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Fwd: SOSP Mobiheld 2011 - Deadline extended to June 24, 2011
by Yaw Anokwa 18 Jun '11

18 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lakshminarayanan Subramanian" <s.lakme(a)gmail.com> Date: Jun 18, 2011 7:08 PM Subject: SOSP Mobiheld 2011 - Deadline extended to June 24, 2011 To: <sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all, If you are doing any work in the space of mobile innovations for developing regions, kindly consider submitting to SOSP Mobiheld 2011. cheers Lakshmi CALL FOR PAPERS MobiHeld 2011 - The Third ACM Workshop on Networking, Systems, and Applications on Mobile Handhelds In conjunction with ACM SOSP 2011 Cascais, Portugal Sunday, October 23, 2011 http://sosp2011.gsd.inesc-id.pt/workshops/mobiheld IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPERS Paper submissions due: Friday, June 24, 2011 Notification of acceptance: Friday, July 15, 2011 Camera ready version due: Thursday, Aug 25, 2011 Workshop date: Sunday, October 23, 2011 Mobile handhelds are the computing and communications devices that will pervade the lives of users worldwide, much more than desktop-based systems. Mobile handhelds come in many forms, including traditional cellular phones, smart phones, music players, electronic book readers, and watch computers. In recent years, the use of mobile handhelds has grown tremendously, as has the functionality for programmers. This platform will likely change the computing and communications landscape in radical ways in the years to come. With the increasing capabilities of these devices come increasing challenges spanning a wide range of domains: in the design of effective networking mechanisms, in application design, in user interface design, in energy efficiency, and in management of these devices. The goal of the second MobiHeld workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners to investigate challenges in designing and utilizing this platform for the Internet of tomorrow. TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following (all of which are in the context of mobile handhelds): * Wireless protocols and services, especially dealing with limited power, limited bandwidth, and unpredictable connectivity of mobile handhelds * Design, implementation, and evaluation of services for mobile handhelds * Security, privacy, and trust for mobile handhelds * New applications for mobile handhelds * Mobile handheld management * Energy management * Virtualized services * Cloud-based services * Emerging applications, including media applications * Social networking using mobile handhelds * User interface issues * Operating systems and middleware support * Multi-radio mobile handhelds * Platforms and testbeds for experimenting with mobile handhelds * Mobile services in emerging regions SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages in length and in pdf format. Reviews will be single-blind: authors names and affiliations should be included in the submission. Submissions must follow other formatting rules here. http://sosp2011.gsd.inesc-id.pt/submission-guidelines To facilitate authors to better illustrate various aspects of their systems, we are encouraging authors to create easy-to-view videos demonstrating their system, and to post them on either public websites (such as YouTube) or private ones (in their own webspace). The authors can indicate the URL of such videos in the submitted papers if they would like the reviewers to view them, as part of the evaluation process. In addition, authors are also encouraged to submit their work to the demo session. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop. ORGANIZERS PC Chair Lakshminarayanan Subramanian New York University Publicity Chair Venugopalan Ramasubramanian Microsoft Research Silicon Valley PC Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin Madison Ramon Caceres AT&T Ranveer Chandra Microsoft Research Redmond Byung Gon Chun Intel Labs Berkeley Landon Cox Duke University Deborah Estrin University of California Los Angeles Bryan Ford Yale University Ramakrishna Gummadi University of Massachussets Amherst Jonathan Ledlie Nokia Jitendra Padhye Microsoft Research Redmond Jeff Pang AT&T Venugopalan Ramasubramanian Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Antony Rowstron Microsoft Research Cambridge Romit Roy Choudhury Duke University Lakshminarayanan Subramanian New York University Alec Wolman Microsoft Research Redmond Steering committee Victor Bahl Microsoft Research Redmond Suman Banerjee University of Wisconsin Madison Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge Lars Eggert Nokia Research Finland Dan Siewiorek Carnegie Mellon University -- "Have a dream, pursue it!" -- Anonymous

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Fwd: Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4
by Yaw Anokwa 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <ict4dev-request(a)lists.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 19:00 Subject: Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4 To: ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu Send Ict4dev mailing list submissions to ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ict4dev or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ict4dev-request(a)lists.csail.mit.edu You can reach the person managing the list at ict4dev-owner(a)lists.csail.mit.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ict4dev digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: [TIER] ICTD position (emma brunskill) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:03:38 -0700 From: emma brunskill <emma(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Ict4dev] Fwd: [TIER] ICTD position To: ict4dev(a)csail.mit.edu Message-ID: <BANLkTikPYPg8UK1JriHxBd0%2BR7WBWy7BSA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gudrun Wicander <gudrun.wicander(a)kau.se> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM Subject: [TIER] ICTD position To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu, tier-bounces(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Cc: Gudrun Wicander <gudrun.wicander(a)kau.se> Research Assistant (or Postdoc) position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Grade 6: Salary ?25,751 - ?30,747 p.a. We are a leading international research and policy Institute looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Dr Mark Graham on the ESRC-DFID funded project, The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa. Employing case-studies, interviews, surveys and textual analysis in Kenya and Rwanda, this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in the production networks of three economic sectors: tea production, ecotourism, and business process outsourcing. Applicants should have a graduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the social sciences, experience of social science research, and be willing to conduct extended fieldwork in East Africa. The successful candidate will be able to take a lead in project management, data collection and analysis, and the dissemination of results. Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, this position is available from 1st October 2011 for 28 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. It may be possible to hire at Postdoctoral Research Fellow level given the right candidate. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Only applications received before 12:00 midday on the 21st July 2011 can be considered. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing 8th Aug 2011. Full job details and online application are available at the following link:?https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100439 More details about the project available here: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=59 ***** _______________________________________________ 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 -- Emma Brunskill http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~emma/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ict4dev mailing list Ict4dev(a)lists.csail.mit.edu https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ict4dev End of Ict4dev Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4 **************************************

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Fwd: [Cs-grads] FW: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School
by Yaw Anokwa 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Ladner <ladner(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:11 Subject: [Cs-grads] FW: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School To: cs-grads - Mailing List <cs-grads(a)cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads - Mailing List <cs-ugrads(a)cs.washington.edu> This is a competition that may interest students who are interested in social entrepreneurship. ________________________________ From: Wren McNally [wrenmc(a)uw.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:18 PM To: Richard Ladner Subject: RE: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Dear Richard, thank you for including the Global Business Center and providing the opportunity. It seemed like the students were very engaged and were stimulated by the conversation. We have begun our outreach for the 2012 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC). I would be delighted if you could share the attached information with students – particularly any you are in contact with over the summer. I can also forward the email announcement if you prefer. Please let me know if you recommend I contact anyone else at CSE. We would love to get more engineering students involved in GSEC so I welcome any suggestions you have in regard to raising CSE student awareness of GSEC. We will be hosting a networking night/information session in early October for interested students as well. I will be sure to let you know when that is scheduled. I am always happy to give a brief presentation to classes, if that approach works best for you. Thank you in advance. -wren Wren McNally Assistant Director, Faculty & Community Programs Global Business Center/CIBER Lewis Hall 315, UW Foster School of Business Tel: (206) 543-4109 – Fax: (206) 685-4079 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) www.facebook.com/GSECUW From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:32 PM To: Wren McNally Subject: RE: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Wren, Thanks for gathering the students. It was a lively conversation. Richard ________________________________ From: Wren McNally [mailto:wrenmc@uw.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:58 AM To: Richard Ladner Subject: 12:30, paccar hall, May 11 event, UW Foster School Hi Richard, I’m looking forward to meeting you and Jim today for our lunch at 12:30. I have recruited Foster MBAs and undergraduates and the SEC has done the same for its membership. It looks like we’ll have a small group but I anticipate a good conversation – we have seen great interactions come out of small-scale roundtables with students and executives. See you soon – -wren Wren McNally Assistant Director, Faculty & Community Programs Global Business Center/CIBER Lewis Hall 315, UW Foster School of Business Tel: (206) 543-4109 – Fax: (206) 685-4079 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) www.facebook.com/GSECUW From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:16 AM To: Wren McNally Subject: FW: May 11 event, UW Foster School I’ll have the same. Richard ________________________________ From: Jim Fruchterman [mailto:Jim.F@benetech.org] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:08 AM To: Richard Ladner Cc: 'Wren McNally' Subject: RE: May 11 event, UW Foster School The Classic Cobb Salad, please. Jim From: Richard Ladner [mailto:ladner@cs.washington.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:25 PM To: Jim Fruchterman Cc: 'Wren McNally' Subject: FW: May 11 event, UW Foster School Importance: High Jim, Please pick out a lunch for Wednesday using the URL below. https://ingallina.net/wa/store.php?cid=11&osCsid=6cabc3b9e199781a69c811eb7e… Let me know what you decide. Richard

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Fwd: Survey on Open Source Software use
by Yaw Anokwa 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Ted McCarthy <epmccart(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 9:26 PM > Subject: Conducting research on Free and Open Source Software with an aim to help the visually impaired > > > Hi! My name is Ted, and I'm a graduate student from the US. I'm in Bangalore for the summer conducting research on technology use among the visually impaired. Related to my research, I am trying to gain a better understanding of Free and Open Source Software use and contribution in India (any software - not just that related to the visually impaired), and am conducting a survey to try to gather information related to this. Below is a link to the survey, and I would greatly appreciate anyone willing to take the time to fill it out. The only requirement for the survey is that you've used open source software at some point - you don't have to use a lot of it, and you don't have to know how to program. > > > https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHI1NFJwUkM4Q… > > Thanks very much to anyone who fills this out - it will hopefully go a long way to helping us to build an understanding of open source software use and contribution in India, and help us build a foundation to better understand technology use by the visually impaired in this country. If you have questions, please feel free to email me at epmccart(a)gmail.com .

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poor economics
by Yaw Anokwa 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

mit economists abhijit banerjee and esther duflo (of the poverty action lab) do randomized control trials in poor communities and have some great insights on global development. they've just published a book (http://pooreconomics.com) that will likely be interesting to the people on this list. there are also a series of interviews online that give you a taste of their work at http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/06/08/137041672/the-tuesday-podcast-poo… and http://temcnally.podomatic.com/entry/2011-04-28T10_12_36-07_00 yaw

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Fwd: Pervasive ICT4D special issue
by Yaw Anokwa 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lakshminarayanan Subramanian <s.lakme(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 14:44 Subject: Pervasive ICT4D special issue To: sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com <Apologies if you get multiple copies> Call for Papers IEEE Pervasive Computing Special issue on Pervasive Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Submission Deadline: 1 September 2011 Publication: July–September 2012 Works in Progress Submission Deadline: 21 July 2011 IEEE Pervasive Computing invites submissions on the use of pervasive computing technologies for social and economic development, especially in contexts where conventional solutions are impractical due to factors such as income levels, literacy rates, and available infrastructure. These mobile and wireless technologies hold the potential to significantly improve the lives of large populations in developing regions. Example topics for this special issue include but are not limited to the following: • Pervasive computing applications for education, health, finance, agriculture, governance, etc. in developing regions • Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels • User interfaces on pervasive devices for low-literacy and/or intermittently connected populations • Low-cost computing devices and low-cost network connectivity • Energy-efficient and intermittent-energy devices, networks, and systems • Mechanisms for minimizing energy, latency, and storage • Embedded sensing and/or participatory sensing systems for ecology, sustainability, agriculture, etc. in developing regions • Shared access to pervasive computing infrastructure, including personalization and privacy concerns • Security challenges for pervasive technologies in developing regions • Case studies of operational Pervasive ICT4D devices and systems • Surveys of recent research in Pervasive ICT4D Special Issue Guest Editors • Elizabeth Belding , University of California, Santa Barbara • Ramón Cáceres, AT&T Labs • Tapan Parikh, University of California, Berkeley • Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, New York University Submission Information Submissions should be 4,000 to 6,000 words long and should follow the magazine's guidelines on style and presentation. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed in accordance with normal practice for scientific publications. Submissions should be received by 1 September 2011 to receive full consideration. In addition to full-length submissions, we also invite work-in-progress submissions of 250 words or less (submit to pervasive(a)computer.org) These will not be peer-reviewed but will be reviewed by the Department Editor Anthony Joseph and, if accepted, edited by the staff into a feature for the issue. The deadline for work-in-progress submissions is 21 July 2011. For full author guidelines: http://www.computer.org/pervasive/author.htm To submit an article: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pc-cs For submission details: pervasive(a)computer.org -- "Have a dream, pursue it!" -- Anonymous

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columbia university hiring web programmer
by Yaw Anokwa 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

columbia university is hiring a programmer/web engineer. the developer will work on the design, development, and maintenance of on-line information systems and mapping applications for afsis (aftrica soil information service) website. demonstrated experience with open data kit is one of the preferred qualifications. http://www.universityjobs.com/jobs/printer_friendly.php?jobid=1070945

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REMINDER: Eric Brewer (UCB) to give Change talk TODAY, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons
by Gaetano Borriello 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Reminder..... On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Gaetano Borriello <gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu > wrote: > Here is the promised title and abstract - hope to see you there: > > Technology, The Cloud, and Developing Regions > > Eric Brewer > UC Berkeley & Google > > Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) have become an > fundamental tool to improve the quality of life for the majority of the > world's population, a major change from a decade ago. The role for > universities it to create new technology options for developing regions and > to help apply technology in the places where market forces are insufficient > to create solutions. After covering some of the technologies that we have > deployed in developing regions, I shift to the great remaining potential > impact from energy, connectivity solutions, and the cloud. > > This is in some ways a follow-up to Eric's "The Case for Technology for > Developing Regions" talk at UW in 2004. > > Monday, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Gaetano Borriello < > gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Eric Brewer <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/>, of UC Berkeley's CS >> Division <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/> and leader of the TIER group<http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/drupal/>, >> will give a talk on ICTD (title/abstract will be sent out soon) in the Gates >> Commons on the 6th floor of the Allen Center on Monday, June 6 at 10:30. >> >> Eric is one of the pioneers on the technology side of ICTD research, founder >> of the Federal Search Foundation, which built FirstGov (now USA.gov)<http://www.usa.gov/>, >> the portal for the US government, and he was founder and Chief Scientist >> of Inktomi Corporation, now part of Yahoo! >> >> I hope you'll be able to join us. >> >> Thanks, >> Gaetano >> >> >> >

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Eric Brewer (UCB) to give Change talk Monday, June 6 at 10:30 in Gates Commons
by Gaetano Borriello 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Eric Brewer <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/>, of UC Berkeley's CS Division <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/> and leader of the TIER group<http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/drupal/>, will give a talk on ICTD (title/abstract will be sent out soon) in the Gates Commons on the 6th floor of the Allen Center on Monday, June 6 at 10:30. Eric is one of the pioneers on the technology side of ICTD research, founder of the Federal Search Foundation, which built FirstGov (now USA.gov)<http://www.usa.gov/>, the portal for the US government, and he was founder and Chief Scientist of Inktomi Corporation, now part of Yahoo! I hope you'll be able to join us. Thanks, Gaetano

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Fwd: Invitation for International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications
by Rohit Chaudhri 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ggapartners <ggapartners(a)mssrf.res.in> Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:24 AM Subject: Invitation for International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications To: rohit.chaudhri(a)gmail.com Dear Sir Greetings. On 15-16 September 2011, the International Conference on Inclusive Growth through Mobile Applications will be held at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. The conference organizers are International Institute for Information Design (IIID), the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) and M S Swaminathan Research Foundation. On 17th September 2011 the interested participants will be taken to Pondicherry to visit the Village Resource Centres (VRCs) and Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs) operated by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation. The conference will address the information design challenges for bringing relevant content via a mobile phone to people who would otherwise have no access to such information, to facilitate exchange and interaction and thus promote inclusive growth. It will investigate what formats of communication are appropriate and understandable in order to empower people and support socio-economic development. Bringing together technological possibilities, content provision and the transformative power of information design we expect this conference to be a milestone for the development of innovative and effective applications for mobile phones. I shall be grateful if you would like to submit a presentation on mobile expertise in your field or participate as a participant. Your participation will certainly enrich the debate and strengthen the conclusions of this conference. If you will need more information, kindly contact my colleagues Mr Surendran (ffma(a)mssrf.res.in) or Ms Suvitha (ggapartners(a)mssrf.res.in) or Mr Senthilkumaran (senthilrural(a)gmail.com) For more information kindly check the web site www.mobileplus-india.net for further information and registration. Kindly register as early as possible. We shall be grateful if you could kindly attend this International Conference and provide your valuable inputs. Thank you and regards. Sincerely Senthilkumaran Director Information, Education and Communication M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Peter Simlinger Director, IIID International Institute for Information Design Prof. Kirti Trivedi Industrial Design Centre, IITB Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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