the IFITT ICT4D Scholarship. Eligibility requires you to be enrolled as a PhD (priority) or Master (or equivalent) University programme in one of the eligible countries that can be found in the call for proposals at: www.ifitt.org/admin/public/uploads/IFITT-ENTER_ICT4D_Scholarship2014.pdf. In this university you may also have a research or work contract (e.g. researcher, lecturer), which should not expire for the next 6 months after ENTER2014 (i.e. July, 2014). If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, we are looking forward to read your proposal and wish you all the best for your submission. We would also appreciate if you could share this information with your friends on your social networks. Best Regards, Marie http://ifitt.org/home/view/ict4d_scholarship -- "What is meditation?" (http://www.sahajmarg.org/meditation)

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Gotta watch this ...
by Ed Lazowska 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

I try to avoid emailing CSE News posts, but this one is too great to ignore: http://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/07/17/cses-yaw-anokwa-nafundi-open-data-… (Remember, you can get the news the same day it happens by subscribing to email updates or RSS feeds or whatever: http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/follow_cse_online "We thank you for your support ...")

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Fwd: Haiti Informatics Specialist at PIH
by Yaw Anokwa 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Great opportunity to work with an great organization. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Evan Waters <ewaters(a)pih.org> Date: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:22 AM Subject: Re: Haiti Informatics Specialist Here you go: Hi all, My organization, Partners In Health, is currently seeking a person with health informatics expertise to take on the role of Technical Specialist and support our new EMR at University Hospital in Mirebalais (http://www.pih.org/pages/mirebalais) Haiti. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to use cutting edge health information technology to improve patient care in a setting of rural poverty, while working at a modern teaching hospital. Details and application instructions for the position are available at this link (http://goo.gl/aZSQE) Please feel free to contact me at ewaters(a)pih.org if you have any questions, or if you know someone you'd like to recommend for the position. Thanks, Evan Waters Director of Medical Informatics Partners In Health

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Fwd: [dev4pc] [ACM DEV-4] CFP: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development (Extended Deadline)
by Gaetano Borriello 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bhaskaran Raman <br(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:55 PM Subject: [dev4pc] [ACM DEV-4] CFP: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development (Extended Deadline) To: dev4pc(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu Dear DEV4 PC members, Margaret and I have decided to extend the paper submission deadline by a week, to 25 Jul, to get as many submissions as possible. Can you please circulate the CFP (below) as widely as possible, and encourage research groups you know to submit? Thanks! Bhaskar and Margaret. ACM DEV-4 4th Symposium on Computing for Development Co-located with ICTD December 6-7, 2013 Cape Town, South Africa http://dev4.acmdev.org/ Important Dates: Thursday July 25: EXTENDED full paper deadline (11:59pm UTC) Friday Sept 13: Notification to authors Friday Nov 1: Camera-ready papers due Dec 6-7: Conference. DEV-4 provides an international forum for research in the design and implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social and economic development. In particular, we focus on emerging contexts where conventional computing solutions are often inappropriate due to various contextual factors - including, but not limited to, cost, language, literacy, and the availability of power and bandwidth. Papers should describe original and previously unpublished research. Three metrics will be applied to judge papers: (a) Relevance of the problem for development; (b) Novelty of the technical solution; (c) Evaluation of the solution, making a case for development-focused impact. All DEV paper submissions should either provide or directly motivate a novel technical solution that has direct implications for development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Networks/Systems/Security/Architecture Low-cost wireless connectivity Intermittent networks and systems Power-efficient systems Low-cost computing devices Mobile systems and applications Mixed networks, e.g., telephony and IP Special-purpose sensor systems Security challenges in developing regions HCI/Applications User interfaces for low-literacy populations Multi-lingual computing User-interfaces for low-cost devices Participatory methods and user-centered design Accessibility to disabled populations in developing regions Design and evaluation of applications for health, microfinance, education, agriculture, entertainment AI/NLP/Data Mining/Speech/Vision Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in development contexts Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels Understanding social relationships and information flows in disadvantaged societies Speech interfaces and speech recognition for low-resource languages Development of new AI-centric tools/solutions for development Computer vision challenges in development We also welcome papers outside of these topics that address the DEV focus on computing innovations supporting social and economic development. For more information, see the webpage (http://dev4.acmdev.org/) or contact the Program Co-Chairs (Margaret Martonosi, Princeton and Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay). Technical Program Committee: Alfredo Terzoli, Rhodes University Andrew Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University Anirudh Joshi, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Bhaskaran Raman, IIT, Bombay Bill Thies, Microsoft Research, India Brian DeRenzi, University of Washington David Kotz, Dartmouth College Elizabeth Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara Emma Brunskill, Carnegie Mellon University Etienne Barnard, North-West University, South Africa Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington Indrani Medhi, Microsoft Research Jay Chen, New York University John Quinn, Makerere University K.K.Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Microsoft Research Mamello Thinyane, University of Fort Hare Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University Nicola Dell, University of Washington Ramon Caceres, AT&T Labs Revi Sterling, University of Colorado Richard Anderson, University of Washington Sharad Jaiswal, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Bangalore Sibren Isaacman, Loyola University of Maryland Vanessa Frias Martinez, Telefonica Research Vijay Gabale, IBM India Research Labs, Bangalore Vinayak Naik, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi _______________________________________________ dev4pc mailing list dev4pc(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/dev4pc

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