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ACM DEV 2016 registration
by Richard Anderson 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

From: ACM DEV [mailto:acmdev2016@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 1:51 PM To: bderenzi(a)cs.uct.ac.za Subject: ACM DEV 2016 registration Please circulate widely! Early bird registration is now open for the ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (ACM DEV 2016). We hope you will join us November 18-20 in Nairobi, Kenya for an exciting conference! Register before October 15th and receive a discounted rate. Registration information is here: http://acmdev.org/registration/ The program will include 15 full papers, 27 posters, keynote talks, a panel, opportunities for researchers and practitioners to interact, and more. Full program coming soon!

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Tomorrow at Change
by Trevor Perrier 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Hello and welcome back to UW, There will be Change seminar tomorrow with introductions and a small icebreaker to get to know everyone attending this quarter. Please attend to learn more about the plan this quarter and the Change community at UW. See you tomorrow, - Trevor

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Social Impact Internship Positions with LensShift
by Aparna Shrivastava 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Hi all, LensShift is looking to fill a few remote social impact internship opportunities that are ideal for university students or entry-level professionals. Here's some information on either of the roles: *Research Position* Are you an entry-level professional or university student wanting to get into the development/social impact space? Here's a compelling opportunity to get involved remotely. LensShift is looking to fill three 6-month part-time research internship positions. A little bit of background on LensShift is copied below and attached you'll find more details about the position (deadline: October 17). *Web Development Position* Are you a web developer who's trying to figure out how to help the development and social impact space? Here's a compelling opportunity to lend a hand remotely by helping build up parts of the LensShift platform. A little bit of background on LensShift is copied below and attached you'll find more details about the position (deadline: October 17). Please pass this information onto anybody you think might be interested! Many thanks, Aparna ----------------------------------------------- *Why We Exist* The social impact space has many shortcomings, but conversations about this are spread across too many outlets. As of now, there's no cohesive narrative on the do's, don'ts, and missed opportunities on how to do better when trying to do good. Considering the endless difficulties bombarding the world's poor, misguided development work makes life more challenging for those already in the most difficult circumstances. We are committed to harnessing the power of wanting to do good--responsibly. *What We Do* Our platform stitches together a comprehensive library of existing resources that otherwise are scattered across the web. The library is organized such that if somebody is interested in a specific topic and/or region or country, they can easily filter through what exists to know what to refer to who to possibly collaborate with. Additionally, structured Resource Streams we’ve developed unpack critical topics fundamental to global development such as, ‘The History of Foreign Aid’ and ‘Representation of Africa in Mainstream Media’. LensShift guides individuals and organizations committed to making social impact to do so most effectively and responsibly from the start. This will minimize lessons learned at the expense of communities.

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New seminar on Social Media and Social Change this Fall
by Volodymyr Lysenko 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hello, This Autumn I will be teaching a seminar on Social Media and Social Change (the poster is attached), which can be of interest to some of you. With best regards, Volodymyr

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Tor Public Hack Days
by Meg Young 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

The Tor Project is holding public hacking events at the end of this month! Here is a flyer for Hack Days on September 30 (Axis Pioneer Square, 308 1st Ave), and October 1 +2 (Tor Project office 80 S. Washington). If you can only make one day, the organizers recommend attending Friday. To RSVP contact seattle2016-rsvp(a)torproject.org For more info, see the attached flyer.

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Fwd: [TIER] Bill Thies wins Macarthur Fellowship`
by Aditya Vashistha 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joyojeet Pal <joyojeet(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:46 PM Subject: [TIER] Bill Thies wins Macarthur Fellowship` To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Great news for ICTD - Bill Thies of Microsoft Research Bangalore is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Many of this list may already know of http://99dots.org/ and http://cgnetswara.org/ and Bill's legendary reputation as a mentor of young scholars in technology and development. https://www.macfound.org/fellows/973/ _______________________________________________ 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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Fwd: econometricians to work on poverty measurement tool
by Yaw Anokwa 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Great opportunity to do impactful work for stats and data science folks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julie Peachey <jpeachey(a)poverty-action.org> Date: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:57 PM Subject: econometricians to work on poverty measurement tool To: Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa(a)nafundi.com> Hi Yaw, As I mentioned when we spoke, IPA has just taken over the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI, http://www.progressoutofpoverty.org/) which is a simple and easy to use poverty assessment tool. IPA is currently in the process of identifying an economist or statistician to lead our PPI development effort. IPA needs to continue to create and update the PPIs, but we also hope to make methodological improvements in doing this and possibly take more of a machine learning approach. How we staff the PPI technical team is a bit fluid. We have posted for an Associate Researcher (this could be full-time or post-doc, http://www.poverty-action.org/job/associate-researcherstatistician-progress…) but are also considering options to work with researchers outside of IPA more on a consultant basis instead of hiring in-house. The technical lead would have a Research Associate (http://www.poverty-action.org/job/senior-research-associate-research-coordi…) who reported to them and supported their work. If you have suggestions of qualified individuals, or can circulate within your network, I would really appreciate it. We expect that for the right person, this would provide a platform to advance their academic interests as well as allow them to engage in meaningful work improving an important poverty assessment tool. Attached as an example of the tool are the scorecard/look-up tables and design memo that thoroughly documents the methodology and accuracy of the tool (for Ghana). Thanks! Best regards, Julie Julie Peachey Director Progress out of Poverty Index® Innovations for Poverty Action progressoutofpoverty.org jpeachey(a)poverty-action.org

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Fwd: [TIER] Fwd: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position)
by Yaw Anokwa 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Temina Madon <tmadon(a)berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:31 PM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu Deadline to apply is Sept 28th - please circulate Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan von der Goltz <jvondergoltz(a)worldbankgroup.org> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:10 AM Subject: FW: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: "jrising(a)berkeley.edu" <jrising(a)berkeley.edu>, "shsiang(a)berkeley.edu" < shsiang(a)berkeley.edu>, "kmeng(a)bren.ucsb.edu" <kmeng(a)bren.ucsb.edu>, Prabhat <prabhat.barnwal(a)gmail.com> Friends – I hope all is well! Please see the job ad below (note the tight deadline). I wonder whether this is of interest to some of your students or others from your networks. I think this is going to be an exciting job – the Bank is pouring significant resources into this work, and the group is pretty empowered to really take this agenda and run with it. I would love to see them recruit someone top-notch. The one caveat is that they will be looking for someone quite a bit of work experience. Happy to talk if you know someone. Cheers, Jan *From:* Adarsh A. Desai *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:13 PM *To:* Big Data Community <big_data_community_internal_use_only(a)worldbank.org>; Open Government Data Working Group (Extended) <ogdwg_ext(a)worldbank.org> *Cc:* Trevor Monroe <tmonroe(a)worldbankgroup.org> *Subject:* Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) Please help spread the word inside and outside. Job description and link to apply (deadline Sept 28) http://bit.ly/2cJjENA The big data program is seeking a Data Scientist with a background in operationalizing big data capabilities in large organizations. The position will work closely with the Senior Data Scientist and Program Lead to align the program activities with the World Bank’s knowledge strategy to improve operational performance. The solution areas include, but are not limited to: • Text and graph analytics on a wide range of enterprise information to produce analytic driven services (e.g. recommender systems) • Network analytics on data from mobile phones, automobiles and transit systems for better urban and transport planning; for monitoring the movement of people during and after disasters. • Machine learning and analysis of satellite imagery to estimate poverty, and to monitor crop yields, road conditions, and urbanization patterns • Topic modeling, natural language processing, and network analysis on social and online information to understand sentiment, patterns, network structure, behavior patterns to inform policy and program design Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment. Best, *Adarsh Desai* *Program Manager* W LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/adarshdesai> . Twitter <https://twitter.com/adarshdesai> . Blog <http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/adarsh-desai> . TED talk <https://youtu.be/fhcZfKNbvWY> | E adesai(a)worldbank.org | T +1 (202) 473-8613 [image: WB-WBG-horizontal-RGB-web] _______________________________________________ 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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FW: [TIER] Fwd: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position)
by Melody Clark 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Temina Madon <tmadon(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:tmadon@berkeley.edu>> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:31 AM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu<mailto:tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Deadline to apply is Sept 28th - please circulate Begin forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan von der Goltz <jvondergoltz(a)worldbankgroup.org<mailto:jvondergoltz@worldbankgroup.org>> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:10 AM Subject: FW: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) To: "jrising(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:jrising@berkeley.edu>" <jrising(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:jrising@berkeley.edu>>, "shsiang(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:shsiang@berkeley.edu>" <shsiang(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:shsiang@berkeley.edu>>, "kmeng(a)bren.ucsb.edu<mailto:kmeng@bren.ucsb.edu>" <kmeng(a)bren.ucsb.edu<mailto:kmeng@bren.ucsb.edu>>, Prabhat <prabhat.barnwal(a)gmail.com<mailto:prabhat.barnwal@gmail.com>> Friends – I hope all is well! Please see the job ad below (note the tight deadline). I wonder whether this is of interest to some of your students or others from your networks. I think this is going to be an exciting job – the Bank is pouring significant resources into this work, and the group is pretty empowered to really take this agenda and run with it. I would love to see them recruit someone top-notch. The one caveat is that they will be looking for someone quite a bit of work experience. Happy to talk if you know someone. Cheers, Jan From: Adarsh A. Desai Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:13 PM To: Big Data Community <big_data_community_internal_use_only(a)worldbank.org<mailto:big_data_community_internal_use_only@worldbank.org>>; Open Government Data Working Group (Extended) <ogdwg_ext(a)worldbank.org<mailto:ogdwg_ext@worldbank.org>> Cc: Trevor Monroe <tmonroe(a)worldbankgroup.org<mailto:tmonroe@worldbankgroup.org>> Subject: Looking for a Data Scientist to join Big data program (Staff position) Please help spread the word inside and outside. Job description and link to apply (deadline Sept 28) http://bit.ly/2cJjENA The big data program is seeking a Data Scientist with a background in operationalizing big data capabilities in large organizations. The position will work closely with the Senior Data Scientist and Program Lead to align the program activities with the World Bank’s knowledge strategy to improve operational performance. The solution areas include, but are not limited to: • Text and graph analytics on a wide range of enterprise information to produce analytic driven services (e.g. recommender systems) • Network analytics on data from mobile phones, automobiles and transit systems for better urban and transport planning; for monitoring the movement of people during and after disasters. • Machine learning and analysis of satellite imagery to estimate poverty, and to monitor crop yields, road conditions, and urbanization patterns • Topic modeling, natural language processing, and network analysis on social and online information to understand sentiment, patterns, network structure, behavior patterns to inform policy and program design Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment. Best, Adarsh Desai Program Manager W LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/adarshdesai> . Twitter<https://twitter.com/adarshdesai> . Blog<http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/adarsh-desai> . TED talk<https://youtu.be/fhcZfKNbvWY> | E adesai(a)worldbank.org<mailto:adesai@worldbank.org> | T +1 (202) 473-8613<tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20473-8613> [WB-WBG-horizontal-RGB-web] _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu<mailto:TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu> https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier

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FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Fwd: Civic Tech Leadership Program
by Melody Clark 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

From: liberationtech-jobs [mailto:liberationtech-jobs-bounces@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Sam King Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:43 PM To: Code the Change Jobs <code-the-change-jobs(a)googlegroups.com>; Liberation Technology Jobs <liberationtech-jobs(a)lists.stanford.edu>; service4sci_eng <service4sci_eng(a)lists.stanford.edu>; SL-Jobs <sl-jobs(a)cs.stanford.edu> Cc: S Vivek <vivekdse(a)gmail.com> Subject: [liberationtech-jobs] Fwd: Civic Tech Leadership Program ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: S Vivek <vivekdse(a)gmail.com<mailto:vivekdse@gmail.com>> Subject: Please pass on this opportunity Thank you for agreeing to spread the word about the Civic Tech Leadership Program in your networks. Here is the final program, as promised. Thank you, Vivek [Civic Tech Leadership social media banner BLUE NOLOGO.png]<https://civictechleaders.org/> Do you have an idea for solving a social problem using technology? Would you like to pitch your idea to leading experts, investors , and policymakers? Here’s your chance. The National Democratic Institute and Stanford CDDRL are now accepting applications for an online competition and learning opportunity. The bilingual Civic Tech Leadership Program will work with young leaders to develop their civic-tech ideas -- and participants with the best ideas will travel to Silicon Valley and Washington DC to meet with experts. Apply Now!<http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2987982/347f1e9d74ca> (it takes less than 10 minutes) Watch the Teaser<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCeVCOHTsB0&feature=youtu.be> Who: Youth aged 20-30 from the Middle East, North Africa or the United States are eligible to apply. No technical skills are necessary -- just bring your imagination and commitment to social good. What: An online competition to present the most compelling civic-tech idea. Participants will work together in small teams to develop an idea and create a bilingual video pitch, with support from peers and expert mentors. Winners will travel to Silicon Valley and Washington, DC in 2017 to meet leaders in tech and policy. This free program is made possible through the generous support of the Stevens Initiative. When: Apply by October 7, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST. Where: Apply for the program here.<http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2987982/347f1e9d74ca> Or learn more at CivicTechLeaders.org<https://civictechleaders.org/>. How: The application asks you to describe, in one paragraph, a civic tech idea. (In addition to providing basic information about yourself.) Why: To build 21st century skills like multimedia production and cross-cultural communication. To meet and collaborate with peers across the globe. To join a study mission to Silicon Valley and Washington. To kickstart your career in civic tech. What's the catch? There isn't one -- you just have to apply. Contact Sarah Welsh swelsh(a)ndi.org<mailto:swelsh@ndi.org> or Blake Harwood bharwood(a)ndi.org<mailto:bharwood@ndi.org> if you have questions.

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