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Change Seminar 10/10: Lisa Orii - eHealth Data Security and Privacy of HIV Care in Malawi
by Innocent Obi 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Hi everyone! Tomorrow, we will be hearing from Lisa Orii. Lisa's talk is titled "eHealth Data Security and Privacy of HIV Care in Malawi". Also, we are back to our usual room Gates 271 (CSE2 271). *Description* The development and adoption of eHealth in low- and middle-income countries has potential to advance the quality of care in healthcare settings that are challenged by weak infrastructure. Especially in the countries where HIV rates are high, there is a need to implement electronic medical record systems to enhance care and improve treatment outcomes. Due to the sensitivity of HIV-related information, eHealth applications in HIV care necessitate the attention and prioritization of data security and privacy. We explored diverse stakeholders’ views on data security and privacy in Malawi’s public HIV care program to expand the understanding of gaps and opportunities in improving data protections. This work connects data security and privacy goals and practices with previous work on mobile device usage as well as global best practices for security and privacy in healthcare settings. A key finding articulated by stakeholders is the importance of establishing strong data security governance *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* Lisa Orii is a PhD student in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. She is advised by Richard Anderson. Her research examines applications of technologies in healthcare settings in low- and middle-income countries. Lisa’s current focus is researching the potential of mobile health tools for improving healthcare workers’ decision-making in clinical settings with limited resources. She is a Funai Overseas Scholarship Recipient and a member of the inaugural cohort of the Quad Fellowship. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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Change Seminar 10/3: Richard Anderson - 20 Years of ICTD Research at UW CSE.
by Innocent Obi 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Hi everyone! After a well deserved summer hiatus, we are back with the UW Change seminar! This week we will be hearing from our very own Richard Anderson. Richard's talk is titled "20 Years of ICTD Research at UW CSE." *Description* In this talk, I will give an informal overview of UW CSE work in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD). The 20 year number is (almost) accurate – as the first UW CSE paper in the area (by Tapan Parikh) dates from November 2003. This talk will survey a range of projects conducted by the lab, with a focus on “Interventionist ICTD”, highlighting work of graduate students and postdocs. One of the main projects that will be presented in the NSF Smart Health and Wellbeing project: “From the Ground Up -- Mobile Tools for Grassroots Programs in Public Health” which brought together a range of projects in Data Collection, Mobile Diagnostics, and Behavior Change Communication and had strong external partnerships. *Seminar Details* *Location*: Tuesdays from 12-1pm in 387 CSE2 (The Bill and Melinda Gates Center) *Zoom:* https://washington.zoom.us/j/95254816636 *Presenter Bio* Richard Anderson is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, where he has been on the faculty since 1986, with brief leaves to Indian Institute of Science, Microsoft Research, and PATH. His research has focused on computing for the developing world since 2005, when he became involved with the Digital Study Hall project. In 2009, Richard spent a sabbatical year working with the Digital Health Solutions group at PATH, a global health NGO based in Seattle. This opportunity allowed him to increase his efforts on applying computing technologies to challenges in global health. While working with PATH, he co-founded the Projecting Health project, which used the Community-Led Video Education model to promote healthy practices in rural areas in India. His research interests in ICTD include technologies for behavior change communication, improving tools to support the use of data in strengthening health systems, and digital financial services. In 2020 he received the ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics for contributions bridging the fields of computer science, education, and global health. Check out our website: www.change.washington.edu! Best, UW Change Organizers

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FW: [dub] RSVP Now for DUB/Change Seminar on Oct 4: Neha Kumar
by Richard Anderson 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Neha Kumar is speaking at the Oct 4 Dub Seminar (11:45 AM – 1:15 pm, CSE2/Gates 401). If you plan on attending in person, please RSVP. https://forms.gle/KQ8fTfkoD7KnMrHN9 Title Post-Growth HCI Speaker Neha Kumar Georgia Institute of Technology Abstract Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers have increasingly been questioning computing’s engagement with unsustainable and unjust economic growth, pushing for identifying alternatives. Incorporating degrowth, post-development, and steady-state approaches, post-growth philosophy offers an alternative not rooted in growth but in improving quality of life. It recommends an equitable reduction in resource use through sensible distributive practices where fulfillment is based on values including solidarity, cooperation, care, social justice, and localized development. This brand new TOCHI paper—coauthored with Vishal Sharma and Bonnie Nardi—that I will present describes opportunities for HCI to take a post-growth orientation in research, design, and practice to reimagine the design of sociotechnical systems toward advancing sustainable, just, and humane futures. We aim for the critiques, concerns, and recommendations offered by post-growth to be integrated into transformative HCI practices for technology-mediated change. This seminar is co-organized with UW Change<https://change.washington.edu/>. A student meeting with the speaker will immediately follow seminar. Bio Neha Kumar is an Associate Professor at Georgia Tech, where she works at the intersection of human-centered computing and global sustainable development, with a focus on infrastructuring care and engaging community. Her lab’s research has been recognized by multiple ACM Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards at the ACM CHI and CSCW conferences. Neha earned her PhD at the UC Berkeley School of Information, Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Education at Stanford University, and Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Applied Math at UC Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral researcher in UW Computer Science & Engineering, where she worked with Richard Anderson and Gaetano Borriello. Neha currently serves as the president of ACM SIGCHI. From: dub <dub-bounces(a)dub.washington.edu> On Behalf Of James Fogarty Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 9:30 AM To: dub <dub(a)dub.washington.edu> Subject: [dub] RSVP Now for DUB/Change Seminar on Oct 4: Neha Kumar As our first DUB Seminar for 2023/2024, DUB and Change are excited to co-host Neha Kumar: https://dub.washington.edu/seminars/2023-10-04.html In order to provide food and manage in-person capacity constraints, we need an RSVP now: https://forms.gle/KQ8fTfkoD7KnMrHN9 RSVP is needed by end-of-day this Thursday September 28. Space capacity requires we limit this event to approximately 100 in-person responses, so the in-person RSVP may close sooner if that limit is reached. The seminar will take place in the top-floor event space of the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/cse2 - Food will be set out by 11:45. - Plan to arrive early so you can meet others in our community and so that distractions associated with food have wrapped up by the time our talk starts. - The talk will then start at approximately 12:15. - A student meeting will immediately follow the seminar, in the same location. James -- James Fogarty https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~jfogarty/<http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~jfogarty/> I am not a UW mandatory reporter and therefore not legally required to report misconduct or crime, unless it involves somebody under the age of 18. If you share a problem with me, I will work with you to determine next steps.

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Water Quality Testing for Local Tiny House Village
by Esther Jang 24 Sep '23

24 Sep '23

Hi Change Community, I was wondering if anyone on this list knew about how or where (e.g. a lab) to submit a Seattle Public Utilities-provided tap water sample for contamination testing, or if anyone here has relevant equipment and knowledge/expertise on water contaminants (could be even just a microscope to examine for microbes/algae). My research lab is working with the Nickelsville Northlake housing group, which has reported severe water quality issues and managed to capture a sample of brown water coming out of their faucets (this happens once every few months). We would like some way to find out what it is and if it's dangerous. Do you know of any public resources for this? Alternatively, has anyone here used the City of Seattle water quality hotline <https://www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/water/water-quality/quality…> before? Finally, are there folks on this list who have experience with or would recommend a DIY test kit like the following, or something else? https://www.homedepot.com/p/LABTECH-H2O-OK-Plus-Complete-Water-Analysis-Tes… https://www.amazon.com/Health-Metric-Coliform-Bacteria-Test/dp/B07VBBCS6J Thanks so much, -Esther 1280 AFA4 DD14 589B <https://keybase.io/infrared>

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Fwd: VIDEO - NANOG Talks to Seattle Community Network
by Kurtis Heimerl 09 Aug '23

09 Aug '23

Cool video on Seattle Community Network at NANOG. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NANOG <marketing(a)nanog.org> Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 9:40 AM Subject: VIDEO - NANOG Talks to Seattle Community Network To: <kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu> Connecting the Underserved Across Puget Sound + Geoff Huston: "The Source of Time..." <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> Working together, to build the Internet of tomorrow. <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> VIDEO - NANOG Talks to Seattle Community Network *NANOG Talks to SCN About Connecting the Underserved Across Puget Sound* *The Seattle Community Network (SCN) is an Internet built by the community for the community.* NANOG Executive Director Edward McNair sat down with a volunteer of SCN + Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington, Esther Jang, at our most recent meeting, NANOG 88 (Seattle, Wa, 12 - 14 Jun) to discuss the mission of SCN and how they are connecting + empowering underserved regions locally. WATCH NOW <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> Guest Column: Geoff Huston "The Source of Time, According to a Technologist" *Exploring the Definition of Time from Early Astronomical Observations to its use in the Internet Today* *An underappreciated aspect of our digital infrastructure is how dependent we are on time.* Disrupting time leads to communication disruption and can result in various forms of service compromise. A synchronized view of the time is essential to the Internet's service platform. READ MORE <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> *Upcoming Fall Online Course * *Fundamentals of Designing and Deploying Computer Networks* *Date:* 11 September – 20 October 2023 *Title:* Fundamentals of Designing and Deploying Computer Networks *Description:* This course will discuss the fundamentals of networking, Ethernet, and WIFI technologies. It will additionally teach the planning, design, and deployment of simple LANs and cover how to connect a LAN to the Internet. The course will also present the most common ways to connect a LAN to the Internet (Mobile Internet, ADSL, Fiber) and how to set up the connections. MORE INFO <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> Video of the Week *Deploying a Backbone in APAC with Pierre-Yves Maunier * Maunier discusses what his team learned and changed during their multi-year journey expanding their network footprint in the Asia Pacific region. He will speak about the challenges they faced, their mistakes, and how they worked around them with various iterations of their deployment. WATCH NOW <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> Stay Connected [image: Facebook] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Instagram] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Twitter] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Website] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Facebook] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Link] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Twitter] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> [image: Website] <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> *Copyright © 2023 North American Network Operators' Group, All rights reserved.* You’re receiving this email because you opted-in for NANOG updates. *Our mailing address is:* North American Network Operators' Group 305 E Eisenhower Pkwy Ste 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3348 Add us to your address book <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&id=a84…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/profile?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&id=a…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://nanog.us20.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=4d708401d0e69d9dc73d1c204&…> .

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You're invited! UW Data Science for Social Good Final Presentations: August 16, 2023
by Anissa Tanweer 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

Please share the following information if you think it would be of interest to your community. Feel free to forward the formatted invitation below or add the following text blurb to a newsletter or website: Fellows from the 2023 UW Data Science for Social Good <https://escience.washington.edu/using-data-science/data-science-for-social-…> program will present their projects on Wednesday, August 16th from 2:30-3:30 pm in the Physics/Astronomy Auditorium Room A114 (remote option available, reception to follow). This year’s projects are titled Generating regionally integrative datasets to understand groundwater insecurities in the Colorado River Basin <https://escience.washington.edu/dssg-2023-groundwater/> and Heating Pumps in Alaska and Beyond <https://escience.washington.edu/dssg-2023-heating-pumps/>. Details, calendar integration, and registration can be found here: https://escience.washington.edu/events/dssg23-final-presentations/ Thank you! -- Anissa Tanweer Senior Social Scientist, eScience Institute Program Director, UW Data Science for Social Good Affiliate Faculty, Department of Communication University of Washington Pronouns: she/her or they/them The DSSG program brings together teams of students, data scientists, and domain experts to work on focused, collaborative projects for social benefit. View this email in your browser <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_ema…> UW DSSG 2023 Project Presentations Please join us for the University of Washington Data Science for Social Good <https://escience.washington.edu/using-data-science/data-science-for-social-…> project presentations *Date* Wednesday, August 16, 2023 *Time* Presentations: 2:30-3:30 pm PDT Reception: 3:30-5:00 pm PDT *Location* University of Washington Physics and Astronomy Auditorium <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/place/Physics*2FAst…> Room A114 (remote option available) *Address* 3910 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98155-1570 In-person Registration <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/ZF4xzJQyXde7VrQy5__;!!K-Hz7m0…> Zoom Registration <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…> *Add event to calendar:* Apple <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*apple…> Google <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*googl…> Office 365 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*offic…> Outlook <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*outlo…> Outlook.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*outlo…> Yahoo <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.addevent.com/event/rC18157174*yahoo…> The UW DSSG program brings together teams of students, data scientists, and domain experts to work on focused, collaborative projects for social benefit. The DSSG teams will present on the projects they have been working on over the summer: Generating regionally integrative datasets to understand groundwater insecurities in the Colorado River Basin <https://escience.washington.edu/dssg-2023-groundwater/> Heating Pumps in Alaska and Beyond <https://escience.washington.edu/dssg-2023-heating-pumps/> A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. immediately following the final presentations at the University of Washington Physics/Astronomy Tower (the building adjacent to the auditorium). This is a hybrid event, and you may join presentations via Zoom or in-person. Please select your preferred mode of attendance using the appropriate registration button above. [image: Twitter] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/uwescience?lang=en__;!!K-Hz…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-w…> [image: Website] <https://escience.washington.edu/> *Copyright © 2023 eScience Institute. All rights reserved.*

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Computer Science Research at Makerere University: Tuesday, June 27, 1:30 PM, CSE2 371
by Richard Anderson 26 Jun '23

26 Jun '23

Computer Science Research at Makerere University Tuesday, June 27, 1:30 PM, CSE2 371 Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, is one of the leading universities in Africa. The Allen School has a number of joint projects with Makerere, including the Makerere Scholars' Program which supports CS PhD students to visit the Allen school for one year to work with research mentors. Two of the Computer Science faculty from Makerere, Engineer Bainomugisha and Joyce Nabende are visiting the Allen School this week, and will give a survey of on going computer science research in their department. This will include both work in Systems including cloud technologies for low resource settings and well as work in AI with applications to health and agriculture. Please attend this talk if you are interested in learning more about Computer Science Research in Africa, and partnerships we are building in the Allen School. Engineer Bainomugisha <https://ibaino.net> is an Associate Professor & Chair of Computer Science at Makerere University, Uganda where he works on problems related to urban environmental sustainability, cloud computing in low-resource settings, and security in mobile money systems. Engineer leads the AirQo research center<https://airqo.africa> that develops and deploys low-cost sensing and AI systems for environmental air pollution monitoring and analysis in 10+ African cities. He leads the Crane Cloud research team <https://cranecloud.io> on cloud native technologies in low-resource settings and is also a co-founder of Sunbird AI<https://sunbird.ai>, AI for social impact non profit based in Kampala, Uganda. He previously worked on programming language engineering for mobile systems at Vrije Universiteit Brussels in Belgium. Engineer's contact: baino(a)mak.ac.ug<mailto:baino@mak.ac.ug> or bainomugisha(a)gmail.com<mailto:bainomugisha@gmail.com> Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Makerere University. She heads the Makerere Artificial Intelligence Lab, a research lab in the Department of Computer Science. She is also a board member of Data Science Africa which aims to grow a critical mass of Data Science professionals in Africa to meet the increasing demand in the private and public sectors. Her research interests are Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Responsible AI. Currently, she is researching in several areas in the use of machine learning in health and agriculture domains in the developing world. Email: joyce.nabende(a)mak.ac.ug<mailto:joyce.nabende@mak.ac.ug> or jnakatumba(a)gmail.com<mailto:jnakatumba@gmail.com>

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Summer change talk: LLMs in Agriculture. 1:30 pm Friday, June 23, CSE2 371 - Adding zoom link
by Richard Anderson 22 Jun '23

22 Jun '23

We will have a special change talk on Friday afternoon. The speakers will talk about the work that they are doing with Digital Green to apply ChatGPT to a vast corpus a locally created agriculture videos to create tools to support agriculture extension and smallholder farmers – this is incredibly cool work! Jobs & TechArt to LLMs in Agriculture: Gooey.AI creators Archana Prasad and Sean Blagsvedt The founders of Gooey.AI share their journeys and thoughts on the future of AI and its impact in the development and culture sectors. This talk will cover Archana’s Prasad work in bridging the Tech and Culture communities from jaaga.in<http://jaaga.in>, to social networking with Dara and its interactive RadBots and ultimately the low-code GenAI platform Gooey.AI. We’ll also explore our evolution with IVR, SMS and Facebook chat interfaces for informal sector job seekers to Farmer.CHAT, a multi-lingual, GPT4 + VectorDB powered WhatsApp audio bot for smallholder farmers recently demoed at the UN General Assembly. About the speakers: Archana Prasad has worked at the intersection of culture and technology for the last 2 decades. She is the CoFounder of Gooey.AI. Previously, she founded Dara.network, a messaging app to enhance social capital among artists and alumni groups. She’s also the founder of Jaaga.in and BeFantastic.in - India’s first TechArt festival. Previously, she was a Design Researcher in Microsoft Research India. She holds 3 patents, two master degrees from India’s National Institute of Design and Chitrakala Parishat is an ATSA and tarchaClore/Chevening Fellow. Sean Blagsvedt is the Cofounder of Gooey.AI and Dara.network. Previously he founded Babajob.com in 2007 which became India’s largest informal sector job site with 9M users and facilitated over 500,000 hires (as verified by USAID). Sean helped found Microsoft Research India, holds 29 patents and is a TED and Unreasonable Goals Fellow. He received a Bachelor Degree in CS and Public Policy from Brown University. Remote attendees can use the link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91561288179

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Computer Science Research at Makerere University: Tuesday, June 27, 1:30 PM, CSE2 371
by Richard Anderson 22 Jun '23

22 Jun '23

Computer Science Research at Makerere University Tuesday, June 27, 1:30 PM, CSE2 371 Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, is one of the leading universities in Africa. The Allen School has a number of joint projects with Makerere, including the Makerere Scholars' Program which supports CS PhD students to visit the Allen school for one year to work with research mentors. Two of the Computer Science faculty from Makerere, Engineer Bainomugisha and Joyce Nabende are visiting the Allen School this week, and will give a survey of on going computer science research in their department. This will include both work in Systems including cloud technologies for low resource settings and well as work in AI with applications to health and agriculture. Please attend this talk if you are interested in learning more about Computer Science Research in Africa, and partnerships we are building in the Allen School. Engineer Bainomugisha <https://ibaino.net> is an Associate Professor & Chair of Computer Science at Makerere University, Uganda where he works on problems related to urban environmental sustainability, cloud computing in low-resource settings, and security in mobile money systems. Engineer leads the AirQo research center<https://airqo.africa> that develops and deploys low-cost sensing and AI systems for environmental air pollution monitoring and analysis in 10+ African cities. He leads the Crane Cloud research team <https://cranecloud.io> on cloud native technologies in low-resource settings and is also a co-founder of Sunbird AI<https://sunbird.ai>, AI for social impact non profit based in Kampala, Uganda. He previously worked on programming language engineering for mobile systems at Vrije Universiteit Brussels in Belgium. Engineer's contact: baino(a)mak.ac.ug<mailto:baino@mak.ac.ug> or bainomugisha(a)gmail.com<mailto:bainomugisha@gmail.com> Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Makerere University. She heads the Makerere Artificial Intelligence Lab, a research lab in the Department of Computer Science. She is also a board member of Data Science Africa which aims to grow a critical mass of Data Science professionals in Africa to meet the increasing demand in the private and public sectors. Her research interests are Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Responsible AI. Currently, she is researching in several areas in the use of machine learning in health and agriculture domains in the developing world. Email: joyce.nabende(a)mak.ac.ug<mailto:joyce.nabende@mak.ac.ug> or jnakatumba(a)gmail.com

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Re: [change] Summer change talk: LLMs in Agriculture. 1:30 pm Friday, June 23, CSE2 371
by Richard Anderson 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Building/Room correction. CSE2 371. Bill and Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science and Engineering. From: change <change-bounces(a)dub.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Richard Anderson Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:04 PM To: change(a)cs.washington.edu Subject: [change] Summer change talk: LLMs in Agriculture. 1:30 pm Friday, June 23, CSE2 371 We will have a special change talk on Friday afternoon. The speakers will talk about the work that they are doing with Digital Green to apply ChatGPT to a vast corpus a locally created agriculture videos to create tools to support agriculture extension and smallholder farmers – this is incredibly cool work! Jobs & TechArt to LLMs in Agriculture: Gooey.AI creators Archana Prasad and Sean Blagsvedt The founders of Gooey.AI share their journeys and thoughts on the future of AI and its impact in the development and culture sectors. This talk will cover Archana’s Prasad work in bridging the Tech and Culture communities from jaaga.in<http://jaaga.in>, to social networking with Dara and its interactive RadBots and ultimately the low-code GenAI platform Gooey.AI. We’ll also explore our evolution with IVR, SMS and Facebook chat interfaces for informal sector job seekers to Farmer.CHAT, a multi-lingual, GPT4 + VectorDB powered WhatsApp audio bot for smallholder farmers recently demoed at the UN General Assembly. About the speakers: Archana Prasad has worked at the intersection of culture and technology for the last 2 decades. She is the CoFounder of Gooey.AI. Previously, she founded Dara.network, a messaging app to enhance social capital among artists and alumni groups. She’s also the founder of Jaaga.in and BeFantastic.in - India’s first TechArt festival. Previously, she was a Design Researcher in Microsoft Research India. She holds 3 patents, two master degrees from India’s National Institute of Design and Chitrakala Parishat is an ATSA and tarchaClore/Chevening Fellow. Sean Blagsvedt is the Cofounder of Gooey.AI and Dara.network. Previously he founded Babajob.com in 2007 which became India’s largest informal sector job site with 9M users and facilitated over 500,000 hires (as verified by USAID). Sean helped found Microsoft Research India, holds 29 patents and is a TED and Unreasonable Goals Fellow. He received a Bachelor Degree in CS and Public Policy from Brown University.

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