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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- *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<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fresearch%2Ftem&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHxXX9sJiLiP-MDTsbqveaxBDMe2w>) 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)<http://research.microsoft.com/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<http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem> 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)<http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007>. 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<http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/toyama/> 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<http://www.ashesi.edu.gh/> 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> <mailto:designusebuild@gmail.com> in the Google Calendar interface. Please send me a mail (samershi@cs.washington.edu<mailto: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 [cid:image001.gif@01C923AC.7A5A5FE0] -- Saleema Amershi PhD Student Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi