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Vodafone Americas Foundation
by Yaw Anokwa 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

seems to be a lot of companies doing prizes for mobile innovation this year... > The Vodafone Americas Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of our > Wireless Innovation Challenge, a new competition that seeks to identify and > fund the best innovations using wireless related technology to address > critical social issues around the world. > > > > We hope you will help spread the word to potential applicants by forwarding > the attached fact sheet and press release, and directing them to the > Foundation website at: http://www.vodafone-us.com/innovation.html and > pressing the "enter" button below it, or directly reach the Challenge > website at: http://challenge.vodafone-us.com > > > > Three winners will be awarded prizes of $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 for > unique, late-stage wireless 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 Vodafone Wireless Innovation Challenge is open to projects submitted by > applicants from universities and nonprofit organizations based in the United > States. Eligible projects must: > > · Demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach that uses an innovation > in wireless related technology to address a critical global issue > > Hold the potential for replication and large scale impact > Include a business plan or basic framework for financial sustainability and > rollout > > Applications will be accepted online from November 17 to February 2 at > http://challenge.vodafone-us.com/. > > > > If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at > challenge(a)vodafone.com. > > > > More information is attached. Thank you very much for spreading the word > about the Wireless Innovation Challenge, and helping to discover innovations > that can change the world. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Vodafone Americas Foundation > > Innovation Challenge

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FW: [dub] Wednesday @ dub: Kentaro Toyama from MSR India talks on "Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development"
by Richard Anderson 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

From: dub-bounces(a)dub.washington.edu [mailto:dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Saleema Amershi Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:32 AM To: dub(a)dub.washington.edu Cc: Natalie Linnell; 'Kentaro Toyama' Subject: [dub] Wednesday @ dub: Kentaro Toyama from MSR India talks on "Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development" Hello Dubers! I'm very pleased to announce that this Wednesday, Kentaro Toyama, the assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India (MSRI), will be speaking at DUB on "Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development." In this talk, Kentaro will discuss several ongoing projects from MSRI's Technology for Emerging Markets Group which he leads in Bangalore, India. Since the opening of MSRI in January 2005, Kentaro and his team have done some amazing work applying both social-science research and technology innovation towards meeting the needs of people in emerging markets and in underserved communities throughout India and other developing regions worldwide. He is also a great speaker, so please come join us! Details below. Note that DUB will be held on Wednesday at our usual location in MGH 420. See you there! Thanks, Saleema ------------------------------------------------------------------- *Where:* MGH 420 (directions below) *When:* November 19th, 12-1:20PM *Who:* Intros by Natalie Linnell (CSE), Talk by Kentaro Toyama (Microsoft Research India) Food will be provided! TITLE: Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development ABSTRACT: In the young field of "information and communication technology for development" (ICT4D), the goal is to apply new computing and communication technologies for global socio-economic development. How do you design user interfaces for an illiterate migrant worker? Can you keep five rural schoolchildren from fighting over one PC? What value is technology to a farmer earning $1 a day? Ideas and methodologies from human-computer interaction research are critical to this work, and in this talk, I'll discuss relevant projects from the Technology for Emerging Markets group (http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fresearch%…>) at Microsoft Research India. We have a multidisciplinary team of researchers exploring solutions in agriculture, education, healthcare, microfinance, and so forth, in the hopes of identifying new ways for technology to support the growth of the world's poorest communities. BIO: Kentaro Toyama is assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India (MSR India)<http://research.microsoft.com/india>, which opened in Bangalore in January, 2005; he played a critical role in establishing the lab and is responsible for helping guide its direction and growth. In addition to his responsibilities to MSR India overall, Kentaro leads the Technology for Emerging Markets<http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem> research group as a principal researcher, and is a co-founder of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD)<http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007>. Before being named assistant managing director of MSR India, Kentaro spent seven years in MSR Redmond, Washington, U.S.A., and in Cambridge, U.K., working on computer vision, multimedia and geographic information systems. Kentaro earned his Ph.D. in computer science at Yale University<http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/toyama/> and received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University. During the autumn of 2002, he took personal leave from Microsoft to teach mathematics at Ashesi University<http://www.ashesi.edu.gh/> in Ghana. SPEAKER SCHEDULE You can see the entire speaker schedule for the quarter here: http://dub.washington.edu/events/meetings/. You can also subscribe to the Google Calendar feed by either searching for "dub group" within Google Calendar or adding designusebuild(a)gmail.com<mailto:designusebuild@gmail.com> <mailto:designusebuild@gmail.com> in the Google Calendar interface. Please send me a mail (samershi(a)cs.washington.edu<mailto:samershi@cs.washington.edu> <mailto:samershi@cs.washington.edu>) if you are interested in giving a talk or have a suggestion for a speaker. SEMINAR LOCATION We are meeting in room 420 (on the 4th floor) of Mary Gates Hall (MGH). MGH is located north of Drumheller Fountain (see map below). South Central Campus Map [cid:image001.gif@01C923AC.7A5A5FE0] -- Saleema Amershi PhD Student Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi

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TIER Workshop Talks are now online.
by Richard Anderson 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

http://www.citris-uc.org/events/TIER

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Digital StudyHall
by Richard Anderson 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Here is the note from Randy Wang on the Tech Award ________________________________________ From: studyhall-discuss-bounces(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu [studyhall-discuss-bounces(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu] On Behalf Of Randolph Wang [rywang(a)CS.Princeton.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:58 PM To: Randolph Wang Subject: (dsh-discuss) (dsh-hubs) we won, again. DSH won the top slot of the education category in the Tech Awards gala and $50K cash tonight!! (The independent judges were managed separately by Santa Clara University. Before the secret decision was announced tonight, we "only" made the top 25 "laureates.") http://www.techawards.org/ I was supposed to give a short "acceptance speech." Here's the gist of what I said: [some joke about hillbillies now ready to loot Nieman Marcus coast-to-coast, a Sarah Palin joke in case you didn't know...] I thanked the award judges for recognizing the beauty in simplicity, for recognizing that sometimes, the ideas that could make a difference are not always the sexiest. We are honored and humbled etc. This is a recognition of so many people who have done the hard real work. I want to especially mention Dr. Urvashi Sahni, a co-founder, who unfortunately can't make to the ceremony, because she's running real schools, and I'm just sent here to do what I do best: eating. There are too many names to enumerate so I can only give you some examples of all the anonymous good people who do the real work. There are the teachers who stay after school everyday to film lessons; there's the staff who's holed up in a small non-AC'ed office in 40-degree heat to burn hundreds of DVDs overnight to beat a deadline; there's the village school teacher who opened an extra evening school for kids who can't make it during the day, for no extra pay, for no extra recognition; there're the volunteers who put equipment in their suitcases to smuggle to India for us. This award goes to all the people like them! And finally, please help Digital StudyHall. You can start by Googling "Digital StudyHall." And considering who's handing out the envelope (Microsoft is a sponsor), I think live.com might do nicely too. End lame speech. You can check out all the other projects featured at the Tech Awards. A lot of them are really brilliant. The dude who invented the non-reusable syringe (over a billion made!) won the top prize in the health category. Totally brilliant! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://dsh.cs.washington.edu Studyhall-hub mailing list dsh-hubs(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to dsh-hubs-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dsh-hubs When replying to messages from this list, please consider changing the recipient address to studyhall-discuss(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- _______________________________________________ http://dsh.cs.washington.edu Studyhall-discuss mailing list Studyhall-discuss(a)lists.cs.princeton.edu https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/studyhall-discuss

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Digital Study Hall winns a Tech Museum Award
by Richard Anderson 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Digital StudyHall just recieved a 2008 award for applying technology to benefit humanity. http://www.techawards.org/laureates/

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Human Centered Design Toolkit
by Yaw Anokwa 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

In collaboration with Gates Foundation and IDE, IDEO has created a Human Centered Design toolkit. This resource was created to help organizations working with smallholder farmers better understand the needs of the farmers and design appropriate tools, technologies, programs, or services for and with them. https://client.ideo.com/socialimpact/

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Nokia introducing affordable mobile devices for internet in developing regions
by Brian DeRenzi 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Many of you might have heard about this by now, but if not, here's the official Nokia press release: http://www.nokia.com/A41403253 We'll see what it brings... Brian

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Please rate our Knight News Challenge proposal
by Yael Schwartzman 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, Tapan Parikh and I have submitted a proposal for the Knight News Challenge. I would greatly appreciate it if you can read it and rate it. http://generalapp.newschallenge.org/SNC/ViewItem.aspx?pguid=4a4f8c6a-d2c2-4… If you want to read a bit more about this contest you can go here (you might want to submit something next year :) ): http://www.newschallenge.org/about If you want to read a bit more about DigitalICS you can go here: http://www.digitalicslatino.org Thanks! Yael Schwartzman P.S. I also welcome any comments, suggestions and/or questions you might have

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Mobile development for Manobi (Senegal).
by Helene Martin 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Manobi is a Senegalese company providing various information services targeting the poor in Africa. They've developed a flexible communication platform on top of which they've established market information systems for smallholder farmers, emergency response systems for fishermen and other very successful applications. They're now working to start a mobile application lab in Senegal bringing together both African and western developers to build capacity and drive innovation. They are looking to hire two people: a mobile developer and a network engineer. Work generally happens in French in Senegal, but they are considering English-speakers for the positions as well. Please contact daniel.annerose(a)manobi.net to apply. Mobile developer: seeking someone to build J2ME, Symbian, C++ and Windows Mobile applications. 1 year minimum experience required. The original French listing: Manobi recherche son collaborateur spécialiste en création d'applications Mobiles 2.0 (participation des utilisateurs et agrégation de services) innovantes unifiant avec élégance les Web sur PC et le web Mobile. Plus précisément, les missions incluront : * Analyse et développement d'application en JAVA pour mobiles (J2ME) * Gestion de projets autonomes * Développement en environnement C++ Symbian et Windows Mobile *** CONNAISSANCES REQUISES *** * Connaissance du travail en environnement mobile (J2ME, Symbian, Windows mobile, xhtml mobile…) * JAVA pour mobiles (J2ME) * C++ sur Symbian ou Windows mobile *** PROFIL RECHERCHE *** * Minimum 1 an d'expérience dans un poste similaire * Vous êtes passionné par la mobilité au quotidien et avez le désir d'en faire profiter le plus grand nombre via des projets innovants largement diffusés * Capacité à travailler en équipe et autonomie démontrée * Rigueur et sens de la finition * Capacité de proposition / exploration et curiosité technique ==== Network engineer: seeking someone to administrate the Manobi servers. Scroll down for a bullet list of technological skills they are looking for. Original French posting: MANOBI Sénégal est le 1er opérateur sénégalais de services à valeur ajoutée sur Mobile et Internet pour les entreprises et les professionnels. MANOBI crée la véritable convergence entre le GSM et l'Internet ce qui permet à ses clients d'accéder à leurs services depuis n'importe quel type de terminal, tel que le téléphone mobile, l'ordinateur ou l'assistant personnel. Nous cherchons une personne qui rejoindrait l'équipe de gestion du système d'information afin d'assurer la gestion et la maintenance de notre parc informatique (poste de travail, environnement de production). Dans le cadre des projets de Manobi, vous aurez à travailler avec de nombreux acteurs des télécommunications sénégalais ainsi que de grands comptes. Le poste est aussi ouvert à un junior voulant réaliser son projet de fin d'étude au Sénégal dans une société de télécommunication. Vos tâches seront les suivantes * Administration des serveurs de la plate forme de Manobi * Gestion des utilisateurs et harmonisation du parc informatique * Veille sécuritaire et surveillance du SI * Mission d'expertise informatique auprès de clients (en fonction des missions) * Rédaction documentaire Vos compétences sont : • Administration système o Linux SME, DEBIAN o LAMP o Kannel (passerelle GSM) o Outil de travail de l'entreprise (Postfix, TinyDNS, Firewall) • Analyse sécurité et réseau o SNORT o Zabbix, Ntop, Nagios • Connaissance des protocoles réseau : GSM, SMPP, TCP/IP Contact : Antoine Castaing daniel.annerose(a)manobi.net www.manobi.sn

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Fwd: WG9.4: IFIP 9.4 doctoral colloquium May 2009
by Yaw Anokwa 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: WG9.4: IFIP 9.4 doctoral colloquium May 2009 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:39:48 -0000 From: <S.Bailur(a)lse.ac.uk> Reply-To: <S.Bailur(a)lse.ac.uk> To: <wg94-l(a)uku.fi> Call for Participation: Doctoral Colloquium, May 28th 2009, Dubai School of Government, United Arab Emirates In conjunction with IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries 10th International Conference, "Assessing the contribution of ICT to Development Goals" ( _http://ifip.dsg.ae/index.htm_ ). The Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students from the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with leading specialists, scholars and peers in an international setting. To support doctoral students to attend, a 50% discount on the main conference fee is available to full-time PhD students. This includes attendance at the colloquium. To apply for presentation at the colloquium please submit an extended abstract of 1500 words of your research covering: . Topic area, research questions and rationale for the work . Research methodology including conceptual framework used and research methods employed . Summary of any initial findings and planned analysis approach Submissions must be written in English, in Open Office Writer or MS Word .doc format, or as a .pdf file and sent to: sharon.morgan(a)manchester.ac.uk Accepted papers will be published on the conference website. Important Dates: - Deadline for extended abstract submission: November 28 2008 - Notification of acceptance: December 19th, 2008 - Camera-ready paper due: January 20th 2009 - Doctoral Colloquium: May 28th, 2009 - Main Conference: May 26-28th, 2009 Contacts: Doctoral Colloquium organiser - Sharon Morgan, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, UK ( _http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/_) sharon.morgan(a)manchester.ac.uk Main Conference Organising Chair - Fadi Salem, Dubai School of Government ( _http://www.dsg.ae_ <http://www.dsg.ae/>) fadi.salem(a)dsg.ae <mailto:fadi.salem@dsg.ae> .. Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hci4d" group. To post to this group, send email to hci4d(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hci4d%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hci4d?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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