[change] Thursday 12:00 in CSE305: Ihsan Qazi - Understanding Internet Access in the Developing World

[Matthew Johnson]

Understanding Internet Access in the Developing World
Ihsan Qazi (LUMS)
Host: Anderson
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 12:00 pm
CSE305
Maps and directions 
Abstract

In this talk, I will present my recent research on Internet access in
developing countries. In the first half of my talk, I will present a study
on the characteristics of mobile devices in developing regions. Using a
dataset of 0.5 million subscribers from one of the largest cellular
operators in Pakistan, I will present an analysis of cell phones being used
based on different features (e.g., CPU, memory, and cellular interface).
Our analysis reveals potential device-level bottlenecks for Internet
access, which can inform infrastructure design for improving mobile web
performance. (This work appeared in ACM IMC 2016) Another accessibility
challenge in developing countries is the rise in Internet censorship
events, which can have a substantial impact on various stakeholders in the
Internet ecosystem (e.g., users, content providers, ISPs, and advertisers).
In the second half of my talk, I will discuss how Internet censorship poses
an economic threat to online advertising, which plays an essential role in
enabling the free Web by allowing publishers to monetize their services.
Then I will describe a system we designed that enables relevant ads while
retaining the effectiveness of censorship resistance tools (e.g., Tor).
(This work appeared in ACM HotNets 2017)
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[change] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

[Yosem Companys]

Dear friends and colleagues,

   - How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve
   quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest
   and most vulnerable communities?

I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence
proposed actions in the format of "Do X with Y to achieve Z." Feel free to
share links to any case studies or articles that may show their successful
implementation elsewhere.

Your proposed actions could apply to any societal sector including and not
limited to:

   - Accountability;
   - Affordable access to Internet, Web, mobile, or mesh, among others;
   - Agriculture;
   - Disaster relief;
   - Economic growth and development;
   - Education and training, whether primary, secondary, higher education,
   vocational, or online;
   - Entrepreneurship;
   - Environment;
   - Food;
   - Health;
   - Housing that's affordable but can resist storms;
   - Jobs;
   - Manufacturing;
   - Open data;
   - Open governance;
   - Pharma/Biotech;
   - Privacy;
   - Public safety;
   - Security, physical or cyber;
   - Transportation; and,
   - Water.

Please share with your closest 1-million friends, post on all your social
media accounts, or email to all your other lists.

I truly appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Yosem
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Re: [change] CORRECTION PLEASE Change Seminar This Tuesday: Beth Kolko on Unconventional innovation: launching a counter-intuitive product

[Lia Golden]

Change Seminar is this Tuesday April 10th and our speaker will be Beth Kolko.  
Sorry for the typo and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.


Thank you,


Your Change Team


--
Lia M. Golden  DNP, BSN, RN
International Nursing Program (INP) Director
Assistant Director of Nursing Services at UW INTERSECT
University of Washington Medical Center
http://www.inp.washington.edu



From: Lia Golden
Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 11:09:23 PM
To: change@change.washington.edu
Subject: Change Seminar This Tuesday: Beth Koliko on Unconventional innovation: 
launching a counter-intuitive product


Hi All,


This is a friendly reminder for our Change Seminar this Tuesday. We are honored 
to have Beth Kolko, founder of Shift Labs, be speaking about how her company 
built and launched a low-cost medical device. On a shoestring budget they 
navigated getting FDA clearance, a CE mark, patents, and enthusiastic 
customers.  Please join us for lunch and to hear her remarkable story.


Talk: Unconventional innovation: launching a counter-intuitive product

Who: Beth Kolko

When: Tuesday April 8th, 2018; 12-1pm

Where: EEB 037


Thank you for your interest in advance and we look forward to seeing you all on 
Tuesday.


Best Wishes,


Change Seminar Team





--
Lia M. Golden  DNP, BSN, RN
International Nursing Program (INP) Director
Assistant Director of Nursing Services at UW INTERSECT
University of Washington Medical Center
http://www.inp.washington.edu

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