Due to several requests, the deadline for NSDR 2009 has been extended to June 18.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Tapan Parikh <tapan at cs.washington.edu>wrote: > > CALL FOR PAPERS > _______________ > > 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR) > To be held with the 22nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles > (SOSP) > Please distribute widely > > Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana > Sunday, October 11th, 2009 > http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09 > > ** Important Dates ** > > Submission Deadline: June 18 > Notification: August 5 > Camera-ready: September 5 > Workshop: October 11 > > ** Background ** > > Following on two successful workshops hosted with ACM SIGCOMM in 2007 > and 2008, the 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions > (NSDR '09) will provide a venue for researchers to present ideas and > results concerning the design, implementation and evaluation of new > computing and communications technologies serving developing regions. > > The decreasing cost and increasing access to information and > communication technologies (e.g., mobile phones) are rapidly enabling > access to new services and markets for previously disconnected > populations. However, due to a variety of factors, including cost, > literacy, education, and organizational capacity, conventional > approaches to technology design and implementation are often not > relevant. Moreover, empirical evidence for the impact of such > technologies is largely anecdotal, beyond a few well-known and > well-cited examples. > > Addressing this requires engagement of several disciplines, including > but not limited to economics, sociology, anthropology, and political > science, and expertise in a variety of application areas - including > government, health, finance and agriculture. NSDR focuses on > addressing significant technical challenges (e.g., communication > infrastructure in rural areas, novel caching techniques for challenged > networks, security issues arising in such contexts), and on the > deployment and evaluation of novel technologies or applications that > address a specific need (e.g. providing remote financial services or > health care). > > ** Papers ** > > We encourage submission of position papers or the results of > preliminary work describing interesting, original, previously > unpublished ideas or results pertaining to the design, implementation > and/or evaluation of networks and systems for developing regions. > Accepted papers will: > - propose new research directions; > - target a specific application; > - inform design and/or deployment; > - or generate lively debate at the workshop. > > Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: > - Low-cost wireless connectivity > - Intermittent systems > - Power-efficient systems > - Low-cost computing devices > - Mobile systems and applications > - Adapting content and applications for local languages > - User interfaces for low-literacy populations > - Design and evaluation of applications for public health, > microfinance, agriculture, e-governance, education, monitoring, > disaster management, etc. > > ** Submission ** > > Submissions must follow formatting guidelines and be submitted > according to instructions at http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09/submit.html. > Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected > without consideration. Reviews will be SINGLE-BLIND: authors' names > and affiliations should be included in the submission. > > Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the > workshop. Submissions must be original work not under review at any > other workshop, conference or journal. > > ** Program Committee ** > > Vivek Pai, Princeton (co-chair) > Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley (co-chair) > Muneeb Ali, Princeton > John Bennett, Colorado > Gaetano Borriello, U. Washington > Eric Brewer, UC Berkeley > Ravi Jain, Google > S. Keshav, Waterloo > KyoungSoo Park, Pittsburgh > Bhaskaran Raman, IIT-Mumbai > Umar Saif, LUMS > Lakshmi Subramanian, NYU > Bill Thies, MSR India > Kentaro Toyama, MSR India > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20090615/a9f4f53f/attachment.html>
