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landscape survey - IP messaging for global health
by Keshet Ronen 19 Aug '19

19 Aug '19

Hi all, Over the last few years, global access to smartphone-enabled internet protocol (IP) mobile messaging (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, Telegram, WeChat) has grown exponentially. IP messaging’s potential is being increasingly leveraged to improve global health, but learnings are not being effectively disseminated. IP for Global Health (IP4GH) is a community of practice formed to bring together tools and evidence on the use of IP messaging for health. *Has your organization used IP messaging for health? Are you planning to? IP4GH is mapping projects and organizations pioneering this area and we want to include your work! Please take 5-10 minutes to answer 35 multiple-choice questions about your IP health project(s). <http://bit.ly/2Ki4Yqr>* Data from the survey will be published in an open-access publication and contributing projects will be credited as they wish. Survey participants will be sent the survey results and invited to join global leaders in the IP4GH online community of practice, whose goals are to: - Share experiences and facilitate collaborations using IP for global health. - Consolidate and disseminate evidence, tools and best practices in using IP for global health. - Set an agenda for responsible, impactful use of IP for global health. We would like to include as many projects as we can in our survey and community of practice. Please participate in the survey and pass it on to anyone you think might be interested! <http://bit.ly/2Ki4Yqr> Thanks, Keshet -- Keshet Ronen, PhD, MPH Pronouns: she / they Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Global Health, University of Washington 9th & Jefferson Building #1322 (+1) 206-685-4363

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Fw: SEEKING WISE COACHES - 6th Annual 2050 Workout UW Gould Hall on August 23
by Isabel Carrera Zamanillo 12 Aug '19

12 Aug '19

Please share the following information as appropriate: Sustainability Ambassadors<http://www.sustainabilityambassadors.org/> is seeking a select number of Sustainable Systems Coaches for our 6th Annual <http://www.sustainabilityambassadors.org/2050-workout> 2050 Workout<http://www.sustainabilityambassadors.org/2050-workout> which will take place in Gould Hall on the University of Washington Campus on August 23 from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. (It’s a Workout!) Coaches sign on for just a three hour drill down in the morning block. The 2050 Workout is sponsored by the UW College of Built Environments. Would your business, agency or organization like to co-sponsor this year? Next year? Expectations for Coaches & FAQ We are looking for wise mentors who are passionate about systems thinking, committed to driving a sustainable future, and fascinated by the art of mentoring young people to stretch their thinking about what’s possible... and practical. Let us know soon if this might be you or if you can identify an equally cool colleague (or grad student?) for whom this experience is a perfect fit. We are looking for 2-3 outstanding coaches in each of the following areas of expertise… In the morning from 9:00-12:00 we divide into the following Sustainable System Teams… (which one is your interest and expertise?) 1. Integrated Water Systems (supply, wastewater, stormwater, net zero water) 2. Clean Energy Systems (conservation, generation, storage) 3. Zero Waste and the Circular Economy (green chemistry, product stewardship) 4. Green Building Systems (affordable housing, living buildings, eco-districts) 5. Food Systems (production, processing, distribution, access, waste reduction) 6. Transportation Systems (TOD, walkability, bikes, buses, rail, freight, EV) Each of the five systems focus areas is nested in three meta-frameworks. * Equitable Access for All * Climate Solutions * Smart Cities (AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution) What is my role as a coach? Commit to attending 9:00-12:00 on August 23 and be ready to support student facilitators. Email Peter today! * Share your personal career pathway from high school to current career * Unpack your knowledge and vision for the next three decades * What are the prototypes and potential tipping points? * What might be some of the drivers? * Technical innovation * Creative disruptions * Business models and new market opportunities * City, state or federal policy innovation * Citizen action, participatory democracy, climate justice * Education innovations * Keep the focus positive on what’s possible (not what’s failing or falling apart) Celebrate: Invite your personal and professional networks to the final Public Presentation and Great Disruption Debate at 6:30. Follow Up: Provide feedback on the form, features, felt experience and outcomes. * Explore strengthening a programmatic partnership during the year. * Explore possible job shadow opportunities for selected youth leaders * Plan for the 2050 Workout next Summer Will you join? Contact: Peter Donaldson Sustainability Ambassadors peter(a)sustainabilityambassadors.org<mailto:peter@sustainabilityambassadors.org> 206-227-9597 --- Best regards, Isabel Carrera Zamanillo Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Specialist University of Washington College of the Environment 1492 NE Boat St, Suite 210B Seattle, WA 98105 P: 206-221-9316 / E: micz(a)uw.edu<mailto:micz@uw.edu><mailto:micz@uw.edu> Diversity and inclusion are guiding principles of the College of the Environment. The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish people of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations.

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Apply to join the ACM FCA! (Deadline: August 23, 2019)
by Neha Kumar 02 Aug '19

02 Aug '19

Please share this call widely across your networks! === Dear all, The ACM Future of Computing Academy (FCA) enters its second recruiting cycle! The ACM FCA was created in 2017 to foster computing's next generation of leaders, and the ACM encourages young computing professionals with a passion for excellence, vision, leadership, and impact to join the FCA! The FCA carries the "privilege and responsibility to become the voice of the future of the computing field at large and of ACM," striving to "improve (1) computing, (2) the computing community, and (3) computing's relationship with society." We engage in activities to shape the future of computing, creating podcasts, writing public statements, organizing summits, developing research manifestos, and more. As professionals from academia, research labs, companies, and startups, we are committed to a holistic evolution of the discipline. If you are interested to join, apply by *August 23, 2019*, and ensure that your applications will equip us to assess your excellence, vision for computing, leadership potential, and commitment to impact. More information and application link/eligibility criteria are at https://acm-fca.org/join-fca. For any questions, please email fca-membership(a)acm.org <fca-membership(a)acm.org>. Regards, Neha Kumar & Luigi De Russis (FCA Chair & Vice-Chair)

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Our order/Your catalog
by Yaron 23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19

Dear change(a)change.washington.edu We are interested to buy from you. However could you kindly send your company catalogue and the latest prices list. So that we can place our trial order as soon as possible. Best Regards Yaron Mendelson Purchasing Manager M.T.A Developments Ltd 60 West 66th Street Apt 48b New York, NY 10023 Phone: (973) 8839108 Email: yarom(a)mtadevelopment.com

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Live streaming COMPASS 2019
by Richard Anderson 02 Jul '19

02 Jul '19

The second annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2019) (https://acmcompass.org/) is being held in Accra Ghana July 3 to July 5. The conference schedule is available at: https://acmcompass.org/dates To make the talks available to those who cannot attend the conference, we will be live streaming the conference talks. Streaming information will be on the conference website. We will be streaming the talks using youtube streaming, using the Ashesi University channel , so you will be able to connect to the talks at: http://youtube.com/ashesifoundation, starting at 9am UCT/GMT Wednesday, July 3.

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Summer Internship Opportunity with PATH
by Matthew Johnson 18 Jun '19

18 Jun '19

Hi Change, It looks like PATH (a Seattle local NGO) is looking for a summer intern in cervical cancer screening research who would be interested in doing a review of the space. Cheers, -Matt J. --------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I am a recent graduate of the UW Epidemiology PhD student, and previous student of Brandon Guthrie and Keshet Ronen in their Bioengineering Solutions to Improve Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children course. I am now working at PATH and am recruiting someone with bioengineering experience for a summer internships, description posted here <https://path.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&id=23&…>. Could you please share with the Change mailing list? Many thanks! Regards, Kerry Thomson [image: cid:image001.png@01D4D7F8.615F8C20] *Kerry A. Thomson, PhD, MPH* *Research Officer, Reproductive Health Team*

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ICTD evaluation: Moonjung Yim dissertation defense (iSchool)
by Ricardo Gomez 10 Jun '19

10 Jun '19

Earlier this year, Moonjung presented some preliminary findings of her work at Change. She is now defending her dissertation on Evaluation of ICT4D. Yet another ICTD related dissertation to wrap up this academic year! Join us in person or online. Friday, June 21, 2019 12:00-2:00 pm Bloedel Hall Room 070, or online via zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/my/rgomez Title: Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) evaluation: Examining its foci, gaps, challenges, and associations with other areas to strengthen the field's conceptual underpinnings Abstract: The effectiveness of ICT for development (ICT4D) projects has been deeply questionable over the past decades, despite the much attention paid to ICTs among the academics and practitioners as a possible catalyst in the betterment of people's lives in the Global South. However, ICT4D evaluation is yet to be seen as a field with a clear global consensus on what it constitutes. In this setting, the study aims to identify the major foci, gaps, and challenges of ICT4D evaluation and explore ways to strengthen its conceptual elements and resolve prevailing issues. To address the above research problem, content analyses and interviews were conducted. Moreover, to identify and strengthen the field's conceptual elements, the study refers to other areas of evaluation with a long history of rich discourse and/or strong foundation of models, theories, and approaches. Supervisory Committee: * Ricardo J Gomez, Chair * Andres Barria-Roman, GSR * Michelle Suzanne Carter, Member * Negin Dahya, Member Ricardo Gomez Associate Professor, iSchool, University of Washington www.ricardogomez.net<http://www.ricardogomez.net/> - rgomez(a)uw.edu<mailto:rgomez@uw.edu>

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Trevor Perrier, PhD Defence
by Richard Anderson 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

(It's a busy week for ICTD PhD defences) Please join us on Friday, June 7 at 2pm in CSE2 371 for the final exam talk of Trevor Perrier Title: Connecting End Users to Domain Experts With Universal Mobile Phones Services Where: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 02:00 PM, CSE2 371 (Gates Center) and streamed: Meet URL: https://meet.google.com/bax-bgia-dhe Abstract: The potential for communication services available on any mobile phone to engage users, disseminate information, and facilitate behavior change has been well documented. Designing using universal applications such as SMS and voice services enables programs for individual empowerment and behavior change to reach marginalized segments of the global population. The majority of mobile messaging services for development are either one-way push messaging or use fully automated bi-directional end points. In this thesis, I present the design and evolution of a semi-automated bi-directional SMS platform for global health interventions. This novel system mediates personalized conversations between patients and trained medical professionals. In five Kenyan based projects over 140 thousand SMS messages have been sent and 35 thousand messages received. Analysis of this system data shows longitudinal trends in messaging and engagement which will inform the design of future systems.

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Aditya Vashistha, PhD Defense
by Richard Anderson 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

Hi All, Please join us tomorrow (June 6) at 10am in CSE2 271 (Gates Center) for the final exam talk of Aditya Vashistha<http://www.adityavashistha.com/>. Title: Social Computing for Social Good in Low-Resource Environments Where: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:00 AM, CSE2 271 (Gates Center) as well as on Hangout<http://meet.google.com/hth-qxwo-hmf> Abstract: Mainstream social computing technologies—like social media platforms, online discussion forums, or crowdsourcing marketplaces—have revolutionized how literate people with access to smartphones and the Internet participate in the information ecology and digital economy. However, these technologies currently exclude billions of those who are illiterate, who speak low-resource languages, or who do not have access to Internet-connected devices. To enable these communities to report and access information, global development researchers and practitioners have designed voice-based social computing services by using IVR technology. However, challenges in managing local language audio content, high cost of voice calls, and technical difficulties in setup makes these services difficult to scale, sustain, and replicate despite their demonstrated impact. In this talk, I will present three systems that I built to address these scalability, sustainability, and replicability concerns. Sangeet Swara is a voice-based social media service that uses community moderation from low-income, low-literate people to manage and moderate audio content recorded in local languages. Respeak is a voice-based crowdsourcing marketplace that enables even basic mobile phone users to complete speech transcription tasks to subsidize their cost of voice calls. IVR Junction is free and open source toolkit that makes it easier for global development organizations to build and maintain these services. Together, these systems fulfill my vision of building scalable, sustainable, and replicable voice-based social computing services that enable people without literacy, smartphones, or the Internet to participate in informative dialogues at both community and global scales. Bio: Aditya Vashistha is a graduating Ph.D. student in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington (UW). He builds inclusive and appropriate computing technologies to address information and instrumental needs of people living in low-resource communities. His research spans human-computer interaction (HCI), computing for development, and accessibility technology.

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Change Seminar June 4: CSE482b Capstone Presentations
by Galen Weld 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hi All, Please join us next Tuesday, June 4, in CSE 203 from 12:00pm-12:50pm for the last Change seminar of the quarter! CSE 482b is a capstone course where students develop applications to address global problems. Two project groups will present the work that they have done this term in designing and prototyping systems. *Twitter Analysis of Mobile Money Challenges:* Mobile Money has become an important mechanism for Financial Inclusion in many countries, yet there are a range of barriers that prevent people from adopting mobile money. To gain a better understanding of the challenges consumers phase, the Twitter group looked at the customer care Twitter feeds of mobile money operators in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and other countries to analyze problems reported by consumers. The group developed a software pipeline for processing tweets and applied various classification algorithms for both identification of mobile money complaints and labelling of specific types of complaint. *Global Cold Chain Mapper:* The immunization cold chain is the collection of refrigerators and cold rooms that keep vaccines safe as they move from manufacturers, through levels of storage, to remote health facilities for use. To ensure that the country immunization programs are effective, it is important to have an accurate understanding of the cold chain through a cold chain equipment inventory. This project studied the generalization of country wide inventories to investigate how a global cold chain inventory could be visualized and utilized by different global stakeholders.

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