The DEV 2013 poster abstract submission deadline has been revised to Oct 19th. The paper submission deadline is still Sep 7th, and the papers will be automatically evaluated for a poster as well. Looking forward to some great submissions!

sincerely
Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Richard Anderson, University of Washington

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ACM DEV 2013
3rd Symposium on Computing for Development
Co-located with COMSNETS
January 11-12, 2013
Bangalore, India
http://dev2013.org/

Important Dates:

Full papers due: September 7, 2012 (11:59pm UTC) - firm deadline
Poster abstracts due: October 19, 2012 (11:59pm UTC) - firm deadline
Author notification: October 26, 2012
Camera-ready: December 7, 2012
Conference: January 11-12, 2013

DEV 2013 provides an international forum for research in the design and implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social and economic development. In particular, we focus on emerging contexts where conventional computing solutions are often inappropriate due to various contextual factors - including, but not limited to, cost, language, literacy, and the availability of power and bandwidth.

Papers and posters should describe original and previously unpublished research. Three metrics will be applied to judge the submissions: (a) Relevance of the problem for development; (b) Novelty of the technical solution; (c) Evaluation of the solution, making a case for development-focused impact. All DEV paper submissions should either provide or directly motivate a novel technical solution that has direct implications for development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Networks/Systems/Security/Architecture

    Low-cost wireless connectivity
    Intermittent networks and systems
    Power-efficient systems
    Low-cost computing devices
    Mobile systems and applications
    Mixed networks, e.g., telephony and IP
    Special-purpose sensor systems
    Security challenges in developing regions

HCI/Applications

    User interfaces for low-literacy populations
    Multi-lingual computing
    User-interfaces for low-cost devices
    Participatory methods and user-centered design
    Accessibility to disabled populations in developing regions
    Design and evaluation of applications for health, microfinance, education, agriculture, entertainment

AI/NLP/Data Mining/Speech/Vision

    Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in development contexts
    Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels
    Understanding social relationships and information flows in disadvantaged societies
    Speech interfaces and speech recognition for low-resource languages
    Development of new AI-centric tools/solutions for development
    Computer vision challenges in development

We also welcome submissions outside of these topics that address the DEV focus on computing innovations supporting social and economic development.

Conference co-chairs:
Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India <thies@microsoft.com>
Amit Nanavati, IBM India Research Labs <namit@in.ibm.com>

PC co-chairs:
Richard Anderson, University of Washington <anderson@cs.washington.edu>
Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi <aseth@cse.iitd.ernet.in>

Program committee (confirmed so far):
Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Amarjeet Singh, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
Amit Nanavati, IBM India Research Labs
Andrew Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University
Anirudh Joshi, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Bhaskaran Raman, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India
Brian DeRenzi, University of Washington
Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara
Emma Brunskill, Carnegie Mellon University
Etienne Barnard, University of Pretoria
Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington
James Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Jana Iyengar, Franklin and Marshall College
Jay Chen, New York University
John Bennett, University of Colorado Boulder
John Quinn, Makerere University
Kentaro Toyama, UC Berkeley
Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University
Neal Lesh, Dimagi
Neil Patel, Awaaz De
Niloy Ganguli, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Richard Anderson, University of Washington
Roni Rosenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University
Saurabh Panjwani, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs India
Sharad Jaiswal, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs India
Srinivasan Keshav, University of Waterloo
Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley
Vanessa Frias Martinez, Telefonica Research