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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 at dub.washington.edu [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Saleema Amershi
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:54 AM
To: dub at 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 at dub.washington.edu [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Saleema Amershi
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:32 AM
To: dub at 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
<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 <http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem> Emerging
Markets research group as a principal researcher, and is a co-founder of the
IEEE/ACM <http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/ictd2007> 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
<http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/toyama/> 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 <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 at gmail.com
<mailto:designusebuild at gmail.com> in the Google Calendar interface.
Please send me a mail (samershi at cs.washington.edu
<mailto:samershi at 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
south central map
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Saleema Amershi
PhD Student
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/samershi
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