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CSE 477 Project Demos, Wednesday, June 3, 3:30 - 5:20 pm
by Richard Anderson 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

CSE 477 Capstone Presentations This year, the CSE 477 capstone course focused on technologies for low resource environments. Four teams worked on projects related to improving agriculture and education in the developing world. The final presentations and demo session will take place 3:30-5:30 pm, Wednesday, June 3, in CSE 691. For more information, please contact Richard Anderson, Anderson(a)cs.washington.edu Projects: Low-cost digital controller for managing recharging of Lead-Acid batteries The goal of the project is to design a low-cost digital controller that can manage the recharging of batteries by multiple types of sources, while providing "clean", efficient power to other devices. The primary use of this device is for areas with little to no consistent electrical power where Lead-Acid type car batteries are used at temporary sources of power. An example application would be in video based education where a television and DVD is set up to allow a facilitator to present educational content. The device will be able to use a Car Battery to power a range of Audio, Video, or other equipment, giving the user information on how much time the load can be powered. DG Navigator Digital Green (DG) is a research project started by Microsoft Research India that uses facilitated video instruction to teach and encourage sustainable farming practices in rural India. The DG Navigator is a "smart" remote control that assists the facilitator who is showing the video by providing prompts synchronized with the DVD and recording basic data about the show. The DG Navigator is a custom device that replaces the DVD remote control. The device has 12 dedicated buttons to control the DVD player, an SD card reader/writer, an LCD screen, and a vibrating motor to alert the facilitator when a message is on the LCD. During the video screening, questions are written to the LCD screen prompting the facilitator to pause the video and interact with the audience. The device records every button press and writes this data to a log file on the SD card. This log file allows the researchers to track which videos have been played and when the videos were paused by the facilitator to interact with the audience. Multilearn MultiLearn builds upon prior research in shared computing by using multiple numeric keypads as input devices for educational games and dividing a single computer screen into sections corresponding to each student. This setup, individual USB keypads and corresponding split screen display provides equal access to the technology, allows students to access personalized and adaptively calibrated content, and lets students simultaneously participate at their own skill level. http://change.washington.edu/projects/multilearn Automated Community Radio Much of the developing world is plagued by poverty and a lack of infrastructure which acts to perpetuate the poverty by restricting the peoples' ability to trade. Most farmers have no means of advertisement for their goods on a macroscopic level, and hence they must advertise via word of mouth. This generally restricts trading to a local level. To this end we have devised an automated community radio system utilizing radios, cellphones, and a laptop. The content of this station comes from users who call via cell phones. Users interact with a touch-tone interface to place advertisements to a specific cell phone which connects with the laptop via bluetooth connectivity. The laptop stores the messages and uses a queuing algorithm to create a radio stream. This stream is sent to the FM transmitter, the amplifier circuit, and is then finally broadcasted. There is an administrative touch-tone interface as well to support added features such as immediate emergency broadcasts. A graphical user interface has been developed to allow the administrator to setup a prioritized category system and play schedule for increased functionality.

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CFP: 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR '09) - Deadline JUNE 15
by Tapan Parikh 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

CALL FOR PAPERS _______________ 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR) To be held with the 22nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP) Please distribute widely Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana Sunday, October 11th, 2009 http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09 ** Important Dates ** Submission Deadline: June 15 Notification: August 5 Camera-ready: September 5 Workshop: October 11 ** Background ** Following on two successful workshops hosted with ACM SIGCOMM in 2007 and 2008, the 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR '09) will provide a venue for researchers to present ideas and results concerning the design, implementation and evaluation of new computing and communications technologies serving developing regions. The decreasing cost and increasing access to information and communication technologies (e.g., mobile phones) are rapidly enabling access to new services and markets for previously disconnected populations. However, due to a variety of factors, including cost, literacy, education, and organizational capacity, conventional approaches to technology design and implementation are often not relevant. Moreover, empirical evidence for the impact of such technologies is largely anecdotal, beyond a few well-known and well-cited examples. Addressing this requires engagement of several disciplines, including but not limited to economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science, and expertise in a variety of application areas - including government, health, finance and agriculture. NSDR focuses on addressing significant technical challenges (e.g., communication infrastructure in rural areas, novel caching techniques for challenged networks, security issues arising in such contexts), and on the deployment and evaluation of novel technologies or applications that address a specific need (e.g. providing remote financial services or health care). ** Papers ** We encourage submission of position papers or the results of preliminary work describing interesting, original, previously unpublished ideas or results pertaining to the design, implementation and/or evaluation of networks and systems for developing regions. Accepted papers will: - propose new research directions; - target a specific application; - inform design and/or deployment; - or generate lively debate at the workshop. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Low-cost wireless connectivity - Intermittent systems - Power-efficient systems - Low-cost computing devices - Mobile systems and applications - Adapting content and applications for local languages - User interfaces for low-literacy populations - Design and evaluation of applications for public health, microfinance, agriculture, e-governance, education, monitoring, disaster management, etc. ** Submission ** Submissions must follow formatting guidelines and be submitted according to instructions at http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09/submit.html. Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected without consideration. Reviews will be SINGLE-BLIND: authors' names and affiliations should be included in the submission. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop. Submissions must be original work not under review at any other workshop, conference or journal. ** Program Committee ** Vivek Pai, Princeton (co-chair) Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley (co-chair) Muneeb Ali, Princeton John Bennett, Colorado Gaetano Borriello, U. Washington Eric Brewer, UC Berkeley Ravi Jain, Google S. Keshav, Waterloo KyoungSoo Park, Pittsburgh Bhaskaran Raman, IIT-Mumbai Umar Saif, LUMS Lakshmi Subramanian, NYU Bill Thies, MSR India Kentaro Toyama, MSR India

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It is all about adding an 's'
by Karine Barzilai-Nahon 31 May '09

31 May '09

I wrote a post that summarize my experience in the UN commission for science and technologies for development. Thought it would interest this list. http://ekarine.org/2009/05/cstd-summary/ Best Karine ------------- http://twitter.com/karineb http://eKarine.org

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IBM in Vietnam
by Gaetano Borriello 28 May '09

28 May '09

http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800573589_480200_NT_8697cf62_2.HTM IBM Boosts Vietnam IT With New Innovation Center EE Times Asia (05/26/09) IBM recently opened the first IBM Innovation Center in Vietnam to help local communities build skills and develop new technologies to support demand for digital infrastructure projects. The center, which will be located in Ho Chi Minh City, will provide business partners and academics throughout Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos with access to training workshops, consulting services, technical infrastructure, and hands-on learning to help bring new technologies to the market. The IBM Academic Initiative will work with the University of Technology, Vietnam National University (VNU) in Ho Chin Minh City to establish a new university cloud computing center and a cloud curriculum. The College of Technology, VNU in Hanoi will establish a Service Science Management and Engineering department and jointly develop curriculum with IBM. IBM also will launch the first Vietnamese language version of its developerWorks, a global site to help IT professionals advance and improve their skills. IBM efforts in Vietnam are due to the country's accelerated IT growth. As Internet use in Vietnam has grown rapidly, the country's IT sector has expanded more than 20 percent annually. The Vietnam IBM Innovation Center will provide technical experts and customized hands-on support to test and validate users' software technologies before they go to market, and will offer training and access to open standards-based and emerging technologies.

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[TIER] FW: CLIHC '09: Extended deadline until June 14.
by Joyojeet Pal 27 May '09

27 May '09

The CLIHC/LA-WEB 2009 Conference held in Merida, Yucatan on November, 9-11, 2009 http://latin-web.org/clihc09/ announce the following news: ********************************************************************** DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR ALL SUBMISSION CATEGORIES UNTIL SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ********************************************************************** Saul Greenberg is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary. While he is a computer scientist by training, the work by Saul and his talented students typifies the cross-discipline aspects of Human Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, and Ubiquitous Computing. Ricardo Baeza-Yates is VP of Research for Europe and Latin America, leading the Yahoo! Research labs at Barcelona, Spain and Santiago, Chile, and also supervising the lab in Haifa, Israel. His research interests includes algorithms and data structures, information retrieval, web mining, text and multimedia databases, software and database visualization, and user interfaces. ********************************************************************** A NEW TYPE OF PRESENTATION CATEGORY: Posters in second life ********************************************************************** See the updated call for papers below.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You are cordially invited to participate in CLIHC/LA-WEB 2009, the Joint Conference encompassing the 4th. Latin American Conference on Human-computer Interaction (CLIHC) and the 7th Latin American Web Congress, which will be held November 9-11, 2009, in Mérida, Yucatán. (November 9-11, 2009) in Merida, Yucatan http://www.clihc.org/2009 Held in conjunction with LA-Web Welcome to the Latin- American perspective on HCI The diversity of Latin America is evident in its people, culture, geography, history and perspectives. This conference aims at capturing this richness within the context of those researchers and practitioners from and in Latin American working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The conference will serve as a venue for the inter-change of ideas, methods, approaches and techniques of those aiming at designing interactive experiences for the people of Latin America. It has its origin in two previous editions of the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC): In 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in 2005 in Cuernavaca, Mexico and in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the spirit of these previous editions, we acknowledge that in the HCI field, not only should we reach for technology that can be used and appreciated by the widest range of people, but also for means to promote inter-cultural exchange and cross-fertilization among people with diverse backgrounds and needs. The workshop is open to all topics and disciplines related to HCI. Topics include, but are not limited to: · user interface design and evaluation methods · universal accessibility · cross-cultural and internationalization issues · multi-modal interfaces, theoretical & multidisciplinary aspects · social and cultural issues in HCI · intelligent user interfaces · personalization and adaptive interfaces · end-user programming, multimedia · virtual reality and games · online communities and pervasive computing. ============================= ==== TYPE OF SUBMISSIONS ==== ============================= CLIHC will accept submissions in the following categories: 1 Full papers (up to 8 pages submissions) - Full papers are submissions describing results and original research work not submitted or published elsewhere. Full papers should properly place the work within the field, cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work and its contribution to the field 2 Short papers (up to 4 pages submissions) - Authors are invited to submit work in progress whose preliminary results are already interesting to CLIHC audience. This track will give CLIHC attendees a way to learn about ongoing research initiatives and will provide presenters with an excellent opportunity to receive invaluable direct feedback from experts. 3 Posters - For the first time in the CLIHC conference series, the poster session in CLIHC 2009 will be held simultaneously in real life at the conference and online in Second Life. Authors will present their work and interact with conference attendees and people who could not attend the conference. ========================= ==== IMPORTANT DATES ==== ========================= EXTENDED Submission deadline: Sunday, June 14, 2009 All papers categories submissions: May 30th, 2009 Notification of acceptance: July 10th, 2009 Camera-ready manuscripts due: August 1st, 2009 Conference dates: November 9-11, 2009 ==================================== ==== SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION ==== ==================================== The format of submitted papers must follow the IEEE conference format , including no page numbers. Submitted papers must be in PDF or Word format for Windows. Papers should be submitted through the easychair submission management system: submit the paper (in either PDF or Word (97 - 2007) format). Papers written in english and accepted will be published in the conference proceedings edited by IEEE -both full and short papers. Papers written in Spanish and Portuguese and accepted will be included in the conference proceedings edited by (ISBN book from Universidad Autonoma de Baja California ). Selected papers will also be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of an international journal to be announced. =================== ==== COMMITTEE ==== =================== Conference chair: Monica Tentori (mtentori(a)uabc.mx) | (mtentori(a)gmail.com) Local chair: Edgar Cambranes, UADY, Mexico Program chairs: Elizabeth S. Furtado (elizabet(a)unifor.br) and Alberto L. Moran (alberto_moran(a)uabc.mx) | (amoran2k(a)gmail.com) Steering committee: Alfredo Sanchez, UDLA, Mexico, Oscar Mayora, CreateNet, Italy , Victor M. Gonzalez, University of Manchester, UK, Christian Sturm, Hewlett Packard, España , Manuel Perez-Quiñones, Virginia Tech, Cristina Baranauskas , PUC-RIO

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FW: [TIER] Job Posting
by Richard Anderson 27 May '09

27 May '09

From: tier-bounces(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu [mailto:tier-bounces@tier.cs.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Tia Gao Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:05 AM To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Subject: [TIER] Job Posting Hi, I represent a growing high-tech startup company, based in Washington DC, and we have an internship opportunity. I was wondering if you could post this to your students? Thank you and warmest regards, Tia Gao skype: tiagao5 +1 (650)799-2355 ------------------------------ Product Manager Paid Fall 2009 Internship. Work in DC, see the world, change the world. On us. Internship starts September 2009 What: Product Manager Intern: We are a growing startup team looking for a technical product manager intern to provide: 20%: user interface design, 20% customer/client management 30% software development project management 10% technical marketing Where: Washington, DC (Adam's Morgan) with many international travel opportunities When: Start Date must be between June - September 2009, End Date must be December 2009 or later. Salary: very competitive + relocation expenses + free travel to 2 international conferences per year + free travel to international client sites About Us DataDyne is a not-for-profit, award winning consultancy creating groundbreaking mobile data products to serve public health and international development. We are a public health startup company dedicated to creating mobile phone software to help public health workers in developing countries. Since our founding in 2003, we have been driven by the desire to increase the quantity and quality of data available for worldwide public health, and thereby to positively impact the health of developed and developing country populations. Our product is endorsed by the WHO as a standard for public health data collection in 13 African countries, and is expanding to 17 countries by the end of 2009. DataDyne works with sustainable mobile information technologies to create sustainable information flow in developing countries, and to break down the barriers to data utilization. Visit us on the web at www.datadyne.org<http://www.datadyne.org/> for more information about our mobile software and services. Qualification/Skills - at least a Junior in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another technical discipline with coding background - must have taken a class on user interface design - must have completed a previous internship at a major software company: Google, Microsoft, Cisco - Must be able to communicate with development team in Object Oriented Languages - be comfortable at driving a highly-technical product to market: be comfortable conversing in Frontend and Backend Java-based Web development (Java, Eclipse, MySQL), XML, Grails, AJAX, HTML, Ruby on Rails, Flex - Passion of the IT public health industry a plus Benefits * Can start trial-period on a monthly basis or part time basis and extend into a 3-6month or 1 year coop * opportunities to travel and work abroad in Nairobi Housing/Living Stipend available * Paid travel & expenses between Nairobi and your home country. * Free soda and snacks * Free mobile phone and unlimited text message * Receive mentorship & training from senior product manager * Work in an area that can generate significant impact in the global public health community * Be in a position to influence the acceleration of public health in developing countries * We are very active with the entreprenuership community in Nairobi and US and can provide you opportunities for growth and recognition in the field of public health, entreprenuership, and ICT for developing countries. * Plenty of opportunities for growth, challenge, learning, and making an impact in the community To apply, check this link: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgfc8mb_48cwthwgch

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ICTs and Disability in the Developing World
by Joyojeet Pal 26 May '09

26 May '09

Folks, Here is the webpage: http://change.washington.edu/access/

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Message about Year-End Social
by UW Net Impact 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi everyone,<br /><br />Just a reminder that our end of the year social is happening tomorrow! We have guests from the Net Impact professional and University of British Columbia chapters, Change (UW group seeking to improve the lives of those in underserved populations in the developing world through technology), and Bainbridge Graduate Institute among others. Please stop in to enjoy a drink, meet some passionate folks like yourself, and see what UW Net Impact has in store for next year. ----------------------------------------------- For reference, your link to this Invite is: http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHA… Check out Evite's Party Tips to find recipes, gift ideas and activity suggestions for your event. Click here: http://www.evite.com/pages/myevite/ideas.jsp

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Change meeting this week: ICTD reading group
by Natalie Linnell 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hey everyone, This week at the change meeting, we'll be holding the ICTD reading group again. We'll be discussing the paper Featherweight Multimedia for Information Dissemination, and one of the authors, Gerry Chu, is here at UW and will be joining us. Noon to 1:00 in CSE 303 http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590f/09sp/ictd09/

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Evite: Reminder for Year-End Social
by Evite 25 May '09

25 May '09

Evite Reminder _________________________________________________________________ Hi change, We want to remind you that Year-End Social is coming up on Wed. May 27. Your current reply is Maybe. View the invite to see guest comments or to make any last-minute changes. http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHA… Send a free Thank You eCard to your guests after the event. You can schedule them now! http://www.evite.com/app/ecards/create/selectRecipients.do?eventID=BJTUHSND… Get planning tips on Evite! *Find recipes, gift ideas, and party suggestions http://www.evite.com/pages/places/myevite/ideas.jsp *Check out local event listings http://www.evite.com/pages/gt/search/index.jsp *Search for bars and restaurants in your area http://www.evite.com/pages/places/places.jsp We hope your event is a success. Enjoy! The Evite Team ************************* Are you having trouble seeing this email? Simply open your browser, then copy and paste the following URL into the address bar: http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHA… If you found this email in your junk/bulk folder, please add info(a)mail.evite.com to ensure that you'll receive all future Evite invitations in your Inbox. Was this email unwanted? Click below to manage your communication preferences: http://www.evite.com/respond/remove?iid=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHAZNU Replying to this email will reply directly to the sender. Your email address will be displayed. Evite respects your privacy. To see how we treat your information, please review our Privacy Policy.

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