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Fwd: [TIER] Fwd: [ict4chw] Job with UNICEF Congo - T4D Specialist 5 month position
by Yaw Anokwa 30 Jun '13

30 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melissa Densmore <melissa.r.densmore(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:10 PM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: [ict4chw] Job with UNICEF Congo - T4D Specialist 5 month position To: TIER <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erica Kochi <ericakochi(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:58 AM Subject: [ict4chw] Job with UNICEF Congo - T4D Specialist 5 month position To: ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com UNICEF Congo is looking for a T4D (Telecom for Development) Specialist P4 based in Brazzaville. The assignment of the T4D Specialist will be a five-month Temporary Appointment contract at P4 level. For more detail, please see Terms of Reference https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwqMZe4F7VwMeDhoRGhYaVNkeTQ/edit?usp=sharing and the Annex https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwqMZe4F7VwMRTVwQnpsR2FvcW8/edit?usp=sharing to inform about the context of the T4D Specialist recruitment. Qualified interested candidates are invited to send their motivation letter along with updated P11 and Cv to < cbrrecruitment(a)unicef.org > no later than 7 July 2013 close of business. _______________________________________________ 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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postdoctoral scholar position in mHealth security & privacy
by Nicola Dell 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Kotz Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 Subject: [TIER] postdoctoral scholar position in mHealth security & privacy To: "tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu" <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> [please forward to anyone who may be interested] Postdoctoral scholar position mHealth group, Professor David Kotz Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth I am looking for a sharp graduate to join my team as a postdoc, in fall 2013. The postdoc would be a fellow of the Institute for Security, Technology, and Society, contingent on availability of funding. The postdoc will be involved in our research on security & privacy for healthcare information systems; in particular, my group is working on secure methods for use of mobile computing and wearable sensors in the context of healthcare (mHealth). See our recent papers. Some of our work addresses ICTD issues. The postdoc would join an inter-disciplinary team working on four funded projects, primarily from NSF (Trustworthy Information Systems for Healthcare (TISH)) and HHS (Strategic Healthcare Information Technology Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS)). The candidate must have finished his or her Ph.D in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, have deep experience with mobile/ubiquitous computing, security, or privacy, have experience planning and conducting experimental computer systems research, and be an excellent programmer. Ideal candidates will also have experience with embedded computing, sensor networks, machine learning, or HCI. Dartmouth College is an Ivy League university with graduate programs in the sciences, engineering, medicine, and business. It is located in the beautiful town of Hanover NH, about two hours northwest of Boston. Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer. Interested candidates should send their vita (pdf, please), and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to Professor David Kotz by email to kotz-at-cs.dartmouth.edu. Those applications arriving by July 15, 2013 will receive first consideration. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~dfk/postdoc.html ________________________________ Professor David Kotz Champion International Professor Professor of Computer Science Dartmouth College

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Open Data Kit is hiring!
by Gaetano Borriello 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Please see our ad for an open software engineer position in our ICTD group: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=…

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FW: Please Circulate: Call for Expressions of Interest- IPA Global Financial Inclusion Initiative
by Kentaro Toyama 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Funding for RCTs of financial services innovations. From: Zahra Niazi [mailto:zniazi@poverty-action.org] Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:59 AM To: Kentaro Toyama Cc: Global Financial Inclusion Initiative Subject: Please Circulate: Call for Expressions of Interest- IPA Global Financial Inclusion Initiative Dear Kentaro, I hope this email finds you well. The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative at Innovation for Poverty Action has recently launched a call for Expressions of Interest to submit proposals on innovative products and programs that enhance poor households' access to and usage of improved financial tools, products, and services. We would really appreciate your help in circulating the email below along with the attachments I have included to individuals and institutions within your network who you think would be interested in submitting a proposal. Please let me know if you have any questions of concerns. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Zahra * * * Call for Expressions of Interest - Global Financial Inclusion Initiative The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative (GFII) at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) submissions from teams of researchers and practitioners who wish to conduct rigorous research on innovative products and programs that enhance poor households' access to and usage of improved financial tools, products, and services. The initiative focuses its research on three areas within the financial inclusion domain: savings, payments, and financial capability. EOI submissions will be assessed under two project categories: (1) Product Tests and (2) Product Evaluations. All submitted projects must demonstrate a clear hypothesis and a rigorous study design for a randomized evaluation. Innovative research projects building on existing field experiments will also be accepted under each category. For more information on the Call for Expressions of Interest and to download the application form, please visit http://www.poverty-action.org/financialinclusion/eoi2013. Deadline for Submission: 23 August 2013 Please direct all questions to gfii(a)poverty-action.org. Best regards, The GFII Team * * * The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative (GFII) manages two research funds: the Yale Savings and Payments Research Fund, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund, supported by the Citi Foundation. GFII welcomes EOIs that are relevant to the research agenda of either fund. The <http://www.poverty-action.org/microsavings> Yale Savings and Payment Research Fund (YASPR), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by IPA in collaboration with Yale University, supports studies on innovations encouraging and allowing the poor to save more towards their own life goals, and use innovative payment channels. With a focus on engaging new technologies and delivery channels such as mobile and agent banking, the projects under this fund study what works best for the poor in mobilizing savings and facilitating payments. The <http://www.poverty-action.org/financialcapability> Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund (FCRF), supported by the Citi Foundation, aims to contribute to the sparse evidence on ways to improve financial capability by supporting rigorous evaluations of promising interventions in three areas where financial service providers can act to improve the financial capabilities of potential and existing clients: product-linked financial education, incentives for behavior change, and product design to encourage appropriate use of financial instruments. -- Zahra Niazi |Manager, Savings <http://poverty-action.org/microsavings> & Payments Research Fund | Global Financial Inclusion Initiative <http://poverty-action.org/financialinclusion> | Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) <http://www.poverty-action.org> | skype ID: zahraniazi | Ph: 203-772-2216 Ext 219 | 101 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06510

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Fwd: CFP: ICTD 2013 in Cape Town, Final CFP for Open Sessions (due 28 June), reminder about Notes and Demos
by Yaw Anokwa 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marshini Chetty <marshini(a)marshini.net> Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:00 AM Subject: CFP: ICTD 2013 in Cape Town, Final CFP for Open Sessions (due 28 June), reminder about Notes and Demos To: Yaw Anokwa <yaw(a)anokwa.com> Cc: Marshini Chetty <marshini(a)marshini.net> Hi Yaw, Apologies for cross-postings – this is a final CFP for open sessions due on 28 June 2013 and a reminder about Notes (due 26 July) and Demos (due 23 August). Please repost and share the attached CFP with interested and relevant colleagues to help us make ICTD 2013 a success! With warm regards, Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town Notes Chairs, ICTD2013 David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network Jenna Burrell, University of California, Berkeley Open Sessions Chairs, ICTD2013 Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Demos Chairs, ICTD2013 ICTD2013 – Information and Communications Technologies for Development Conference 2013 On 7-10 December 2013, the sixth international conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTD2013) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. Held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS, ICTD2013 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. ****** Call for Notes – ICTD2013 We would like to invite you to submit a Note, which is a new category for the conference. With a shorter 4-page format, Notes are intended to highlight work from a range of researchers and practitioners, and can be used to introduce work-in-progress that may be published later in a journal, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. Notes will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, quality of writing, and presentation. Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered, however Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers. All Notes submissions are strictly limited to four pages. To allow for late-breaking findings, Notes are due on July 26, 2013, closer to the date of the conference. Authors of accepted Notes will be required to prepare a poster. For more information, please see the conference website: http://cfp.ictd2013.info/. ****** Call for Open Sessions – ICTD2013 Additionally, the Open Sessions proposal deadline is coming up very soon, June 28, 2013! We invite you to contribute to this lively, informal, and interactive component of the ICTD conference. Successful proposals will work towards the conferences goals of (1) accessibility and inclusion (2) participation and dialogue and (3) excellence. For details about submitting an open session proposal see http://ictd.cs.uct.ac.za/contrib-open-sessions.html. ****** Call for Demos – ICTD2013 An extra channel for participating in the conference is the Demos Session, with a deadline of August 23. This track will provide the opportunity to showcase demonstrations of novel hardware or software systems, video footage, or physical artifacts of interest to the ICTD community. To submit a demo, please use the demo application form here. ****** Emerging Scholars – ICTD2013 Have 5 minutes to spare? Help shape a pre-conference event for ICTD2013 emerging scholars by filling out a quick 5-minute survey here. ****** Key Dates June 28, 2013: Deadline for submission of Open Sessions July 26, 2013: Deadline for submission of Notes July 26, 2013: Deadline for application for travel scholarships August 23, 2103: Notification of acceptances for Notes August 23, 2013: Deadline for Demos September 6, 2013: Camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due September 6, 2013: Notification of acceptances of Demos September 6, 2013: No December 7-10, 2013: ICTD2013 in Cape Town Conference Information Conference website: http://ictd2013.info Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2013 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ICTD2013 Notes Co-Chairs: Contact us at: notes(a)ictd2013.info Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town Open Sessions Co-Chairs: Contact us at: open(a)ictd2013.info Jenna Burrell, University of California-Berkeley David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) Demos Co-Chairs: Contact us at: demos(a)ictd2013.info Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town

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CFP ICTD2013 Update
by Carlos Rey-Moreno 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Apologies for cross-postings – this is a final CFP for open sessions due on 28 June 2013 and a reminder about Notes (due 26 July) and Demos (due 23 August). Please repost and share the attached CFP with interested and relevant colleagues to help us make ICTD 2013 a success! With warm regards, Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town Notes Chairs, ICTD2013 David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network Jenna Burrell, University of California, Berkeley Open Sessions Chairs, ICTD2013 Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Demos Chairs, ICTD2013 * * *ICTD2013 – Information and Communications Technologies for Development Conference 2013* * * On 7-10 December 2013, the sixth international conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTD2013 <http://www.ictd2013.info/>) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. Held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS, ICTD2013 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers exploring the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic development. ****** *Call** for Notes – ICTD2013* We would like to invite you to submit a *Note*, which is a new category for the conference. With a shorter 4-page format, Notes are intended to highlight work from a range of researchers and practitioners, and can be used to introduce work-in-progress that may be published later in a journal, as well as to document shorter project write-ups. Notes will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, quality of writing, and presentation. Manuscripts considering novel designs, new technologies, project assessments, policy analyses, impact studies, theoretical contributions, social issues around ICT and development, and so forth will be considered, however Notes need not necessarily be as comprehensive, novel, or generalizable as Full Papers. All Notes submissions are strictly limited to four pages. To allow for late-breaking findings, Notes are due on July 26, 2013, closer to the date of the conference. Authors of accepted Notes will be required to prepare a poster. For more information, please see the conference website: http://cfp.ictd2013.info/. ****** *Call for Open Sessions – ICTD2013* Additionally, the *Open Sessions *proposal deadline is coming up very soon, June 28, 2013! We invite you to contribute to this lively, informal, and interactive component of the ICTD conference. Successful proposals will work towards the conferences goals of (1) accessibility and inclusion (2) participation and dialogue and (3) excellence. For details about submitting an open session proposal see http://ictd.cs.uct.ac.za/contrib-open-sessions.html. ****** * * * * *Call for Demos – ICTD2013* An extra channel for participating in the conference is the *Demos* Session, with a deadline of August 23. This track will provide the opportunity to showcase demonstrations of novel hardware or software systems, video footage, or physical artifacts of interest to the ICTD community. To submit a demo, please use the demo application form here <http://goo.gl/Jaq15>. ****** *Emerging Scholars – ICTD2013* Have 5 minutes to spare? Help shape a pre-conference event for ICTD2013 emerging scholars by filling out a quick 5-minute survey here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bCHD52MJi4eixfgwGG_msoDWjbJhR9YjInMP_vH-A2…> . ****** *Key Dates* June 28, 2013: Deadline for submission of Open Sessions July 26, 2013: Deadline for submission of Notes July 26, 2013: Deadline for application for travel scholarships August 23, 2103: Notification of acceptances for Notes August 23, 2013: Deadline for Demos September 6, 2013: Camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due September 6, 2013: Notification of acceptances of Demos September 6, 2013: No December 7-10, 2013: ICTD2013 in Cape Town *Conference Information* Conference website: http://ictd2013.info Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2013 Facebook: *www.facebook.com/ICTD2013* *Notes Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: notes(a)ictd2013.info <program(a)ictd2013.info> Marshini Chetty, University of Maryland, College Park Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town *Open Sessions Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: open(a)ictd2013.info Jenna Burrell, University of California-Berkeley David Barnard, Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) *Demos Co-Chairs:* Contact us at: demos@ictd2013.info** Carlos Rey-Moreno, University of the Western Cape Michael Champanis, University of Cape Town -- 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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Startup Weekend: Maker edition
by Beth Kolko 21 Jun '13

21 Jun '13

Hi Change! Startup Weekend is having their first ever hardware version June 28-30. It should be a great event, and a chance to be part of something that's the first step in a global launch. If you're interested, see below for more details. *And* there's a student discount code. (STUDENT is the secret code, tho they will make you show a valid student id at the door). best, beth ___ Startup Weekend , a non-profit based in Seattle, WA, is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Come share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Startup weekend is all about innovation- and Startup weekend Maker’s Edition aims to bring innovation to a whole new level. Typically, teams create software applications. However, with the tools and expertise provided byMakerhaus , for the first time in Seattle teams will be able to design, and prototype actual physical products. Micro-controllers, Laser cutting, 3D printing, metal working, woodworking, the possibilities are endless. In addition to the three usual ticket types of developer, designer, and non-technical, we will be selling a fourth type of ticket- unicorns. Unicorns are people who agree to be trained on the equipment available at Makerhaus. We want to make sure there are enough people familiar with the equipment to be a part of each team. Because this weekend is a little different than the typical start-up weekend, there will be an optional pre-event on June 12th. Participants will be able to meet with coaches, check out the materials and tools available at Makerhaus, and get a feel for the possibilities of physical prototyping. Whether you are an experienced entrepreneur, or product developer, a craftsman, a microprocessor enthusiast, a developer or designer who wants to try their hand at hardware, everyone will be enriched by the experience of turning an idea into a physical reality. Registration is live! http://seattlemaker.eventbrite.com/ Beth Kolko Professor Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington Box 352315 Sieg 423 Seattle, WA 98195 206.685.3809 Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard University

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Orange African Social Venture Prize 2013
by Yosem Companys 21 Jun '13

21 Jun '13

Orange African Social Venture Prize promotes social innovations in support of development that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).** ** ** ** EN: http://en.starafrica.com/entrepreneurship/orange-african-social-venture-pri… FR: http://fr.starafrica.com/entrepreneuriat/prix-orange-entrepreneur-social-en…

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Fwd: [ACM DEV-4] Call for Papers: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development
by Gaetano Borriello 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <br(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:03 AM Subject: [ACM DEV-4] Call for Papers: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development To: (Please circulate; sorry if you receive multiple copies) 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 18: Full paper deadline (11:59pm UTC) firm deadline. Friday Sept 13: Notification of 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).

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At Grameen Foundation, an International Nonprofit Becomes a Software Developer
by Gaetano Borriello 18 Jun '13

18 Jun '13

At Grameen Foundation, an International Nonprofit Becomes a Software Developer Capital Business (06/09/13) Steven Overly The Grameen Foundation, a nonprofit that provides healthcare to pregnant women in developing countries, has developed Mobile Technology for Community Health (Motech), an open source software platform that nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, and humanitarian groups are using to address pandemics such as tuberculosis and HIV. "We’re a nonprofit developing software that we hope other nonprofits will build on top of," says Grameen Foundation's John Tippett. Grameen's Steve Wright notes, "at the highest level, what we’re doing is helping these organizations be more efficient and more effective in the same way any well-funded business would be more efficient or effective with technology.” The Grameen Foundation also has developed TaroWorks, a program that enables humanitarian organizations to create customized surveys. The organizations produce questionnaires designed to collect information about the people they aim to assist. Field workers then employ mobile phones or computers to perform the surveys and submit responses. Wright says TaroWorks helps organizations make decisions about the communities they serve and the development programs they offer based on tangible evidence. "We want them to build products and services that are useful to the poor, based on data," he says. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-it/at-grameen-foundation-an-inter…

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