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Fwd: Hire an MPA/ID graduate intern this summer? reply by Jan 9 if possible
by Yosem Companys 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

From: Finney, Carol J. <Carol_Finney(a)hks.harvard.edu> As you consider your professional goals for 2018, perhaps a Harvard Kennedy School of Government *MPA/ID* <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/mpa-id> graduate intern can help you achieve them. As you might know, MPA/ID students are hard-working and well-trained, with strong skills in economics, econometrics and data analysis as well as policy writing. They have several years of previous full-time work experience, typically in international organizations, consulting, government, non-profit, or private financial sectors. Most of our students are international, and many speak several languages. MPA/ID students will be available during our summer break, between May 14 and August 17, 2018. If you would like to hire an MPA/ID student, please send me your project description by Tuesday, *January 9*, if possible. I look forward to receiving your reply with a* description of the work* an intern might perform. The job description should include information on the following: · your organization · the project or type of work · qualifications (languages needed, for example) · logistics (office location, start/end dates, etc) · compensation or in-kind assistance, if any When I receive your description, I will forward it directly to the available students (unless you instruct me otherwise), so that they may apply directly. *Demand for our students does exceed supply. *Students are most likely to be interested in well-thought-out proposals with enough organizational support to make them feasible. Paid positions are attractive, of course, but in kind assistance (housing, airfare or meals for example) is also helpful. Proposals received by mid-January are more likely to be filled than those received later. Whether you plan to have a summer intern or not, your continued guidance to current students is much appreciated. A number of students travel over the break, seeking information about internships or job possibilities. If you can spare a few minutes to advise any who request your help, that would be terrific. If you’d like to update me on your job title or location, or opt in or out of the JOBs emails, please go to *this **brief survey* <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPAID2015>* .* Thank you for your time and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best Wishes, Carol J. Finney Director, MPA/ID Program John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge, MA USA carol_finney(a)harvard.edu [image: cid:image002.png@01D0F528.480812D0] *Master in Public Administration in International Development* <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/mpa-id> *Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University* The MPA/ID <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/mpa-id> is a* rigorous, economics centered, multidisciplinary master's program* designed to train the next generation of practitioners in international development. (For more info, please see our website <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/masters/mpa-id>.) Our students are hard-working and well-trained, with strong skills in economics, econometrics and data analysis. They have several years of previous full-time work experience; the average age is 28. Many speak several languages. About three quarters are citizens of developing or transitional economy countries. *Summer Internship* Between their 1st and 2nd years, MPA/ID students undertake a summer practicum, working on a political or economic development project, in order to broaden their professional perspective. Students are expected to work for 8-12 weeks between *May 14 and August 17*, 2018. Experience has shown that *the internship will be most beneficial to you* and to the student if you can frame a relatively self-contained piece of work which will be useful to your organization. Thus we encourage you to choose a particular project for the student to address. *The more guidance you can provide, the more likely the product will be valuable to you. * If your project requires specific skills (language fluency or STATA skills, for example) please specify. Examples of tasks a student might complete include: · design or carry out a survey · analyze data previously collected · write a grant proposal · analyze an issue and propose policy alternatives · evaluate an on-going program *Funding* Our students are in demand. If your organization is able to provide a stipend, or assistance with airfare or housing, it will make your project more attractive. For work at organizations unable to pay an intern, students may apply for a small grant to cover travel and living costs through the Kennedy School. Students will have the best chance of obtaining funding to support their summer internships if they have *finalized their internship arrangements by late February*. To apply for funding, they must have a letter or email from the organization confirming the internship offer, a one page description of what they will be doing, and a budget.

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Re: [change] summer toys and sports toys,beach toys, water guns, of china
by Danise 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

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Mesh networking gig in Guyana
by Yosem Companys 21 Dec '17

21 Dec '17

From: Stephen Whitmore <stephen.whitmore(a)gmail.com> I work with Digital Democracy[1], a non-profit doing offline peer-to-peer mapping for environmental monitoring in parts of South America. Dd is looking for someone who is interested in traveling to the savannahs of southern Guyana and set up long-distance wifi connections for indigenous communities. They're looking for volunteers for a trip in February/March. You can find the details here: https://gist.github.com/gmaclennan/dfba3afd0575b6a9cbbe4200d9b26d82 Dd can potentially pay flights and costs as well. If you're interested, ping Gregor McLennan <gmaclennan(a)digital-democracy.org >. ~ noffle [1] https://digital-democracy.org

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Fwd: [TIER] CFP: ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)
by Trevor Perrier 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lakshminarayanan Subramanian" <s.lakme(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 19, 2017 05:35 Subject: [TIER] CFP: ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) To: <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu>, <sig-dev(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: Dear all, Attached is the revised CFP of the new ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS). The steering committee deliberated on several new names for the conference and finally have decided on COMPASS. The new conference expands the focus of the original conference to explicitly welcome work on all underrepresented and/or marginalized communities worldwide and to include work on sustainability, gender equality, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate change, and economic growth, among others. The new website for the conference is up (thanks to Neha Kumar) http://acmcompass.org Submission deadlines are the same as advertised earlier. Please spread the word broadly, submit papers and participate in the new initiative. Thank you, Ellen, Richard and Lakshmi *Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) 2018* *San Francisco, California | 20-22 June 2018* *Call for Papers* The first annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2018) invites submissions of Full Papers for the conference to be hosted at Facebook from June 20-22, 2018. COMPASS 2018 is a re-creation of the ACM DEV conference, which was held annually between 2010 and 2016. Inspired by the broad agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the new conference expands the focus of the original conference to explicitly welcome work on all underrepresented and/or marginalized communities worldwide and to include work on sustainability, gender equality, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate change, and economic growth, among others. To ensure strong research contributions, the conference will review papers based on focus areas corresponding to the computing areas they draw upon. The four focus areas for the 2018 conference are Systems, HCI, Data Science/AI, and Applications. Possible topics for each focus area include, but are not limited to: *Systems Focus* ● Low-cost connectivity and computing devices ● Power-efficient systems ● Network solutions for poorly connected regions, including white space spectrum ● Novel tools and applications for underserved communities ● Mobile systems and applications ● Special-purpose systems, e.g sensors, wireless, IVR ● Cellular phone systems and applications ● Measurements of existing technology in underserved regions, e.g network deployment ● Systems challenges and opportunities in low-resource contexts, e.g security, sustainability, resilience ● IT systems for smart-grids and smart-homes *HCI Focus* ● User interfaces for low-literacy populations ● Multilingual computing ● Participatory methods and user-centered design for low resource contexts ● Accessible technologies for underserved communities with disabilities ● User interfaces for low-cost devices ● Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels ● Understanding social relationships and information flows in underserved communities ● Understanding technology adoption dynamics in underserved communities *Data Science/AI Focus* ● Computational sustainability ● Computational social science ● Econometric models and developmental economics ● Novel applications for underserved communities, including in poverty mapping, disease surveillance, population migration, health services ● Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in development contexts ● Data cleaning and data integration methods ● Speech interfaces and translation for local languages ● Computer vision challenges and opportunities in low-resource settings ● Understanding social networks and digital media in underserved regions *Applications and Other Focus* ● Design and evaluation of applications in health, financial services, education, agriculture, entertainment, and social media in underserved regions ● Studies of large scale deployments of technology for social good ● Internet policy and law for underserved communities ● Critical analyses of technology in low resource contexts ● Application of blockchain ● Additional relevant topics not covered above The COMPASS conference will have a model of rolling submissions, as has been recently adopted by several other top conferences. As this is a transition year for the conference, there will be two separate submission dates. Papers submitted on the first deadline may be given the option of revise and resubmit for consideration of acceptance at the conference. Full papers will have a length limit of 10 pages (not including references). The conference will have a separate track for notes (short papers of four pages or less, focusing on a single topic). Details of the requirements for notes will appear in a separate call for papers. *Important dates* January 12, 2018. Round one deadline for submission of Full Papers. February 16, 2018: Round two deadline for submission of Full Papers. March 2, 2018: Notification of decisions for Full Papers submitted for round one. March 30, 2018: Deadline for resubmission of round one papers that were not accepted, but invited to resubmit. March 30, 2018: Notification of decisions for Full Papers submitted for round two. April 13, 2018: Notification of decisions on resubmitted papers of round one. May 4, 2018: Camera-ready of Full Papers accepted in rounds one and two due. *All submission are due 11:59 pm UTC. * *General Conference Chair* Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology *Program Committee Chairs* Richard Anderson, University of Washington Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology *Notes Chairs * Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington Nithya Sambasivan, Google *Local Arrangement Chair* Kashif Ali, Facebook *CSG Steering Committee* Richard Anderson, University of Washington Nicola Dell, Cornell Tech Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town Carla Gomes, Cornell University Jennifer Mankoff, University of Washington Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University Milind Tambe, University of Southern California Bill Thies, Microsoft Research Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech *Program Committee* TBA _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [change] The best quality makeup case
by Forrest 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

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Fwd: Seeking applicants for U.C. Berkeley postdoc on "Big Data and Development"
by Matt Podolsky 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua Blumenstock <jblumenstock(a)berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:30 AM Subject: Seeking applicants for U.C. Berkeley postdoc on "Big Data and Development" To: Matt Podolsky <podolsky(a)berkeley.edu> ----- *“Big Data and Development” Postdoc* The U.C. Berkeley Data-Intensive Development Lab <http://didl.berkeley.edu/> explores how novel sources of data, and new computational algorithms, can provide insight into the causes and consequences of economic development. We are currently soliciting applications for postdoctoral researchers, with appointments to begin in early- or mid-2018. Postdoctoral researchers will work on interdisciplinary research challenges that lie at the intersection of development economics and statistical machine learning. Research activities will be overseen by Joshua Blumenstock <http://www.jblumenstock.com/> (UC Berkeley School of Information), and performed in close collaboration with Sham Kakade <https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~sham/> (UW Computer Science), Jacob Shapiro <https://scholar.princeton.edu/jns> (Princeton Politics and International Affairs), Dave Donaldson <https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/ddonald> (MIT Economics), and Marshall Burke <https://web.stanford.edu/~mburke/> (Stanford Earth and System Science). Qualified candidates should have a graduate degree in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or a related field. Strong technical, analytic, and computational skills are essential: all projects involve the analysis of large, complex data, and require proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, php, Java, or C (i.e., Stata alone is not sufficient). Interested individuals should send the following materials to Joshua Blumenstock (jblumenstock(a)berkeley.edu) a CV, a cover letter describing research interests and prior relevant experience, two writing samples, and three letters of reference (or the names of references, if letters are not available). Review of applications will begin on by January 15, 2018. -- Joshua Blumenstock Assistant Professor U.C. Berkeley, School of Information

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Fwd: COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: CSE 599 Gender in ICTD & HCI Research
by Jennifer Rose Webster 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Dear All, We will be offering a course on Gender in ICTD and HCI research during the winter quarter. The course will be open to grad students outside of CSE and CSE grads can receive post-qual credit. Please contact me if you are interested! Best, Jen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elise deGoede Dorough <elised(a)cs.washington.edu> Date: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 2:15 PM Subject: COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: CSE 599 Gender in ICTD & HCI Research To: cs-grads - Mailing List <cs-grads(a)cs.washington.edu> Cc: Ruth Anderson <rea(a)cs.washington.edu>, Jennifer Webster < jenniweb(a)cs.washington.edu> As with all graded CSE 599s, this course will count towards your post-quals requirements! See details below. Time schedule details here: https://sdb.admin.uw.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=WIN+2018&SLN=22549 *Gender in ICTD & HCI Research* *CSE 599 (4 credits)* Instructors: Ruth Anderson & Jennifer Webster Winter 2018 on M/W 3:30-4:50pm This graduate seminar explores the topic of gender as related to computer science research, especially in the fields of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Students will engage in close readings of foundational texts on gender, as well as the emerging ICTD and HCI literature that uses gender analysis as a framework for research in both the West and in resource-constrained regions of the world. Through discussion and written assignments students will build a strong foundation for incorporating gender analysis into their research. They will also be able to more effectively evaluate the current work being conducted in the fields of ICTD and HCI as related to gender. Some of the topics under consideration will include gender as related to feminist HCI, design, health and safety, financial services, and mobile technologies and connectivity. *Objectives and Learning Outcomes* • An appreciation for gender as an analytical category and the impact its application could have on computer science research. • A critical and informed approach to evaluate and apply gender frameworks in ICTD and HCI research. • A broad familiarity with the current and past research in ICTD and HCI that incorporates an analysis based on gender. • An understanding of the benefits and constraints of using gender analysis. -- *Jen Webster* *Research Coordinator, **Digital Financial Services Research Group* *Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering* University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2350 jenniweb(a)cs.washington.edu

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Two IUPUI PhD spots next year: Designing for Low Wage Workers
by Dharma Dailey 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Hi All, Saw this post on CHI Meta: A great opportunity for prospective PhD students interested in designing for low-wage workers. IMO, Dombrowski is doing some of the best work in HCI with/for low-income populations. Dharma Dailey PhD Candidate Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington dharmadailey.info Post from Dombrowski: https://www.facebook.com/groups/834637469921428/permalink/1628202333898267/ Hey all! I'm hiring two Ph.D. students next year. If you know someone who would be interested in conducting work on designing and understanding technology in the low wage workplace, please send them my way! (sorry for the multiple posts!) The official Call: Prospective PhD Recruitment The School of Informatics and Computing (SOIC) at Indiana University – Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) invites applications for incoming Ph.D. students with design and research interests focused collaborative computing work technologies to conduct research with Dr. Lynn Dombrowski on the NSF-Funded project: Designing Collaborative and Transparent Work Information Systems. Students interested in socially engaged interaction design; community-based action research; designing for social issues; speculative/critical/reflective design; and/or social computing for social good/justice/equality are also strongly encouraged to apply. Project: Designing Computing Systems for the Low Wage Workplace Ph.D. in Informatics with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lynn Dombrowski Funding Opportunity: Graduate Research Assistant Funding Details: 50% annual appointment (includes monthly stipend, tuition remission, eligible for benefits, access to travel funding; renewable for up to 4 years) For this project, incoming students will be under the supervision of Dr. Lynn Dombrowski, Assistant Professor. There are two funded Ph.D. student positions available for this project and thus, you’ll likely be working in concert with another Ph.D. student. Among the student’s responsibilities will be to assist Dr. Dombrowski in various parts of the project, including project management, supervising undergraduate assistants, data collection, coding and analysis, brainstorming, designing, prototyping, and other tasks as assigned. Students will also assist with literature reviews, manuscript preparation, and scholarly dissemination, including conference presentations and publication opportunities. Interested? Great! Interested students should apply directly to the Human-Computer Interaction Ph.D. Program and in their cover letter, they should indicate they are interested in working with Dr. Dombrowski on the Low-wage workplace project and demonstrate their project fit. Applicants should also email Dr. Dombrowski at lsdombro(a)iupui.edu directly that they are applying for the position. Application deadline is January 15, 2018. Relevant Links: SOIC PhD Application: https://soic.iupui.edu/hcc/graduate/admissions/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoic.iupui.edu%2Fhcc%2Fgraduat…> Why are we a great place for a PhD?: https://soic.iupui.edu/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoic.iupui.edu%2F&h=ATOBfNJ3wr…>…/graduate/hci/phd/candidate-callout/ More information about our PhD Program: https://soic.iupui.edu/hcc/graduate/hci/phd/ <https://soic.iupui.edu/hcc/graduate/hci/phd/> The NSF Project: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1718121 <https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1718121> <https://soic.iupui.edu/hcc/graduate/admissions/>

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Fwd: mHealth UW Global Group presents Isaac Holeman of Medic Mobile - Friday, Dec 8th
by Trevor Perrier 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephanie Edlund-Cho <secho(a)uw.edu> Date: Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM Subject: mHealth UW Global Group presents Isaac Holeman of Medic Mobile - Friday, Dec 8th To: "globalwach_news(a)uw.edu" <globalwach_news(a)uw.edu>, "mhealthwg(a)uw.edu" < mhealthwg(a)uw.edu>, "Global_WACh_Certificate(a)uw.edu" < Global_WACh_Certificate(a)uw.edu> *The** UW mHealth Global Group *invites you to an engaging presentation by Isaac Holeman, co-founder of Medic Mobile. *DESIGNING HUMAN-CENTERED BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: **TECHNICAL, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ETHICAL CHALLENGE* *Friday, December 8th, 2017 * *11am – 12:30pm* *University of Washington Husky Union Building 238* For decades community health worker programs in lower income settings have stayed responsive to beneficiary experiences and feedback through a variety of channels. From "spot check" phone calls from quality assurance teams, to home visits by supervisors and more extended qualitative research, these programs have created substantive and sustained "feedback loops" with varying degrees of success. As digital tools become increasingly integral to how community health programs operate, these technologies are opening up new channels of communication with patients and families. While some experiments are small scale, others are large: the MomConnect initiative in South Africa has received thousands of compliments and complaints from it's half a million+ users, and UNICEF's community empowerment platform U-Report boasts millions of users worldwide. This talk will* explore technical, implementation and ethical challenges related to the design and evaluation of these under-studied systems.* Looking beyond relevant technologies (SMS, USSD, Android app supported household surveys), the talk will also* explore implementation challenges, the broader social and political stakes of seeking feedback, and handling complaints with care. * While highlighting broad opportunities for future research and development, the talk will be *grounded in concrete case studies from the speaker's ongoing work with the non-profit organization Medic Mobile*, whose open source toolkit is used by more than 15,000 health workers in over 20 countries. *About the Speaker:* Isaac Holeman's research and design work explores the practical and moral implications of human-centered design for global health equity. As co-founder and research lead at Medic Mobile, he helps design, build and study one of the world's more widely used open source software toolkits for community health. He recently completed a PhD in innovation studies as a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge. He's based in Seattle and you can find him on Twitter @isaacholeman. *For more information about mHealth Global, click **here* <http://depts.washington.edu/gwach/mhealth-global/>*.* *Supported by* *[image: cid:image006.png@01D35FA5.9F4BE4B0]* <https://nursing.uw.edu/research/programs/global/> *UW SON Center for Global Health Nursing * Contact hdau(a)uw.edu for questions [image: cid:image007.png@01D35FA5.9F4BE4B0] <http://www.globalwach.org/> Contact kpfiz1(a)uw.edu for questions _______________________________________________ mHealthWG mailing list mHealthWG(a)u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/mhealthwg

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UW Change Seminar 12/5: Carmen Gonzalez- Digital Equity & Meaningful Connectivity
by Esther Jang 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Please join us for the Change Seminar this week on *Tuesday 12/5/2017* in *HUB 214*. *Who: *Carmen Gonzalez (UW Dept of Communications) *What:* *Digital Equity & Meaningful Connectivity* *When:* Tuesday Dec 5th at 12pm *Where: *HUB 214 *Abstract:* Close to 8 million U.S. children live with at least one English-language learner parent. This means that many children are growing up in bilingual families and likely perform the role of a child broker by bridging their family’s access to information and resources. Expanding the rich body of work on second-level effects of the digital divide, this research presentation posits that digital inclusion is actually a spectrum that can look different depending on family dynamics, self-efficacy, and local environments. As more resources and services migrate online, information-seeking and decision-making processes will likely become more collaborative within families with varying language and technical proficiencies—such a shift toward collective problem solving requires a re-conceptualization of connectivity in the digital age. *Bio:* Dr. Carmen Gonzalez is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. Through community-based research, she studies how families gain access to information and resources that promote health, wellbeing, and resiliency. Her current work examines the implications of digital equity for health and financial literacy. With a focus on collaborative research and engaged scholarship, she works to bridge university and community efforts that address various forms of inequality. Gonzalez received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication, and B.A. in Print Journalism and Chicano Studies from the University of Southern California.

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