[change] Tomorrow at Change: Paper: Why it's thriving and what you can do about it - Skye Gilbert

2017-05-22 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hello All, Please join us at Change tomorrow. Skye Gilbert from PATH will be joining us to talk about the persistence and usefulness of paper in ICT4D projects. *What: *Paper: Why it's thriving and what you can do about it. *When: *Tuesday May 23 *Where: *12pm in CSE 203 *Short description

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Aditya Vashistha and Pooja Sethi - Respeak

2017-05-01 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar. Aditya Vashistha and Pooja Sethi will be talking about their project Respeak - which will be presented at CHI 2017 next week. *What:* Respeak: A Voice-based, Crowed-powered Speech Transcription System *When: *Tuesday May 2 *Where: *12pm

Re: [change] Tomorrow at Change: Place Matters screening - Lilian de Greef

2017-04-25 Thread Lilian de Greef
te: > Hi All, > > Please join us tomorrow at Change. Lilian de Greef will be leading a the > session. Will watch and then discuss a episode of *Unnatural Causes > <http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/>*, which is a seven-part documentary > series exploring racial and socioe

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Place Matters screening - Lilian de Greef

2017-04-24 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at Change. Lilian de Greef will be leading a the session. Will watch and then discuss a episode of *Unnatural Causes <http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/>*, which is a seven-part documentary series exploring racial and socioeconomic inequalities in

[change] Tomorrow at Change: International Development Trivia - Kushal Shah

2017-04-03 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us for Change Seminar tomorrow. We will be doing an interactive International Development focused trivia game created by Kushal Shah. This will be a great way to get to know everyone coming to Change this quarter. *What: *International Development Trivia *When: *12pm

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Richard Anderson - Update from the Digital Financial Services Research Group

2017-03-27 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, I'd like to welcome everyone back for the spring quarter and to our first Change Seminar tomorrow. As usual, Change will be held at 12pm in CSE 203. This week Richard Anderson will be giving an update on the work Digital Financial Services <http://dfs.cs.washington.edu/> group ha

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Maria Garrido - MOOC Usage Through The Lens Of Social Innovation

2017-02-27 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at Change. Maria Garrido from the Technology & Social Change Group (TASHA) <http://tascha.uw.edu/> at the UW iSchool will be joining us to talk a recently released study on how MOOCS are being used in Colombia, Philippines, and South Afri

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Isaac Holeman - Human-Centered Design for Global Health Equity

2017-02-20 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please us tomorrow at Change. Isaac Holeman <http://www.isaacholeman.org/> will talking about is research at the intersection of global health and human-centered design. Isaac will be talking about research insights emerging from the work done by the non-profit tech company Medic

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Jessica Crawford - VillageReach: Health System by Phone

2017-02-06 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, There's no snow in the forecast so please join us tomorrow at Change. Jessaca Crawford from the Seattle based NGO VillageReach <http://www.villagereach.org/> will be joining us talk about a an IVR system being run in Malawi called Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF) <http://www.village

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Anil Dash - Holding to account

2017-01-31 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at Change for another video and discussion. We will watch a short video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocTorRMTHXk> by Anil Dash from Pop Tech on holding technology to account. Anil <http://anildash.com/about.html> is a blogger, entrepreneur, and

[change] Tomorrow at Change - Icebreakers and TED Talk

2017-01-16 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hello Last week during Change I realized that there were lots of new people taking the seminar this quarter and we never did introductions. Please join us tomorrow for a quick round of introductions and ice breakers. We will then watch and discuses a TED talk by Siyanda Mohustsiwa about how

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Anat Caspi - Equitable pedestrian wayfinding

2016-11-14 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar. Anat Caspi from the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT) will be joining us to talk about equitable pedestrian wayfinding. *What: *Equitable pedestrian wayfinding *When: *Tuesday, Nov 15 *Where: *The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Abstract

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Fahad Pervaiz - Let's Talk Money

2016-11-01 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar for the first of two talks being given by CSE grad students at the upcoming ACM DEV <http://acmdev.org/> conference. Fahad Pervaiz will be presenting on work that explores security issues around mobile money applications. *What: *Let’s Talk

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Mustafa Naseem - Make-i-stan: Makerspaces for collaboration

2016-10-24 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at Change for a talk by Mustafa Naseem from CU Boulder's ATLAS Institute <http://atlas.colorado.edu/>. Mustafa will be talking about makerspaces in Pakistan. *What: *Make-i-stan: Makerspaces as a tool to spur cross-disciplinary collaboration. *When: *Tuesday, O

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Summer Research in Ghana - Sarah Yu

2016-10-11 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar where Sarah Yu will be talking about her summer study abroad experience in Ghana. Sarah has been working with the ICTD lab for the last year and helping with our Digital Financial Services project. In Ghana she was interested in how mobile money

Re: [change] Tomorrow at Change

2016-10-03 Thread Trevor Perrier
I forgot to include when and where Change is. Like previous quarters the Change Seminar is from 12:00 - 12:50 and meets in CSE 203. On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Trevor Perrier <tperr...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello and welcome back to UW, > > There will be Change s

[change] Tomorrow at Change

2016-10-03 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hello and welcome back to UW, There will be Change seminar tomorrow with introductions and a small icebreaker to get to know everyone attending this quarter. Please attend to learn more about the plan this quarter and the Change community at UW. See you tomorrow, - Trevor

[change] Tomorrow at Change: ICTD Practice Talks

2016-05-24 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, The ICTD Conference is coming up and for the next two weeks we'll have papers from UW presented at the Change seminar. Please join us to hear about the great work happening on campus and give feed back to the authors. *When:* Tuesday, May 25, 2016 at 12pm

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Global Connectivity: Project Loon and Aquila

2016-05-03 Thread Trevor Perrier
Hi All, Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar where we will talk about two self described "moonshot" projects for universal internet connectivity. Announced in 2013 the Google X Project Loon <https://www.google.com/loon/> aims to use a network of weather balloons

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Computing and Financial Services for the Poor

2016-03-28 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow for the first Change seminar of the quarter. Professor Richard Anderson <http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/anderson> from UW CSE will be talking about a new project at UW focused on financial access. *What:* Computing and Financial Services for the Poor

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Sam Clark - InSiliccoVA a verbal autopsy tool

2016-02-29 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow of the last Change Seminar of winter quarter. Professor Sam Clark from the UW Sociology Department will be talking InSilicoVA. A new tool to help classify cause of death through verbal autopsy. *What:* Sam Clark: InSiliccoVA a verbal autopsy tool. *When:* Tuesday, March 1

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Dykki Settle - Open Source for Global Health

2016-02-22 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at Change. We are excited to welcome Dykki Settle, the Deputy Director of Digital Health Solutions at Seattle based PATH <http://www.path.org/>. Dykki will be talking about his extensive experience with Open Source Health Workforce Informatics. *What:* Open

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Ariel Rokem - Data Science for Social Good at the eScience Institute

2016-02-15 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the Change Seminar. Ariel Rokem from the eScience Institute will be joining us to talk about last summers Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program and upcoming plans for the this year. *What:* Data Science for Social Good at the eScience Institute *When:* Tuesday

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Skyler Speakman (IBM Research -- Africa)

2016-01-18 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us for the this Change this week as we welcome Dr. Skyler Speakman from IBM Research -- Africa . *What: *Micro-loan Credit Scoring Based on Mobile Phone Data *When: *Tuesday, Jan 19 at 12pm *Where: *The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Abstract:

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Ted McCarthy - Gaza Sky Geeks

2015-11-23 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow for the Change seminar were we welcome Ted McCarthy back to UW to talk about his experiences volunteering for the startup accelerator Gaza Sky Geeks. When: Nov 24 12pm Where: CSE 203 What: Unlikely Acceleration: Gaza Sky Geeks, Gaza's Rising Entrepreneurs. *Abstract

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Trevor Perrier - USSD: The Third Universal App

2015-11-09 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the change seminar where I will present work exploring the universal application design space for ICTD. This session will explore the similarities and differences between IVR, SMS, and USSD and how they relate to creating bottom of the pyramid mobile applications. I

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Chris Coward on TASCHA

2015-11-02 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us for the this Change this week as we continue to get to know more about the Change community here at UW. Chris Coward from the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) will be giving an overview of the awesome research going on at TASCHA. *What: *Change at

[change] Tomorrow At Change: Nicki Dell - Building Mobile Technologies for Underserved Communities

2015-10-26 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow at the Change seminar where Nicki Dell will be talking about her work designing and building mobile technologies for low resource environments. *When: *12pm Tuesday October 27 *Where: *CSE 203 *Abstract:* The goal of my research is to design, build, and evaluate novel

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Sajda Qureshi - ICTs and Development

2015-10-12 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us tomorrow in CSE 203 for this week's Change seminar. Professor Sajda Qureshi from the University of Nebraska at Omaha will be talking about the role of ICT plays in development. She asks some fundamental questions such as: are we investigating ICT related questions that can enable a

[change] Tomorrow at Change: ICTD in CSE

2015-10-05 Thread Trevor Perrier
Welcome back to UW for the Fall quarter. Change is an interdisciplinary seminar that highlights research and projects at the intersection of technology and development. We cover topics such as global health, education, microfinance, agriculture, and communication. We meet on Tuesdays throughout

[change] Tomorrow at Change: The Department of Global Health's E-learning Program

2014-11-17 Thread Trevor Perrier
*What*: Global Health and E-Learning in Low Resource Settings *When:* Tuesday, Nov 18 at 12pm *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us Change this week. Elizabeth Scott and Alex McGee from the Department of Global health's E-learning Program will be talking about their work and

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Grégoire Lurton - Improving the usability and usage of routine HIS

2014-10-27 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us at Change this week - Grégoire Lurton http://www.healthdata.org/about/gr%C3%A9goire-lurtonfrom the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) will be presenting current research on Health Management Information Systems. What: Grégoire Lurton: Improving the usability and

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Neha Kumar - Mobiles and Maternal Health

2014-09-29 Thread Trevor Perrier
Please join us for the first Change Seminar of the autumn quarter. Neha Kumar will be presenting work she did over the summer in Uttar Pradesh India working with the Projecting Health http://sites.path.org/mchn/our-projects/maternal-and-newborn-health/projecting-health/ project. *What*:

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Carla Villoria and Alan Krumholz - Impact Sourcing

2014-05-12 Thread Trevor Perrier
*What*: Carla Villoria and Alan Krumholz: Impact Sourcing -- changing the role of disadvantaged youth in the global economy. *When:* Tuesday, May 13th at 12pm *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us Tuesday for another exciting Change Seminar. Carla Villoria and Alan Krumholz will

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Faisal Hossain - Delivering Hydrological Information for Community Empowerment

2014-04-28 Thread Trevor Perrier
*What*: Faisal Hossain: Delivering Hydrological Information for Community Empowerment - Opportunities and Challenges for the Semi-skilled Consumer *When:* Tuesday, April 29th at 12pm *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us Tuesday for an exciting Change Seminar. Faisal Hossain

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Robert Racadio

2014-04-14 Thread Trevor Perrier
*What:* Robert Racadio: The work of community health workers in India: Opportunities for Design *When:* Tuesday, April 15th at 12pm *Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us tomorrow for Change. Robert Racadio from Human Cantered Design and Engineering will be presenting on research

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Neha Kumar: ICT's and Multi-Media

2014-04-07 Thread Trevor Perrier
Join us tomorrow for Change. UW CSE postdoctoral researcher Neha Kumar will join us for a discussion on her work examining the relationship between ICT and media consumption in rural, small-town, and urban India. What: Neha Kumar: The Link Between ICT's and Media Consumption When: Tuesday

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridge

2014-03-31 Thread Trevor Perrier
What: Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridge When: Tuesday, April 1st at 12 noon Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 Join us tomorrow for the first Change seminar of spring quarter. This week we will have a talk by Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridge http://www.literacybridge.org/. *Abstract

Re: [change] Tomorrow at Change: Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridge

2014-03-31 Thread Cliff Schmidt
Join us tomorrow for the first Change seminar of spring quarter. This week we will have a talk by Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridgehttp://www.literacybridge.org/ . *Abstract *Reaching remote villages with agriculture training and health promotion can dramatically reduce poverty, disease

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Designing for the Deluge

2014-02-24 Thread Trevor Perrier
What: Camille Cobb: Designing for the Deluge When: Tuesday, Feb 25 @ 12 noon (Every other Tuesday this quarter) Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 Join us tomorrow for Change. This week Camille Cobb will be presenting recent work done at UW on designing for digital volunteers on social media

[change] Tomorrow at Change: Thomas Larson - Cell Phone Microscopy

2014-01-27 Thread Trevor Perrier
What: Thomas Larson: Cell Phone Microscopy When: Tuesday, January 28 @ 12 noon (Every other Tuesday this quarter) Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 Please join us for this weeks Change talk by Thomas Larson on the design and future of his low cost cell phone microscope attachment. *Abstract*