[change] IEEE/ACM ICTs and Development '09 Conference: Funding, Paper Deadline and Submissions

[Kentaro Toyama]

For those preparing ICTD papers, here are some unsolicited thoughts...

On Writing ICTD Research Papers
http://research.microsoft.com/users/toyama/On Writing ICTD Research 
Papers.doc

What makes ICTD research research, and not just reports about 
technology
projects in rural villages? What does it mean to have economics and 
anthropology
research side by side with computer science and electronic engineering? 
How can
we preserve the integrity of methodologies developed by individual 
disciplines,
while allowing for cross-fertilization among fields and a healthy 
respect for
other disciplinary perspectives?

Having served the conference in various capacities, I've asked these 
questions
from a variety of perspectives, some of it in heated discussion with 
colleagues.
Below is a sketch of what I arrived at for authors, particularly in 
terms of what
constitutes good ICTD research and what goes in a good ICTD paper. It 
undoubtedly
reflects my personal biases. Nevertheless, my hope is that the ideas 
below
provide some guidance for those new to ICTD research or to authors 
submitting
papers to the ICTD conference.

I hope it's useful!

Thanks,
Kentaro

-
Kentaro Toyama (Microsoft Research India)
Co-Founder, IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD)

-Original Message-
From: Richard Heeks [mailto:richard.he...@manchester.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:53 PM
To: Richard Heeks
Subject: IEEE/ACM ICTs and Development '09 Conference: Funding, Paper Deadline 
and Submissions

Conference paper submissions for the 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on 
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) are due 
by 22ND SEPTEMBER 2008.

Submissions can be made via: http://ictd2009.confmaster.net/

Author instructions are available at: http://ictd2009.org/submissions.html

The ICTD2009 Conference will be held 17-19 April 2009 at Carnegie-Mellon's 
state-of-the-art campus in Doha, Qatar (http://www.ictd2009.org).  This 
conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT 
and international development.  Confirmed speakers include a keynote by William 
H. Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation.

We aim to provide funding for attendance of one author of each paper accepted 
for oral presentation at the conference.  We are working to raise additional 
sponsorship to cover attendance of other participants, with priority given to 
students and participants from developing countries.

We invite submission of conference papers relating to use of ICTs for 
development according to the following schedule:

September 22, 2008  Submissions due
January 15, 2009Final decisions sent out to authors
February 20, 2009   Camera-ready papers due
April 17-19, 2009   Conference

Only original, unpublished papers in English will be considered, through 
double-blind review. Word-length limit: 8000 words. All papers will be printed 
in the conference proceedings, and some will be developed for a journal special 
issue.

Do contact us if you have any queries about ICTD2009, or about submission of a 
paper.

Richard Heeks (U. Manchester), Rahul Tongia (Carnegie-Mellon U.)
Programme Committee Co-Chairs, ICTD2009

[change] CTO position at Grameen Foundation (formerly Grameen Technology Center)

[Kentaro Toyama]

Grameen Foundation in Seattle is looking for a CTO to oversee the technical
direction of their work in mobiles for global health, agriculture,
microfinance, and microenterprise. Job description and application link
here: http://www.grameenfoundation.org/chief-technology-officer. 

 

Kentaro 

 

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Re: [change] [Systers] ICT RURAL AFRICA

[Kentaro Toyama]

Some quick thoughts.

 

Given your very open approach (great!), I think the best thing you can do
initially is to ask the community what they most aspire to. Of course, not
everyone in the area will agree. And, in many communities, just getting to
the point of having people articulate their deep aspirations can take a lot
of work - You have to establish trust and rapport; you have to build up
their confidence; you may have to undo years of cynicism caused by previous
people/organizations who parachuted in to help but left after a year or
two (or less). (I say the last with deep regret about having done that
myself in many instances.) 

 

Still, the first task is to ask them, and to spend a lot of time asking
them. It's great that you have committed people on the ground - hopefully,
they are as committed to listening as they are to doing. 

 

Here is an interesting fact about all of your questions below. They all
start with Do I.? Are you sure you have the right pronoun?

 

Once you have a better sense for the things that the community most wants, I
think the answer to the rest of your questions will become immediately
apparent. After that, the trick is to do less providing and problem-solving
yourself, and instead help the community do as much as they can towards
their own aspirations for themselves. Most people agree that it's better to
teach a person how to fish than to give fish. But, actually implementing
that is not trivial, especially when fish = computer center or fish = social
enterprise. The hard part is finding the right balance of what you do for
them, and what you help them do for themselves. 

 

Feel free to get in touch with specific questions.

 

Kentaro

 

From: change-boun...@change.washington.edu
[mailto:change-boun...@change.washington.edu] On Behalf Of neetu jain
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:20 PM
To: Rose G
Cc: African PRIDE Centre; change - Mailing List; systers+afri...@systers.org
Subject: Re: [change] [Systers] ICT  RURAL AFRICA

 

I want to bring this thead up again. 

to get answers to how exactly start up a center/NGO or something in a remote
village. 

--lets  say .. i have identified a region .. ( the region in Rajasthan,
India has high female foeticide, child marraiges, domestic voilences cases)

--I am fortunate to have some people on the ground .. willing to work with
me and they are committed and passionate

-- Now the questions i face are:-- how to i chart up a sustainable solution
in this area?..now i am thinkign out loud

 --Do i start a computer center in this region ? why ..how can computers
helps in this remote desert area getting them employment ? how can internet,
excel benefit these people?

 ---Do i start a social enterprise --that sounds better since girls in
that region love to sew, or learn more home-making skills .. so they willbe
interested in coming and learning and making new things (crafts, pots
clothes bags e.t.c) ..because they are getting skills they can use and ..if
a fair trade is established they can earn ..and hence get empowered.  But
then i don't have experience and i need guidance and i wonder if the costs
can be broken down .. such as international sellings will actually translate
to profits back home for these artisans ?

Do i start a awareness center ..a information center probably is the
low-caste safe alternative .. but its reach/impact also is not that  much. 



So my question is . ..How to find the right solution for this remote village
in Rajasthan ..to make a difference in the lived of those girls..Whom i
dream of giving the same opportunities i was fortunate enough to get 

cheers,
Neetu

 

 

 

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Rose G iffatg...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Joan and Neetu,

Joan, you really struck a nerve there. I have been working on the issue
since 2010 and have run into walls repeatedly. I am from Pakistan
originally, and we have power cuts for up to 18 or 20 hours every day. The
government is not promoting use of solar power nor looking in to providing
any incentives for switching to alternative energy sources.

I started a technology centre in a very remote desert area (thanks to
Systers PIO award) and the girls travelled to the centre from miles for the
lessons and would sometimes wait a few hours before returning to their
homes. They would have wasted half their day, mane even bus fare and all in
vain. The  situation was not so bad previously but because the power issue
got worse and worse, we were running out of luck about what to do. Now the
centre is used is a private lesson facility almost, if someone wants a
lesson or guidance about writing a job application, and there is power, they
are accommodated. If not, they go back without gaining anything. In short,
it is serving for the individual needs of some women but regular group
lessons have been a nightmare.

Neetu, we were also facing similar social and cultural barriers of girls not
coming out of their homes, so we decided to make it a 

[change] FW: ICTD 2015 Conference Updates - August 2014

[Kentaro Toyama]

ICTD full-paper deadline is Oct. 13! 

 

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[change] FW: New America: Book on Drones for Development

[Kentaro Toyama]

FYI.

 

From: Ryan Gerety [mailto:ger...@opentechinstitute.org] 
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 11:46 AM
To: kentaro_toy...@hotmail.com
Subject: New America: Book on Drones for Development

 

Hi Kentaro,

 

I thought you might have recently graduated students that would be
interested in a position opening at New America. New America is hiring an
Research and Editor to compile and edit a *critical* book on the use of
drones in development. It is a one year position and would ideally be based
in DC, but that would be negotiable. It is a good job for someone just out
of grad school or who would want to turn this into their thesis /
dissertation.

 

http://newamerica.theresumator.com/apply/lyynQY/Project-Manager-Internationa
l-Security-Program.html

Best,
Ryan

 

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[change] FW: Funding Opportunities

[Kentaro Toyama]

Several funding opportunities for RCTs, a couple related to mobile and 
innovation…

 

From: IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action) [mailto:p...@poverty-action.org] 
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 12:52 PM
To: kentaro_toy...@hotmail.com
Subject: Funding Opportunities

 


  
https://poverty-action--c.na11.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.ImageServer?id=015G001D3Fjoid=00DA0009iYX
 




Dear IPA Research Network,

 

We wanted to bring to your attention several newly announced funding 
opportunities, along with others pasted further below.

 

In order to conduct your research with IPA, you must engage the relevant IPA 
Country Director/Representative with your idea as early as possible to discuss 
research design  implementation plans:

 

Bangladesh: Shoraez Shahjahan, sshahja...@poverty-action.org

Burkina Faso/Mali: Nicolo Tomaselli, ntomase...@poverty-action.org

Colombia: Sebastian Chaskel, schas...@poverty-action.org

Ghana: Loic Watine, lwat...@poverty-action.org

Kenya: Suleiman Asman, sas...@poverty-action.org

Malawi: Thomas Munthali, tmunth...@poverty-action.org

Mexico: Kyla Levin-Russell, klevin-russ...@poverty-action.org

Peru/Bolivia/Paraguay: Adam Kemmis Betty, akbe...@poverty-action.org

Philippines: Nassreena (Nash) Sampaco-Baddiri, nbadd...@poverty-action.org

Rwanda: Kris Cox, k...@poverty-action.org

Sierra Leone: Andrew Tedesco, atede...@poverty-action.org

Uganda: Beniamino Savonitto, bsavoni...@poverty-action.org; Daniele Ressler 
dress...@poverty-action.org

Zambia: Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, rnchowdh...@poverty-action.org

 

Pending a review of your proposed project/s, IPA Country Directors/ 
Representatives will work with you on the budget  other proposal inputs based 
on a pre-established process  submission timeline. All final inputs for 
submission must be sent to IPA a minimum of 2 full business days before the 
donor’s final submission date.

 

Best,

The IPA Global Programs team

 

 

NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Call for Proposals: International Growth Centre (IGC)

IPA Deadline: Nov. 27, 2014

 

The IGC invites researchers to submit proposals for high-caliber research 
projects relevant to growth policies in developing countries. Projects can be 
funded by either the Research or Country Program:

* Research Program: focused on production of cutting-edge  policy-relevant 
academic research that goes towards informing effective policymaking on 
economic growth in developing countries. Priority themes are: State 
Effectiveness, Firms Capabilities, Cities  Energy.

* Country Program: focused on tailoring top-quality research w/ the specific 
growth policy needs of the IGC’s partner countries (overlap IGC  IPA countries 
are Bangladesh, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya  
Malawi).

 

The IGC welcomes all funding proposals on pertinent growth issues in developing 
countries, but they are especially interested in the questions outlined with in 
‘IGC Research Priorities’ document including priorities for each research theme 
 country program. Please see this website 
http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=27510610msgid=301655act=QUWCc=1343437destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theigc.org%2Fresearch-themes%2Ffunding%2Figc-call-for-proposals%2F
  to access the research priorities document along with all of the templates 
and guidance documents needed.

 

 

Call for Proposals: World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF)

IPA Deadline: January 28, 2015

 

SIEF, a partnership program promoting evidence-based policy making in human 
development, has announced 2 new calls for impact evaluation research 
proposals. SIEF wants proposals in (1) early childhood development 
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The application process is a two-step process and requires completing an online 
SIEF Proposal Form and also submitting by email a completed Budget Proposal 
Template. Decisions will be announced in March 2015 and selected proposals will 
be given seed funding up to US$25,000 to develop a full technical proposal for 
the impact evaluation. Seed funding does not guarantee final impact evaluation 
funding; all technical proposals will also undergo a careful peer review. For 
details on the focus of each of these two calls, the application process, the 
online application form, and for frequently asked questions, please visit 

[change] FW: ICTD 2015: Registration and Scholarships!

[Kentaro Toyama]

Ongoing ICTD 2015 announcements: due dates for demo track and IPID symposium 
for graduate students coming up soon.

 

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[change] two new ICT-related Gates Foundation Grand Challenges

[Kentaro Toyama]

Two new, ICT-related Gates Foundation Grand Challenges for $100,000: 

 

n  Cheap data collection for financial services

n  Encourage adoption of mobile payments by merchants

 

Deadline is May 13. More info.

 

http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2015/03/Two-Challenges-to-Help-Two-B
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[change] ICTD2015 early-bird registration deadline is Mar. 31

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ICTD 2015 early-bird registration closes Mar. 31! 
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[change] ICTD2015: last day for early-bird registration

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ICTD2015, last day for early-bird registration!
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[change] Call for Demos - ICTD Conference 2016

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Call for Demos - ICTD 2016



The Eighth International Conference on Information and Communication

Technologies and Development (ICTD2016), to be hosted at the

University of Michigan from June 3-6, 2016 cordially invites proposals

for demonstrations. ICTD2016 will provide an international forum for

scholarly researchers to explore the role of information and

communication technologies (ICTs) in social, political, and economic

development.



The demo session will provide students, researchers, and practitioners

with an international audience for showcasing demonstrations of their

work. The demo session will be given wide visibility and opportunities

for interaction during the conference. Your demonstration may span

novel hardware or software systems, or physical artifacts. Research

projects, commercial tools, or government initiatives are all welcome.

We particularly encourage engaging, interactive demos that demonstrate

real world impact. While the topic for demonstrations may have been

published previously, the demonstration itself should offer new

insights and perspectives to the ICTD community.



For consideration, an abstract of between 100-400 words describing the

context, novelty, and significance of the demonstration must be

submitted. Be as descriptive and precise as possible, detailing what

exactly will be demonstrated. Also include the technical requirements

for your demo (e.g., power, Internet access, space and other setup

requirements). Each proposal should also include a demo title, as well

as names, affiliations, and contact information for all authors.



Demonstration proposals will be reviewed according to relevance to the

conference. Accepted demonstration proposals will not be published in

the conference proceedings, but will be listed as part of the

conference program.



The submission deadline is March 18, 2016. Authors will be notified on

April 4, 2016.



To submit a demo, use the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/EOEfNv0r3c



Once accepted, at least, one author of the demonstration must register

for the conference and present the demonstration during the

conference. Authors of accepted contributions in other sections of the

conference may also submit proposals for demonstrations.



For more information, see http://ictd2016.info or email Priyank

Chandra at prch[at]umich[dot]edu



General Conference Chair:

Kentaro Toyama, University of Michigan



Demo Sessions Committee Chairs:

Priyank Chandra, University of Michigan

Jasmine Jones, University of Michigan



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Priyank Chandra

School of Information

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA





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Priyank Chandra

email : p...@umich.edu

phone no. : 203-919-2585



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PhD Student

School of Information

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA



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[change] ICTD2016 - Call for Participation

[Kentaro Toyama]

REGISTER FOR ICTD2016 BEFORE EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS, AND
BOOK ACCOMMODATIONS SOON -- DISCOUNTED ROOMS WILL BE RELEASED END OF APRIL!

Registration <http://ictd2016.info/registration/> is now open for the
Eighth International Conference on Information and Communication
Technologies and Development (ICTD2016): http://ictd2016.info/registration/.
June 3-6, 2016, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

ICTD2016 features an exciting program with 26 Papers presented in plenary
sessions, 36 Notes presented as posters, 32 interactive Open Sessions, and
two incredible keynotes: Deepak Mishra is co-director of the World Bank's
2016 World Development Report: Digital Dividends; and Tererai Trent is the
Drexel University global health professor featured in "Half the Sky" who
began her adult life as a rural Zimbabwean mother of three with no formal
education.

The conference schedule is available at http://ictd2016.info/schedule/.

Recommendations for accommodations, with discounted rates are available at
http://ictd2016.info/accommodations/. (Book early, as the rooms being held
will be released in late April / early May.)

Early registration <http://ictd2016.info/registration/> will close on April
30, so register early! (Note also that standard registration will end on May
30, several days before the conference; on-site registration is extremely
expensive, so we encourage you to register in advance.)

If you have any problems or questions, please send an email to
ictd2016i...@umich.edu.

See you in Ann Arbor!

Kentaro Toyama
ICTD2016 Chair
University of Michigan
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[change] IIIT-Delhi: tenure-track faculty positions at new Center on IT and Society

[Kentaro Toyama]

T*enure-Track Faculty Positions in Social Sciences and Humanities at
IIIT-Delhi*


IIIT-Delhi  is a dynamic research-led Institute of
Delhi Govt, with a vision to be a globally respected Institute in IT and
allied areas. The Institute already has recruited excellent faculty
and has built strong research groups in
a number of areas, and it is looking to expand.


The Institute is planning to establish a Center on IT and Society, for
which it is looking to recruit faculty in Social Sciences and
Humanities. (Institute
is also looking to recruit faculty for Center for Digital Media and Design,
which will have synergies with IT and Society Center.)  The institute
provides strong support for research, has a good teaching-research balance, and
has among the best compensation in academia in the country.


IIIT-Delhi plans to hold *faculty selections  in UCL London, and INRIA,
Paris, **in October,* *2016**.* Candidates from UK and EU are encouraged to
apply. Further details are available on the webpage
. Positions are open to
candidates of all nationalities.
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[change] Clinical Assistant Professor of ICTD, Civic Engagement, Design, Making, AND/OR Entrepreneurship at University of Michigan

[Kentaro Toyama]

Hi Everyone,


The University of Michigan School of Information is seeking to fill a Clinical 
Assistant Professor position with someone who has expertise in one or more of 
the following areas: ICTD, civic engagement, design, making, or 
entrepreneurship. Candidates should have real-world experience in at least one 
of these areas, as well as some experience engaging with university students. 
Research background is not necessary. More details here: 
https://www.si.umich.edu/prospective-faculty/clinical-track-position


Please feel free to forward to relevant individuals and mailing lists.


Thanks!
Kentaro

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[change] Fwd: ACM COMPASS 2018 Round 2 submissions: March 2nd, 2018

[Kentaro Toyama]

ACM Compass CfP...

-- Forwarded message --
From: Lakshminarayanan Subramanian 
Date: Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 3:39 PM
Subject: ACM COMPASS 2018 Round 2 submissions: March 2nd, 2018
To: t...@tier.cs.berkeley.edu, sig-...@googlegroups.com


Hi all,

The Round 2 submissions for ACM COMPASS 2018 are fast approaching with the
paper deadline on March 2nd, 2018. The steering committee decided to extend
the deadline to March 2nd from the previous deadline in mid-Feb.

The Submission site for Round 2 has been updated to:
 https://compass18round2.hotcrp.com/

The CFP for the papers is available online (appended below) at:
http://acmcompass.org

Please submit and participate in the ACM COMPASS conference.

Thank you,
Ellen, Richard and Lakshmi

ACM COMPASS 2018: CALL FOR PAPERS

The first annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable
Societies (COMPASS 2018) invites submissions of Full Papers for the
conference to be hosted at Facebook from June 20-22, 2018. COMPASS 2018 is
a re-creation of the ACM DEV conference, which was held annually between
2010 and 2016. Inspired by the broad agenda of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the new conference expands the focus
of the original conference to explicitly welcome work on all
under-represented and/or marginalized communities worldwide and to include
work on sustainability, gender equality, health, education, poverty,
accessibility, conservation, climate change, and economic growth, among
others.

To ensure strong research contributions, the conference will review papers
based on focus areas corresponding to the computing areas they draw upon.
The four focus areas for the 2018 conference are *Systems*, *HCI*, *Data
Science/AI*, and *Applications*. Possible topics for each focus area
include, but are not limited to:
*SYSTEMS FOCUS*

●  Low-cost connectivity and computing devices

●  Power-efficient systems

●  Network solutions for poorly connected regions, including white
space spectrum

●  Novel tools and applications for underserved communities

●  Mobile systems and applications

●  Special-purpose systems, e.g sensors, wireless, IVR

●  Cellular phone systems and applications

●  Measurements of existing technology in underserved regions, e.g
network deployment

●  Systems challenges and opportunities in low-resource contexts, e.g
security, sustainability, resilience

●  IT systems for smart-grids and smart-homes


*HCI FOCUS*

●  User interfaces for low-literacy populations

●  Multilingual computing

●  Participatory methods and user-centered design for low resource
contexts

●  Accessible technologies for underserved communities with
disabilities

●  User interfaces for low-cost devices

●  Adapting content and applications to local languages and education
levels

●  Understanding social relationships and information flows in
underserved communities

●  Understanding technology adoption dynamics in underserved communities


*DATA SCIENCE/AI FOCUS*

●  Computational sustainability

●  Computational social science

●  Econometric models and developmental economics

●  Novel applications for underserved communities, including in poverty
mapping, disease surveillance, population migration, health services

●  Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in
development contexts

●  Data cleaning and data integration methods

●  Speech interfaces and translation for local languages

●  Computer vision challenges and opportunities in low-resource settings

●  Understanding social networks and digital media in underserved
regions


*APPLICATIONS AND OTHER FOCUS*

●  Design and evaluation of applications in health, financial
services,  education, agriculture, entertainment, and social media in
underserved regions

●  Studies of large scale deployments of technology for social good

●  Internet policy and law for underserved communities

●  Critical analyses of technology in low resource contexts

●  Blockchain applications

●  Security analyses of systems used by marginalized communities

●  Additional relevant topics not covered above



The COMPASS conference will have a model of rolling submissions, as has
been recently adopted by several other top conferences. As this is a
transition year for the conference, there will be two separate submission
dates. Papers submitted on the first deadline may be given the option of
revise and resubmit for consideration of acceptance at the conference. Full
papers will have a length limit of 7-10 pages (not including references).
The conference will have a separate track for notes (short papers of 4
pages or fewer, focusing on a single topic). Please see the FAQ page for
further clarifications. Details of the requirements for notes are below.

*All submissions are due 11:59 pm UTC. Please submit at *

[change] SIGCHI elections

[Kentaro Toyama]

Hi Everyone,

The SIGCHI elections are coming up, and you have to be a SIGCHI member on
March 15 to vote. If you're not already a SIGCHI member, you can sign up
here:  https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/sigs/sigchi.
(Apparently, you don't have to be an ACM member to be a SIGCHI member.) The
SIGCHI membership pays for itself through the discount you get for
registration to CHI and other SIGCHI-sponsored conferences.

One reason I'm sending this out is that Neha Kumar
 and Shaowen Bardzell
 are on the ballot for President/Exec
VP, and I think they would be terrific for moving the SIGCHI community
toward greater inclusiveness.

Thanks!
Kentaro
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[change] Fwd: Tenure-track position in Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development

[Kentaro Toyama]

Forwarding a job announcement for Assistant Professor specializing in
Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development at
Cornell...

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Faculty Position Available in

*Social, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Technology in Development*

*Department of Global Development*

*College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University*



*Position*: Assistant Professor, Tenure-track.



*Location*:Ithaca, NY. The academic home for this position is
the Department of Global Development
 in the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, housed on the Ithaca campus of Cornell University.



*Start Date*: July 1, 2024, or as negotiated.



The Department of Global Development invites applicants for an Assistant
Professor in the area of technology and development. Given the centrality
of technology in development efforts and the uneven social and
environmental impacts of technological interventions, it is vital to
examine technologies through a lens of justice-centered ethics. We seek
candidates who share our strong commitment to innovative research, teaching
and mentoring, and whose work addresses the ethical implications and power
dynamics of technology and technological change and how these contribute to
different social and environmental outcomes. The responsibilities of this
position are 50% research and 50% teaching, and the successful candidate
will be expected to develop an internationally recognized and externally
funded research program. Teaching responsibilities will consist of 2.5
courses per academic year (2 courses one year; 3 the next), with a
combination of courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, including an
introductory undergraduate course addressing ethics in social and economic
development.



*Required qualifications: *Candidates must have a PhD in the social
sciences, humanities, or a related discipline. Their work should clearly
address questions of ethics and technology in development.

*Preferred qualifications* include demonstrated excellence in teaching and
a commitment to engagement with marginalized communities. We welcome
candidates who come from the Global South or other backgrounds that are
historically under-represented in the academy.


*To see the full position description and to apply, please **follow this
link* *.*



Applicants are encouraged to apply by *January 1, 2024*. The search will
continue until the position has been filled.



Inquiries may be directed to the search chair, John Aloysius Zinda,
ja...@cornell.edu


GDEV SPE Dimensions of Tech in Dev Position Description.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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