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No CHANGE Today
by Innocent Obi 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hi everyone! Apologies for the last minute reminder. There is no seminar today. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! Best, UW Change Organizers

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Seattle Community Network- Tiny Home Village sensor research hackathons this weekend
by Esther Jang 19 Nov '23

19 Nov '23

Hi Change Community, Prof. Kurtis Heimerl and I are running 2 "hackathon" type events this week for our NSF Smart & Connected Communities grant involving sensor technologies for Tiny Home Villages. We are working with the Nickelsville organization, with THVs in Northlake and Central District. https://www.nickelsville.org/ There will be food! Friday eve SCN Hack Night- Nov 17th, 6:30-10:30 pm, at the Filipino Community Center: https://www.meetup.com/seattle-tacoma-community-network/events/297020229/ Sunday Nov 19th during the day 10am-5pm at Seattle Makers in Wallingford: https://www.meetup.com/seattle-tacoma-community-network/events/297293712/ If you are at all interested in engaging with local THVs, this is a great way to get started. We will have access to typical makerspace tools and materials, as well as some initial ideas from co-design workshops we've held with the residents. Please spread the word to your maker friends even if you can't make it! Thanks, -Esther

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Re: [change] Change Seminar 11/14: Dhaval Vyas - Democratizing Making: Scaffolding Participation Using e-Waste to Engage Under-resourced Communities in Technology Design
by Innocent Obi 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

Quick reminder of tomorrow's talk. best, UW Change organizers On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 4:45 PM Innocent Obi <innoobi(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > At next week's Change talk we will be hearing from Dr. Dhaval Vyas > (he/him) from University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Vyas's talk is > titled *Democratizing Making: Scaffolding Participation Using e-Waste to > Engage Under-resourced Communities in Technology Design*. > > *Description* > Maker culture and DIY practices are central to democratizing the design of > technology; enabling non-designers (future end-users) to actively > participate in the design process. However, little is known about how > individuals from under-resourced communities and low socioeconomic status > (SES) backgrounds, can practically leverage maker practices to design > technology, creating value for themselves or their communities. To > investigate this, we collaborated with an e-waste recycling centre, > involving 24 participants (staff and low-SES volunteers) in two > participatory maker workshop activities. Participants were provided with a > generative e-waste toolkit, through which they repurposed e-waste materials > and developed novel technology prototypes that created value from their > perspectives and agendas. Our findings unpack three factors that influenced > their making: balancing personal and community needs; incorporating > convenience and productivity; and re-thinking sustainability and > connection; and discussing strategies for scaffolding participation and > engagement of under-resourced communities in making use of an e-waste > generative toolkit to democratize technology design. > > *Seminar Details* > Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates > Center) > Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 > > *Presenter Bio* > Dhaval is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Australia. > His research primarily focuses on Human-Centered Computing (HCC) and > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). He runs a research group called > the Compassion Lab, which focuses on designing technologies to support > members from under-resourced communities. > > > Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! > > Best, > > UW Change Organizers >

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Fwd: Tenure-track position in Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development
by Kentaro Toyama 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

Forwarding a job announcement for Assistant Professor specializing in Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development at Cornell... = = = = = Faculty Position Available in *Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development* *Department of Global Development* *College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University* *Position*: Assistant Professor, Tenure-track. *Location*: Ithaca, NY. The academic home for this position is the Department of Global Development <https://cals.cornell.edu/global-development> in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, housed on the Ithaca campus of Cornell University. *Start Date*: July 1, 2024, or as negotiated. The Department of Global Development invites applicants for an Assistant Professor in the area of technology and development. Given the centrality of technology in development efforts and the uneven social and environmental impacts of technological interventions, it is vital to examine technologies through a lens of justice-centered ethics. We seek candidates who share our strong commitment to innovative research, teaching and mentoring, and whose work addresses the ethical implications and power dynamics of technology and technological change and how these contribute to different social and environmental outcomes. The responsibilities of this position are 50% research and 50% teaching, and the successful candidate will be expected to develop an internationally recognized and externally funded research program. Teaching responsibilities will consist of 2.5 courses per academic year (2 courses one year; 3 the next), with a combination of courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, including an introductory undergraduate course addressing ethics in social and economic development. *Required qualifications: *Candidates must have a PhD in the social sciences, humanities, or a related discipline. Their work should clearly address questions of ethics and technology in development. *Preferred qualifications* include demonstrated excellence in teaching and a commitment to engagement with marginalized communities. We welcome candidates who come from the Global South or other backgrounds that are historically under-represented in the academy. *To see the full position description and to apply, please **follow this link* <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26353>*.* Applicants are encouraged to apply by *January 1, 2024*. The search will continue until the position has been filled. Inquiries may be directed to the search chair, John Aloysius Zinda, jaz65(a)cornell.edu

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Reminder -- Change Seminar 11/7: Rumaisa Habib - A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness
by Innocent Obi 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Hi everyone! Quick reminder that this week's Change talk (tomorrow), we will be hearing from Rumaisa Habib from Stanford. Their talk is titled *A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness*. *Description* Today's Web remains too expensive for many Internet users, especially in developing regions. Unfortunately, the rising complexity of the Web makes affordability an even bigger concern as it stands to limit users' access to Internet services. We propose a novel framework and a fairness metric for rethinking Web architecture for affordability and inclusion. Our proposed framework systematically adapts Web complexity based on geographic variations in mobile broadband prices and income levels. We conduct a cross-country analysis of 99 countries, showing that our framework can better balance affordability and webpage quality while preserving user privacy. To adapt Web complexity, our framework solves an optimization problem to produce web pages that maximize page quality while reducing the webpage to a given target size. *Seminar Details* Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Rumaisa Habib is a first year PhD student at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford, they were an undergraduate at LUMS, Pakistan. Their research at LUMS primarily focused on improving the affordability of the Internet through both policy and technical solutions. They are broadly interested in designing improvements for the Web. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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Change Seminar 11/7: Rumaisa Habib - A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness
by Innocent Obi 02 Nov '23

02 Nov '23

Hi everyone! At next week's Change talk, we will be hearing from Rumaisa Habib from Stanford. Their talk is titled *A Framework for Improving Web Affordability and Inclusiveness*. *Description* Today's Web remains too expensive for many Internet users, especially in developing regions. Unfortunately, the rising complexity of the Web makes affordability an even bigger concern as it stands to limit users' access to Internet services. We propose a novel framework and a fairness metric for rethinking Web architecture for affordability and inclusion. Our proposed framework systematically adapts Web complexity based on geographic variations in mobile broadband prices and income levels. We conduct a cross-country analysis of 99 countries, showing that our framework can better balance affordability and webpage quality while preserving user privacy. To adapt Web complexity, our framework solves an optimization problem to produce web pages that maximize page quality while reducing the webpage to a given target size. *Seminar Details* Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Rumaisa Habib is a first year PhD student at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford, they were an undergraduate at LUMS, Pakistan. Their research at LUMS primarily focused on improving the affordability of the Internet through both policy and technical solutions. They are broadly interested in designing improvements for the Web. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers ______

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Re: [change] Change Seminar 10/31: Dharma Dailey - Mapping Our Data for Good Journey: 10 Considerations for Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Data for Good.
by Innocent Obi 31 Oct '23

31 Oct '23

Reminder of today's talk. See you all soon. On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 8:07 AM Innocent Obi <innoobi(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > At next week's Change talk, we will be hearing from Dharma Dailey > (she/her) from UW's eScience Institute. Her talk is titled *Mapping Our > Data for Good Journey: 10 Considerations for Teaching, Learning, and > Practicing Data for Good*. > > *Description* > Through a lens of teaching and learning, we'll discuss 10 common > considerations we face when taking on an intervention that involves > data-intensive techniques with lessons drawn from the speaker’s work as > Human-Centered Design Mentor at University of Washington’s Data Science for > Social Good internship program and with the Data for Good Organizer > Network. > > *Seminar Details* > Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates > Center) > Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 > > *Presenter Bio* > Dharma Dailey (she/her) is a Research Associate at UW’s eScience > Institute . She also teaches community-engaged design > <https://www.deardigitalequity.org/> in the Computing & Software Systems > Division at University of Washington Bothell. > > > Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! > > Best, > > UW Change Organizers > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change(a)change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >

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Change Seminar 10/31: Dharma Dailey - Mapping Our Data for Good Journey: 10 Considerations for Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Data for Good.
by Innocent Obi 25 Oct '23

25 Oct '23

Hi everyone! At next week's Change talk, we will be hearing from Dharma Dailey (she/her) from UW's eScience Institute. Her talk is titled *Mapping Our Data for Good Journey: 10 Considerations for Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Data for Good*. *Description* Through a lens of teaching and learning, we'll discuss 10 common considerations we face when taking on an intervention that involves data-intensive techniques with lessons drawn from the speaker’s work as Human-Centered Design Mentor at University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good internship program and with the Data for Good Organizer Network. *Seminar Details* Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Dharma Dailey (she/her) is a Research Associate at UW’s eScience Institute . She also teaches community-engaged design <https://www.deardigitalequity.org/> in the Computing & Software Systems Division at University of Washington Bothell. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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Change Seminar 10/24: Viviana Siless - Quipu: Leveraging AI to build an alternative credit score for informal businesses in Latin America
by Innocent Obi 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hi everyone! Next week, we will be hearing from Viviana Siless, CTO and Co-founder of Quipu <https://quipu.com.co/>. Her talk is titled *Quipu: Leveraging AI to build an alternative credit score for informal businesses in Latin America. *This talk will be especially interesting for those interested in AI/ML applications, applied economics, algorithmic fairness, and ICTD in the Global South. Viviana and her team are also interested in engaging with potential research collaborators! *Description* At Quipu, we operate in a domain characterized by limited available data for building and refining credit scoring algorithms for underbanked populations. To overcome this challenge, we have undertaken various unconventional approaches to acquire our own data, including the collection of self-reported data, access to open banking records, and the analysis of images and videos. However, a paramount concern for us in our data processes is the assurance of fairness. Our approach is simple: do no harm. We are steadfast in our commitment to avoid any inadvertent discrimination within an already marginalized population. To achieve this, we have implemented rigorous monitoring practices for potential bias related to factors such as gender, age, and region, ensuring equitable access to our financial services. In this presentation, we will provide insights into Quipu's approach, demonstrating how we harness the power of AI to extend lending opportunities to informal micro-businesses and offering a glimpse into the future of our work. *Resources* Link to one pager: https://docsend.com/view/ys9g4sda32i7f3qb *Seminar Details* Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Viviana Siless is a full-time professor and researcher of AI at the School of Business at the University Torcuato Di Tella. She obtained her master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Buenos Aires Argentina, and her Ph.D. from the University Paris-Sud/INRIA, under the supervision of Bertrand Thirion and Pierre Fillard. She spent 6 years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Martinos Center, MGH, Harvard Medical School. Her research work in computational neuroimaging focused on improving the diagnosis of neurological diseases by using MRI. Her work focused on unsupervised hierarchical clustering, graph matching, multi-modal 3D surface generation, multi-modal registration, and deep learning for data harmonization. Before her PhD, she worked 4+ years as a full stack software developer. In 2018 she co-founded Quipu Bank, to improve liquidity in the informal economies of LatAm. Viviana is the CTO, and directs the technical team, and leads the AI credit score building and the blockchain development and definitions. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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[Cse590c1_au23] Change Seminar 10/17: Alex Metzger - eKichabi v2: Designing and Scaling Digital Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Ananditha Raghunath 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

Hi everyone! Today at noon we will be hearing from Alexander Metzger. His talk is titled *eKichabi v2: Designing and Scaling Digital Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa* . *Description* This talk will discuss the development and deployment of technologies in rural and developing regions. Specifically, we'll share challenges and insights from scaling a searchable agricultural-business directory to 9833 firms in 100 villages, based on the ~1-year USSD and Android deployment in rural Tanzania, known as eKichabi v2. We'll emphasize key points regarding the utility of dual-platform technologies in the evolving mobile phone landscape, usage patterns across 1014 households, and how demographics and technology comfort influence the acceptance and impact of these technologies. *Seminar Details* Location: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 271 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Alex Metzger is a UW Computer Science and Mathematics major with interests in violin, tennis, and machine learning. He's currently interning at Gooey.AI doing AI work with Digital Green to help Agricultural Extension workers help farmers. He's been part of the eKichabi project since last September - developing/maintaining the Django Server and Android integration, and co-first authoring the technical paper submitted to ACM CHI. He's currently a technical consultant for the continuation of the project aimed at studying the economic impacts of the intervention. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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