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Saleema Amershi
PhD Student
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi
From: dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu
[mailto:dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Saleema Amershi
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:54 AM
To: dub@dub.washington.edu
Cc: 'Natalie Linnell'; 'Kentaro Toyama'
Subject: [dub] TODAY @ dub: Kentaro Toyama from MSR India talks on
"Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development"
TODAY at noon!
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Saleema Amershi
PhD Student
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi
From:
dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu [mailto:dub-bounces@dub.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Saleema Amershi
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:32 AM
To: dub@dub.washington.edu
Cc: 'Natalie Linnell'; 'Kentaro Toyama'
Subject: [dub] Wednesday @ dub: Kentaro Toyama from MSR India talks on
"Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development"
Hello
Dubers!
I’m
very pleased to announce that this Wednesday, Kentaro Toyama, the assistant
managing director of Microsoft Research India (MSRI), will be speaking at DUB
on “Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development.” In this talk,
Kentaro will discuss several ongoing projects from MSRI’s Technology for Emerging
Markets Group which he leads in Bangalore, India. Since the opening of MSRI in
January 2005, Kentaro and his team have done some amazing work applying both
social-science research and technology innovation towards meeting the needs of
people in emerging markets and in underserved communities throughout India and
other developing regions worldwide. He is also a great speaker, so please come
join us! Details below.
Note
that DUB will be held on Wednesday at our usual location in MGH 420. See you
there!
Thanks,
Saleema
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*Where:* MGH 420 (directions below)
*When:* November 19th, 12-1:20PM
*Who:* Intros by Natalie Linnell (CSE), Talk by Kentaro
Toyama (Microsoft Research India)
Food will be provided!
TITLE:
Human-Computer Interaction in Global Development
ABSTRACT:
In the
young field of “information and communication technology for development”
(ICT4D), the goal is to apply new computing and communication technologies for
global socio-economic development. How do you design user interfaces for an
illiterate migrant worker? Can you keep five rural schoolchildren from fighting
over one PC? What value is technology to a farmer earning $1 a day?
Ideas
and methodologies from human-computer interaction research are critical to this
work, and in this talk, I’ll discuss relevant projects from the Technology for
Emerging Markets group (http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem) at Microsoft
Research India. We have a multidisciplinary team of researchers exploring
solutions in agriculture, education, healthcare, microfinance, and so forth, in
the hopes of identifying new ways for technology to support the growth of the
world’s poorest communities.
BIO:
Kentaro Toyama is assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India (MSR India),
which opened in Bangalore in January, 2005; he played a critical role in
establishing the lab and is responsible for helping guide its direction and
growth. In addition to his responsibilities to MSR India overall, Kentaro leads
the Technology for
Emerging Markets research group as a principal researcher, and is a
co-founder of the IEEE/ACM
International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and
Development (ICTD).
Before being named
assistant managing director of MSR India, Kentaro spent seven years in MSR
Redmond, Washington, U.S.A., and in Cambridge, U.K., working on computer
vision, multimedia and geographic information systems. Kentaro earned his Ph.D. in computer science at
Yale University and received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard
University. During the autumn of 2002, he took personal leave from Microsoft to
teach mathematics at Ashesi University
in Ghana.
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
You can see the entire speaker schedule for the quarter
here:
http://dub.washington.edu/events/meetings/.
You can also subscribe to the Google Calendar feed by either searching for
"dub group" within Google Calendar or adding designusebuild@gmail.com <mailto:designusebuild@gmail.com>
in the Google Calendar interface.
Please send me a mail (samershi@cs.washington.edu <mailto:samershi@cs.washington.edu>)
if you are interested in giving a talk or have a suggestion for a speaker.
SEMINAR LOCATION
We are meeting in room 420 (on the 4th floor)
of Mary Gates Hall (MGH). MGH is located north of Drumheller Fountain (see map
below).
South Central
Campus Map
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Saleema Amershi
PhD Student
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi