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RA wanted for summer quarter; undergrad positions also available
by Justin McReynolds 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

Our group is in need of RA's and undergraduates for summer quarter, and likely the next academic year. Can you please post this to your lists? Thank you, Justin McReynolds mcjustin(a)uw.edu Technical Program Manager Clinical Informatics Research Group University of Washington We're looking for students who program (PHP, Python, Ruby and/or Java) to work on open-source health informatics software with the UW's Clinical Informatics Research Group (CIRG). Experience working with Linux systems and databases is a plus; health/clinical experience not necessary. Gain experience working here at UW with teams on domestic and international clinical and public health projects. Opportunities for collaboration on posters and publications. Work includes mobile development with open source tools such as Apache Callback/Cordova, cPRO, and OpenDataKit. Hourly and RA opportunities. Please contact Justin McReynolds (mcjustin(a)uw.edu<mailto:mcjustin@uw.edu>) outlining experience and availability. Links: UW CIRG<http://cirg.washington.edu/> Computerized Patient Reported Outcomes (cPRO)<cprohealth.org> OpenELIS Global - Laboratory Information System<http://sites.google.com/site/openelisglobal/> OpenELIS Global Source Code<http://code.google.com/p/openelisglobal/> iSante Electronic Medical Record System in Haiti<http://code.google.com/p/isante/> OpenMRS Electronic Medical Record in Namibia +<http://www.openmrs.org/> UW OpenDataKit<http://www.opendatakit.org/>

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Data Science for Social Good
by Emily M. Bender 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

This summer fellowship program may be of interest: http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/datasciencefellowship/ Emily -- Emily M. Bender Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Check out CLMS on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/uwclma

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Part-time CTO with Sayfty.com
by Sajan Ravindran 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Hi, This looks like an interesting position for someone interested in technology and women's safety issues. The position is based in New York. If interested, please get in touch with Shruti Kapoor at shruti(a)sayfty.comdirectly. Regards, Sajan -----------------------------------------------------------------Part-time Chief Technology Officer (Midtown)About Us We are a pre-venture early stage startup working towards women's personal safety tools. We aim to help women in developing countries protect themselves against violence. Through our products we want to help women become more alert and secure. Overview We are an early stage start up looking for a Part-time Chief Technology Officer (CTO). You will steer the successful development and execution of the technology roadmap with proposed timelines and deliverables. Applicants must be willing to participate in product/service development as the offering evolves. Additionally, the CTO must be an architect, web developer, interface designer and debugger. The CTO will be responsible for all technical aspects of the business and manage any technical resources or team members as the company grows. Responsibilities Identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company's vision Develop the site from scratch, including: business requirements, system requirements, coding, QA, timely deployment, performance monitoring and documentation Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms for delivering the company's services Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all infrastructure and web-based services Select and manage staff of web developers to ensure on time delivery and exceptional quality of product and service for customers Experience Hands-on experience coding in more than one currently popular web application frameworks Hands on experience with system design and architecture Amazon AWS experience preferred Previous success in the startup world highly desired Experience working within e-commerce and software development companies preferred Skills Ability to discern user requirements and develop specifications Skilled in Ruby, PHP or Java, MySQL, Postgres or MongoDB, Node.js, jQuery, Backbone, CSS, HTML5 Familiarity with technical requirements of Social Internet marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities Education BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Compensation Limited cash + Equity compensation

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Using Technology to Create Value
by Yosem Companys 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

From: End Poverty in South Asia <no-reply(a)blogs.worldbank.org> ** Using Technology to Create Value [image: SAR Technology]*Join an Online Discussion with Sri Lankan youth entrepreneurs on Friday, 22nd March at 3-5pm on the **World Bank's Sri Lanka Facebook page * <https://www.facebook.com/WorldBankSriLanka>*and learn from their experiences in the online field.* The Internet is now an indispensible part of our lives for most of us. Whether it be checking email or Facebook or looking up something on Google or Wikipedia, we just can’t live without it (or at least, we feel that way!). However, it’s the way in which the Internet, by converging audio-visual, telecom, and computer networks into what we now call Information and Communications Technology (ICT), <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology>has made it easier for anyone with an idea or a dream to go out there and use these tools to create solutions, services, and products and create value, that makes it so powerful and empowering. Click here https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/node/817 to view full story.

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CfP: ICTD 2013
by Gaetano Borriello 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

It is T-5 weeks to the ICTD deadline. The link the latest CFP can be found here: http://ictd2013.info/ Call for Papers and Notes – ICTD2013 Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2013) Cape Town, South Africa Conference dates: December 7-10, 2013 Paper submission deadline: May 1, 2013 (11:59pm UTC) Conference website: http://www.ictd2013.**info <http://www.ictd2013.info/> Contact us at: program(a)ictd2013.info Follow or visit at: Twitter @ICTD2013 Facebook: www.facebook.com/**ICTD2013 <http://www.facebook.com/ICTD2013> Conference and Program Overview 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. Hosted by the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, ICTD2013 is the sixth of an ongoing series of conferences occurring every one-and-a-half years; previous conferences have taken place in: Berkeley, CA (USA) ICTD 2006; Bangalore (India) ICTD 2007; Doha (Qatar) ICTD 2009; London (United Kingdom) ICTD 2010, and Atlanta, GA (USA) ICTD 2012. Over decades, as radio and television have been joined by computers, the internet, and mobile devices, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more pervasive, more accessible, and more relevant in the lives of people around the world. Virtually no sphere of human activity remains apart from ICTs, from markets to health care, education to governance, family life to artistic expression. Diverse groups across the world interact with, are affected by, and can shape the design of these technologies. The ICTD conference is a place to understand these interactions, and to examine, critique, and refine the persistent, pervasive hope that ICTs can be enlisted by individuals and communities in the service of human development. There are multidisciplinary challenges associated with the engineering, application and adoption of ICTs in developing regions and/or for development, with implications for design, policy, and practice. For the purposes of this conference, the term "ICT" comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as systems, interventions, and platforms that are built on such technologies. "Development" includes, but is not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, general communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment and sustainable livelihoods. The conference program will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research, with anticipated contributions from fields including anthropology, computer science, communication, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, human-computer interaction, information science, information systems, political science, public health, and sociology. In addition to inviting the Full Papers and Notes detailed here, the conference will offer a variety of opportunities for participation, including open sessions, pre-workshops, and demos. Check our website for further calls. Call for Full Papers Full Papers (ten pages in ACM two-column format) will be evaluated via double-blind peer review by a multidisciplinary panel of at least three readers, overseen by an experienced associate chair. Full Papers will be evaluated according to their novel research contribution, methodological soundness, theoretical framing and reference to related work, quality of analysis, and 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. Well-analyzed negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. Authors are encouraged (but not required) to address the diversity of approaches in ICTD research by providing context, implications, and actionable guidance to researchers and practitioners beyond the authors’ primary domains. Accepted Full Papers will appear in electronic conference proceedings and will be archived in the ACM digital library. A subset of the Full Papers will also appear in a special issue of Information Technologies & International Development. New in 2013, authors of all accepted Full Papers will be invited to give a talk, either in plenary or in parallel sessions. Only original, unpublished, research papers in English will be considered. Papers must use the templates (LaTex and Word) available on the submissions page, and must be no longer than 10 pages. Submissions longer than 10 pages, not in the template format, not related to the conference themes, and/or not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. Full Papers must not include names or other information that would identify the authors. Full papers must uploaded via the submissions page by the deadline, May 1, 2013 (11:59pm UTC). Formatting instructions and links to the upload page can be found at the conference submissions page. Authors will be required to sign a copyright release to ACM for publication in the conference proceedings. Call for Notes For ICTD2013, a new document category, Notes, is available. 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 evaluated by at least two multidisciplinary reviewers, but not in a double-blind fashion. Notes will be assessed according to their research contribution, methodological soundness, quality of analysis, and 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. The 4-page manuscripts of the Notes will be made available in the ACM Digital Library under a separate heading of "ICTD2013 Notes", but unlike Full Papers, copyright for Notes will be retained by the authors. Only original, unpublished manuscripts in English will be considered. Submissions must use the templates (LaTex and Word) available on the submissions page (link), and must be no longer than 4 pages. Submissions longer than 4 pages, not in the template format, not related to the conference themes, and/or not meeting a minimum bar of academic research writing will be rejected without full review. Authors of accepted Notes will be required to prepare a poster; template is available here. Authors of accepted Notes will be invited to present in one or more poster sessions during ICTD2013. Note that since the Full Paper and Notes submission review cycles will be sequential; it will be possible to revise, shorten, and resubmit elements of promising but unselected Full Papers in time for reconsideration in the separate Notes review round. Key Dates March 1, 2013: paper submission site opens May 1, 2013: deadline for submission of Full Papers June 21, 2013: notification of acceptances for Full Papers 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 September 6, 2013 camera-ready Full Papers and Notes due December 7-10, 2013 ICTD2013 in Cape Town

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Fwd: [dub] HIMSS WA 2013 Scholarship Program
by Nicola Dell 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rupa Patel <rupatel(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [dub] HIMSS WA 2013 Scholarship Program To: bhistudent(a)uw.edu, dub(a)dub.washington.edu For those interested in healthcare technology, HIMSS-WA is offering 8 one-time scholarships this year. On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, HIMSS Washington Chapter <HIMSSWA(a)peak.org>wrote: > Do you know someone who may be eligible or in need of a scholarship to > support their education? Are you currently enrolled or planning to enroll > in a degree program?**** > > HIMSS WA is offering scholarships to help educate the next generation of > healthcare professionals.in science, technology, business and public > policy. > > *Candidate Profile:* Students who see healthcare information > technology playing a meaningful role in their current or future career. > > Typical degrees may include healthcare administration, public health, > healthcare management, public policy, health informatics, patient-centered > technologies, computer science/information systems and engineering. > > *Requirements:* Student must: > > - **Be enrolled in a Washington State institute of higher education > with focus on healthcare science, technology and public policy. Students > can be full or part-time in an accredited Undergraduate (junior or senior > level), Masters or PhD program > > - **Complete on-line application > > - **Be an active HIMSS WA member. > > *Scholarship Amount:* 8 scholarships, $1,500 each**** > > *Application Period: *April 1 – May 1, 2013**** > > *Deadline: * May 1, 2013**** > > *Award Date: * Late May 2013**** > > For more information on the Scholarship Program or Member benefits > www.himsswa.org **** > > For the online scholarship application, *Click Here for Student > Application Link<http://www.himsswa.org/Scholorships/HIMSSWashington2013application.docx> > ***** > > ** ** > > For additional information email our Scholarship Chair, Pamela Fowler at > pamhfowler@aol.com.**** > > ** ** > _______________________________________________ dub mailing list dub(a)dub.washington.edu http://dub.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/dub

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Fwd: [mhealth] mHealth Alliance Announces Two Opportunities to Join the Discussion on mHealth
by neal lesh 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Hi everybody, Please see below for two online discussions related to mHealth. The first will be an ongoing email list which could be a good venue to get feedback on mHealth related studies produced by the ICTD community from practitioners and health experts. The second is a focused discussion happening next week! take care, neal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura Raney <lraney(a)fhi360.org> Date: Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:33 PM Subject: [mhealth] mHealth Alliance Announces Two Opportunities to Join the Discussion on mHealth To: mHealth Working Group <mhealth(a)my.ibpinitiative.org> *The mHealth Alliance offers two opportunities to join the discussion on mHealth:* * * (1) Sign up for the new mHealth Evidence Community of Practice beginning March 25**** (2) Participate in the online discussion forum scale-up and sustainability of mHealth projects March 18-22 **** ** ** *(1) Sign up for the new mHealth Evidence Community of Practice beginning March 25* The new mHealth Evidence Community of Practice (CoP) is being launched by the mHealth Alliance and the mHealth Evidence Working Group. This mHealth Evidence CoP will cover a wide range of evaluation issues, including reviews of existing evidence, designing and implementing studies, and identifying barriers to mHealth evaluation and will feature regular updates by leading practitioners. **** ** ** The CoP will begin discussion on March 25 with William Philbrick drawing on his recent report on the current state of evidence with mHealth and MNCH<http://www.mhealthalliance.org/images/content/un_007_evidencegapreport_digi…>. The following week, beginning April 1, Shariq Khoja will lead a discussion on his Baseline Evaluation survey for mHealth. Future discussions will be led by James BonTempo on the upcoming mHealth Evidence Database<http://www.mhealthevidence.org/>and Hamish Fraser on the lessons for mHealth from the broader eHealth community.**** ** ** To sign up for the new mHealth Evidence CoP you need to: ** ** 1) Become a member HealthUnbound <http://www.healthunbound.org/>, the mHealth Alliance's knowledge sharing platform; then**** 2) Choose Connect, and go to Communities of Practice. **** ** ** For questions about the discussions, please email Neal Lesh at nlesh(a)dimagi.com or Hamish Fraser at Hamish_fraser@hms.harvard.edu.**** **** *(2) Participate in the online discussion forum on sustainability and scale-up March 18-22 * Prior to the launch of the mHealth Evidence COP, the mHealth Working Group<http://www.mhealthworkinggroup.org/>and the mHealth Alliance <http://www.mhealthalliance.org/> are co-hosting an online discussion forum March 18-22, 2013 on scale-up and sustainability of mHealth projects. This online discussion forum aims to gather input from the global community about their opinions on and experience with scale-up and sustainability. The discussion follows the recent Skoll World Forum debate series on Moving beyond Pilotitis<http://skollworldforum.org/debate-post/mhealth-moving-beyond-pilots-to-scal…> .**** ** ** Look for posts by Shariq Khoja and Jon Payne, mHealth Alliance; Alain Labrique, Johns Hopkins Global mHealth Initiative; Steve Ollis, D-Tree; Kelly Keisling, NetHope; Pamela Riley, Abt Associates; Jon Jackson, Dimagi; Brendan Smith, Vital Wave; Merrick Schaefer, World Bank; Kirsten Gagnaire and Brooke Cutler, MAMA; Garrett Mehl, WHO; and Lavanya Vasudevan , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.**** **** To participate in the forum from March 18-22, 2013:**** 1) If you are already a member of the mHealth Working Group, simply reply directly to any forum-related emails;**** 2) Not a member? Sign up at http://knowledge-gateway.org/mhealth. **** For any questions, please email Allison Bland at abland@jhuccp.org.**** ** ** The mHealth Alliance and the Evidence Working Group are excited to launch the mHealth Evidence CoP and to work closely with the mHealth Working Group to further drive discussion, share learning, and build the mHealth community and knowledge base!**** * * *Mandy Sugrue***** *Community Manager, mHealth Alliance***** *United Nations Foundation* Office: 202.448.4676 Cell: 202.352.7836 <%28202%29-352-7836> www.mHealthalliance.org <http://www.mhealthalliance.org/> [image: Description: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTwIyEnX80sI-lfVbtboHh…]<https://twitter.com/mHealthAlliance> [image: Description: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6o3wUCo0t-IBGoxuXbuh…]<https://www.facebook.com/mHealthAlliance> **** *Don't miss a beat with mPulse - the monthly newsletter that brings you mHealth Alliance news, upcoming events and the latest mHealth resources. Sign up here: http://mhealthalliance.org/subscribe***** ** ** *Laura Raney* | Program Sciences | Global Health, Population and Nutrition** ** 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW | Washington, DC 20009 USA **** O: 1.202.884.8893 | C: 703.302.9290 %7Clraney(a)fhi360.org | Skype: raneylaura1 | www.fhi360.org **** [image: Description: Description: fhi 360 email.jpg]**** FHI is now FHI 360. Visit us at www.fhi360.org**** ** ** ** ** You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community mHealth Working Group <http://knowledge-gateway.org/mhealth>. A reply to this message will be sent to all members of mHealth Working Group. Reply to sender <lraney(a)fhi360.org> | Unsubscribe<leave.mhealth(a)my.ibpinitiative.org>

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World Bank's Dialogue on Citizen Engagement & ICT4D
by Yosem Companys 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

From: Tiago Peixoto <peixoto77(a)gmail.com> Running until the end of this month, the World Bank has launched an online conversation on citizen engagement. Shedding light on the question of when, why and how participation works is precisely the objective of this initiative. The outcomes of this open dialogue are expected to 1) inform how the Bank approaches the issue of citizen engagement, and 2) support the development of an evaluation framework for Bank projects on ICT mediated citizen engagement. Join the conversation! https://**strikingpoverty.worldbank.o**rg/<https://strikingpoverty.worldbank.org/>

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FW: Development Informatics (IS/ICT) Masters Scholarship from Manchester University
by Melody Clark 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

From: Ricardo Ramirez [mailto:ramirez2196@sympatico.ca] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:25 AM To: Balaji Parthasarathy; Andrew C. Gordon; Araba Sey; Melody Clark Cc: Chris Coward; François Bar; Christine Prefontaine; Matthew Smith Subject: Development Informatics (IS/ICT) Masters Scholarship from Manchester University Worth sharing around! From: Richard Heeks [mailto:richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk] Sent: March-14-13 12:03 PM To: Richard Heeks Subject: Development Informatics (IS/ICT) Masters Scholarship from Manchester University The 2013 Development Leaders Scholarship - worth £15,200 - is available for developing country applicants to the one-year MSc ICT4D programme<http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/06237/?code=062…>; creating ICT4D champions. It is also tenable on the MSc Management and Information Systems programme<http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/01388/index.asp…>; which develops "hybrid" information systems professionals. Applicants apply first for the programme. On receipt of an offer, send a scholarship application statement by June 2013. Scholarship covers all tuition fees. Details at: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/postgraduate/taught/funding/ If you know someone interested in studying either ICT4D or M&IS at MSc level, could you please let them know about this? They are welcome to contact me with questions. Thanks Richard ------------------------------------------------------------ Prof. Richard Heeks Director Centre for Development Informatics IDPM, SED, University of Manchester Arthur Lewis Building Manchester M13 9PL U.K. Phone: +44-161-275-2870 Fax: +44-161-275-2898 Email: richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Web: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/richard.heeks/ Centre Web: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi Our new one-year Masters in ICTs for Development: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/06237/index.asp Blog: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com<http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/> Twitter: http://twitter.com/CDIManchester Publications list on Google Scholar<http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=Iazl9wYAAAAJ>

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A billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
by ashish makani 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hi Folks A friend just sent this across & i could not resist immediately sharing it with you guys. http://techland.time.com/2013/03/05/finally-a-billboard-that-creates-drinka… *"It’s not entirely self-sufficient, requiring electricity (it’s not clear how much) to power the five devices that comprise the billboard’s inverse osmosis filtration system, each device responsible for generating up to 20 liters. The water is then transported through small ducts to a central holding tank at the billboard’s base, where you’ll find — what else? — a water faucet. According to Mayo DraftFCB, the billboard has already produced 9,450 liters of water (about 2,500 gallons) in just three months, which it says equals the water consumption of “hundreds of families per month.” Just imagine what dozens, hundreds or even thousands of these things, strategically placed in the city itself or outlying villages, might do. And imagine what you could accomplish in any number of troubled spots around the world that need potable water with a solution like this."* What a neat way to advertise & generate clean drinking water cheers ashish

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