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X4D#7: Sustainability and Development [March 23rd 0800 PDT/1500 GMT/2030 IST]
by Neha Kumar 23 Mar '21

23 Mar '21

Hi all, We invite you to our next session of the X4D Talks <http://x4d.org/> on *March 23rd 0800 PDT/1500 GMT/2030 IST on Sustainability and Development*. Our speakers include: *Barath Raghavan,* University of Southern California, USA *Computing within Limits * Global society has run up against the limits of the global ecosystem. This has happened during an era in which computing has become central to society and to the management of societal challenges. What are the ecological and social limits that we are likely to face in the future, and what is the role of computing in responding to them? *Bonnie Nardi,* University of California, Irvine, USA *Post-Growth * To fix our broken global economy which has become dependent on ruinous growth, scholars and activists propose a post-growth economy of socially sustainable and equitable reduction of resource use coupled with changes in distributive practice. The ideas are as much about reimagining how we relate to each other and the world as they are about production and consumption. Post-growth philosophy suggests that we can do better than the the alienations of neoliberal atomism and the hyper-competitive struggle in which someone or something is always losing. Unexamined notions of "freedom" enshrined in current economic ideology implicitly demote solidarity, caring, and mutual respect for human and non-human. What do the post-growthers have to say? *Anjali Mohan*, Integrated Design, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, & TLI Bangalore, India *Decentralised Socio-Technical Imaginaries as Pathways to Sustainable Urban Development * Amidst arguments for steady state, degrowth, post-development, and post-growth economies, this talk focuses on alternative visions of development informed by bottom-up socio-technical imaginaries premised on the ‘stubborn ground realities’. The talk draws on interventions towards enhancing water resilience in urban poor settlements in the city of Ranchi. *Jay Chen*, International Computer Science Institute, USA *Sustainability or Development? * Sustainability and development are both urgent problems. Given the finite availability of resources, the two goals seem fundamentally at odds. How do we do both? Are there synergies or alternative conceptualizations that can help? *When:* March 23rd 0800 PDT/1500 GMT/2030 IST** *Where: *https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95227615667 Warmly, Neha & Akhil

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SIGCHI elections
by Kentaro Toyama 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Hi Everyone, The SIGCHI elections are coming up, and you have to be a SIGCHI member on March 15 to vote. If you're not already a SIGCHI member, you can sign up here: https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/sigs/sigchi. (Apparently, you don't have to be an ACM member to be a SIGCHI member.) The SIGCHI membership pays for itself through the discount you get for registration to CHI and other SIGCHI-sponsored conferences. One reason I'm sending this out is that Neha Kumar <https://www.nehakumar.org/> and Shaowen Bardzell <https://shaowenbardzell.com/about/> are on the ballot for President/Exec VP, and I think they would be terrific for moving the SIGCHI community toward greater inclusiveness. Thanks! Kentaro

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Re: [change] X4D#6: The Future of Work [February 23rd 1100EST/1600GMT]
by Neha Kumar 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

This is tomorrow (February 23rd)! We hope to see you all! Best, Neha & Akhil On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:41 PM Neha Kumar <neha.kumar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > We took a break for the holidays and hope you did too! We invite you to > our next session of the X4D Talks <http://x4d.org> on *February 23rd at > 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST* on the *Future of Work*. Our > speakers include the following: > > > *Nicola Bidwell*International University of Management, Namibia > > *Temporal Marginalisation by Ride-sharing Platforms*Tensions emerge when > algorithms designed to match supply and demand, such as on-demand service > platforms, do not account for the way time is differential. Automated > on-demand services contribute to, and normalise, temporal orders that > marginalise ‘just-in-time’ workers. This talk considers how platforms for > ride-sharing can undermine the work of drivers when they do not support > mutual, transient awareness of different temporalities, drawing on our work > in India and Namibia in the context of other literature. > > *Julie Hui* > School of Information, University of Michigan, USA > *Watched, but Moving: Negotiating Gendered Mechanisms of Control in Gig > Work* > Women gig workers are impacted by algorithmic and non-algorithmic control > practices in the context of home service platforms in Bangalore. Control is > enacted through location tracking, communication monitoring, customer > ratings, among many other practices commonly deployed by gig work > platforms. However, these mechanisms of control impact workers' lives in > myriad ways beyond just the conditions of work. Women workers negotiate > their identities and sense of agency through the visibility afforded by > platform control. We question, How do platform control mechanisms reinforce > or challenge entrenched socio-cultural structures? How do women gig workers > negotiate platform control in ways that enhance personal agency? > > *Naveen Bagalkot* > Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, India > *Nervo Verdezoto* > School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, UK > *The Invisible Work of Maintenance: Challenges and Implications for the > Future of Frontline Health Work* > As per the imagination of the future embedded in the National Digital > Health Blueprint, the health workers in India are seen as data-collectors > and content-distributors. As we begin to imagine ‘Future of Health Work’, > it is important to pause and really understand how this work happens, > bringing new sociocultural and technical insights to system design. Based > on a case study of frontline health workers in Karnataka (South India), we > describe how Frontline Health workers often act as invisible “maintainers” > of community health infrastructures caring for themselves and the > community. We discuss the implications of what kind of futures we can > imagine in community health. > > *Carlos Toxtli* > West Virginia University, USA > The AI industry has powered a futuristic reality of self-driving cars and > voice assistants to help us with almost any need. However, this industry > has also created systemic challenges. For instance, while it has created > new labor platforms for improving machine learning algorithms, several > workers on these platforms are earning less than minimum wage. In this > talk, I will discuss not only how AI can be benefitted from crowd workers, > but also how crowd workers can be benefitted from AI to improve their > wages, well-being, and work. > > *When:* February 23rd 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST > *Where: *https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91854315774 > > Warmly, > Neha & Akhil > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change(a)change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >

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Fwd: CFP: Communities & Technologies (C&T) 2021
by Chris Coward 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

-chris sent from my mobile. likely brief and with typoz ________________________________ From: Kentaro Toyama <toyama(a)umich.edu> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 9:01:09 AM To: ct2021(a)googlegroups.com <ct2021(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: CFP: Communities & Technologies (C&T) 2021 A reminder that full and short paper submissions for C&T 2021 are due in one week (Feb. 26)! Note: The requested paper format has changed since when this call first went out, and it would be great if submissions could conform to the new format (here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow) We will, however, still review all papers submitted in the older format. In any case, all accepted papers will need to follow the ACM's most recent guidelines. We are also removing page-length limitations on full papers, but paper length should be proportional to the contribution. Past C&T full papers would be about 16 pages in the new format. Thank you! Sarah Fox and Kentaro Toyama C&T 2021 Paper Co-Chairs 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T) Call for Participation The 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies<https://2021.comtech.community/> (C&T 2021<https://2021.comtech.community/>), to be held at the University of Washington in Seattle from June 21-25, 2021, cordially invites you to submit<https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/> research papers, case studies, workshop proposals, posters, demos, and doctoral research plans for potential presentation or facilitation at the conference! (We are optimistically planning for an in-person conference, but if pandemic conditions persist, alternative plans will be made.) The biennial International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T) is the premier international forum for stimulating debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – in their multiple forms – and information and communication technologies. C&T is brought to you by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Systems, who also brings you ECSCW. We welcome researchers, designers, educators, industry, practitioners, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology. The theme of C&T 2021 is “Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech<https://2021.comtech.community/2020/06/13/2021-theme/>.” Papers and proposals are accepted from a variety of relevant perspectives including technology, philosophy, social sciences, policy, design, business, art, the humanities, and so on. Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Wicked problem domains such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, racism, misogyny, policy brutality, the opioid crisis, immigration, human-trafficking, homelessness, authoritarianism, disinformation, poverty, public health, self-governance, and terrorism. * Diverse communities and their relationships to technology; urban and rural, migrants, refugees, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ, activists and social movements, low-income communities, alt-right and hate groups; the developing world and non-Western societies; professional communities, communities of practice, research communities; * Bottom-up movements, grassroots developments, civic activism, community engagement, participatory publics, communities and innovation; ethics, power and social justice issues; * Community owned and operated technology, peer production and the commons, DIY and maker communities (makerspaces, fablabs, crafters); community agriculture; * Civic problem-solving, communities in relation to urgent and complex challenges to the health of the planet and the people that inhabit it; civic intelligence; collaborative systems; partnering with education; government, civil society, and movements; * Support of community processes: sensemaking, online deliberation; issue, argumentation and discussion mapping; community ideation and idea management systems; collective decision-making; group memory; participatory sensory networks; * The future of communities and technology; simulations, utopian or dystopian design; durable relationships and long-range goals; and * Development and support of the Communities & Technologies community; social and technological critique; effectiveness and other measures. Deadlines * Papers (full and short) * February 26, 2021 (23:59 PST), paper submissions due * Workshops * March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), workshop proposals due * Case studies * March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST), case studies due * Doctoral colloquium * April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), Doctoral Colloquium applications due * Posters/demos * April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST), posters/demos due * EUSSET Grant for student and community organizations to attend C&T 2021 * May 3, 2021 (23:59 PST), applications due * Student Volunteers * April 15, 2021, applications due * Early-Bird Registration * May 7, 2021, early-bird registration ends For further details, see https://2021.comtech.community/submissions/. General Chair Shelly D. Farnham, Third Place Technologies Program Co-chairs Sara Fox, Carnegie Mellon University / Community-Tech Collective Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan Case Studies Co-Chairs Maria Menendez-Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Workshop Co-Chairs Jasmine Jones, Berea College Anne Weibert, Universitat Siegen Posters and Demos Co-Chairs Anna De Liddo, The Open University Yuheng Hu, University of Illinois at Chicago Proceedings Chair Florian Cech, Vienna University of Technology / Center for Informatics and Society Student Volunteers Co-Chairs Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen General Organizing Committee Chris Coward, University of Washington / Center for an Informed Public Adrienne Russell, University of Washington Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College / Public Sphere Project

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Podcast Interview with Yaw Anokwa of Change and Eric Brewer of TIER
by Rowena Luk 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Hi Everyone, For those I haven't met, my name is Rowena and I'm a TIER Graduate from 2007. I recently recorded a podcast interview with Yaw Anokwa, Change alumnus and founder of ODK*. I suspect most of you know about ODK already, but just in case: it's an offline data collection tool used in every country in the world. Yaw and I had a fun chat about how he was able to shape his research around ODK, as well as the creation and popularization of the platform. In case you'd like to check it out, you can download it here, or wherever you get your podcasts by searching for 'Aid, Evolved': https://aidevolved.com/podcast/yaw-anokwa/ Another episode features Dr. Eric Brewer <https://aidevolved.com/podcast/eric-brewer/>, who founded Berkeley's TIER Research Group. Enjoy! Rowena *Also, ODK is hiring a Senior Software Engineer <https://getodk.org/about/jobs.html> right now. Spread the word! Working for Yaw would be amazing.

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[CFP] CHI2021 workshop on Disability Design & Innovation in the Global South
by Aditya Vashistha 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Dear All, We are running a workshop on Disability Design and Innovation in the Low Resource Setting at the ACM Conference on Human Computer interaction CHI2021 on May 16 2021. The workshop aims to co-create a community of researchers and practitioners working in the areas of technology, disability and international development. Together we will work to identify challenges, strategies and resources to support scholars who are interested in conducting studies with people with disabilities in the Global South. We are calling on researchers and practitioners in HCI, accessibility disability studies, ICT4D and HCI4D to submit their contributions by the* 28**th **of February 2021*. You can find all the relevant information on the workshop website https://www.disabilityinnovation.com/projects/chi2021 Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are interested. Thanks, Aditya

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Course Announcement: CSE 599 H: Computing for Social Good
by Kurtis Heimerl 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Hi everyone, I'm leading a computing for social good class this Spring quarter and am seeking wider participation across the university. Note that this class is also called CSE 580 (changing numbers takes a bit). Please reach out if you have any questions. Spring 2021 Time: MW 11:30-12:50pm Instructor: Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu> TA: Esther Jang <infrared(a)cs.washington.edu> Location: Online! As the role of technology has grown, from mainframes to laptops to mobile phones and pervasive AI, so has the desire to leverage these advances for the good of society. This class will explore the broad, ongoing themes around Computing for Social Good, inclusive of advances in HCI, computer networks, artificial intelligence, and sustainability. We will read about national- and global-scale challenges and more specific subproblems, and relevant technology projects. While we will examine some conventional engineering ethics topics, our aim is much broader: we will start with fundamental social and ecological challenges and then consider what role, if any, technology should play in responding to them. One of our aims will be to differentiate between nice-sounding-but-ineffective tech-for-good solutions and those that have a chance for real impact. As a result, we will take a systems perspective -- to trace root causes and find the right place(s) to make lasting change. While a working knowledge of critical technology theory is important to doing good work, this is a class for builders and designers. All students will complete a project and end up with an artifact; potentially a tool (designed and/or built) for solving a real-world problem that they bring to the class or a fictional narrative elucidating the potentials and dangers of new ongoing advances. This is a graduate-level computer science class but particularly motivated and experienced students (including undergrads) from other disciplines are encouraged to reach out if they'd like to participate. More information available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11c71Aj3l3hRJxlkjZUOlRkHeWUMJliXWT87PH7y… -- Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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X4D#6: The Future of Work [February 23rd 1100EST/1600GMT]
by Neha Kumar 07 Feb '21

07 Feb '21

Hi all, We took a break for the holidays and hope you did too! We invite you to our next session of the X4D Talks <http://x4d.org> on *February 23rd at 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST* on the *Future of Work*. Our speakers include the following: *Nicola Bidwell*International University of Management, Namibia *Temporal Marginalisation by Ride-sharing Platforms*Tensions emerge when algorithms designed to match supply and demand, such as on-demand service platforms, do not account for the way time is differential. Automated on-demand services contribute to, and normalise, temporal orders that marginalise ‘just-in-time’ workers. This talk considers how platforms for ride-sharing can undermine the work of drivers when they do not support mutual, transient awareness of different temporalities, drawing on our work in India and Namibia in the context of other literature. *Julie Hui* School of Information, University of Michigan, USA *Watched, but Moving: Negotiating Gendered Mechanisms of Control in Gig Work* Women gig workers are impacted by algorithmic and non-algorithmic control practices in the context of home service platforms in Bangalore. Control is enacted through location tracking, communication monitoring, customer ratings, among many other practices commonly deployed by gig work platforms. However, these mechanisms of control impact workers' lives in myriad ways beyond just the conditions of work. Women workers negotiate their identities and sense of agency through the visibility afforded by platform control. We question, How do platform control mechanisms reinforce or challenge entrenched socio-cultural structures? How do women gig workers negotiate platform control in ways that enhance personal agency? *Naveen Bagalkot* Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, India *Nervo Verdezoto* School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, UK *The Invisible Work of Maintenance: Challenges and Implications for the Future of Frontline Health Work* As per the imagination of the future embedded in the National Digital Health Blueprint, the health workers in India are seen as data-collectors and content-distributors. As we begin to imagine ‘Future of Health Work’, it is important to pause and really understand how this work happens, bringing new sociocultural and technical insights to system design. Based on a case study of frontline health workers in Karnataka (South India), we describe how Frontline Health workers often act as invisible “maintainers” of community health infrastructures caring for themselves and the community. We discuss the implications of what kind of futures we can imagine in community health. *Carlos Toxtli* West Virginia University, USA The AI industry has powered a futuristic reality of self-driving cars and voice assistants to help us with almost any need. However, this industry has also created systemic challenges. For instance, while it has created new labor platforms for improving machine learning algorithms, several workers on these platforms are earning less than minimum wage. In this talk, I will discuss not only how AI can be benefitted from crowd workers, but also how crowd workers can be benefitted from AI to improve their wages, well-being, and work. *When:* February 23rd 1100 EST/1600 GMT/1800 CAT/2130 IST *Where: *https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91854315774 Warmly, Neha & Akhil

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Fwd: LIMITS 2021 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits CFP
by Kurtis Heimerl 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Barath Raghavan <barathra(a)usc.edu> Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 8:23 PM Subject: LIMITS 2021 -- Workshop on Computing within Limits CFP To: Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu> Hi everyone, Lisa Nathan and I are excited to invite you all to submit papers to LIMITS 2021. The text call for papers is below, and the website has a little more info. Hope to see your papers in a couple months and/or see you virtually at the workshop in June. Thanks! -Barath ** Computing within Limits, LIMITS 2021 https://computingwithinlimits.org/2021/ ABOUT LIMITS The LIMITS workshop concerns the role of computing in human societies affected by real-world limits (ecological and otherwise). We seek to reshape the computing research agenda as topics that acknowledge a need for limits are seldom discussed in relation to contemporary computing research. LIMITS 2021 solicits submissions that move us closer towards computing systems that support diverse human and non-human lifeforms within thriving biospheres. This year, LIMITS will be a virtual, distributed workshop. All main sessions will be held in parallel (morning in Pacific Time, late afternoon in UTC). CALL FOR PAPERS "We restate the question: can design be reoriented from its dependence on the marketplace toward creative experimentation with forms, concepts, territoires, and materials, especially when appropriated by subaltern communities struggling to redefine their life projects in a mutually enhancing manner with the Earth?" --Escobar, 2018, p. xvii LIMITS 2021 invites papers that respond to the question: "What is a LIMITS-aligned computing system?" We encourage authors to submit either a Hypothetical Systems paper or an Transitional Systems paper: Hypothetical Systems: Applying or responding to ideas from earlier LIMITS workshops, propose a hypothetical computing system or artifact (either software, hardware, or some combination) that embodies LIMITS thinking. Who would use this system? Who might benefit from engaging with the system? Who might be harmed? How are the premises (conceptual or concrete) upon which the system is built different from our current computing systems? How does the LIMITS-informed system enact a different world or ways of being in the world? Transitional Systems: Researchers and engineers, activists and concerned citizens, are (re)designing systems that acknowledge and address pressing ecological issues (e.g., severe droughts, flooding, wildfires, species extinction). A transitional systems paper concerns the (re)design, implementation, and/or evaluation of a real-world, contemporary, socio-technical computing system that responds--at least partially--to critiques or "implications for design" from earlier LIMITS papers or LIMITS-related scholarship (e.g., computing and sustainability, computing and social justice). All transitional systems papers should explicitly state how the system(s) described support LIMITS-aligned goals. NOTE: We encourage authors to consider the stories they tell and reify through their work. As Constanza-Chock reminds us, "Stories have power". They continue to argue that, "(...) all technological innovation, is an interplay among complex sets of actors including users, developers, firms, universities, the state, and others, not a top-down process led by solitary programmer 'rock stars.' [...] "In other words, what stories are told about design problems, solutions, contexts, and outcome? Who gets to tell these stories? Who participates, who benefits, and who is harmed?" (p. 134) IMPORTANT DATES Abstract registration deadline: March 15, 2021, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper submission deadline: April 1, 2021, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper reviews available: ~April 15, 2021 Camera ready deadline: May 15, 2021 -- Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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COMPASS 2021 CFP - Deadline April 7, 2021. Also: join us on the PC!
by Kurtis Heimerl 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

Please consider submitting papers to ACM COMPASS 2021 <http://compass.acm.org/> which will be held online between June 28-July 2, 2021 and co hosted by Monash University, Australia and SRTA-City, Egypt. The paper deadline is April 7, 2021 and the CFP is attached below. ACM COMPASS 2021 has expanded its scope to support nine separate submission tracks catering to different focal areas: - Computing Systems - Human-Computer Interaction - AI for Social Impact - Health - Education - Energy, IoT and Smart Cities - Development, Economics and Social Policy - Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability - Deployment Experiences and Practitioner Reports We have assembled a strong set of area chairs and PC members for each track, collectively making a set of 100+ PC members across all tracks from different disciplines. New this year we are also recruiting PC members in order to continue to diversify our reviewers. See below if you’d like to join. We are hoping to attract strong submissions for every track. We would be very grateful if you could spread the word within your research groups and to relevant collaborators. Thanks! Mercy and Kurtis ACM COMPASS 2021 CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of full papers: April 7th, 2021 The conference will be held online on June 28 - Jul 02, 2021, co hosted by Monash University, Australia and SRTA-City, Egypt. Inspired by the broad agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ACM COMPASS 2021 aims to publish significant and original research from a broad array of computer and information sciences, social sciences, environmental sciences and engineering fields that support the growth of sustainable societies worldwide, especially including under-represented and marginalized communities. The ACM COMPASS 2021 conference aims to explicitly promote interdisciplinary research work—including new methodologies, systems, techniques, applications, and behavioral, qualitative, and quantitative studies—that addresses key societal challenges related to sustainability, gender equality, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate change, energy, infrastructure, and economic growth, among others. We also welcome research on the ethics of technology, especially from a critical perspective, to discuss limitations and concerns with technology-led solutions for sustainable societies. In the last year, the global pandemic has served to demonstrate how digital technologies, or lack thereof, can impact on community resilience. In addition to our primary theme, and with the scope of the conference, this year we welcome contributions that discuss the challenges societies face in their use of digital technologies and services to respond to COVID-19. Interested in participating? New this year we’re recruiting PC members through an open call. Please fill out this survey <https://forms.gle/KzAFAwoZxc8S3ZCA6> to indicate your interest and the TPCs will follow up with you. Important Dates: Wednesday 7 April 2021, Submission Deadline - Submit at https://acmcompass2021.hotcrp.com/ Friday 21 May 2021, Decisions & Reviews Friday 4 June 2021, Camera Ready Papers Monday 28 June - Friday 2 July, Virtual Conference To ensure strong research contributions, the ACM COMPASS 2021 conference will review papers based on focus tracks corresponding to the research areas they draw upon. The key focal tracks are: - Computing Systems - Human-Computer Interaction - AI for Social Impact - Health - Education - Energy, IoT and Smart Cities - Development, Economics and Social Policy - Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability - Deployment Experiences and Practitioner Reports ------------------------------ AI for Social Impact Track chair: Fei Fang (CMU, USA) https://www.isri.cmu.edu/people/core-faculty/fang-fei.html feifang(a)cmu.edu Example Paper <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3209811.3209868> This track takes paper submissions for new research and development of AI/ML and data science techniques in the context of sustainable societies. Topics may include, but are not limited to: - Methods for large-scale data analysis, participatory sensing and crowd-sourced data collection. - Handling of missing, messy, and biased data, including data cleaning, data wrangling, data integration, and domain adaptation methods. - Analysis of massive, complex data sources, such as networked data, satellite data, mobile phone data, time-series, and spatial-temporal data. - Data privacy, security, and anonymity. - FATE (fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics) in AI and ML. Methods may be applied to relevant areas including but not limited to agriculture, poverty mapping, disease surveillance, speech interfaces, computer vision techniques, etc. We encourage (but do not require) real-world deployment and evaluation of methods in collaboration with public sector partners such as government or NGOs. Submitted papers are expected to present an argument for the (either realized or potential) social impact of the work. Human-Computer Interaction Track Track chair: Ishtiaque Ahmed (Univ of Toronto, Canada) https://www.ishtiaque.net/ ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu Example Paper <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3209811.3209876> This track takes paper submissions on new research related to, but not limited to: - User interfaces for underserved populations - Human-centered AI - Information and computer ethics - Information system and technology design methodologies - Social relationships and information flows within and across communities - Gender and intersectionality - Other topics related to interactions between technology and society Computing Systems Track Track chair: Kurtis Heimerl (Univ of Washington, USA) (PC Co-Chair) https://kurti.sh/ kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu Example Paper <https://kurti.sh/pubs/vbts_dev4.pdf> This track takes paper submissions on the design, implementation, and deployment of all forms of networked and software systems for sustainable societies. Topics of interest may include (but not limited to): - Connectivity solutions and measurements - Mobile systems and applications - Spectrum management - Content distribution - Low-cost computing devices - Security and privacy issues We especially encourage contributions on critical perspectives about technology that may impose limitations on technology-led solutions for sustainable societies. Global Health Track chair: Sunandan Chakraborty (Indiana Univ, USA) https://soic.iupui.edu/people/sunandan-chakraborty/ sunchak(a)iu.edu Example Paper <https://doi.org/10.1145/3378393.3402241> This track takes papers on all aspects pertaining to the use of computing solutions to address challenges in global health. Topics may include (but not limited to): - AI/ML techniques for global health - EHR analysis - Health policy interventions - Randomized control trials - Bioinformatics and genomics for global health - Mobile health and wearables Papers may be about novel models/methods, applications or policies in the area of global health. Education Track chair: Ahmed Kharrufa (Newcastle University, UK) https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/ahmedkharrufa.html ahmed.kharrufa(a)ncl.ac.uk Example Paper <https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3209811.3209881?casa_token=7KPDKyviq7UAA…> This track takes paper submissions related the design, development, deployment and evaluation of innovative technologies in educational settings in topics including, but not limited to - Community engagement in formal and informal education - Equality, diversity and inclusion in education - Supporting rural and disadvantaged communities - Sustainable educational technologies and interventions - Emerging technologies in education - Developing collaborative, critical, analytical and creative skills Educational settings include formal and informal settings for all age groups, physical or online, and from individual to learning at scale. Energy, IoT, and Smart Cities Track chair: Rijurekha Sen (IIT Delhi, India) https://www.cse.iitd.ac.in/~rijurekha/ sen.ria(a)gmail.com Example Paper <https://acmcompass.org/publications/2020/6/6/o4rdi0mdsvaoz4xu5ua0q6u6dkyhss> This track takes paper submissions on topics related to the application of computing and communication technologies, including but not limited to: - IoTs and other systems for improving infrastructure (buildings, energy systems, roads, water and sanitation systems, etc.), agriculture, community engagement and governance - Computing technologies applied in energy and electricity networks - Systems for measurement, monitoring, and/or management of urban environments - Deployment of sensing and communications technologies, case studies, and lessons learned - Security and privacy in energy, IoT, and smart cities applications Development, Economics, and Social Policy Daniel Björkegren (Brown University, USA) https://www.brown.edu/academics/population-studies/people/person/daniel-bj%… Daniel_Bjorkegren(a)brown.edu Example Paper <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3209811.3209866> This track takes paper submissions from economics, social sciences, and policy that pertain to sustainability and socio-economic development. Specific topics include but are not limited to: - Policy evaluation using randomized control trials or observational data - Measurement using non-traditional data (administrative, satellite, social media, mobile, text, etc.) - AI/ML for social science or economic policy - Development economics studies - Social network analysis - Applications, effects, and regulation of tech in developing societies We encourage development, economics and policy papers agnostic of the domain of application including public health, financial services, education, agriculture, gender, livelihood, employment, governance systems, and labour rights, among others. Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability Track chairs: Mercy Julia Borbor Cordova (ESPOL, Ecuador) (PC Co-chair) Example Paper <https://acmcompass.org/publications/2020/6/7/can-phones-build-relationships…> This track takes papers on all aspects of sustainability of the planet pertaining to environmental sciences, climate change and environmental policy. We encourage submissions across a broad spectrum of topics in this space, including but not limited to: Climate change modeling - Environmental scientific studies - Impact of climate change on populations - Sustainable management of natural resources - Environmental policy studies and economics - Studies on the limits of the sustainability of technology - Measuring and evaluating the impact of nature-based strategies Deployment Experiences and Practitioner Reports Track chair: Josiah Chavula (UCT, South Africa) https://josiahchavula.com/ jchavula(a)cs.uct.ac.za Example Paper1 <https://cs.nyu.edu/~jchen/publications/compass18-potsch.pdf>Example Paper2 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3209811.3212703> This track takes long papers on deployment experiences and short papers on practitioner reports, related to technical infrastructure and services, such as community wireless networks and cloudlets. Practitioner reports will discuss approaches used in deployed technology, with the aim to inform on particular aspects of technology used in practice, or describing broad project experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Details of technical infrastructure and services (e.g community wireless networks, cloudlets etc), including social dynamics - Tools and models to simplify deployment, operation and scalability - Evaluations of usage, performance and impact of technologies deployed in the field (e.g network measurements, QoS, QoE, etc) - Strategies for sustainability and maximization of impact - Reflections from long-term deployments - Problem statements that can lead to new research directions regarding expanding access to technology ACM COMPASS 2021 specifically aims to forge stronger relationships between practitioners and researchers. ------------------------------ SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Full papers will be archival submissions with a length of up to 10 pages, plus references. Papers should represent polished, significant contributions. Authors are encouraged to submit a paper of length proportional to its contribution. Papers should be submitted in the two-column CHI 2020 proceedings format (templates available for LaTeX <https://chi2020.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/proceedings.zip>, Overleaf <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/chi2020-proceedings/qtdvrwbtqxww> or Microsoft Word <https://chi2020.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SIGCHI-CHI20-Sample-Pape…>). Submissions must be in the pdf format. All submissions will go through a double blind review process, therefore no author names or affiliations may appear on the title page, and papers should avoid revealing their identity in the text and document metadata. Submissions will be made at https://acmcompass2021.hotcrp.com/ In addition, COMPASS 2021 will have a Posters track for preliminary projects or late-breaking results. Posters are intended to allow presenters to share their latest results or get early feedback on projects. Poster submissions will be limited to 2 pages plus references. To accommodate the publishing traditions of different fields, authors of accepted papers or posters can ask that only a one-page abstract appear in the archival proceedings, along with a URL pointing to the full paper. Authors should guarantee the link to the full paper to be reliable for at least two years. This option is available to accommodate subsequent publication in journals that would not consider results that have been published in preliminary form in a conference proceedings. ACM COMPASS 2021 CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS General conference chairs Shaimaa Lazem (SRTA-City, Egypt) Patrick Olivier (Monash, Australia) Program committee chairs Mercy Julia Borbor Cordova, (ESPOL, Ecuador) Kurtis Heimerl (University of Washington, USA) Track chairs AI & Social Impact - Fei Feng (CMU, USA) Deployments and Practitioner Reports - Josiah Chavula (UCT, South Africa) Development, Economics and Policy - Daniel Bjorkergen (Brown University, USA) Energy, IoT and Smart Cities - Rijurekha Sen (IIT Delhi, India) Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability - Mercy Julia Borbor Cordova (ESPOL, Ecuador) (PC Co-chair) Education - Ahmed Kharrufa (Newcastle University, UK) HCI - Ishtiaque Ahmed (Univ of Toronto, Canada) Health - Sunandan Chakraborty (Indiana Univ, USA) Systems - Kurtis Heimerl (Univ of Washington, USA) (PC Co-Chair) Virtual Conference Logistics Chairs Dharshini Chandrasekara (Monash, Australia) Delvin Varghese (Monash, Australia) Dan Richardson (Monash, Australia) Steering committee Richard Anderson (University of Washington) Nicola Dell (Cornell Tech) Melissa Densmore (University of Cape Town) Carla Gomes (Cornell University) Aaditeshwar Seth (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi) Lakshmi Subramanian (New York University) Milind Tambe (Harvard) Bill Thies (Microsoft Research) Ellen Zegura (Georgia Tech) -- Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu

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