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Fwd: Job as Program Officer at Jhpiego
by Yaw Anokwa 08 May '13

08 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM Subject: [ict4chw] Digest for ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic To: Digest Recipients <ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com> JOB ALERT: Program Officer, mPowering Frontline Health Workers Carolyn Florey <carolynflorey(a)gmail.com> May 08 11:41AM -0400 Dear All, Please follow this link to apply for the job online https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/1790/program-officer/job The deadline for this position is May 20, 2013.

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Fwd: Technical Developer Job Opportunity
by Yaw Anokwa 08 May '13

08 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:07 PM Subject: [ict4chw] Digest for ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 4 Topics To: Digest Recipients <ict4chw(a)googlegroups.com> Technical Developer Job Opportunity Mark Thomas <mark.thomas.jr(a)gmail.com> May 07 11:52AM -0500 All, I'm writing on behalf of Biometrac, a small tech4dev company, and we're looking to hire. Please see below for details about the opportunity. Contact me directly with questions and cover letters/resumes. Thanks, Mark ***************************************************** Company: Biometrac Location: Washington DC Job type: Full time Job level: Entry Level or Early Career Company overview: Biometrac designs and deploys a suite of mobile, technical solutions with an emphasis on addressing priority global health and development issues. We work with researchers and enterprises to provide identification and data management solutions in challenging environments. Job overview: The position reports directly to the Technical Director and will be involved in full stack development, documentation and maintenance. No two weeks will be the same. Our Stack - CouchDB, SQlite, Pyramid, tons of Python behind Nginx on Linux - JS, HTML, CSS for web clients and native Android for our mobile platform. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other technical field. - 2+ years work experience or similar documented commitment to a FOSS project - Mastery of your preferred programming language. Job duties - Work with clients to define specifications and translate them into detailed project plans - Report progress to internal project team and clients in a timely and effective manner - Provide actionable suggestion for product and process improvements - Shepard bugs from vague customer reports to squashed - Plan before you code, write smart tests and by George, document it Essential attributes - Interest and passion for emerging technologies and countries - Comfort working in loosely structured environment - Strong verbal and written skills including experience presenting to customers, reports and technical documentation - Flexible and able to work under tight schedules to meet deadlines Bonus Points - Experience in biometrics - Data visualization or GIS experience, especially D3.js and OpenStreetMap - Deep love and understanding of Python Benefits - Flexible working arrangement in a small rapidly growing team - High degree of autonomy - Potential for international travel - Myriad opportunities for rapid advancement Biometrac is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. -- Mark Thomas Director of Operations Biometrac

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Social Impact Event 5/14 - How to change the world through social enterprise
by Deborah Wolf 07 May '13

07 May '13

Social Impact for Students: How to change the world through Social Enterprise May 14, 5:30-7 pm, 390 Paccar Hall What inspires and motivates social entrepreneurs? How do they develop their ideas into a sustainable solution? How can students leverage their resources to make global impact? Join us for a panel and small group discussion with four local organizations that are focused on social innovation: Upaya, Hub Seattle, MovingWorlds and Global Brigades Institute. Speakers will discuss the experiences that motivate them to make a collective impact in a society locally and globally. This is also an opportunity to NETWORK and learn opportunities that will further these connections. Who should come? * Students from ANY major with an interest in social innovation * Anyone seeking to contribute their learned skills to a social cause * Anyone who is curious about how Seattle-based entrepreneurs work effectively in their communities or around the world. Please RSVP, as refreshments will be provided: https://www.facebook.com/events/195951293885904/

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Dilys Walker: Bringing highly realistic low-tech simulation training for obstetric emergencies to low-resource settings
by Nicola Dell 06 May '13

06 May '13

What: Dilys Walker: Bringing highly realistic low-tech simulation training for obstetric emergencies to low-resource settings When: Tuesday, May 7th at 12 noon Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Bringing highly realistic low-tech simulation training for obstetric emergencies to low-resource settings* Maternal and infant mortality during childbirth is a major problem in low-resource countries, where 99% of the nearly 350,000 annual maternal deaths occur. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 have committed governments and organizations worldwide to invest in efforts to end these preventable deaths. Evidence suggests that one of the most effective strategies to achieve this is by ensuring that every birth is attended by a trained professional capable of identifying rare, but life-threatening obstetric and neonatal emergencies. However large gaps exist between knowledge and actual practice in the face of an obstetric or neonatal emergency, and effective but high-cost simulation training to bridge this gap is inaccessible. Our team has designed and developed three effective tools to reduce maternal and infant mortality in low-resource countries: PRONTO, an obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation training program for medical teams, PartoPants, a low-tech, highly realistic birth simulator, and the PRONTOPack, a complete, low cost simulation kit. PRONTOPack will enable low-resource hospitals, clinics and training programs worldwide to deliver comprehensive simulation training at a fraction of the cost of traditional simulation training. *Dilys Walker* is an Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Global Health and an invited Professor at the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico where she worked from 1998 to 2010 in the Department of Reproductive Health. Dr. Walker is Associate Director for the UW Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh). She received her medical degree from the University of California San Diego and completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Walker was the first Family Planning Fellow at the University of California San Francisco. She is co-founder and Executive Director of PRONTO International (www.prontointernational.org) an emergency obstetric and neonatal training program that is grounded in low-tech highly realistic simulation. She is currently conducting PRONTO implementation trials in Mexico, Guatemala, and Kenya. Her research has focused on prevention of unplanned adolescent pregnancy, task sharing in obstetrics, abortion, family planning and maternal mortality.

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Fwd: [ACM DEV-4] Call for Papers: 4th Symposium on Computing for Development
by Gaetano Borriello 04 May '13

04 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <br(a)cse.iitb.ac.in> Date: Sat, May 4, 2013 at 10:31 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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Fwd: IEEE GHTC 2013 Call-for-Paper
by Gaetano Borriello 02 May '13

02 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <conference-services(a)ieee.org> Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:00 PM Subject: IEEE GHTC 2013 Call-for-Paper To: gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu ** [image: GHTC Header] <http://www.ieeeghtc.org/> Download Call for Papers: Online<http://www.ieeeghtc.org/call-for-papers-2013/> Dear IEEE Members, On behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to announce the 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) will take place on October 20 – 23, 2013, in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California USA. This 3rd annual cross-discipline conference provides the perfect venue for persons involved in and/or interested in humanitarian projects to join their peers in Silicon Valley. The audience for this conference includes technologists, engineers, scientists, investors, field project managers, representatives from NGOs, governments, academia, and industry. It will provide an opportunity to share your work, meet others involved in humanitarian technology, formulate projects with new partners. Our sessions will address a wide range of topics and we hope you will submit a paper and plan to join us. To be held in Silicon Valley, a community famed for leading-edge technological innovations, world-class academia researchers, and technology investors, IEEE GHTC 2013 will offer a wealth of opportunities to improve your knowledge, and expand your network and reach. Whether you are interested in humanitarian activities in the developed or developing world, we look forward to seeing you at GHTC 2013. *Call for Papers* - Deadline for Full Paper Submission: *May 11, 2013* - Deadline for Accepted Paper Final Version Submission: *August 6, 2013* *Technical Sessions: * - Health, Medical Technology, and Telemedicine - Water Planning, Availability and Quality - Disaster Warning, Avoidance, and Response - Educational Technologies - Agricultural Technologies - Power Infrastructure/Off-grid Power/Renewable and Sustainable Energy - Sanitation - Connectivity and Communications Technologies for Remote Locations - Applying Science, Engineering and Technology for Sustainability - Humanitarian Challenges and Opportunities The Conference Program will include submitted paper sessions, plenary and invited talks, tutorial sessions, poster sessions, student paper and poster contests, photo and video contests, a young professional project contest, and many opportunities for social and professional networking. Best Regards, Keith Moore (keith.moore(a)ieee.org) Conference Chair, GHTC 2013 www.ieeeghtc.org [image: Description: cid:image002.gif@01CDF36A.49F8AF90]<http://www.facebook.com/ieeeghtc> [image: Description: cid:image003.gif@01CDF36A.49F8AF90]<https://twitter.com/ieeeghtc> [image: Description: cid:image004.gif@01CDF36A.49F8AF90]<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6k6q0Xim0E> [image: Wordpress Icon] <http://ieeeghtc.wordpress.com/> [image: Description: cid:image007.gif@01CDF36A.49F8AF90]<http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IEEE-Global-Humanitarian-Technology-Conferen…> ------------------------------ IEEE Non-Discrimination Policy<http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=248835102&sid=19832978&m=2155257&u=IEEEC…> To: IEEE members of IEEE Region 1 <http://sites.ieee.org/r1><http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/2>, 4 <http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/4> <http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/2>, 5<http://sites.ieee.org/r5><http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/2>, 6 <http://sites.ieee.org/r6> <http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/2> 7<http://www.ieee.ca>and 8 <http://www.ieeer8.org> <http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/2> To unsubscribe from conference notices, please visit < https://www.ieee.org/profile/commprefs/showcommPrefpage.html>. If you need assistance with your eNotice subscription, please visit < https://supportcenter.ieee.org/> IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA, <http://www.ieee.org/>

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Fwd: CFP for Pervasive Analytics and Citizen Science
by Gaetano Borriello 02 May '13

02 May '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Kirk <bkirk(a)computer.org> Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:41 AM Subject: CFP for Pervasive Analytics and Citizen Science To: ieeepvc(a)computer.org Hi all. We have a CFP for the upcoming special issue on Pervasive Analytics and Citizen Science (can we start calling it the PACS special issue?). We've got a tight turnaround on this one, so if you could get this out far and wide, that would be great. Here is the URL: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/pccfp2 I've also attached a PDF ideal for emailing, and here is the Google Drive link for the print version (the listserve won't let me attach large files): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bw9iwaJcVIx4RVdWdU13Q0VYV3c/edit?usp=sharing Thanks and have a good one! -Brian Kirk Lead Editor *Computing in Science and Engineering* *IEEE Pervasive Computing* *IEEE Intelligent Systems* Staff Editor *IEEE Security & Privacy* 714.816.2160

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Brittany Fiore-Silfvast on The Qualitative Dimensions of Making Data Flow in Digital Health in the U.S. and India
by Nicola Dell 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

*What: *Brittany Fiore-Silfvast on The Qualitative Dimensions of Making Data Flow in Digital Health in the U.S. and India *When:* Tuesday April 30th at 12 noon *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Abstract:* The convergence of mobile ICTs with an array of medical devices, biosensors, and medical applications is heralded by policy and industry leaders as “a technological fix” for the seemingly entrenched problems in healthcare in both the U.S. and India. This emerging digital health ecology promises unprecedented mobility for digital health data across stakeholders, contexts and institutional boundaries, with the power to improve health outcomes, transform clinical care, and advance scientific discovery. Yet current digital health efforts often fail to realize this promise for the performance of data, falling short of everyone’s expectations. My research explores multiple sites of digital health innovation including mobile health in rural India, telehealth in the rural U.S., and consumer health and wellness in urban centers in both countries. Drawing on two years of ethnographic observations, participation, and interviews within these different communities of practice this talk will present an analytical tool for understanding these expectations and realities in data performances. *Bio:* Brittany Fiore-Silfvast is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. Her research interests center around the co-constitution of technology and society. Studying processes of technological change, she is interested in how knowledge production, organizational forms, and communication practices are reimagined and reconfigured. She focuses on the emergence and implications of trends in informationalization in arenas such as healthcare, global development, building design and construction, and warfare. Her dissertation research comparatively considers the emerging trends and implications of digital health technology and the associated data transformations across the U.S. and India. Specifically, she examines the communities of practice around mobile health, telehealth, and consumer health and wellness. She received a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement grant for this work. She is also part of an Intel funded research project studying the social, organizational, and institutional arrangements around emerging consumer-oriented digital health and wellness tools and applications. This work considers the production of new forms of patient and consumer generated data and the emergence of new spaces of sensemaking inside and outside of the clinic.

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Apply to the 2014 UW Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition
by Deborah Wolf 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Please help us spread the word to your networks on campus and around the world! [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: GBC e-newsletter header graphic]<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/Pages/globalbusiness.aspx> gsec(a)uw.edu<mailto:gsec@uw.edu> | GSEC on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/GSECUW> |GSEC Home Page<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco…> Announcing the 10thth annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco…> (GSEC)! Students: Do you have a world-changing idea? The Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)<http://www.foster.washington.edu/gsec/> is a social venture plan competition open to enrolled university students in any discipline around the world. Applicants submit an executive summary of a business idea that both addresses an issue related to global poverty and will be implemented in the developing world. The deadline for this year's competition is Tuesday November 12, 2013 at midnight Pacific Time. Semi-finalist teams (about 15-20) will be notified in early December, and will be invited to compete at the week-long competition held at the University of Washington in Seattle February 24-28, 2014, where they will receive coaching, network with hundreds of local health, development and business professionals, attend an event with the Seattle Rotary, and finally, compete for cash and in-kind prizes, including a grand prize of $12,500, a $10,000 Global Health prize, a $10,000 ICT prize, and other prizes from the Rotary and NCIIA, detailed along with their criteria here<http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco…>. Applications will open in August, 2013. Learn more about GSEC at our website<http://www.foster.washington.edu/gsec/>. Deb Wolf Assistant Director, Global Outreach Programs Global Business Center, Michael G. Foster School of Business University of Washington T: 206.543.4109 | E: djwolf(a)u.washington.edu<mailto:djwolf@u.washington.edu> http://www.foster.washington.edu/gsec/ [make-a-gift.gif] <https://www.washington.edu/giving/make-a-gift?page=funds&source_typ=5&sourc…> [http://www.foster.washington.edu/SiteCollectionImages/general_purpose/socia…] <https://twitter.com/UWGlobalBiz> [http://www.foster.washington.edu/SiteCollectionImages/general_purpose/socia…] <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/GSECUW>

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mobile for patient feedback/ consumer feedback
by judy wawira 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

hello all I am looking for projects that use mobile phones to collect consumer feedback. My specific use case is that of collecting patient feedback on the quality of services received from health care providers. Any other projects using mobile surveys for collecting consumer feedback are also welcome Please share the project names, and links/articles on these projects Thank you Judy

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