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Fwd: [hci4d] Call for Papers: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Special Issue
by Brian DeRenzi 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: gaz <gary.marsden(a)gmail.com> > Date: August 5, 2008 9:59:24 AM GMT+03:00 > To: hci4d <hci4d(a)googlegroups.com> > Subject: [hci4d] Call for Papers: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing > Special Issue > > > Call for Papers: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Special Issue: > > Bridging the Digital Divide: Experiences and Perspectives > > > Editors > > Lucia Terrenghi, Vodafone GROUP Services R&D, Germany > > Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa > > > Synopsis > > For a portion of the global population, communication capabilities > have reached the status of a commodity. Some of us can afford a > complex portfolio of communication genres, such as voice over mobile > networks, voice over IP, e-mails, sms, mms, instant messaging…The list > is long and diverse, and we, as members of the industrialized society, > have developed a vocabulary and a semantics of communication genres. > These guides our use of one or another particular genre according to > the context, to our recipient, to our personal lifestyles and > objectives for self-expression and communication. One could actually > say that we have developed a culture of communication around the media > we can dispose of. Furthermore, our lives and economy in > industrialized societies heavily rely on communication technologies > (e.g., business, banking, health, public services, and security). We > sometimes take for granted, though, that such communication > capabilities are equally distributed globally. Similarly, we take for > granted that our communication culture, heavily relying on digital > media, can be understood and shared globally. Like water and food, one > can rather think of communication capabilities as a resource > (fulfilling a human need) we are globally sharing and responsible for: > in these terms, we need to acknowledge that digital communication is a > resource that at present is not equally and democratically distributed > in the world. As such, work must be done to “give voice” to those > portions of the population which are cut out from the global > discourse, so as to preserve cultural diversity and contribute to > filling the economical gap. > > This special issue of the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing journal > aims at collecting experiences and perspectives which address the > bridging of the digital divide. With the term “digital divide”, we in > fact address the communication divide, and the lack of digital > communication capabilities in terms of access and generation of > content. > > > > Topics which are relevant for this issue include, although are not > limited to: > > - elicitation of requirements in unconnected communities > (methodologies, results…) > > - projects aiming at bridging the digital divide: successes, > failures, lessons learned > > - guidelines and/or manifestos for an HCI agenda in unconnected > communities (e.g., rural areas, developing countries, elderly people, > disabled people) > > - examples of appropriation of a communication technology in a > community previously unconnected > > - examples/ideas about how to sensitize social responsibility in > the networked society (e.g., recycling hardware, stimulating social > networks…) > > > > Submission details > > Submissions should be between 3000 and 4000 words and authors are > encouraged to use the Springer guidelines for authors, available at > ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/Word/journal > > Submission in pdf electronic format should be emailed to > bridgingdivide(a)vodafone.com > > > > Important dates > > 15 September: deadline for abstract submission (300 words) > > 03 November: deadline for full paper submission > > 24 November: notification of acceptance and changes requests for > camera ready version > > 08 December: camera ready version due > > > > Reviewing Committee: > > Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK > > Andy Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University, UK > > Ann Light, Sheffield Hallam University, UK > > Anxo Cereijo-Roibas, Vodafone GROUP Services, UK > > Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University, USA > > Edwin Blake, University of Cape Town, South Africa > > Eli Blevis, University of Indiana, USA > > Ingrid Mulder, Telematica Institute, The Netherlands > > Keith Cheverst, Lancaster University, UK > > Matt Jones, Swansea University, UK > > Mike Best, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA > > Nic Bidwell, James Cook University, Australia > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > 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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Fwd: [hci4d] 2nd CFP: Special Issue of ITID on HCI and International Development
by Yaw Anokwa 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Niall Winters <n.winters(a)ioe.ac.uk> Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:34 Subject: [hci4d] 2nd CFP: Special Issue of ITID on HCI and International Development To: Information Technologies and International Development Second Call for papers for a special issue on HCI and International Development Submission deadline: October 21, 2008 Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) is the leading journal focusing on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICT) with international development. Published by the MIT Press and edited at the University of Southern California and the Georgia Institute of Technology, ITID is a multidisciplinary, quarterly open access publication. The journal is now inviting submissions for a special issue on HCI and International Development. The new interdisciplinary field of human‐ computer interaction for development (HCI4D) focuses on applying HCI principles to the design and development of appropriate technologies for marginalized communities around the world. HCI4D plays a critical role in ensuring that technologies are usable, useful, appropriate, and well adapted to the communities and contexts in which they are intended to be used. Although there have been many successes, the field remains both theoretically and methodologically under‐researched. In particular, design methodologies have often been developed from a perspective that may not reflect developing‐world contexts. Moreover, a lack of idea‐ sharing between and across disciplines remains a barrier to the field's further development. The aim of this special issue is to directly address these significant challenges. We are soliciting critical and/or empirical investigations of the following themes: • HCI challenges in designing for underserved communities • How design practice can inform development theory and vice versa • Experiences in building the capacity of communities to work with HCI4D researchers • How sociotechnical issues and context of use inform design • New methodologies in HCI4D • The evaluation of design and/or implementation processes • Lessons learned: HCI4D failures and success stories This special issue is primarily concerned with HCI issues and programs targeting underserved populations; the editors seek a diverse pool of submissions presenting novel research designs that are theoretically or empirically grounded and methodologically sound. Contributions are especially welcome from researchers based in developing regions and those involved in cross‐continental collaborations. Please visit http://itidjournal.org/index.php/1111/information/authors for more information about ITID, its author guidelines, and to submit a paper for this issue. Guest editors: Niall Winters, London Knowledge Lab n.winters(a)ioe.ac.uk Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India Kentaro.Toyama(a)microsoft.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hci4d?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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by Vikas Bhasin 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

-- Vikas Govt. College of Teacher Education, Dharamsala HP

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CFP: ICTD2009
by Yaw Anokwa 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

just a reminder, there are only two more months left until the ictd deadline... The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie-Mellon's state-of-the-art campus in Doha, Qatar (http://www.ictd2009.org) This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT and international development. Confirmed speakers include a keynote by William H. Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation. We invite submission of papers for ICTD2009, the third of an ongoing series of conferences, which follows successful events at Berkeley in May 2006 (http://sims.berkeley.edu/ictd2006) and Bangalore in December 2007 (http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007) IMPORTANT DATES September 22, 2008 Submissions due January 15, 2009 Final decisions sent out to authors February 20, 2009 Camera-ready papers due April 17-19, 2009 Conference CONFERENCE FOCUS The goal of the ICTD conference is to provide a forum for academic researchers and scholarly practitioners working with ICT applied to development. The conference will be scientifically rigorous and multi-disciplinary—papers reporting high-quality original research are solicited. Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and full proceedings will be published at the time of the conference. The conference will bring together researchers and reflective practitioners in both the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science, electrical engineering, industrial design, and the like, in addition to domain specialists in various development fields such as healthcare, agriculture, enterprise, education, governance, etc. For the purposes of this conference, the term "ICT" will comprise computing devices (e.g. PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), and technologies for voice and data connectivity such as mobile telephony, the Internet, and related technologies. Application domains include, but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, enterprise, healthcare, poverty alleviation, general communication, and governance. Papers considering novel design, new technology, project assessment, policy, impact, content, social issues around ICT for development and so forth will be considered. Well-presented negative results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought. CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLICATION Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered, through double-blind review. Word-length limit: 8000 words (this is a maximum, not a target!). Submissions must be through the website (http://www.ictd2009.org) and authors should follow IEEE style/formatting, detailed online. Authors will be required to sign a copyright release for the proceedings. Papers from the previous conference are now available on IEEE Xplore (IEEE's digital library), e.g.: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4085497. We also plan to develop some papers for an ITID journal special issue; selected papers from previous conferences were published in special issues of ITID; e.g. see: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/itid/4/1 For the latest information, please see the conference website at http://www.ictd2009.org. Please address e-mail correspondence to ictd2009(a)gmail.com. VENUE Qatar is a rapidly growing economy in the region and the world which has set its targets of moving beyond a hydrocarbon economy into becoming a regional and global leader in knowledge and information. Qatar is a modern, stable nation with a vibrant international population, and hosted the Asian Games in 2007. Education City brings leading educational and research institutions to Qatar, including Cornell, Georgetown, Texas A&M, and Carnegie Mellon, offering degree programs in Computer Science, Business Administration, and Information Systems. This provides an ideal venue for hosting ICTD2009, in a geographic location close to major population centers around the world, easily accessible by direct flights. NEW FOR ICTD2009 ICTD2009 will feature an enhanced review process with the opportunity for a brief rebuttal by authors. Details on this process will be given closer to the submission deadline. ICTD2009 will also have a separate call for panels and workshops, and an opportunity to demonstrate ICTD applications. Please refer to the conference website for details.

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Fwd: M4D 2008 - Mobile Communication Technology for Development
by Yaw Anokwa 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

*** Invitation to participate in M4D 2008 *** M4D 2008 - 1st International Conference on "M4D": Mobile Communication Technology for Development 11-12 December, 2008, Centre for HumanIT Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden http://m4d.humanit.org New developments in mobile communication technologies have generated a number of possibilities for economic and social development in low-income countries. M4D 2008 focuses specifically on mobile technologies within the broader field of study that has now become known as ICT4D ("ICT for Development"). We strive to have an event where all types of actors are included. There will be a research stream with a traditional conference design and a practitioner's stream where industry, NGOs, and public bodies can disseminate their knowledge. For each of these two major focuses there will be an internationally renowned keynote speaker. We welcome presentations within all "m" areas: m-government, m-health, m-banking, m-policy, etc., as well as social and cultural aspects of M4D. While the "m" in this context often implies low tech it is also noteworthy that wireless connections have promises for the development of broadband networks: there will be a special workshop on wireless broadband networks for developing regions including mesh networks. Submission of papers and poster abstracts will open in late August and close at the end of October. We will review proposals continuously to be able to provide early feedback to people who need Letters of Invitation for visas to get to Sweden; see further under "Participation" at http://m4d.humanit.org ! Welcome to Sweden in December! Dgroups is a joint initiative of Bellanet, DFID, Hivos, ICA, ICCO, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and World Bank

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Will Money Solve Africa's Development Problems?
by Yaw Anokwa 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

The John Templeton Foundation is conducting a series of "Big Questions" essays among leading scientists and scholars. They recently did one on 'Will Money Solve Africa's Development Problems?' which was a good read. Go to http://www.templeton.org/questions/africa/pdfs/bq_africa.pdf to read them.

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IEEE Computer June Issue: ICT4D
by Yaw Anokwa 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

In this special issue, IEEE Computer presents articles from four leading international research groups in the multidisciplinary field of information and communication technologies for development. In addition, a special section describes the experience with the development of significant ICT industries in Brazil and Ireland. http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/index.jsp

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CFP - Urban Sensing
by Tapan Parikh 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Call for Papers Workshop on Urban, Community, and Social Applications of Networked Sensing Systems (UrbanSense08) November 4, 2008, Raleigh http://sensorlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/urbansensing/ Held in conjunction with ACM SenSys 2008 Sensing is going mobile and people-centric. Sensors for activity recognition and GPS for location are now being shipped in millions of top end mobile phones. This complements other sensors already on mobile phones such as high-quality cameras and microphones. At the same time we are seeing sensors installed in urban environments in support of more classic environmental sensing applications, such as, real-time feeds for air-quality, pollutants, weather conditions, and congestion conditions around the city. Collaborative data gathering of sensed data for people by people, facilitated by sensing systems comprised of everyday mobile devices and their interaction with static sensor webs, present a new frontier at the intersection between pervasive computing and sensor networking. This workshop promotes exchange among sensing researchers involved in areas, such as, mobile sensing, people-centric and participatory sensing, urban sensing, public health, community development, and cultural expression. It focuses on how mobile phones and other everyday devices can be employed as network- connected, location-aware, human-in-the-loop sensors that enable data collection, geo-tagged documentation, mapping, modeling, and other case-making capabilities. This workshop is the third in a series of meetings held at SenSys over last few years. The first workshop in 2006 dealt with the concept of the world sensor web and the second at SenSys 2007 focused on sensing on everyday mobile phones in support of participatory research. We particularly encourage position papers on the following topics (but not limited to): -Applications and architectural ideas -Mobile phones sensing systems -Activity recognition and classification techniques -Data gathering, analysis and visualization of sensed data -Privacy and security issues -Sensing and its application to social networks -City-wide urban sensing -Machine learning for human and group behavior -Participatory and opportunistic sensing -Body area sensor networks -Sensing for creational applications, healthcare, public health, community development, and cultural expression. -Interaction between static sensor webs and mobile sensors Paper Submission Instructions: Submissions should contain 5 U.S. letter pages in PDF format, including all references, figures and tables. Papers should be single column using 11pt font. Proceedings will be made available to workshop participants online ahead of the workshop and as a printed copy. Paper submission is through the EDAS system. Important Dates: Papers submissions due Friday, August 1, 2008 (5:00pm EST) Notification to authors Friday, August 29, 2008 Camera-ready copy due Friday, September 19, 2008 (5:00pm EST) Workshop date November 4, 2008 Organizers: Frank Bentley, Motorola Assaf Biderman, MIT Péter Boda, Nokia Research Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington Andrew Campbell, Dartmouth College, (Co-Chair) Hae Don Chon, Samsung Landon Cox, Duke University Deborah Estrin, UCLA, (Co-Chair) Lama Nachman, Intel Research Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley Matt Welsh, Harvard University Sean White, Columbia University Feng Zhao, Microsoft Research

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nuanced view of microcredit
by Yaw Anokwa 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?essay_id=361250&fuseaction=wq.essay is a good read for those interested in microfinance. it presents a more subtle view of how microcredit is working across the world. also check out http://vsla.net/ for a newer microfinance model that seems to work better in urban slums and more rural villages.

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IEEE Computer
by Richard Anderson 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

The june issue of IEEE computer is a special issue on ICTD. Articles by the usual suspects.

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