This Thursday at Change, Amit Saxena will be presenting on his work
with Digital StudyHall.
"The Digital StudyHall (DSH) project aims to improve education for
students in rural and slum schools in India. The researchers video
record classes taught by experienced teachers, distribute these videos
over "Postmannet" (effected by DVDs sent in the postal system),
collect them in a large distributed database, and distribute them on
DVDs to poor rural and slum schools. Education experts train local
teachers to mediate the video lessons for use in their teaching. For
more details, please see: http://dsh.cs.washington.edu/
The University of Washington and the StudyHall Educational Foundation
are currently undertaking a two year mixed methods study of Digital
StudyHall in 11 village schools in the the Chinhat Development Block,
Lucknow, India. The study is supported by the National Science
Foundation. In the presentation, I will share our preliminary analysis
of the teaching and learning outcomes as well as the implementation of
the DSH system in these schools."
What: Amit Saxena on Digital StudyHall
When: Thursday, October 22 at Noon
Where: UW, Paul Allen Center, Room 403
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From: Niall Winters <n.winters(a)ioe.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 09:19
Subject: [hci4d] India HCI/ IDID 2010 Call for Submissions
To: "hci4d(a)googlegroups.com" <hci4d(a)googlegroups.com>
Call for submissions
India HCI in conjunction with the IFIP TC13 Special Interest Group on
Interaction Design for International Development (India HCI / IDID
2010) will provide a unique forum to explore these challenges. We
shall bring together researchers and practitioners from the India,
South Asia, and worldwide to explore these challenges and to share
latest research.
We invite contributions relating to:
HCI in the industry of emerging economies
HCI contributions in social and economic development
HCI for products & services in emerging markets, including for mobile systems
HCI and designs for low-literacy users
HCI and designs for bottom-of-the-pyramid users
HCI for remote contexts (international outsourcing / global software
development)
HCI responses to a world in recession
We are inviting submissions of the following types:
Peer reviewed full / short papers: path-breaking new knowledge,
referenced and rigorously validated
Peer reviewed design case studies: experience gained from a
particular interaction design project
Industry presentations: techniques or methods that work in the
industry shared by experts
Student design projects: HCI projects that were done by students
As well as some interesting “un-conferenced” events
We also invite pre-conference activities including:
Workshops: mini conferences on specific themes
Tutorials: teaching sessions by experts
The conference will be held from March 20-24 in the Indian Institute
of Technology, Bombay.
For more details, see: http://indiahci.in
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This Tuesday at the CSE Colloqium, Gaetano Borriello will be
presenting Open Data Kit, work he did while on sabbatical at Google.
If you missed his practice talk last week, now's your chance to see
the final product.
Open Data Kit (ODK) is an open-source mobile data collection toolkit
for the citizen science, public health, and environmental monitoring
communities. These groups share the fact that they all have limited
resources and tend to be behind the technology curve. ODK’s goals are
three-fold:
(1) make tools highly modular and customizable so that they can be
easily composed and/or specialized into appropriate arrangements for
the task at hand;
(2) exploit open interfaces and standards so that solutions are not
“silo-ed” into monolithic enterprise-level packages that are difficult
to understand and maintain; and
(3) get these communities to take advantage of evolving technologies
including powerful mobile clients (e.g., Android), flexible and
scalable server infrastructure (e.g., AppEngine) so as to reach a
wider base of developers and avoid early obsolescence.
In this talk, Gaetano will describe the current status and research
and development plans. For those who cannot make it, the talk will
live streamed at
http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/colloq.info.html#MBONE
What: Gaetano Borriello on Open Data Kit
When: Tuesday, October 13 at 3.30pm
Where: UW, Electrical Engineering Building, Room 105
The School of Information (SI) seeks a faculty member at the Assistant
Professor level who will establish a vigorous research and teaching
program in information and communication technology for development
(ICT4D), emphasizing applications relevant to environmental
sustainability and developing nations. The successful candidate will
have demonstrated expertise in information system design;
computer-supported cooperative work; environmental informatics;
communication studies; development policy, sociology, or anthropology;
and/or a related field applicable to the design and study of
information systems for developing-world contexts. The ideal applicant
will combine a proven ability to design effective and innovative
information systems with an informed, critical perspective on
development issues. A portfolio that includes fieldwork (for example,
an implemented ICT4D project, or a study of ICT uses in one or more
nations) will receive most favorable consideration.
http://si.umich.edu/about-SI/ictd.htm
This Thursday at Change, Justin Steventon will be presenting on his
exciting work on CyberTracker.
"Climate change, pollution, habitat destruction and loss of
biodiversity may have serious impacts on human welfare. To anticipate
and prevent negative impacts will require ongoing long-term monitoring
of all aspects of the environment.
Our vision is to enable people to be part of a worldwide environmental
monitoring network. Our mission is to help you improve environmental
monitoring by increasing the efficiency of data gathering and to
improve observer reliability.
CyberTracker (http://www.cybertracker.co.za/) is a software
application which allows illiterate and low-literate people to capture
rich data about their environment."
What: Justin Steventon on CyberTracker
When: Thursday, October 15 at Noon
Where: UW, Paul Allen Center, Room 403
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From: Hank Levy <levy(a)cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Subject: FW: [Fwd: RE: Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project]
To: voting-faculty - Mailing List <voting-faculty(a)cs.washington.edu>
FYI -- Vodafone is going to award prizes for innovations using wireless
technology to address critical social issues around the world....
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Innovation Project Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:53:50 -0700 From: Brittany
Hinchliff <Brittany.Hinchliff(a)vodafone.com><Brittany.Hinchliff(a)vodafone.com>
To:
Dondi L. Cupp <dcupp(a)u.washington.edu> <dcupp(a)u.washington.edu>, Fred B.
Holt <fbholt(a)u.washington.edu> <fbholt(a)u.washington.edu>, Lynne U.
Chronister <lchronis(a)u.washington.edu> <lchronis(a)u.washington.edu> CC: Mani
Soma <manisoma(a)u.washington.edu> <manisoma(a)u.washington.edu> References:
<747211284E3D654DB360E11873BD3E53027E10BA(a)VODEXCHANGE.vodafone-us.com><747211284E3D654DB360E11873BD3E53027E10BA(a)VODEXCHANGE.vodafone-us.com>
<AAA761A2C05F5E4FAD4F0B6433BDD7110CAC36FE12(a)sdc-mbx-01.exchange.washington.edu><AAA761A2C05F5E4FAD4F0B6433BDD7110CAC36FE12(a)sdc-mbx-01.exchange.washington.edu>
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Hi all,
My name is Britt Hinchliff and I work at the Vodafone Americas Foundation,
and on a particular initiative called the Vodafone Wireless Innovation
Project. The Wireless Innovation Project seeks to identify and fund the
best innovations using wireless related technology to address critical
social issues around the world. Three winners will be awarded prizes of
$300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 for unique, late-stage wireless related
innovations that offer the best potential for creating social change in the
areas of education, health, economic development, the environment and access
to communication. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2010.
Here is a link to our website: http://project.vodafone-us.com and I have
also attached our latest press release and a fact sheet with some more
information. I would greatly appreciate if you all could pass this
information along to any students or faculty who you think might be
interested in applying.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Britt
Brittany Hinchliff
Vodafone Americas Foundation
http://www.vodafone-us.com/
W: 925 210-3784 F: 925 210-3852
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project:
http://project.vodafone-us.com
<http://vodafoneamericasfoundation.blog.com/><http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vodafone-Americas-Foundation-Wireless-Innovat…><http://www.twitter.com/VodafoneProject>
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*From:* Dondi L. Cupp [mailto:dcupp@u.washington.edu<dcupp(a)u.washington.edu>]
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:45 PM
*To:* Brittany Hinchliff; Fred B. Holt; Lynne U. Chronister
*Cc:* Mani Soma
*Subject:* Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project
I’m also copying Professor Mani Soma who could be extremely helpful
identifying potential research partners.
Best,
Dondi
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"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in
harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi
Gaetano Borriello
Jerre D. Noe Professor
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
572 Allen Center, Box 352350
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2350
+1.206.685.9432
gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu
http://www.cse.washington.edu/homes/gaetano
(Program Mgr: Shannon Gilmore - sgilmore(a)cs.washington.edu)
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S c h o o l f o r A d v a n c e d R e s e a r c h o n t h e H u m a n
E x p e r i e n c e
Post Office Box 2188 * Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2188 * (505)
954-7200 * fax (505) 954-7235 * www.sarweb.org<http://www.sarweb. org>
One six-month fellowship is available for a female social scientist
from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work
addresses women's economic and social empowerment in that nation.
The goal of the program is twofold: to advance the scholarly careers
of women social scientists from the developing world, and to support
research that identifies causes of gender inequity in the developing
world and that proposes practical solutions for promoting women's
economic and social empowerment.
The fellowship is expected to start on September 1, 2010 and run
through February 28, 2011.
In addition to a $4,500/month stipend, and housing and office space on
the SAR campus, the Campbell Fellow receives travel, shipping, and
library resource funds; health insurance; and the support of a
mentoring committee of established scholar-practitione rs.
The following criteria guide SAR's selection of the Campbell Fellow:
* Citizenship: Applicants may not be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents and must be a national of a developing country that is
currently eligible to borrow from the World Bank (see
http://go.worldbank.org/S2ADVPZVX0 for the current list of eligible
countries).
* Academic Discipline: Applicants should be pursuing research in one
of the social sciences:
anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, law,
linguistics, political science, psychology, social work, or sociology,
or in an interdisciplinary field that incorporates two or more of
these disciplines.
* Research Topic: Projects that identify causes of and/or solutions to
gender inequity in the developing world, and thus contribute to
women's social and economic empowerment, will be favored. Sample
topics include education and socialization of girls; globalization and
the economic status of women; policies and practices toward family,
reproduction, and women's health; impacts of international and civil
conflict on women; women's roles in resolving such conflicts or
sustaining civil society; media representations of women and the
formation of ideologies of gender; the practice and process of
gender-based development; and women in science and technology.
SAR will select fellows on the strength of their clearly stated
intention to serve their communities and countries of origin.
* English Fluency: To facilitate full engagement in the SAR
intellectual community, applicants must demonstrate their fluency in
English, such as through their record of professional interaction in
written and spoken English.
Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations
S c h o o l f o r A d v a n c e d R e s e a r c h o n t h e H u m a n
E x p e r i e n c e
Post Office Box 2188 * Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2188 * (505)
954-7200 * fax (505) 954-7235 * www.sarweb.org
The application deadline is November 1. Applications must include:
For application form and submission specifications go to scholar.app.
sarweb.org or contact Scholar Programs at scholar@sarsf. org or (505)
954-7201.
This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the
Vera R. Campbell Foundation.
For more information, visit campbell.fellowship .sarweb.org.
* Application form available at scholar.app. sarweb.org.
* An abstract, not to exceed 150 words, describing the purpose, goals,
and objectives of the applicant's research project on which they will
work at SAR.
* A proposal, no more than four double-spaced pages in length. The
proposal should describe what is to be accomplished during the
fellowship, the status of the applicant's research on the topic, and
the significance of the work.
* A short bibliography, not to exceed one single-spaced page, of
references cited in the proposal.
* Curriculum vitae, not to exceed four single-spaced pages.
* Three letters of recommendation not to exceed two single-spaced
pages in length each. Letters must be received by November 1.
Applicants are responsible for ensuring that references send their
letters on time.
Contact:
Dr. Miriam S. Chaiken, Department Head
Department of Anthropology
Breland Hall Room 329
MSC 3BV
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
email: mchaiken@nmsu. edu
tel: 575-646-2826
really great idea for crowd sourcing
*Date: *October 13, 2009 9:16:47 AM PDT
*Subject: **iPhone app — Give work*
*Source: *Dolores Labs Blog
[image: landing-page.jpg]<http://blog.doloreslabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/landing-page.jpg>We
just launched our first iPhone app: Give
Work<http://crowdflower.com/general/givework>
lets you do tasks in your downtime and help increase the wages of refugees
in Kenya working for us.
We have been working with Samasource <http://samasource.org> for a while now
— they are a fantastic local non-profit that brings computer based work to
people in Africa. We send tasks to one of their hardest to employ groups: a
Kenyan refugee camp.
The people are extremely motivated, speak fluent English and even have high
speed internet. But sometimes there are downtime issues (due to floods,
satellite failure, etc.) and sometimes there are data quality issues (due to
cultural misunderstandings), which makes it hard for them to compete for
traditional outsourcing work. Fortunately, our dynamic routing and quality
control technology can resolve these problems gracefully.
When you complete a task on your iPhone, your work is paired with the work
of someone in Kenya. iPhone users results are used for quality control — if
someone waiting for a bus in San Francisco gives the same answer as someone
working in a refugee camp, we can be fairly certain that the results are
reliable. All of the profits we make on the work collected between the
iPhone and the refugees go directly into the pockets of the refugee workers.
*How to do tasks*
Download<http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=329928364…>
the free app from the app store. You can start doing tasks in seconds.
Shoot us an email at feedback(a)crowdflower.com if you have an issues or
questions.
*How to submit tasks to Samasource and GiveWork*
Visit CrowdFlower <http://crowdflower.com> where you can build tasks to
outsource. On the order page, click the “iPhone” and “Samasource” channels.
*Thanks!*
I want to give a special shoutout to Josh
Snyder<http://github.com/treelinelabs>,
who did most of the work of building the actual application. I wasn’t sure
we had the resources to get this crazy idea out the door, but everyone
pitched in after hours and it looks great!
Read more… <http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/doloreslabs/%7E3/dCzCOBnaQZE/>
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cprose/winterschool/index.html
This internship program in technology-supported education will draw on
broad areas such as mobile learning, educational games, technology-
assisted language learning, computer-assisted collaborative learning,
intelligent tutors, machine learning, educational data mining, human-
computer interaction, as well as speech and language technologies. The
goal is to create an international bridge between institutions of
higher learning in India and Carnegie Mellon University, which is at
the forefront of research both in technology and in the learning
sciences in the U.S., and even worldwide.
This internship program will provide valuable research training
opportunities for Indian undergraduates through a partnership between
one of India's premier technical universities and one of the top
ranking schools of computer science in the world, with the goal of
expanding the pool of talented young researchers in India. A secondary
goal is to provide a mechanism through which ongoing research
partnerships can form and flourish between researchers at institutes
for higher learning in India and researchers at Carnegie Mellon
University, such as taking the form of co-advised B-Tech projects. And
finally, the internship program directly benefits the infrastructure
for education in India as a biproduct of the research projects the
students will engage in. As part of the internship program,
participants will focus on topics relevant to education in India, and
in the developing world more generally.
The internship program will be composed of two stages. In the first
stage, students will apply to participate in a two-week winter school
from December 10-22, 2009 in Hyderabad. During these two weeks,
students will attend lectures that will cover research and research
methodologies, tools and techniques, insights about theory and
practice, and a broad overview of the field of technology-supported
education. Students will participate in team projects, which will be
presented in demo sessions at the end of the winter school. Students
who successfully complete the winter school will be invited to apply
for research internships at Carnegie Mellon University. Successful
applicants for stage two will be matched with internship advisors for
a summer internship at Carnegie Mellon University's main campus in
Pittsburgh, USA, for summer 2010. Some financial support for the
summer internship may be available.
In the past few days, a few interesting ICTD papers have been
published that I wanted to share.
The first set comes from the Information Technologies & International
Development (ITID), an interdisciplinary open-access journal that
focuses on the intersection of information and communication
technologies (ICTs) with the “other four billion”. There are a number
of great papers in the fall issue, but two stood out to me.
What Constitutes Good ICTD Research?: A few months ago in an
exchange on a mailing Jenna Burrell and Kentaro Toyama debated the
questions posed in the title. After a few rounds, they decided to come
together and formalize their discussion and it is an insightful read.
http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/382/178
Understanding ‘Gold Farming’: Developing-Country Production for
Virtual Gameworlds: Richard Heeks posits that gold farming (the
production of virtual goods and services often for real world
currency) is a significant activity that predicts a future development
trend of outsourcing online employment.
http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/383/179
For the more technical crowd, Networked Systems for Developing Regions
(NSDR) just posted their papers from their upcoming workshop. Here are
two that I enjoyed.
Message Phone: A User Study and Analysis of Asynchronous Messaging
in Rural Uganda: Kurtis Heimerl, RJ Honicky, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh
explore the value and utility of delay tolerant voice messages for
cellular users that live in areas of poor or intermittent network
coverage. In their user study, they find that voice messages were
quite popular and uniformly preferred over text messages due to their
ease of use and the richness of voice.
http://dritte.org/nsdr09/files/nsdr09_camera/s3p1_heimerl09nsdr.pdf
Development and Implementation of a Loosely Coupled, Multi-Site,
Networked and Replicated Electronic Medical Record in Haiti: William
B. Lober, Stephen Wagner, Christina Quiles present their electronic
medical record system (iSanté) that supports individual and population
health care for HIV patients in Haiti. iSanté is used in 55 clinic
sites nationwide and tracks over 40k patients and the paper discusses
their architectural choices made in its design.
http://dritte.org/nsdr09/files/nsdr09_camera/s3p4_lober09nsdr.pdf
