[change] Use Tech and Design for Social Impact with Master of Development Engineering @ UC Berkeley

[Matt Podolsky]

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From: Maryanne McCormick JD 
Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 8:06 AM



Use Tech and Design for Social Impact with Master of Development
Engineering @ UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley’s Master of Development Engineering
 program is now accepting
applications for its third cohort! The 3-semester, interdisciplinary
program integrates engineering, economics, business, natural resource
development, and social sciences to develop, implement, and evaluate
technological interventions that address the needs of low-income
communities around the world. We are very excited about the growth of the
M.DevEng and would love to see students with various backgrounds

as part of our next cohort. Applications
 are due Jan. 10, 2023.

More info—including dates for upcoming info sessions—at:
developmentengineering.berkeley.edu
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[change] Pls forward: DevEng Journal looking for in-depth reviewers for LMIC manuscripts

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From: Carson Christiano 
Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 9:35 AM
Subject: Pls forward: DevEng Journal looking for in-depth reviewers for
LMIC manuscripts


Dear colleagues,

The *Development Engineering* journal, run out of the Development Impact
Lab (DIL) at UC Berkeley, is interested in boosting publications from low-
and middle-income country (LMIC) authors by offering in-depth feedback on
promising manuscripts.

Right now, we are seeking an *engineering researcher with publication
experience** to provide in-depth review to an author from Nigeria*, for a
paper entitled "An Assessment of the Relative Importance of the Project
Management Practices for the Construction Industry in a Developing Country:
the Case of the Nigerian Construction Industry." As a reviewer, you will be
asked to read the selected manuscript (abstract below) along with DevEng
editorial board comments, and provide clear suggestions to the author
regarding how she or he can strengthen their chances of publication. We
anticipate that the engagement will involve 2-3 rounds of feedback, and
possibly a Zoom call to clarify what is meant by the feedback. We are
currently able to offer a modest incentive to reviewers in the form of a
$500 gift card.

*This study assessed the relative importance of the project management
practices of construction companies in a developing country using Nigeria
as a case study. Quantitative survey research approach was adopted for the
study with questionnaire as the primary instrument for data collection. Ten
registered indigenous construction companies in Nigeria were selected using
random sampling and a total of 250 project management professionals
comprising of civil and structural engineers, architects, quantity
surveyors and mechanical and electrical engineers were chosen to respond to
the level of importance of 53 project management practices selected from 9
project management areas for data collection. A total of 221 valid
responses were received from the respondents and the data collected was
analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS and the relative importance
index was calculated in Microsoft Excel. The result of the data analysis
indicated that only 22% of the respondents have at least a certification in
project management which implies a poor level of skillfulness in the
utilization of project management tools, methods and techniques in managing
their projects. The result also indicated that the respondents agreed that
the utilization of project management practices enhance project management
as indicated by the above average value of their relative importance.
However, it was found out that there was poor utilization of the tools
relating to budget management as indicated by the below average value of
the relative importance index.*

If you are interested in working with this author, please contact Samuel
Fishman at sfish...@berkeley.edu, with a sentence or two regarding your
qualifications (current status and affiliation, relevant research and
publication experience, interest in working with LMIC scholars).

Thank you for considering.

Best,



-- 

*Carson Christiano*
Executive Director
Center for Effective Global Action 
714B University Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720

*o:* 510-642-4361  *c:* 847-858-6023  *skype:* Carson1012

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[change] Fwd: [TIER] Fwd: opening at UC Berkeley for Assistant Professor in Development Engineering

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From: Melissa Densmore 
Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 10:36 AM
Subject: [TIER] Fwd: opening at UC Berkeley for Assistant Professor in
Development Engineering
To: TIER , Maryanne McCormick <
mmccorm...@law.berkeley.edu>




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From: Maryanne McCormick JD 
Date: Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:16 AM
Subject: opening at UC Berkeley for Assistant Professor in Development
Engineering
To: 



Dear Colleagues,

I'm pleased to announce that UC Berkeley has an opening in Development
Engineering.  We would be grateful if you would share with your networks.

Assistant Professor in Development Engineering, Blum Center for Developing
Economies College of Engineering

RECRUITMENT PERIOD
Open October 7th, 2019 through Friday, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02360

DESCRIPTION
The College of Engineering and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at
the University of California at Berkeley seek applications for a
tenure-track faculty position, at the Assistant Professor level in
Development Engineering with an expected start date of July 1, 2020.

Development Engineering is a growing multidisciplinary field that
integrates engineering, economics, business, natural resources, public
health and social sciences in order to create, implement, evaluate and
scale new technologies to benefit people living in poverty in developing
regions and low-income areas in the U.S. The goal is to solve big societal
problems both globally and locally.

Example focus areas include, but are not limited to: engineering better
health, the nexus of food, energy and water systems, accessible low-cost
energy technologies, the digital transformation of societal systems,
climate change mitigation, and sustainable design and communities. Research
in any one of these areas will enable cross-campus multi-disciplinary
collaborations for innovation of scalable and sustainable technological
solutions to improve the human condition and lift people out of poverty,
particularly in developing economies.

Applicants will be hired into a home department within the College of
Engineering: Bioengineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Electrical
Engineering & Computer Sciences; Industrial Engineering & Operations
Research; Materials Science & Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; or
Nuclear Engineering. More information on the College of Engineering, and a
link to each department, is available at http://engineering.berkeley.edu/

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute meaningfully to
both their home department and to the activities of the Development
Engineering Graduate Group, housed in the Blum Center for Developing
Economies. They will be expected to teach courses in both their home
department and the Development Engineering Graduate Group, and have a
strong commitment to excellence in research, teaching, service, and
contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion. The Graduate Group in
Development Engineering is getting ready to offer a new Professional
Masters in Development Engineering. It is expected that the new faculty
member selected will participate in the pedagogy associated with the new
Masters.

The Blum Center for Developing Economies leverages the talent, enthusiasm,
and energy of the University of California community to address global
poverty. The Blum Center’s interdisciplinary problem-solving approach draws
on students and faculty dedicated to facing this challenge through
innovative technologies, services, and education. It catalyzes the efforts
of the university community, in partnership with for-profit, nonprofit, and
government entities, to develop scalable and sustainable solutions. These
multidisciplinary approaches are built around new technologies with great
potential for low-income regions. The Blum Center invests in promising
efforts and shepherd them to the next stage, engaging partners outside the
university interested in bringing these innovations to millions. In
addition to hosting the Development Engineering Graduate Group, the Blum
Center also offers an undergraduate minor in Global Poverty & Practice and
manages the Big Ideas contest that provides funding, support, and
encouragement to students who have “big ideas” for social and
entrepreneurial impact. More information about the Blum Center is at:
http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu.

Basic Qualifications: Applicants must, at a minimum, be in the process of
completing a doctoral dissertation or an equivalent international degree at
the time of application.
Additional Qualifications: The candidate should have experience in
teaching, outreach and research in development globally or in low-income
areas of the U.S.
Preferred Qualifications: Holding a doctorate or equivalent degree by the
start of the position. The candidate should include evidence of outstanding
scholarship, the ability to establish and pursue a program of high-quality
research within a 

[change] Fwd: Postdoc and RA opportunities at Berkeley

[Matt Podolsky]

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From: Joshua Blumenstock 
Date: Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 9:40 PM
Subject: Postdoc and RA opportunities at Berkeley

=

*Research positions available in “Big Data and Development” *
The U.C. Berkeley Data-Intensive Development Lab 
explores how novel sources of data, and new computational algorithms, can
provide insight into the causes and consequences of economic development.
We are currently soliciting applications for postdocs, data scientists, and
research associates, with appointment to begin in early 2020 (or possibly
earlier).

The postdoc or research associate will work on interdisciplinary research
challenges that lie at the intersection of development economics and
statistical machine learning. Research activities will be supervised by Joshua
Blumenstock  (UC Berkeley School of
Information), and will build on research topics including:
 - Social networks in developing economies
 - Measuring poverty and vulnerability using novel data and computational
methods
 - Fairness and privacy in machine learning
 - Understanding the consequences of violence and conflict on welfare
 - Financial inclusion, and new approaches to digital credit

Qualified candidates should have a graduate degree in Computer Science,
Economics, Statistics, or a related field. Strong technical, analytic, and
computational skills are essential: all projects involve the analysis of
large, complex data, and require proficiency in one or more object-oriented
programming languages. Experience with applied machine learning and
econometrics are desired.

Interested individuals should send the following materials to Joshua
Blumenstock (jblumenst...@berkeley.edu): a CV, a cover letter describing
research interests and prior relevant experience, two writing samples, and
three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin on September
15.
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[change] Fwd: [TIER] Hiring CTO and CFO for a rural connectivity startup in Peru

[Matt Podolsky]

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From: Shaddi Hasan 
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2:52 PM
Subject: [TIER] Hiring CTO and CFO for a rural connectivity startup in Peru
To: 


Sharing on behalf of a friend. Please circulate to your networks, and
feel free to get in touch with me (sha...@cs.berkeley.edu) if
interested.

---

A well-financed rural connectivity start-up is looking for a Technical
Director (CTO), Finance Director (CFO) and Compliance Director. It
will deploy network throughout rural Peru, from the high Andes to the
Amazon basin bringing internet connectivity to millions. The company
is structured as a lean (~40 employees), fast moving start-up that
needs to disrupt traditional network operations to reach aggressive
cost targets. The positions are in Lima and the candidates must be
fluent in Spanish.

*Technical Director*
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the overall deployment and operations of the network and
platforms that support the company.
- Identify and pursue opportunities to expand the services offered by
operators.
- Design and implement the service network in an efficient way that
enables commercial opportunities, taking advantage of innovative
technologies and processes appropriate for rural areas.
- Responsible for the design, organization and implementation of IT
technologies, initiatives and projects
- Lead technical and commercial pilots with different suppliers and
partners, such as Facebook and Google, with the aim of enhancing and
expanding services

EXPERIENCE
- Experience in technical areas of a telco operator (Engineering,
Network Planning and Operations), ideally with prior experience in
rural areas.
- Technical experience should include radio access, local backhaul,
and network operations.
- Ability to manage complex infrastructure investment projects
- Knowledge and practical experience in agile methodologies
- Experience in the management of multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in contract negotiation and vendor management

*Finance Director*
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for ensuring the proper administration of the company,
managing the company's resources and controlling the annual revenue
budget, OpEx and CapEx.
- Set financial policies that promote the culture and vision of the company.
- Evaluate new opportunities to ensure that resources are focused on
the best opportunities.
- Ensure the company's compliance of all current laws and regulations
related to the business operation.
- Create and manage the annual operating budget.

EXPERIENCE
- Experience in a controlling or financial position ideally in sectors
with extensive infrastructure Capex
- Rigorous management of numbers and financial information
- Capacity to communicate with stakeholders and inform them promptly
of the evolution of the business
- Identification and validation of new business opportunities
- Financial negotiations
- Ability to link operational activities to financial results
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[change] Fwd: Seeking applicants for U.C. Berkeley postdoc on "Big Data and Development"

[Matt Podolsky]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Joshua Blumenstock <jblumenst...@berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Seeking applicants for U.C. Berkeley postdoc on "Big Data and
Development"
To: Matt Podolsky <podol...@berkeley.edu>

-
*“Big Data and Development” Postdoc*

The U.C. Berkeley Data-Intensive Development Lab
<http://didl.berkeley.edu/> explores
how novel sources of data, and new computational algorithms, can provide
insight into the causes and consequences of economic development. We are
currently soliciting applications for postdoctoral researchers, with
appointments to begin in early- or mid-2018.

Postdoctoral researchers will work on interdisciplinary research challenges
that lie at the intersection of development economics and statistical
machine learning. Research activities will be overseen by Joshua Blumenstock
<http://www.jblumenstock.com/> (UC Berkeley School of Information), and
performed in close collaboration with Sham Kakade
<https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~sham/> (UW Computer Science), Jacob
Shapiro <https://scholar.princeton.edu/jns> (Princeton Politics and
International Affairs), Dave Donaldson
<https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/ddonald> (MIT Economics), and Marshall
Burke <https://web.stanford.edu/~mburke/> (Stanford Earth and System
Science).

Qualified candidates should have a graduate degree in Computer Science,
Economics, Statistics, or a related field. Strong technical, analytic, and
computational skills are essential: all projects involve the analysis of
large, complex data, and require proficiency in one or more programming
languages such as Python, php, Java, or C (i.e., Stata alone is not
sufficient).

Interested individuals should send the following materials to Joshua
Blumenstock (jblumenst...@berkeley.edu): a CV, a cover letter describing
research interests and prior relevant experience, two writing samples, and
three letters of reference (or the names of references, if letters are not
available). Review of applications will begin on by January 15, 2018.



-- 
Joshua Blumenstock
Assistant Professor
U.C. Berkeley, School of Information
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[change] Fwd: [TIER] Connectivity research openings at Facebook

[Matt Podolsky]

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From: Shaddi Hasan 
Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:59 PM
Subject: [TIER] Connectivity research openings at Facebook
To: "t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu" 


The Express WiFi team at Facebook is hiring researchers to help connect
more folks to the Internet.

Express WiFi is a great project that works with entrepreneurs and ISPs to
build affordable pre-paid WiFi networks. You can read about the project
here: https://info.internet.org/en/story/expresswifi/. It's admittedly
light on details, but you can find some press coverage as well (e.g.,
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/11/28/facebook-tries-
connect-india-express-wifi/).

Here are the specific job postings:
- Market Researcher (Growth) in Menlo Park (https://www.facebook.com/care
ers/jobs/a0IA00G3iTVMAZ/)
- Quantitative Researcher (Growth) in Menlo Park (
https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/a0IA00G3E8uMAF/)

We're also hiring:
- Solution Architect in Menlo Park (https://www.facebook.com/care
ers/jobs/a0I120JXc5eEAD)
- Integration Engineer in New Delhi (https://www.facebook.com/care
ers/jobs/a0I120JXZH7EAP)
- Deployments Technical Program Manager in London (
https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/a0I120JXc4vEAD)

Feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like more info!

Shaddi

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[change] Fwd: [TIER] Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS '16)

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Barath Raghavan 
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:30 AM
Subject: [TIER] Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS '16)
To: t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu


I want to invite you all, or anyone you know who might be interested, to
submit a paper to the second Workshop on Computing within Limits (LIMITS
'16).  The workshop considers the role of and types of computing in society
when faced with, among other things, major ecological and energy
challenges.  These two papers may help provide context:

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wmt/pubs/CHI2012_Collapse.pdf

http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2011/papers/greennet/p37.pdf

Here's a bit more info, and the workshop URL where there's a longer
description and a link to last year's papers:

http://acmlimits.org/2016/

LIMITS aims to foster research on the impact of present or future
ecological, material, energetic, and/or societal limits on computing and
computing research to respond to such limits. The medium-term aim of the
workshop is to foster concrete research, potentially of an
interdisciplinary nature, that innovates on technologies, techniques, and
contexts for computing within fundamental limits. A longer-term goal is to
build a community around relevant topics and research. A goal of this
community is to impact society through the design and development of
computing systems in the abundant present for use in a future of limits
and/or scarcity.

Paper submission deadline: February 29, 2016

Organizers:

Daniel Pargman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (co-chair)
Barath Raghavan, ICSI (co-chair)
Jay Chen, NYU
Elina Eriksson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Bonnie Nardi, UC Irvine
Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University
Don Patterson, Westmont College
Debra Richardson, UC Irvine
Bill Tomlinson, UC Irvine


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[change] Fwd: DIL Mobile Data Collection Webinar: Tuesday, December 7 10am

[Matt Podolsky]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Sarah White 
Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:29 AM
Subject: DIL Mobile Data Collection Webinar: Tuesday, December 7 10am
To:


Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to join us for DIL's first webinar in a series focused on
mobile data collection platforms and tools this *Tuesday, December 7 *from*
10am to 11am PT*. This webinar is co-hosted by the Development Impact Lab
(DIL) and Engineering for Change .
Details can be found below.

Please share widely with your networks and make sure to RSVP. We hope you
will join us!

Kind regards,

*Sarah White *| * Senior **P**rogram Associate* | *DIL
*

Center for Effective Global Action   |
510.642.4361

UC Berkeley | 207 Giannini Hall | Berkeley, CA 94720

e-bulletin

 | facebook  |
@CEGA_UC  | *@DevImpactLab
*


*  *

DIL-Engineering for Change Webinar*Mobile Data Collection: A New Frontier
of Tech4Dev Research*
*Tuesday, December 8*
*10:00am PST - 11:00am PST*
RSVP HERE


The wide-spread availability of phone-based communications, and the
increasing availability of smartphones and tablets offers researchers,
practitioners, and students working in international development an array
of new tools and techniques for collecting field data. As adoption of ICTs
by development researchers and organizations becomes more widespread, many
uses have emerged - from data collection for monitoring, visualization, and
analysis.

Join the Development Impact Lab (DIL
)
and Engineering for Change (E4C
)
and  hear from leading organizations on the challenges of data collection
in field research, how data collection has been leverage, and where the
data collection field is headed.
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[change] Fwd: [gaia] ACM DEV 2015 — CALL FOR POSTERS — DEADLINE SOON!

[Matt Podolsky]

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From: Veljko Pejovic 
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 12:32 AM
Subject: [gaia] ACM DEV 2015 — CALL FOR POSTERS — DEADLINE SOON!
To: g...@irtf.org


ACM DEV 2015
6th Symposium on Computing for Development
November 30 - December 2, 2015
London, United Kingdom
http://acmdev.org/

Important Dates:

Poster abstracts due: September 30, 2015 (11:59pm UTC) - firm deadline
Author notification: October 10, 2015
Camera-ready: October 17, 2015
Conference: November 30 - December 2, 2015


DEV 2015 provides an international forum for research in the design,
implementation, and evaluation of information and communication
technologies (ICTs) for social and economic development. In
particular, we focus on 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.

The poster deadline for DEV 2015 is September 30th. Posters must not
exceed 2 pages and all submissions must be in ACM format, submitted as
a PDF. Submissions should be fully anonymised; In particular, the
names or affiliations of authors should not be included so as to allow
for blind review. Posters should be submitted via the submission site.
Posters should describe original and previously unpublished research,
innovative experiments, and work in progress. All DEV poster
submissions should either provide or directly motivate a novel
technical solution that has direct implications for development.

The topic of ICT for development is inherently multidisciplinary, and
encompasses a broad array of fields within the computer science
discipline.  The ACM DEV conference is an opportunity for researchers
across these diverse fields of computer science to come together to
work on the common problem of improving access to and availability of
information and communication technology solutions.  In an effort to
encourage participation of researchers across the relevant domains,
this year the conference focuses on research at the interface of
computer science and development related to (but not limited to) the
following non-exclusive focus areas:

Systems, including:
- Low-cost connectivity and computing devices
- Network solutions for poorly connected regions, including white space
spectrum
- Power-efficient systems
- Mobile systems and applications
- Special-purpose systems, e.g., sensors, wireless, IVR
- Systems challenges and opportunities in development, e.g., security,
sustainability, resilience
- Cellular phone systems and applications
- Novel tools and applications for development
- Measurements of existing technology in developing regions (e.g.
network deployments)

HCI, including:
- 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 in health, microfinance,
education, agriculture, entertainment, social media
- Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels
- Understanding social relationships and information flows in
disadvantaged societies

Data Science, including:
- Computational sustainability
- Computational social science
- Econometric models and developmental economics
- Data science for social good
- Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in
development contexts
- Speech interfaces and translation for low-resource languages
- Computer vision challenges and opportunities in development
- Understanding social networks and digital media in developing regions

In addition, we welcome posters outside of the above topics that
address the DEV focus on computing innovations supporting social and
economic development.

The accepted posters will be published in the companion conference
proceedings. The poster should be submitted using the submission
website at http://posters.acmdev.org


Poster chair:

Veljko Pejovic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, email:
veljko.pejo...@fri.uni-lj.si

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[change] Fwd: Participant Applications Now Open for IDDS Lahore!

[Matt Podolsky]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Mustafa Naseem mustafanas...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:43 PM
Subject: Fwd: Participant Applications Now Open for IDDS Lahore!
To: Matt Podolsky podol...@berkeley.edu
Cc: idds@mit.edu


Dear Matt,

I hope this email finds you well.

I'm writing to forward you an event we're hosting at ITU with IDIN at MIT
https://d-lab.mit.edu/idin. It's a two week design summit focussed on
ICTs and we're going to be working with different sectors including health
and education. Participants come from all backgrounds (from Pol Sci to
Medicine), and don't necessarily need to be engineers. We're going to have
a scholarship application for selected participants that would cover part
(or in some cases all) of the cost of attendance based on need.

With our experience hosting the Pakistan ICTD workshop
http://itu.edu.pk/ictdworkshop2014/, and other international events,
we're very particular about logistics of the event, including participant
security. We're working with USAID Pakistan
http://tribune.com.pk/story/906491/development-partnership-support-for-intl-summit-pledged/
to make sure this is an amazing experience for all.

I'd be grateful if you could forward this opportunity to your networks in
Berkeley, including putting this up on TIER and CEGA mailing lists?. More
details can be found at: http://www.idds-lahore.com/faq/ or prospective
participants can contact us at: idds@mit.edu. Applications close in a
week!
Best Regards,
Mustafa


-- Forwarded message --
From: International Development Innovation Network (IDIN) 
idincommunicati...@mit.edu
Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:10 PM
Subject: Participant Applications Now Open for IDDS Lahore!
To: idds-team-tanza...@mit.edu


 June 3, 2015
View this email in your browser
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f36c77b09fd5a04a2b9b17a13id=1678382147e=f44594f740
  *Opportunities *   Apply Now to Attend IDDS Lahore in
Pakistan!
http://mit.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f36c77b09fd5a04a2b9b17a13id=a3daced4c0e=f44594f740

*Applications to attend IDDS Lahore are now open!*
http://mit.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f36c77b09fd5a04a2b9b17a13id=b48a50aa6ae=f44594f740

IDDS Lahore
http://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f36c77b09fd5a04a2b9b17a13id=94bf2793f0e=f44594f740
is
a two-week information communications technology-themed summit taking place
in Lahore, Pakistan from January 8 - January 22, 2016.

The summit will bring together 30 participants from all over the world,
train them in the collaborative design process, and enable six teams to
co-create prototypes and ventures that improve lives of people living in
poverty.

While experience in information communications technology is a plus, it is
not a requirement for participation in IDDS Lahore. Because this is a
themed summit, all IDIN Network members are welcome to apply.
The deadline for submitting applications and references is July 1 and
participants will be notified of final selections by July 20.

*Learn more and apply now!*
http://mit.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f36c77b09fd5a04a2b9b17a13id=2e537b4dfce=f44594f740


*Questions? Contact the IDDS Lahore organizing team at idds@mit.edu.
+idds@mit.edu You can also learn more about IDDS Lahore and its
organizers on the summit microsite
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[change] Fwd: [TIER] Research Assistantship / PhD Student Positions at the NYU Abu Dhabi Design Technology Lab (DTL)

[Matt Podolsky]

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Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:03 AM
Subject: [TIER] Research Assistantship / PhD Student Positions at the NYU
Abu Dhabi Design Technology Lab (DTL)
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 *Research Assistantship / PhD Student Positions at the NYU Abu Dhabi
Design Technology Lab (DTL)*



If you are creative, have good eye for design, want to build systems, tools
and apps and are willing to quickly self-learn whatever system, programming
language, or environment needed to get the job done, apply to work at the
Design Technology Lab (DTL). DTL is a research lab that fosters a deeply
interdisciplinary approach to technology design. We value a let's get the
job done mentality, creativity and we rapidly prototype all our design
ideas. We release most of our code as open source and we publish our work
at top Computer Science research venues.



To qualify, you must have strong technical skills, especially in data
analysis, web programming, distributed systems, mobile app development
and/or development for gadgets such as Smartphones, Kinect, Arduino and the
like. For example, a successful applicant can author a multi-stage pipeline
that cleans a dataset, loads it into a database, writes a script to analyze
it in python or Mapreduce, visualizes it and publishes it on the web.
Another applicant can write an app to track user locations, collect data
and store it on a central server for further analysis and distribution. Yet
another applicant can work on context appropriate solutions for developing
regions. Applicants should have a combination of skills or demonstrated
adaptability in quickly learning new skills.



This position is based in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Salary and Benefits are
competitive.



*Desired Skills  Experience*

Education

· Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science

· Worked on large-scale computer science projects as a software
developer/programmer

· Dealt with customer specifications and system architects in
putting together the entire system

· Worked in a rapid prototyping environment or a research lab

· Worked on open source projects

Skills  Expertise

· Systems/Server programming (Java, C/C++, Perl, Python, etc.)

· Javascript and web programming

· SQL, Postgres or MySQL

· Mobile App Development - iOS/Android

· Hadoop, MapReduce, SQL

· D3, Processing or other visualization software

· Git or version control software

Communication Skills

· Fluent in English

· Willing to engage in design meetings and present ideas and
solutions to sponsors, researchers and fellow developers.



*Company Description*

This posting is for a research assistant in the DTL a lab led by Professors
Jay Chen and Azza Abouzied at New York University Abu Dhabi. New York
University has established itself as a Global Network University, a
multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities
and idea capitals. The network has three foundational, degree-granting
campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complemented by a network of
more than fifteen research and study-away sites across five continents.





*To Apply, Please email nyuad@gmail.com nyuad@gmail.com with your
resume, research statement or cover letter.*

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[change] Fwd: Internship in the USAID Indonesia Mission (Deadline Friday)

[Matt Podolsky]

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Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:41 AM
Subject: Internship in the USAID Indonesia Mission (Deadline Friday)

The United States Agency for International Development Mission in Jakarta,
Indonesia requests applications from qualified candidates for an intern in
science, technology, and innovation (STI) for its Summer 2014 Internship
Program. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and
graduate students at a U.S. university. Indonesia is a fascinating country
of global developmental significance, and is located in one of the most
vibrant regions of the world. USAID/Indonesia is a key partner in
supporting development in Indonesia.

The selected candidate will serve as an intern for a term of up to four
months.

Modest compensation, transportation, and housing will be provided under the
program. The intern will be a member of a team responsible for the design
and management of new programs in STI for USAID/Indonesia, and will report
to the Director of Science and Technology.

http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1861/Summer%20Internship%20at%20USAID%20Indonesia%20-%202014.pdf

The deadline is Friday, February 14 .
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[change] Global Poverty and Practice Postdoctoral positions available at the Blum Center at UC Berkeley

[Matt Podolsky]

 *Global Poverty and Practice Postdoctoral Fellows Program*
 At the Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley

 The Global Poverty and Practice Post Doctoral Fellows program aims to
 support research and teaching in a wide range of interdisciplinary fields
 and on a variety of subject areas relevant to poverty, inequality, and
 poverty action. This two year program challenges Fellows to advance a
 research project and to articulate a plan for the publication and
 dissemination of such research.  Each Fellow will also be asked to teach
 three courses during the two-year appointment. One course directly relates
 to the Fellow’s research, and the other courses contribute to the core
 curriculum of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor. Fellows will actively
 participate in the newly launched Higher Education Solutions Network.

 For a full description of the postdoc program and the application visit:
 https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00149

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 Sean Burns, Ph.D.
 Director of Student Programs
 Global Poverty and Practice Minor / Big Ideas@Berkeley
 Blum Center for Developing Economies
 University of California, Berkeley
 5570 Blum Hall, 100F
 ph. 510-666-9127

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