Here are the key dates for Dev-4: Important Dates Full Paper Due: Thursday, July 18, 2013 (11:59pm UTC) - firm deadline Poster Submission Deadline: Friday, September 6, 2013 Notification of Authors: Friday, September 13, 2013 Camera-ready Papers Due: Friday, November 1, 2013 Conference: December 6-7, 2013 From: tier-bounces@tier.cs.berkeley.edu [mailto:tier-bounces@tier.cs.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carlos Rey-Moreno Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:44 AM To: TIER; change; ictd-researchers-in-africa-network@googlegroups.com Subject: [TIER] ACM DEV-4: Call for Papers (Apologies for cross posting) ACM DEV-4 http://acmdev.org/cfp Call for Papers [[Copied from the DEV-4 Website]] DEV-4 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 Papers should describe original and previously unpublished research. Three metrics will be applied to judge papers: (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 papers outside of these topics that address the DEV focus on computing innovations supporting social and economic development. For more information, see the webpage (http://dev4.acmdev.org/) or contact the Program Co-Chairs (Margaret Martonosi, Princeton and Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay -- Carlos Rey-Moreno Research Assistant Office 1.28 Department of Computer Science University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 - Bellville, 7535 Cape Town - South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 959 2562 Cel: +27 (0) 76 986 3633 Skype: carlos.reymoreno Twitter: Creym