ACM DEV 2013
3rd Symposium on Computing for Development Co-located with COMSNETS January 
11-12, 2013 Bangalore, India http://dev2013.org/

Important Dates:

Poster abstracts due: October 19, 2012 (11:59pm UTC) - firm deadline Author 
notification: October 26, 2012
Camera-ready: December 7, 2012
Conference: January 11-12, 2013

DEV 2013 provides an international forum for research in the design and 
implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social 
and economic development. In particular, we focus on emerging 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 2013 is still open. Poster abstracts are limited to 
2 pages and should describe original and previously unpublished research, 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. 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Networks/Systems/Security/Architecture

     Low-cost wireless connectivity
     Intermittent networks and systems
     Power-efficient systems
     Low-cost computing devices
     Mobile systems and applications
     Mixed networks, e.g., telephony and IP
     Special-purpose sensor systems
     Security challenges in developing regions

HCI/Applications

     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 for health, microfinance, education, 
agriculture, entertainment

AI/NLP/Data Mining/Speech/Vision

     Machine learning techniques for large-scale data analysis in development 
contexts
     Adapting content and applications to local languages and education levels
     Understanding social relationships and information flows in disadvantaged 
societies
     Speech interfaces and speech recognition for low-resource languages
     Development of new AI-centric tools/solutions for development
     Computer vision challenges in development

We also welcome submissions outside of these topics that address the DEV focus 
on computing innovations supporting social and economic development.

Conference co-chairs:
Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India <th...@microsoft.com> Amit Nanavati, IBM 
India Research Labs <na...@in.ibm.com>

PC co-chairs:
Richard Anderson, University of Washington <ander...@cs.washington.edu> 
Aaditeshwar Seth, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi <as...@cse.iitd.ernet.in>




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