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Seller's problems in human computation markets
by Sam Kaufman 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, all; Stats papers (such as "Shifting demographics" by Ross) are easy to google, so I won't include. But the attached short paper summarizes some of the literature from a perspective useful to our discussion today. I'm cc'ing six silberman, the first author on the paper, in case of discussion. Sam P.S. Best sandwiches.

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Fwd: Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Tuberculosis Biomarkers
by Rohit Chaudhri 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation < gates(a)notifications.gatesfoundation.org> Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:05 AM Subject: Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity: Tuberculosis Biomarkers To: rohitc(a)cs.washington.edu The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting letters of inquiry for the new grant program Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. This grant program is part of the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. With up to $12 million of funding, the program seeks to validate biomarkers for use in developing a low cost, simple to use test that can quickly and accurately diagnose tuberculosis in low-resource settings. The term biomarker is intended to include all types of markers that have potential utility for tuberculosis diagnosis and can include markers associated with either host or pathogen biology. Details and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/biomarkers/eb Letters of inquiry are being accepted online until March 31, 2011 10:00 am PT. After a review of submitted letters of inquiry, the foundation will invite full grant proposals from selected applicants. We look forward to receiving innovative ideas from scientists around the world. Please help us to notify a broad audience of researchers by forwarding this message to others who might be interested in applying. Please sign up at http://www.grandchallenges.org/about/Pages/StayUpdated.aspx?Source=ThankYou… receive future grant opportunity announcements. Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges. ### Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Unsubscribe to this email service by clicking on or cutting and pasting the following URL into your web browser: Unsubscribe: http://response.notifications.gatesfoundation.org/u?id=5333922E03F2D8FF7A8E… Privacy Policy: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/privacy-policy.aspx The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of its Web site visitors. Information provided by visitors is not sold or rented to any individual or organization. Copyright (c) 2011, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, All Rights Reserved P.O.Box 23350 Seattle, WA 98102 WCIDV2:5333922E03F2D8FF7A8EE61ED4BCD6038B7CCBE8C7001B09

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Fwd: Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change"
by Gaetano Borriello 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <IEEEservice(a)ieee.org> Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:53 AM Subject: Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change" To: gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu [image: IEEE logo] <http://www.ieee.org/> *Help Address Global Humanitarian Challenges Through "Engineering for Change"* Dear Colleague: As you may have noticed, IEEE has initiated recently several new efforts toward humanitarian and global development challenges. This undertaking represents recognition on our part of the great potential of our members (engineers and experts in computing and technology) to provide effective assistance and leadership in regions with under-developed infrastructure, and in areas where the infrastructure was damaged by natural or human-made disasters. Many of our IEEE members have told us that they have strong interest in taking part of such activities, and we have reached out to other professional associations to explore opportunities for joint action. I am pleased to announce that as a result of these efforts, IEEE, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers<http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=1-RQTXX8&CON=1-1AH-4427&PRO=&AID=&CI…>), and Engineers Without Borders USA<http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=1-RQTXX8&CON=1-1AH-4427&PRO=&AID=&CI…>(EWB-USA) have launched jointly a new online platform called EngineeringforChange.org<http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=1-RQTXX8&CON=1-1AH-4427&PRO=&AID=&CI…>(E4C). The E4C platform provides engineers, technologists, computing and networking experts, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local community advocates with tools to collaboratively address humanitarian and global development challenges. Members of the E4C community – working together – will design, apply and share knowledge to develop technical solutions for emerging challenges in local communities throughout the world. The E4C Web site was designed to provide users with a convenient and user-friendly way to learn, collaborate, and share data, experience, and insights – leading to enhanced problem solving. As part of this growing community, E4C users will be able to: - Post challenges and problems in order to gain understanding, perspectives and experience from other E4C community members; - Work collaboratively and virtually on project teams; - Make use of a growing, open-source archive of documented solutions and related information submitted by organizations from around the world; - Keep updated with news and information related to the forefront of engineering and global development; - Learn from expert practitioners on applying engineering in developing communities; - Track projects of interest. We are inviting you today to join the E4C community and share information and expertise on humanitarian projects that match your professional profile. To learn more and become an active participant in this important initiative, visit the Engineering for Change<http://bmsmail2.ieee.org:80/ctd/lu?RID=1-RQTXX8&CON=1-1AH-4427&PRO=&AID=&CI…>Web site, the E4C Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/engineeringforchange> or Twitter feed<http://twitter.com/engineer4change> . Sincerely, Moshe Kam IEEE President and CEO To get in touch with the E4C team and to provide user feedback, please contact the administrator. <admin(a)engineeringforchange.org> [image: IEEE Footer with mailing address] <http://www.ieee.org/>

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dell social innovation competition
by Yaw Anokwa 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com tackle a pressing social issue and win $50k to put your plan into action. first round deadline is february 14th.

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Fwd: [Ict4dev] Earn $10k using CS to fight health disparities in India -- deadline tomorrow (Friday)
by Brian DeRenzi 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Another opportunity for a student who is looking to go abroad and get some field experience. Brian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: emma brunskill <emma(a)eecs.berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:44 PM Subject: [Ict4dev] Earn $10k using CS to fight health disparities in India -- deadline tomorrow (Friday) To: ict4dev(a)csail.mit.edu I apologize for sending this out late, but could be an exciting opportunity. - emma ----------------- Mobilizing Health is looking to recruit one programmer to do something different. We want you to spend the Spring and Summer to work full time with us to take our web app to the next level. Mobilizing Health is a global health and technology non-profit that uses our web application to connect under-served communities in India with licensed practitioners via SMS. Our team is a hybrid of Stanford and Cal students and our beta pilot, with the first version of our application, is running live in Udaipur, Rajasthan (India) and has just helped its 1000th patient. Our board includes Silicon Valley and New York executives and entrepreneurs, and we have raised over $100k to develop our prototype, launch alpha and beta pilots, and expand our program. We are looking for a new Technology Director interested in bringing their CS skills to the public service sector. Our Tech Director needs to start in April and commit to working over the Summer in India. During the Spring, we will be working here in the US (Bay Area), and in the Summer, we will travel to India to implement our technology with partner organizations. Mobilizing Health is offering a $10,000 stipend to cover living costs and will finance all India expenses, including airfare. General Requirements: - Outstanding communication skills. You’ll be working closely with our members and partners in India. - Culturally sensitive and strong in new environments (for India) - Ability/desire to work full-time in a start-up setting - Comfort in working with partners to translate project requirements into code - A background in Computer Science, Symbolic Systems, or equivalent. Technology Specific Requirements: - A strong command of Ruby (or willingness to get up to speed quickly) - Unix chops - Experience with jquery required - Prior experience working on a production level web application For bonus points, show us your experience with: Sinatra, Rails, Git If this is a challenge that interests you, please send me your resume and apply here by Friday, February 4th: http://bit.ly/b66ANz. If you have any questions, concerns, or just want to learn more about MH, feel free to send me an email at pooja(a)mobilizinghealth.org. Cheers, Pooja -- Pooja Upadhyaya Founder, Mobilizing Health Alumna, Class of 2010 | Molecular & Cell Biology, Neurobiology | University of California, Berkeley M: 949.350.1716 | Email: pooja(a)mobilizinghealth.org -- 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

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Fwd: [GlobalHealth] GO Health Fellowship (Global Opportunities Health Fellowship) Seeking Applicants (fwd)
by Brian DeRenzi 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Potential travel money for students doing global health work. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Margaret Barrett" <mbarrett(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Feb 3, 2011 11:02 AM Subject: [Kenya_research_program] Fwd: [GlobalHealth] GO Health Fellowship (Global Opportunities Health Fellowship) Seeking Applicants (fwd) To: <kenya_research_program(a)u.washington.edu> For your information. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GlobalHealth] GO Health Fellowship (Global Opportunities Health Fellowship) Seeking Applicants Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:09:50 +0000 From: Daren Wade <dwade(a)u.washington.edu> Reply-To: dwade(a)u.washington.edu To: globalhealth(a)uw.edu <globalhealth(a)uw.edu>, ghrc_advisoryboard(a)uw.edu <ghrc_advisoryboard(a)uw.edu>, gh502a_wi11(a)uw.edu <gh502a_wi11(a)uw.edu>, Rachel A. Reichert <rreicher(a)u.washington.edu>, krishna7(a)uw.edu <krishna7(a)uw.edu>, jbrunett(a)uw.edu <jbrunett(a)uw.edu>, Jennifer L. Earle <jearle(a)u.washington.edu> GO Health Fellowship (Global Opportunities Health Fellowship) Seeking Applicants _Deadline for Letter of Intent: February 16, 2011 (see below)_ _Deadline for Completed Application: March 16, 2011_ http://globalhealth.washington.edu/resource_center/go_health.php Questions to Daren Wade, dwade(a)uw.edu, Director, GHRC, Department of Global Health OVERVIEW The *GO (Global Opportunities) Health Fellowship* provides financial assistance to a graduate student, professional student, or medical resident at the University of Washington so that they may gain valuable international fieldwork experience in global health. The funds have been generously provided by donors committed to the education of global health professionals from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The Fellowship of *up to $4,000 (USD)* can be used to support travel costs, including room and board, travel health preparation, travel insurance and/or supplies for a particular global health project. The GO Health Fellowship cannot be used to cover tuition costs, school supplies, conference attendance, or other non-project related expenses. Funds can be used for experiences taking place anytime from summer quarter 2011 up to, and including winter quarter 2012. * * *Applicants are selected based on the following considerations:* a) the strength of the project or experience proposal, b) the applicant’s record of academic excellence, c) evidence of promise and commitment to a career in global health, and d) demonstrated financial need. Fellowship recipients must meet all program deadlines and program requirements, including attendance at a pre-departure orientation. If a student is awarded and accepts the Fellowship, they must immediately withdraw their applications to other UW funding programs. * * *Eligibility criteria:* 1) Graduate students or professional trainees enrolled in a full-time University of Washington degree program 2) Medical residents enrolled in a University of Washington residency program 3) Good academic standing 4) Demonstrated financial need (details in application process instructions) 5) Not currently receiving another award or fellowship for the same time period for the program or fieldwork experience 6) Participation in a global health-related program or fieldwork experience in an international, resource limited setting relevant to the student’s/trainee’s career goals 7) Minimum duration of six weeks abroad 8) The project or experience must be at a UW-affiliated international entity (eg. NGO, university, Ministry of Health or other research institution, etc.) *Application Process: * * * *By February 16, 2011 submit a one page Letter of Intent *that includes the following elements: a) Your name; b) degree program or residency program; c) country in which you’d conduct your project or experience; d) approximate dates of travel; and e) area of focus in global health for your project or experience (examples: “Maternal and Child Health”, “Clinical Medicine”, “Human Rights”, “Nutrition”, “Water and Sanitation”). This letter of intent is NOT required but is strongly encouraged because it helps us to assemble a highly qualified panel of experts to review your application. Send to dwade(a)uw.edu <mailto:dwade@uw.edu> with subject line: Letter of Intent: Go Health 2011. * * *By March 16, 2011*: submit the following three items: 1)*Completed GO Health Fellowship application* (sections A-E) 1. Demographic information: Name, student ID #, address, phone, email, school, degree/residency program, year in program, relevant experience. 2. Project/Experience proposal: (1-2 pages, double space, 12pt font) * Outline of activity for project/experience, including identification of the site, partner, host faculty, and UW mentor faculty involved * Description of project/experience’s relation to career goals and future plans 3. Proposed budget: list expenses for travel, travel health, insurance, housing, food, and project costs. 4. Letter of support from UW faculty mentor for project/experience outlining relationship and applicant’s promise and commitment to a career in global health 5. Signed statement of support from international host site supervisor or mentor for project or experience 2) *Copy of unofficial UW transcript or, if you are a medical resident, a letter of good standing from your residency office.* ** 3) *Demonstration of financial need:* 1. *U.S. students *at the University of Washington need to complete the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ for 2010-2011 academic year. 2. *International students *at the University of Washington should contact Daren Wade, dwade(a)uw.edu <mailto:dwade@uw.edu> in order to complete a form from the Office of Student Financial Aid by the application deadline. 3. *Medical residents: *Submit a statement of need (1 page or less) that includes the amount of your monthly resident stipend and detailed financial information documenting your statement of need. A faculty committee will review your application and select candidates for interviews that will take place the first two weeks of April. Candidates will be informed of the committee’s decision, shortly thereafter. If selected, a *required pre-departure orientation *will take place *Saturday,* *May 7, 2011.* Download the Go Health Fellowship application. <http://globalhealth.washington.edu/docs/GO_HEALTH_APPLICATION_2011.doc> http://globalhealth.washington.edu/resource_center/go_health.php Daren Wade, MSW Director, Global Health Resource Center Clinical Instructor, Department of Global Health University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Room 274B Box 352800 Seattle, WA 98105 206-616-1159 <tel:+12066161159> <tel:+12066161159> Phone 206-685-8034 <tel:+12066858034> <tel:+12066858034> FAX website: http://globalhealth.washington.edu/resource_center/ghrc.php calendar: http://myuw.washington.edu/cal/showMain.rdo?date=20080911&viewType=monthVie… _______________________________________________ Kenya_Research_Program mailing list Kenya_Research_Program(a)u.washington.edu https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/kenya_research_program

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Gaetano Borriello discusses ODK Tables
by Eleanor O'Rourke 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

This Thursday at Change, CSE faculty member Gaetano Borriello will be leading a discussion about a proposed smartphone application ODK Tables. He will provide a brief overview of the system and ask for feedback from the group on the approach and design elements of the application. SMS services are ubiquitously available around the world and are supported on even the lowest cost mobile phones. Applications are being developed that use SMS as the primary communication medium to a server back-end. However, this approach requires an ecosystem for implementing information services in the cloud, SMS gateways to get the messages to those servers, and web access to get to the servers’ data. Unfortunately, these capabilities are not readily available in all parts of the world, especially not in many developing world contexts. We propose ODK Tables, a smartphone application that organizes structured SMS communications to make it easier to manage large numbers of SMS messages. ODK Tables applies a spreadsheet metaphor to make it easy to create a variety of applications without the need to program or deploy services in the web. In this talk, we will describe some of the features of ODK Tables and how it is applied in a few use cases. We seek feedback on the approach and design elements of the application. Please join us for sandwiches, and to learn more about ODK Tables! What: Gaetano Borriello discusses ODK Tables When: Thursday, Feb 3rd at noon Where: Paul Allen Center, Room 203

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Fwd: [TIER] IBM Social Computing Group Seeks Intern for Developing World Research
by Brian DeRenzi 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Ellis <jasone(a)us.ibm.com> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:53 PM Subject: [TIER] IBM Social Computing Group Seeks Intern for Developing World Research To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu IBM SOCIAL COMPUTING GROUP SEEKS INTERN FOR DEVELOPING WORLD RESEARCH The Social Computing Group at IBM Research in New York is seeking smart, energetic students for internships in summer 2011. Our group has been building and studying new forms of social software for over 10 years. Past intern projects have focused on topics such as: social visualization, task proxies, social networking, virtual worlds, and more. Many have resulted in publications in top conferences, patents, and new features in IBM products. Our current focus is designing, building, and evaluating mobile social applications for the developing world, so students with interest and experience in related areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD program and have experience in computer science and/or human-computer interaction. Focus areas include mobile telephony, crowdsourcing, social media, social networks, microfinance, low literacy UIs, and mobile multimedia. Interested students should forward a CV and cover letter to jasone(a)us.ibm.com Find more on our group at http://socialcomp.com/ --- Jason B. Ellis, PhD - jasone(a)us.ibm.com IBM TJ Watson Research Center Social Computing Group http://jellis.org _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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Senior Advisor (ICT for Development) Vacancy: Panos London
by Yaw Anokwa 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Panos - based in London - are advertising for a senior advisor covering ICTs for development. Details below and at: http://www.panos.org.uk/?lid=33763 Senior Advisor (ICTs) London-based Salary: Up to £43,000 Closing date: Monday 14th February 2011, Noon Panos London is one of the world’s leading ‘communication for development’ organisations. We work to stimulate informed and inclusive debate around key development issues in order to foster sustainable development, and we do this through our expertise in Voice, Dialogue, Media and ICT communication projects around the world. We are seeking an experienced, creative and dynamic Senior Advisor to develop Panos London’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programme and projects to ensure our work has increasing scope, scale and impact. The main purpose of this exciting post is to develop Panos London’s knowledge, practice and expertise in the field of ICTs and you will be expected to develop a pipeline of projects that effectively support Panos London’s new Strategy to 2015. The successful candidate will possess: * Proven expertise as a leader in the use of ICTs for development, including issues of access to knowledge, internet access and mobile phones. * Excellent understanding of ICT research methodologies as well as demonstrated knowledge of specialist monitoring and evaluation methodologies. * In depth experience in policy, research and programme management in ICTs and a wide-ranging network of contacts in the field. * Experience of working internationally in co-operation with local and global partners. * Experience of strategic programme development. * In-depth experience of designing and carrying out monitoring and evaluation activities on ICT projects. Flexible / Part-time working may be considered. How to apply: A full job description and application form attached, please support with a tailored covering letter. For further information contact: helen.crawford(a)panos.org.uk. Application deadline: Monday 14th February 2011, Noon

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ICTs in Developing Countries Postdoctoral fellowship (Singapore)
by Yaw Anokwa 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in Information and Communication Technologies and Development. The specific topic is an investigation into the adoption and impact of mobile internet within a developmental context, focusing on South and/or South-east Asia (Details in PDF flyer). Application deadline is 31 March 2011. Postdoctoral fellowships are for one year, renewable for a second year, subject to satisfactory performance. Postdoctoral fellows may be required to assist in teaching, up to the equivalent of one semester-based course per academic year.

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