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FW: Tsaile job opening
by Richard Anderson 02 May '08

02 May '08

Here is a rather unique job opportunity - Dine College on the Navajo Reservation is looking for a CS instructor. If you are interested, I can provide you with a little bit more information (or connect you with the current instructor). - Richard -----Original Message----- From: David Broderick [mailto:david@spiderbit.com] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 5:25 PM To: Richard Anderson Subject: Tsaile job opening Richard, The announcement for a CS instructor went up on our site just this week: http://www.dinecollege.edu/employment/positions.php If you know of anyone who would be interested, please pass along the info. David

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Fwd: [TIER] Fwd: Opportunity for a top student at the Grameen Technology Center -- Application Laboratory
by Brian DeRenzi 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

David is a really nice guy and just down the road here in Seattle... Brian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tapan Parikh <tapan(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: 2008/4/30 Subject: [TIER] Fwd: Opportunity for a top student at the Grameen Technology Center -- Application Laboratory To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu The Grameen Foundation AppLab is looking for interns for its AppLab project in Uganda - see attached for details. Please contact David Edelstein (contact details below) if you are interested. David Edelstein Director of ICT Innovation • Grameen Technology Center +1.206.229.0341 • Skype: david.seattle _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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An interesting paper on Poverty
by Richard Anderson 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

I came across the following paper which gives interesting data on expenditures of poor people in developing regions. The economic lives of the poor. A. Banerjee and E. Duflo, MIT Working paper, October 2006. http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590b/CurrentQtr/docs_p/b… It is worth reading. (For csep590b, I've put it as a supplementary reading for week 6. http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590b/CurrentQtr/readings…) - Richard

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FW: April 25 event - UW activities in India
by Rohit Chaudhri 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Hi, I came to know about this this event where UW folks will meet to talk about various projects being done in the UW for India. They've asked if someone from CSE could come and talk about our projects. Is someone up for doing this? At this point I don't know if they need a presentation/slideware, but am trying to find out. I could do this, if no one else does - but I don't know of all the dept activities for India, so would need to gather this information from the relevant people. Pl let me know about this. thanks! Rohit ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mausam <mausam(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM Subject: FW: April 25 event To: Rohit Chaudhri <rohitc(a)cs.washington.edu> Do you think the following forum is relevant to you? Would you like to go for this as a speaker? Mausam *From:* snodgrassuw(a)gmail.com [mailto:snodgrassuw@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Keith Snodgrass *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2008 12:24 PM *To:* mausam(a)cs.washington.edu *Subject:* April 25 event Dear Mausam, We have met at a couple of South Asia events. We'd like to have you or someone from CS who is doing some work in India come to our April 25 event (details below) for our final session on UW activities in India. We expect a turnout of 50-100 people, as this is listed in the Washington Weekend program as well as through our usual publicity avenues. We would like to have you be around from about 6:45 PM til 7:30 so that attendees can discuss your project. I am happy to answer any questions, so please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you. India's New Economy Friday, April 25, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Bank of America Executive Education Center - Douglas Forum - Contact: Keith Snodgrass, snodgras(a)u.washington.edu, 206-543-4800 The Foster School of Business and the South Asia Center of the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, present The New Economy in India. This event will offer diverse viewpoints on recent economic developments in this dynamic country, views on its position within the global economy, and information on activities currently being undertaken in relation to India by UW faculty, staff and students. We will open the session with a presentation by UW Business Professor Suresh Kotha on The Macro Perspective: Why Talk About India in this Context? Also on the program is The View from the Ground: Multiple Perspectives on India's New Economic Position by entrepreneurs and others directly involved in India's economy. With Dinesh Keskar of Boeing and Pradeep Singh. There will be refreshments and the opportunity to attend a poster session and meet students and faculty on the topic of "The UW in India and India in the UW." This event is part of the University of Washington's Washington Weekend. For a full schedule of events, see http://www.washington.edu/alumni/weekend/ -- Keith Snodgrass Associate Director and Outreach Coordinator South Asia Center Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington w: http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/ p:206.543.4800 f: 206.685.0668 e: snodgras(a)u.washington.edu

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[Fwd: [BHI-Student] FW: Announcement-- PHI2008: Global Partners in Public Health Informatics Conference]
by Richard Boyce 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

FYI - Sorry if this is a repeat

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NGO in India looking for info management solutions
by Sunil Garg 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi all, I'm currently studying abroad in India, where we're working closely with a development organization called Chirag (www.chirag.org) They've asked me to look into solving the following two issues -- if any of you have ideas or know of relevant software packages, preferably open source, please let me know. 1. Collection, management, and analysis of area reports: each area team would periodically fill out a template, which would then be sent to organization leaders who want to compare any given template field across different areas or over time. Data is generally qualitative and input needs to be in Hindi. 2. Tracking student progress over time. If there are any open source packages available that allow schools to manage and track student information and progress (like the medical records package described in last quarter's talk), that would be really helpful. Data is generally quantitative, so Hindi support isn't necessary but would be nice. Thanks, Sunil

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CSEP 590b - computing and the developing world
by Richard Anderson 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

This term I am teaching a course on Computing and Developing World in the UW Professional Master's Program: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590b/CurrentQtr/ There is a rapidly growing reading list for the course, which may be of interest to members of this mailing list. http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590b/CurrentQtr/readings… The readings are password protected. To access them use: user: csep590b password: student

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3 Programming Mentor Positions in Rwanda for Partners In Health
by benson limketkai 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

I ran the pilot project. The program is great. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me. The start date is somewhat flexible. If you also know anyone who might be interested, please pass this along. benson ------------------------------------ Save the world, one click at a time! http://www.thehungersite.com "Safeguard the helpless."

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CFP - WiNS-DR @ MobiCom
by Tapan Parikh 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR) Workshop to be held in conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2008 September 19, 2008 http://moment.cs.ucsb.edu/winsdr08 ****** Call for Papers ****** Information and communication technologies have been widely hailed as an important component in the advancement of the rural and underserved regions of the developing world. While technology alone cannot be a panacea for the diverse and myriad challenges in these regions, there is increasing evidence that communications technologies and access to information, far from being a luxury, can have direct and vital benefits to the economic and social well-being of the population in these regions. In particular, studies indicate that access to communication and information can contribute to specific measures such as increased GDP and living standards. Moreover, anecdotal evidence as well as pilot projects indicates that such access can lead to specific benefits, such as new economic opportunities and better medical information and intervention. This workshop focuses on the technology required to provide communications and information access to rural regions in the developing world, and in particular technical aspects of wireless networking, systems and communication. This target environment poses unique system-wide challenges that require the development of new research approaches and innovative designs and techniques. These challenges include infrastructure issues, such as power and connectivity limitations, as well as particular user needs, including cost, literacy and language issues. Thus in addition to considering the specifics of networking protocols and architectures, the aim of the workshop is to consider the entire system by which networking and communication is provided, all the key technical stakeholders, and the overall system lifecycle from economic modeling to deployment. AUDIENCE: The workshop aims to bring together a diverse group of technical researchers, including: - network planners and economists, - user experience researchers, - network architecture and protocol specialists, - networked application and middleware developers. We believe it is this comprehensive approach that will lead to breakthroughs in understanding the key challenges and research required to build practical, deployable, innovative systems. TOPICS: We solicit original, unpublished, technical papers in the relevant areas of interest including, but not limited to: - Economics of rural access networks, including case studies, tools and models - Rural network planning and spectrum management protocols and techniques - User experience research, including impact of language and literacy barriers on networked applications - Shared access devices and infrastructure, including personalization and privacy concerns - Delay tolerant networking - Low-power and intermittent-power protocols - Energy-efficient and intermittent-energy devices, networks and systems - Mechanisms for emergency and urgent communications - Middleware and mechanisms for minimizing energy, latency and storage - Networked applications and services - Testing, deployment and evolution: techniques and in-depth case studies SUBMISSIONS: All papers will be peer-reviewed by a multidisciplinary program committee of technical experts. Submissions are limited to 6 pages in length, with a minimum 10pt font and 1 inch margins, including all references and figures. Submissions will be handled by the EDAS system. IMPORTANT DATES May 8: Abstract registration deadline May 12: Submission deadline June 15: Acceptance notification July 1: Camera ready versions due Sept 19: Workshop date CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS General Chair: Charles Perkins TPC Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara Ravi Jain, Google TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Daniel Appelquist, Vodafone, UK Ken Banks, Kiwanja.net, Uganda Ian Chakeres, Motorola Labs, India Jon Crowcroft, Univ of Cambridge, UK Nathan Eagle, MIT and Univ of Nairobi, Kenya Prasant Mohapatra, UC Davis, USA Giovanni Pau, UC Los Angeles, USA Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley, USA Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay, India Kobus Roux, Meraka Institute, South Africa Charles Warren, Google, USA Richard Wolff, Montana State University, USA (further invitations pending)

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congrats to brian (again)
by Yaw Anokwa 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

brian is too modest to announce this himself, but he just got the announcement for the fulbright scholarship. for those keeping track, this means he is both an nsf and fulbright scholar! yaw

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