[change] Genius 13-Year-Old Has a Solar Power Breakthrough

2011-08-23 Thread Nicola Dell
Interesting stuff... 7th grader Aidan Dwyerhttp://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/2011/aidan.html was walking in the woods during the winter, and looking up, he noticed something about the bare branches above him. They didn't appear to be growing randomly. So he took some

[change] Fall 2011 Change Seminar

2011-09-13 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello Everyone, In preparation for the 2011 fall quarter, I wanted to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (Course number: CSE590C1, SLN: 12464). The seminar is held on Thursdays at 12pm in the Paul Allen Center (Room 203). Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group

[change] Fall 2011 Change Seminar

2011-09-28 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi Everyone Just a reminder that the Change seminar will start NEXT week. The first meeting will be on Thursday, October 6th in room CSE 203. Lunch will be provided. Also, if you are interested, don't forget to register. Details below. Thanks Nicki On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Nicola Dell

[change] Abraham Flaxman on Computer Coded Verbal Autopsy: measuring cause-specific mortality with machine learning

2011-10-04 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change we will be hosting a talk by Abraham Flaxman about computer coded verbal autopsy in resource-poor environments. Abraham Flaxman is a computer scientist hiding out in the Global Health Department at the University of Washington. He was trained in the theoretical aspects of

[change] Fwd: Grant opportunity for optimizing immunization systems in low- and middle-income countries

2011-10-07 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Balderston, Beth bbalders...@path.org Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:44 PM Subject: Grant opportunity for optimizing immunization systems in low- and middle-income countries To: nixdell at cs.washington.edu nixdell at cs.washington.edu Dear Nicki,

[change] Prof. Craig Warren Smith on the Second Wireless Revolution: Bringing Broadband to the Next Two Billion in Asia's Emerging Markets

2011-10-10 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change we will be hosting a talk by Professor Craig Warren Smith, Chairman of the Digital Divide Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Now that cell phones have reached even remote villages in Asian emerging markets, Asia's commercial supply chains and governments are

[change] Kentaro Toyama in CSE 403

2011-10-19 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone ROOM CHANGE FINAL REMINDER! Kentaro will be giving a talk at the Change seminar tomorrow in CSE 403 (not the usual room 203). Details below. Thanks Nicki -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicola Dell nixd...@cs.washington.edu Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM Subject

[change] USB key

2011-10-23 Thread Nicola Dell
If anyone dropped a yellow and silver USB key at Change last Thursday, I have it. Thanks Nicki -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20111023/95ab3a43/attachment.html

[change] UW MCDM Student and Alumni Roundtable: Digital Trends in Cameroon, Namibia, South Africa, and Ghana -- Wednesday, October 26 -- 3:00 - 4:30 in Communications 202

2011-10-25 Thread Nicola Dell
For those of you interested in the role information communication technology--especially mobile phones--are playing in modern Africa, please join me, three current Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) students (Pam Kahl, Joseph Pavey, and Shelby Barnes), and one MCDM alum (Alvin Singh)

[change] Ryan Hartford @ Dimagi

2011-10-31 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Ryan Hartford from Dimagi will be discussing the concept of custom development versus product development as an effective model for international development. We may also diverge into the topic of technology as a force multiplier for impact. Ryan leads the Logistics

[change] Bill Lober from I-TECH

2011-11-29 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Bill Lober, director of informatics at UW?s International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), will present an overview of I-TECH?s work in six countries, talk about what goes well and what doesn?t, and ask for some ideas on how to do it better. Bill Lober,

[change] Slides from Bill Lober's presentation

2011-12-04 Thread Nicola Dell
hey everyone I am attaching slides from Bill Lober's presentation from Thursday. Enjoy! Thanks Nicki -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20111204/c92aee60/attachment.html

[change] John Tippett and David Hutchful on the Grameen Foundation's MOTECH platform

2011-12-06 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change John Tippett and David Hutchful will present an overview of Grameen Foundation's Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH) platform. MOTECH is powering health interventions in Africa and Asia focused on maternal and child health, HIV/ART compliance, TB treatment, and

[change] Slides from today's talk

2011-12-08 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone For those interested, I have uploaded the slides from todays talk. You can download them from the website by clicking on the link at the top of this page: http://change.washington.edu/2011/12/john-tippett-and-david-hutchful-on-the-grameen-foundations-motech-platform/ Thanks for a

[change] Course Announcement: Change Seminar

2011-12-12 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello Everyone, In preparation for the winter quarter I wanted to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (CSE590C1, SLN: 12399) on Thursdays at noon in the Paul Allen Center (Room 203). Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the

[change] CSE Seminar 590 F

2012-01-03 Thread Nicola Dell
hey everyone CSE 590F is a UW seminar that some of you may be interested in. The focus of the seminar this quarter will be on software toolkits for ICTD. Each week someone will lead the discussion by presenting the principal components of the toolkit and their major interfaces and standards.

[change] Ted McCarthy on screen reader use among the visually impaired in India.

2012-01-09 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Ted McCarthy from the University of Michigan will be discussing screen reader use among the visually impaired in India and sharing the results of a study conducted last summer in Bangalore, India with Microsoft Research, where he worked with Joyojeet Pal (Univ. of Michigan)

[change] Nicolás di Tada on InSTEDD

2012-01-16 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Nicol?s di Tada will be speaking about the work he has been doing at InSTEDD. *About InSTEDD:* InSTEDD has a unique offering ? we design and use open source technology tools to help partners enhance collaboration and improve information flow and knowledge sharing to better

[change] No Change seminar this Thursday

2012-01-17 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone *There will no Change seminar this Thursday. * Nicolas di Tada has had to postpone his trip to Seattle and won't be able to make it. Next week (January 26th) we will have a discussion led by Krysta Yousoufian and Carl Hartung. Thanks Nicki -- next part -- An

[change] Discussion on financial models for healthcare in rural areas.

2012-01-24 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Krysta Yousoufian and Rohit Chaudri will discuss financial models for healthcare in rural areas. We will present the 3 most prevalent models for healthcare delivery to underserved communities in rural areas. Countries like India have state-sponsored programs that provide

[change] Anne Schanz on cross-cultural design.

2012-02-07 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Anne Schanz will talk about the complexities and difficulties of designing across different cultures. Most ICT4D initiatives involve stakeholders from a number of different backgrounds; including different cultures. Technology developed in the course of these initiatives

[change] Nicki Dell on Participant Response Bias.

2012-02-13 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Nicki Dell will be talking about participant response bias in ICTD and HCI. Although HCI researchers and practitioners frequently work with groups of people that differ significantly from themselves, little attention has been paid to the effects these differences have on

[change] Meg Coyne, Dylan Price, and Mark Ullery on Beyond Good Intentions: Evaluating Global “Development” Work Critically.

2012-02-20 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Meg Coyne, Dylan Price, and Mark Ullery will be leading a discussion on good intentions in global development as part of an outreach project for another seminar, *GEOG 499B - Beyond Good Intentions: Evaluating Global ?Development? Work Critically*. We hope to bring some of

[change] Brian Glaister on Cadence Biomedical

2012-02-27 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change Brian Glaister will speak about his research on low cost prosthetics for resource-poor countries, and present the work of his startup Cadence Biomedical and their device to help people with severe disabilities walk. Brian is the President and CEO of Cadence Biomedical

[change] Three ICTD/DEV practice talks this Thursday

2012-03-05 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change we will have three talks, all of which will be presented at the ICTD and DEV conferences in Atlanta, March 11-15. 12:00 Automated Quality Control for Mobile Data Collection ** Winner of the Best Paper Award at ACM DEV ** Benjamin Birnbaum , University of Washington, Brian

[change] Seminar announcement: Change

2012-03-09 Thread Nicola Dell
In preparation for the spring quarter I wanted to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (CSE590C1, SLN:12542) on Thursdays at noon in the Paul Allen Center (Room 203). Change http://change.washington.edu/ is a group of faculty, students, and staff at the UW who are

[change] Gates Foundation calls for new innovations to optimize immunization systems

2012-03-19 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Balderston, Beth bbalders...@path.org Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM Subject: Gates Foundation calls for new innovations to optimize immunization systems To: nixdell at cs.washington.edu nixdell at cs.washington.edu Hi Nicky, Could you post the

[change] CORRECTION: Waylon Brunette on portable antenatal ultrasound for village midwifes.

2012-03-26 Thread Nicola Dell
Sorry, the Change seminar is in CSE 203 (not 205 as I said before). On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Nicola Dell nixdell at cs.washington.eduwrote: This Thursday at Change Waylon Brunette will speak about his research on a portable antenatal ultrasound platform for village midwifes. Please

[change] Backpack

2012-04-12 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, Someone left a black backpack in CSE203 after the seminar today. It has been handed in to the CSE reception. Thanks Nicki -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[change] James Dailey on MicroEnergy Credits

2012-05-01 Thread Nicola Dell
This Thursday at Change, James Dailey will talk about his work with MicroEnergy Credits. MicroEnergy Credits is a financial intermediary which links microfinance institutions to the carbon markets when they lend for clean energy. Founded in 2007 and based in Seattle, Washington, MicroEnergy

[change] Fwd: Deadline May 15! Gates Foundation seeks ideas to optimize immunization systems

2012-05-01 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Balderston, Beth bbalders...@path.org Date: Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:14 PM Subject: Deadline May 15! Gates Foundation seeks ideas to optimize immunization systems To: nixd...@cs.washington.edu nixd...@cs.washington.edu Hi Nicki, Could you post this

[change] Dr Grace John-Stewart

2012-05-10 Thread Nicola Dell
This week at Change we will be hosting Dr Grace John-Stewart from the UW Department of Global Health. Dr. John-Stewart trained as an internist and pediatrician prior to specializing in infectious diseases, and received a PhD in epidemiology. Her research is focused on international HIV-1 studies,

[change] Katie Curran on HIV prevention in Kenya

2012-05-14 Thread Nicola Dell
This week at Change we will be hosting Katie Curran, a PhD student in epidemiology at the UW School of Public Health. She recently returned from Kenya where she spent 7 months collecting data for her dissertation. One part of her study involved using SMS to collect daily monthly data on HIV risk

[change] CSE and HCDE technology for developing regions projects round 2!

2012-05-28 Thread Nicola Dell
This week at Change we will have presentations on *another* three exciting projects that have been built by the CSE and HCDE students in the Computing for Development capstone class over the last two quarters. Come and join us! Note that this will be the last meeting of the year! Have a great

[change] No Change today

2012-06-07 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone Quick reminder that there is no Change seminar today. Have a great summer and see you in the fall! Thanks Nicki ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change

[change] JOB: Marketing and Sales Position for Humanitarian Demining Company

2012-06-19 Thread Nicola Dell
* Red Lotus Technologies is a company dedicated to developing technologies that aid humanitarian demining. We currently seek a Marketing and Sales Intern to develop a 12-month marketing and sales strategy. The final deliverables will be 1) a marketing plan based on thorough research and market

[change] CFP: Information and Knowledge Management for Developing Regions at CIKM 2012 (Submission deadline: July 15th)

2012-07-02 Thread Nicola Dell
(Apologies for multiple postings) Call for Papers First International Workshop on Information and Knowledge Management For Developing Regions (in conjunction with CIKM 2012) Maui Hawaii,

[change] Fwd: DEMO Africa partners with VC4Africa

2012-07-03 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Brian Munyao Longwe blon...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:17 AM Subject: [TIER] DEMO Africa partners with VC4Africa To: t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu Demo Africa has joined forces with Venture Capital for Africa ( http://vc4africa.biz), the

[change] [JOB] Job posting: Data analytics and international developmen

2012-08-01 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi guys - would you mind circulating this posting around your networks? -- Innovations for Poverty Action is looking to hire a talented programmer/statistician to join a team of researchers working on a set of ICTD-related projects in Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. We're

[change] Call for Proposals for the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week

2012-09-11 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello, Please consider posting the Call for Proposals for the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week -- below or at http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/pdf/MLW_Call_for_Proposal_01.pdf Thanks, Steve Vosloo UNESCO Programme Specialist Call for Proposals: UNESCO Mobile

[change] Register for the Change Seminar

2012-09-18 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello Everyone, In preparation for the Fall quarter, I want to invite you all to register for the Change Seminar (CSE590C1, SLN:12581https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/UWNetID/sln.asp?QTRYR=AUT+2012SLN=12581) on Tuesdays at noon in the Paul Allen Center Room 203. For those who attended

[change] Richard Anderson: From Digital StudyHall to Digital PublicHealth

2012-09-21 Thread Nicola Dell
The first Change seminar for the fall quarter will be on* Tuesday, September 25th at 12 noon in CSE 203*. Richard Anderson from UW Computer Science and Engineering will be speaking on From Digital StudyHall to Digital PublicHealth. The Digital StudyHall (DSH) project began in 2005 with the goal

[change] Kurtis Heimerl: The Village Basestation

2012-09-29 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Kurtis Heimerl from UC Berkeley will talk about his work on the Village Basestation. Cellular Telephony is one of the most impactful technologies ever, with five billion subscribers in just twenty five years. However, billions of people remain without this fundamental

[change] “Getting Started in mHealth.” Grant Opportunity. Applications due Dec 1.

2012-10-01 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: neal lesh neal.l...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:36 PM Subject: [TIER] “Getting Started in mHealth.” Grant Opportunity. Applications due Dec 1. To: t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu Hi everybody, Dimagi just released an RFA to support organizations

[change] Reminder: WISH2012 registration

2012-10-04 Thread Nicola Dell
*The Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH 2012) *is right around the corner –and if you plan to also attend AMIA - please note: ** *Advance registration deadline is October 4, 2012* – Register at: http://www.amia.org/amia2012/registration *WISH is listed under

[change] Edgar Sioson on Community and Alternative Currencies in a Development Context

2012-10-07 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Edgar Sioson will talk about his work on community and alternative currencies in a development context. Community currencies and other alternative means of exchange have a long, under-the-radar history. Various implementations demonstrate the public's openness to change

[change] Pascal Schuback from the UW Office of Global Affairs

2012-10-15 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change we will host Pascal Schuback from the UW Office of Global Affairs. Pascal is responsible for security and emergency management of international activities for the University of Washington. Part of his responsibilities include developing the Global Emergency Management Plan

[change] CFP: Networked Healthcare Technology (NetHealth), Workshop co-located with COMSNETS 2013

2012-10-16 Thread Nicola Dell
Apologies for multiple postings NetHealth 2013 Call for Papers - The human body is being increasingly instrumented and connected. The emergence of networked information technology for healthcare has already shown benefit in moving away from episodic

[change] NetSquared connecting technologists and nonprofits - forward to change mailing list?

2012-10-28 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Natalie Linnell linn...@cs.washington.edu Date: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:21 PM Subject: NetSquared connecting technologists and nonprofits - forward to change mailing list? To: nixd...@cs.washington.edu Hi Nicki, A good friend of mine works with

[change] Trevor Perrier: Dispatches from the digital divide

2012-10-29 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Trevor Perrier from UW CSE brings dispatches from the digital divide. We all know the digital divide is rapidly disappearing and the world is more connected then it ever has been before. While it is true that tweets have been sent from the top of Mount

[change] Kate Starbird on Crisis Informatics

2012-11-05 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Kate Starbird will talk about her work on Crisis Informatics. Sociologists of disaster have long recognized that people will converge onto the scene of a disaster, often attempting to provide assistance to those affected or those responding. ICT and social media are now

[change] Fwd: [dub] Please publicize our new Masters HCI+Design

2012-11-14 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: James Landay lan...@cs.washington.edu Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:09 AM Subject: [dub] Please publicize our new Masters HCI+Design To: d...@dub.washington.edu d...@dub.washington.edu Our new Masters in Human-Computer Interaction + Design is set to

[change] Professor Dan Schwartz on Tribal partnership projects: A model for community-based renewable energy research.

2012-11-19 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Professor Dan Schwartz will talk about his work on community-based renewable energy research. Since 2008, a diverse group of UW Ph.D. students from the colleges of engineering, environment, and built environment have worked with the Yakama Nation and Confederated Salish

[change] Jill Woelfer on Homeless young people and technology: Ordinary interactions, extraordinary circumstances.

2012-11-25 Thread Nicola Dell
This Tuesday at Change, Jill Woelfer will present her research on Homeless young people and technology: Ordinary interactions, extraordinary circumstances. Homeless young people, aged up to 30, have ordinary interactions with technology that are conditioned by the extraordinary circumstances of

[change] Fwd: Talk on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29th - Towards Open Architectures for Web and Mobile Software Technologies

2012-11-27 Thread Nicola Dell
Reminder: This talk will be on *Thursday at 12 noon in CSE 303*. I hope you can join us! -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicola Dell nixd...@cs.washington.edu Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:32 PM Subject: Talk on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29th - Towards Open Architectures for Web and Mobile

[change] Fwd: [TIER] Low-cost 3D Printing for Science, Education and Sustainable Development

2012-11-29 Thread Nicola Dell
Workshop on Low-cost 3D Printing for Science, Education and Sustainable Development 17-19 April 2013, ICTP, Trieste, Italy see: http://1mm.it/3d Deadline for applications: February 22, 2013 The purpose of this first international workshop is to discuss and create awareness on the new

[change] Change talk in 15 mins!

2012-11-29 Thread Nicola Dell
LETS GO: Learning Ecology through Science with Global Outcomes Abstract: In this talk Bahtijar will present his current research within the area of Mobile and Web technologies. Especially he will present his ongoing work Towards Open Architectures for supporting data collection, visualization and

Re: [change] Change talk in 15 mins!

2012-11-29 Thread Nicola Dell
In CSE 303! On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Nicola Dell nixd...@cs.washington.eduwrote: LETS GO: Learning Ecology through Science with Global Outcomes Abstract: In this talk Bahtijar will present his current research within the area of Mobile and Web technologies. Especially he

[change] Winter Change Seminar

2012-11-30 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello Everyone, In preparation for the winter quarter, I want to invite you all to register for the one credit Change Seminar (CSE 590 C1, SLN: 12581) on Tuesdays from 12-1pm in the Paul Allen Center, Room 203. Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group of faculty, students, and staff at

[change] Human and Political Grievances for Mobilization: Different roles of Facebook during the Egyptian Arab Spring.

2012-11-30 Thread Nicola Dell
Please join us on Tuesday for the final Change meeting of the quarter. This Tuesday at Change, Norah Abokhodair, Luis Fernando and Maria Garrido will present their work on Human and Political Grievances for Mobilization: Different roles of Facebook during the Egyptian Arab Spring. In the field

[change] Fwd: Call for Proposals: UW Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries

2012-12-03 Thread Nicola Dell
** ** -- *Call for Proposals* * * Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries ** ** June 27th 28th, 2013 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA ** ** Center for Technology and Disability

Re: [change] Winter Change Seminar

2012-12-03 Thread Nicola Dell
For anyone who had trouble registering for the Change seminar next quarter, the seminar was incorrectly listed in the class schedule. The correct details are CSE 590 C1, SLN 12718. The seminar will be on Tuesdays from 12-1pm. Apologies for any confusion! On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Nicola

[change] Interact 2013

2012-12-09 Thread Nicola Dell
INTERACT 2013 - The 14th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-6 September 2013. INTERACT 2013 solicits submissions addressing all aspects of human-computer interaction. The conference theme, “Designing for Diversity”, recognizes the interdisciplinary,

[change] Joshua Blumenstock on “Big Data” and Development: Empirical Research in Rwanda and Afghanistan

2013-01-14 Thread Nicola Dell
Please join us for the first Change meeting of the quarter! This Tuesday at Change, Joshua Blumenstock will talk about* “*Big Data” and Development: Empirical Research in Rwanda and Afghanistan Are* *mobile phones really transforming the lives of the world’s poor? In this talk, I will describe

[change] Rohit Chaudhri on the Human Milkbank Project.

2013-02-04 Thread Nicola Dell
It is estimated that in resource-poor areas of the world, 3.3 million neonatal deaths occur within the first four weeks of life every year. According to the Lancet Child Survival Series, 13% of deaths of children under the age of five could be prevented by breastfeeding alone. Availability of

[change] Fwd: [TIER] TIER's Village Base Station goes live

2013-02-14 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Kurtis Heimerl kheim...@cs.berkeley.edu Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:10 PM Subject: [TIER] TIER's Village Base Station goes live To: tier t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu I just wanted to share our writeup on our VBTS project in Papua. This project details

[change] Fwd: Independent study on Networks VIsualization in Developing Countriers

2013-02-14 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Joshua Blumenstock joshb...@uw.edu Date: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:09 PM Subject: Independent study on Networks VIsualization in Developing Countriers To: Nicola Dell nixd...@cs.washington.edu Hi Nicola, if appropriate, would you mind forwarding

[change] Luis Fernando Baron on Crossing new borders: use of computers and phones by Hispanic day laborers in Seattle.

2013-02-18 Thread Nicola Dell
*Crossing new borders: use of computers and phones by Hispanic day laborers in Seattle.* This talk presents the results of a research project on the use of computers and mobile phones by Hispanic day laborers at Casa Latina, a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington. Drawing from over 100

[change] Qualitative research tools

2013-02-20 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, We are doing some work on qualitative research tools and would very much appreciate if you could take 1 min to answer the following questions: (1) Have you ever voice recorded interviews with participants? (2) If so, what tools did you use to do the recording? (3) What tools did

[change] Mayank Goel on SpiroSmart

2013-02-24 Thread Nicola Dell
Home spirometry is gaining acceptance in the medical community because of its ability to detect pulmonary exacerbations and improve outcomes of chronic lung ailments. However, cost and usability are significant barriers to its widespread adoption. To this end, we present SpiroSmart, a low-cost

[change] Dr Thomas Odeny: Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits and reduce early resumption of sex after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention.

2013-05-20 Thread Nicola Dell
What: Dr Thomas Odeny: Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits and reduce early resumption of sex after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention. When: Tuesday, May 21st at 12 noon Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 Over the last four years there has been

[change] Fwd: Acumen.org Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation summer course

2013-06-13 Thread Nicola Dell
*From:* Sasha Dichter [mailto:sdich...@acumen.org] *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:00 AM *Subject:* Launch of +Acumen Online Leadership Academy ** ** ** *[image: Plus Acumen Online Leadership Academy]http://support.acumenfund.org/site/R?i=s6Qyl_os49w2mnvmBpWf8A * *[image: Follow us on

[change] postdoctoral scholar position in mHealth security privacy

2013-06-27 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: David Kotz Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 Subject: [TIER] postdoctoral scholar position in mHealth security privacy To: t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu [please forward to anyone who may be interested] Postdoctoral scholar

[change] Speakers for Fall quarter

2013-08-27 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, As summer comes to a close, we're excited to soon kick off the 2013-2014 academic year. We'd love to have a diverse group of speakers come and present their work at Change and so we're looking for volunteers, suggestions and nominations for speakers this fall. Let me know if you or

[change] Change seminar: Jonathan Donner (MSR): Everybody’s Internet? Mobile Internet and Digital Inclusion in the Developing World

2013-09-27 Thread Nicola Dell
(Please note that this is the last email that we will send to the cs and dub mailing lists. To remain updated please subscribe to the Change mailing list here: http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change) Join us on Tuesday for the first Change seminar of the fall quarter. We're

[change] Fwd: [Cs-grads] 590 C1: Change Seminar

2014-01-06 Thread Nicola Dell
Reminder that there is no Change seminar tomorrow, January 7th. Change will start NEXT week, January 14th at noon in CSE 203. -- Forwarded message -- From: Trevor Perrier tperr...@cs.washington.edu Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:07 PM Subject: [Cs-grads] 590 C1: Change Seminar To:

[change] No Change this week

2014-01-06 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, We've been having some issues with the Change email list so apologies for multiple messages. Reminder: There will be no Change seminar this week, January 7th. Change will start NEXT week, January 14th. Hope to see you all there. Thanks Nicki

[change] Oppotunity to design/develop a mobile app for a project in East Africa

2014-01-22 Thread Nicola Dell
Please contact Leah directly if you're interested in this opportunity Hello Change members, My name is Leah, and I am a first year MPA student in the Evans School. I'm part of a team that's been selected as semi-finalists in the Foster School's Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition. The

[change] Help with Open Data Kit research: Take a quick online survey

2014-02-24 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, I am a PhD candidate in UW CSE and part of the Change and ODK research groups. We are conducting a short survey to learn more about how organizations currently use paper forms for data collection. If you work for (or are involved with) an organization that uses paper forms (school,

[change] Change seminar on Tuesday, March 4th

2014-02-26 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, We *WILL* be having a Change seminar on Tuesday, March 4th. Our speaker will be Kalika Bali from the Technology for Emerging Markets lab at Microsoft Research, India. Please join us at 12pm in CSE 203. As usual, lunch will be provided. *Speaker Bio* Kalika Bali is a researcher

[change] Change talk at 12pm today: Kalika Bali

2014-03-04 Thread Nicola Dell
*Come hear Kalika Bali speak in CSE 203 in one hour..* *Speaker Bio* Kalika Bali is a researcher in the Technologies for Emerging Markets and Multilingual Systems research areas at Microsoft Research India. Her interests are in speech and language technology for education, NLP and speech

[change] Volunteer with Days for Girls Bridges

2014-03-14 Thread Nicola Dell
Please contact Leah directly if you're interested in this opportunity. *Map Data to Help Us Amplify Our Impact in the World: *Are you passionate about using data to map change in the world? We would love to welcome you to our team! Days for Girls International is seeking a volunteer with ESRI/GIS

[change] Thomas Larson's 150x cell-phone microscope

2014-03-20 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi everyone, For those of you who attended Thomas Larson's Change talk this winter, you might be interested to know that his 150x microscope is now available on kickstarter. Check it out here: http://kck.st/1gbARwt. Go Thomas! ___ change mailing list

[change] MoSoGood: Call for Contributions

2014-04-24 Thread Nicola Dell
Call for Contributions *MoSoGood 2014: Mobiles for Social Good* Workshop at ACM MobileHCI 2014, Toronto, Canada September 23, 2014 http://mosogood.capacitylab.org/ Submission Deadline: May 30, 2014 *About MoSoGood* Beyond facilitating communication, mobile phones are also transforming the way we

[change] Watsi: crowdfunded healthcare

2014-05-06 Thread Nicola Dell
I thought people might find this organization interesting. They're called Watsi and they're a global crowdfunding platform for healthcare. Check them out: https://watsi.org/ ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu

[change] Fwd: Deadline Extension: MoSoGood - Mobiles for Social Good Workshop at MobileHCI

2014-05-30 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Lutz Frommberger l...@capacitylab.org Date: Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:58 AM Subject: Deadline Extension: MoSoGood - Mobiles for Social Good Workshop at MobileHCI To: Lutz Frommberger l...@capacitylab.org Dear MoSoGood PC member, this is to notify you

[change] Please take our 3-minute survey on HCI4D

2014-08-25 Thread Nicola Dell
Hello everyone, For those of you who conduct research in the space of Human Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D), we would be grateful if you could fill out our quick 3-minute survey on HCI4D publishing practices - https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/nixdell/245523 Thank you!

[change] Fwd: [TIER] Endaga is Hiring

2014-09-09 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Kurtis Heimerl kheim...@cs.berkeley.edu Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:52 PM Subject: [TIER] Endaga is Hiring To: eecs-grads-j...@eecs.berkeley.edu, tier t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu We're hiring a software engineer to help us bring cellular coverage to

[change] Fwd: Suggestion for the [Change] list

2014-09-09 Thread Nicola Dell
- Acumen has partnered with IDEO.org an offering a free seven-week course (Oct 14 - Dec 16, 2014) that will introduce concepts of human-centered design and apply the design process to create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions for social change. No prior design

[change] Fwd: [dub] 11/26 DUB Seminar: Ed Cutrell (Microsoft Research India)

2014-11-24 Thread Nicola Dell
The Change community should be interested in attending this week's DUB talk. Details below! -- Forwarded message -- From: Martez E Mott mem...@uw.edu Date: Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:05 PM Subject: [dub] 11/26 DUB Seminar: Ed Cutrell (Microsoft Research India) To:

[change] ACM DEV call for papers

2015-05-20 Thread Nicola Dell
ACM DEV-6, November 30 – December 2, 2015 London, England Call for Papers 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

[change] Fwd: VillageReach is Hiring: OpenLMIS Community Manager

2015-08-17 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sarah Jackson sarah.jack...@villagereach.org Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:59 PM Subject: VillageReach is Hiring: OpenLMIS Community Manager To: Hello - I am excited to announce that VillageReach is now hiring for an OpenLMIS Community Manager

[change] Fwd: [TIER] (no subject)

2015-08-18 Thread Nicola Dell
Hi all, Mercy Corps is hiring a great global ICT4D Role http://bit.ly/1hlYyp8. It’s a multi-hat position: - *Hat 1—Field Implementor*: Work directly with field teams to design and implement ICT4D components of Mercy Corps programming across our 40+ countries. This is a very broad

[change] Fwd: ICTD 2016 Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Deadline for Submission of Full paper: November 20, 2015

2015-08-30 Thread Nicola Dell
-- Forwarded message -- From: Susan Wyche spwy...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM Subject: ICTD 2016 Ann Arbor, MI, USA | Deadline for Submission of Full paper: November 20, 2015 To: sig-...@googlegroups.com *ICTD 2016 Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 3-6 June 2016 Call for

[change] CHI workshop on "HCI Across Borders". Submission deadline: January 15th.

2016-01-07 Thread Nicola Dell
USA) Andy Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Nicola Dell, Cornell Tech (USA) Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Brian DeRenzi, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Beki Grinter, Georgia Tech (USA) Zhengjie Liu, Dalian Maritime University (China) Mario A. Moreno Rocha, U

[change] ACM DEV full papers deadline June 24th

2016-05-30 Thread Nicola Dell
Please forward to your networks and mailing lists! The papers deadline for ACM DEV is fast approaching! Details for how to submit can be found on the conference website: http://acmdev.org/. ACM DEV 2016 November 18-21, Nairobi, Kenya Important Dates Submission Deadline: June 24, 2016 -