Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Crowd Research Winter Program: Calling aspiring researchers, hackers, designers, thinkers

Sorry for the duplicate message. Just noticed that Melody had already sent it. On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: > ** Calling aspiring researchers, hackers, designers, thinkers for the > Stanford Crowd Research Winter Program** > > > > After huge success

[liberationtech] Cyber Initiative seminar TOMORROW 12/7: Jaron Lanier, Who Owns Your Data?

From: Allison Paige Berke Hi all, Our last seminar of the quarter is *December 7th*, from *4-5pm*, in the *Mackenzie Room* on the 3rd floor of the Huang Engineering Center. Join Cyber Initiative co-Director Professor Dan Boneh and *author, researcher, and philosopher Jaron Lanier* to discus

[liberationtech] At Stanford: Double Exposure: Russia's Secret Police under the Last Tsars

Double Exposure: Russia's Secret Police under the Last Tsars October 29, 2015 – March 12, 2016 See details below for exact dates and times. Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, located next to Hoover Tower Map Sponsored by: Hoover Institution Archives This exhibition is based on one of th

[liberationtech] Tomorrow, Friday, December 4 -- Arvind Narayanan: Securing Bitcoin wallets via threshold signatures

From: David Wu Securing Bitcoin wallets via threshold signatures Arvind Narayanan Friday, December 4, 2015 Talk at 4:15pm Gates 463 Abstract: The Bitcoin ecosystem has suffered frequent thefts and los

[liberationtech] Applied Cybersecurity: Google Hacking

Applied Cybersecurity is a new Stanford group focused on teaching students practical skills in exploiting and protecting systems. We will be holding weekly interactive sessions throughout the year that demonstrate how to perform security exploits such as password cracking and packet sniffing, as

[liberationtech] Real-World Cryptography 2016 on Jan. 6-8 at Stanford University

From: Dan Boneh Friends, The next real-world crypto conference will be held at Stanford on Jan. 6-8. The program is now available at: http://www.realworldcrypto.com/rwc2016/program It covers the latest topics in the real-world use of cryptography. The venue holds 450 attendees. Plea

[liberationtech] REMINDER: GNI event at Stanford Law School

From: Vivek S. Stanford Law School and Global Network Initiative are organizing an event on free expression and digital privacy that would be of interest to many people in this group. Please see below for details. Warm regards, S. Vivek = Program on Liberation Technology, Stanford Unive

[liberationtech] Stanford Platform Lab Seminar on Tue 12/1 @ 4:30pm, Deian Stefan (UCSD/GitStar)

From: Chris Hartung Speaker: Deian Stefan, UCSD/GitStar When: *4:30pm - 5:30pm*, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Where: Gates 415 *Snacks/Refreshments at 4:00pm* *About the talk*: Large-scale private user data theft has become a common occurrence on the web. A huge factor in these privacy breaches

[liberationtech] Anti-Terror Task Force by CS for Social Good at Stanford

From: Vinamrata Singal To: cs-for-social-g...@lists.stanford.edu Hey everyone, We were really moved by the terrorist attacks that happened in Beirut/Paris/Nigeria/other parts of the world, and we are really keen on doing something about it. It makes sense to* come together as a community, discus

[liberationtech] Digital security tools: Apply to receive a free usability audit

From: san...@opentechfund.org Digital security tools can now apply to receive a free usability audit from the Open Tech Fund’s Usability Lab. Audits will analyze and identify any pitfalls that make it difficult for an average user to successfully use a tool. This is a great opportunity for FLOSS t

[liberationtech] Liberationtech Seminar: Measuring Internet Penetration @ Scale: Problems and solutions when measuring internet connectivity in developing countries

Measuring Internet Penetration @ Scale: Problems and solutions when measuring internet connectivity in developing countries Lauren Bachan , Facebook Today, November 12, 2015 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall, Building 160 Stanford, CA 94305-2055 FSI Contact: Alice Carter Abstra

[liberationtech] College Freedom Forum at Stanford on 11/16

From: Ellen Eoff The Human Rights Foundation invites you to join the first College Freedom Forum at Stanford on *Monday, November 16* from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. You can RSVP on Facebook by clicking at https://www.facebook.com/events/1505055436454781/ or by replying to this email to let me know. CFF at

[liberationtech] Post-Doc and Project Scientist Openings - School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University

From: Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol *Post-Doc and Project Scientist Openings – Personalized Privacy Assistant for the Internet of Things* *School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University* November 2015 The *School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University* has two openings (one p

[liberationtech] Stanford Talk: Tech Adoption in African Agriculture, Nov. 5

From: Christian Ollano Dear LibTech Community, This event might be of interest: *Technology Adoption in African Agriculture* *featuring:* *Craig McIntosh* Professor, UC San Diego Nov. 5, 2015 3:30-5:00 PM Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, Stanford Sponsored by: Center on Food

[liberationtech] Tuesday, November 3 -- Roxana Geambasu: Privacy in a Data-Driven World

From: David Wu Privacy in a Data-Driven World Roxana Geambasu Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Talk at 4:15pm Gates 463 Abstract: The concept of personal privacy as a precious and fragile commodity

[liberationtech] Next Phase of Stanford's Encryption Initiative

Dear Colleagues, As you are all aware, information security remains a shared concern and plays an important part in protecting university assets and personal privacy. To strengthen this protection, in January 2014 the university established a requirement to verifiably encrypt all employee Windows

[liberationtech] How does technology improve human rights in North Korea?

From: Kimmy Phan ***Please forward widely*** Technology, Information and Human Rights: Transforming North Korea *-What is it like to live in North Korea? -How severe is the government oppression?-How can we use IT tools to address North Korean issues?North Korean defectors and IT leaders are

[liberationtech] Setting up an experimental testbed for wireless mesh network

From: Sailash Moirangthem I am a student studying Digital Communications in India. I am trying to set up a wireless mesh network covering the whole campus of our college. I have currently 10 routers (TPLINK WN1043ND) updated with openwrt. I have been trying to run the BATMAN-ADV and 802.11s pro

[liberationtech] In Search of Sustainable Democracy: Reflections on Three Decades of Research

Larry Diamond In Search of Sustainable Democracy: Reflections on Three Decades of Research DATE Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 12:00 pm LOCATION CISAC Central Conference Room, Second Floor, Encina Hall SPONSORED BY Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law ABSTRACT This seminar wi

[liberationtech] Fwd: Research on the Democratic Divide Online? Do we need it to prompt better solutions?

From: Steven Clift Hey all, while this is pretty raw, I am looking for feedback on whether we need more/better research to frame what needs to be done to bridge what I call the "democratic data divide online." See: http://po.st/communitydatasurgeLists This is my submission to the current Knigh

[liberationtech] CfP: NetHealth 2016: Last date of submission 31st Oct. 2015

From: Pushpendra Singh NetHealth Workshop 2016 focuses to bring together leading clinicians, MedTech stalwarts, mobile health pioneers, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs to a common platform to network and build a strong healthcare innovation platform. The event will include paper prese

[liberationtech] Stanford FSI | CDDRL - Democracy Rebooted: The Future of Technology in Elections

Democracy Rebooted: The Future of Technology in Elections Lecture Speaker(s) President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Republic of Estonia Date and Time September 24, 2015 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM AvailabilityRSVP RSVP required by 5PM September 24. Locati

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberation Technology Seminar Series - Fall 2015

From: Christian Ollano *Dear Stanford Community,* Welcome back to the academic year! We have a great line-up of speakers scheduled for this fall quarter. Take a look here or below to see who is scheduled to appear. Y

Re: [liberationtech] Anyone know of a free payment/donation app for non-profits?

PayPal is especially awful for non-profits. Sometimes they flag donations as fraudulent, causing the organization to lose momentum on campaigns, as happened to Diaspora: http://www.alphr.com/news/370624/diaspora-accuses-paypal-of-blocking-donations Diaspora's story had a somewhat happy ending, wi

[liberationtech] At Stanford, Tuesday, June 16 -- Joseph Poon: Bitcoin Lightning Network

From: David Wu To: Stanford Security Seminar at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/security-seminar The Bitcoin Lightning Network Joseph Poon Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Talk at 4:15pm

[liberationtech] Computer Science for social good? Introducing CS 90SI at Stanford

From: Gloria Chua Jia Min CS+Social Good, Stanford’s first student group focused on the intersection of CS and social impact, is introducing CS 90SI, a 2 unit class in fall 2015. Students will work on high-impact real world projects. Interested? Fill the 1 minute form here

[liberationtech] TODAY at Stanford: Design Thinking, Social Change, & Governance Revolution in India

Design Thinking, Social Change and Governance Revolution in India Vivek Srinivasan, Academic Research & Program Manager, Program on Liberation Technology June 4, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Open to Stanford faculty, students, staff, and visiting scholars. Ground Floor Conference Rm E008 Encina Ha

[liberationtech] Forum today (6/1, 12:15-12:55pm in 460-126): Honors and M.S. Project presentations

From: Todd Davies To: symsys-eve...@lists.stanford.edu at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/symsys-events *Symbolic Systems Forum *presents *Honors and M.S. Project Presentations* by Harry Simon (Senior Honors Student) and Chan, Chi Ling (M.S. Can

[liberationtech] Engineering + social impact? Attend ESW's Spring Showcase

From: Devika Patel *Come see ESW's Spring Showcase!* See what we've been up to! Food will be provided :) Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a national, non-profit service organization that aims to affect social change by addressing the challenges of global poverty, health, and sustai

[liberationtech] Snowden at Stanford

Symbolic Systems Distinguished Speaker Since 1991, the Symbolic Systems Program has annually hosted special lectures by speakers who have made distinguished contributions to the theory or applications of symbolic systems. This year's Distinguished Speaker is... Edward Snowden Lecture event: The

[liberationtech] "Pax Technica": politics & privacy of IoT

From: Philip N. Howard My new book is out and it's called "Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up". I wrote with an academic press, but it is crafted for a wide audience because I'm hoping to reach a lot of people with some ideas for how to make the internet of t

[liberationtech] Tomorrow: "Machines of Loving Grace": John Markoff (New York Times) talk, 5/7 11am

John Markoff on "Machines of Loving Grace" The CITRIS People and Robots Initiative Presents: A Distinguished Lecture by John Markoff of the New York Times "Machines of Loving Grace" Tomorrow: Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PDT) Banatao Auditorium, CITRIS, UC Berkeley http://c

[liberationtech] Supporting Stanford Student- & Staff-Led Initiatives for Earthquake Relief in Nepal: A Digest

From: Lina Vadlamani Thank you all for your incredible work so far. The #StanfordForNepal campaign is working hard to coordinate existing efforts on campus and bring broader awareness to these initiatives. We have included in this email a digest of a few student- and staff-led initiatives that

[liberationtech] FSI | CDDRL | Program on Liberation Technology - Journalism from below in the Digital Age with P. Sainath

Journalism from below in the Digital Age with P. Sainath Date and Time May 5, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location 7:00 PM | Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Donald Kennedy Commons Escondido Village Comstock Circle, Stanford Universitysai The People's Archive of Rural India combines text, audio, video, and pho

[liberationtech] Stanford For Nepal: Our Coordinated Campus Plan of Action to Support Nepal

From: Sanskriti Co-chairs Thank you all for expressing your support of the ongoing relief efforts in Nepal. As you might know, Sanskriti has been working hard with Nepali students and staff on campus, SAL, and University administration to coordinate campus efforts to support Nepal. *Keep upda

[liberationtech] Contact Needed for Disaster Relief Software for Nepal

From: Eric Li I am recently working with a team on UI/UX research for Sahana Software Foundation, which has a disaster relief software that would be relevant to Nepal relief efforts. I wish to seek your help in obtaining contacts in the disaster management space. We are planning a user research

[liberationtech] #StanfordForNepal Campaign: Stanford's Support for Relief Efforts in Nepal

From: Sanskriti Chair Kunal Sangani at ksang...@stanford.edu As you may know, this past Saturday, Nepal experienced a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The earthquake and its several aftershocks have sent the death toll in Nepal above 5,000 and left many more thousands homeless and in need of medical

[liberationtech] Technology: Democracy's Last Frontier? A Public Lecture by Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard

Technology: Democracy's Last Frontier? A Public Lecture by Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Thursday, May 7, 2015 4:00 pm Hewlett Teaching Center Room 102 Map Sponsored by: Science, Technology a

[liberationtech] A way to Help to Earthquake Victims in Nepal

From: Yvette Zepeda An East Palo Alto community member has a connection to the Nepalese community that endured the recent quake. Below is a list of items they are collecting to send back to Nepal. If you can help or have questions, please contact Richa Sharma at richa...@gmail.com. Best, Yvett

[liberationtech] 4/27 & 5/6 SAID Events with Distinguished Visitor John Githongo & Liberationtech Professor Larry Diamond

From: Jim Murray Please join the Stanford Association for International Development (SAID) for our Spring Quarter Speaker Series with 2015 Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor John Githongo in partnership with the Haas Center for Public Service and the Center for African Studies. John Git

[liberationtech] Map4Nepal@Stanford Information & Introductory Workshop Announcement. Please Forward!

From: Stacey Maples Apologies for odd language of the email. I am creating/maintaining and information page here: http://stanfordgeospatialcenter.github.io/Map4Nepal_Resources/ and have simply cut & pasted from that to save time. I will be adding more information throughout the day/week.Please fee

[liberationtech] Looking for: ICT/telecom expertise in country in Nepal

From: Nick Ashton-Hart via bestb...@lists.bestbits.net If you, or someone you know, has hands-on ICTs and especially telecom infrastructure experience and is presently in Nepal can you let me know offlist? I'm trying to help emergency teams in country gain access to in-country expertise. Regard

Re: [liberationtech] Ghostery, NoScript.. add-ons frequently phone home

This thread has turned belligerent, so it has been closed. Please feel free to continue discussing other subjects of interest. Thanks, Yosem One of the moderators On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Al Billings wrote: > I'm not sure why you're asking us for the list instead of finding it > yoursel

[liberationtech] Curious about tech in Cuba? (Corrected Link)

:18 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: > > From: Stephanie Maria Nevel > > Cuba + Silicon Valley Connect > > Curious about Cuba? > > Meet Eliecer Avila - engineering student at Universidad de la Habana > and founder of SOMOS+, a network of Cubans working to build a modern, >

[liberationtech] Curious about tech in Cuba?

From: Stephanie Maria Nevel Cuba + Silicon Valley Connect Curious about Cuba? Meet Eliecer Avila - engineering student at Universidad de la Habana and founder of SOMOS+, a network of Cubans working to build a modern, prosperous, and free country. Friday 4.24.15 at 1 pm in Kehillah Hall at Stan

[liberationtech] Your support is needed: Internet in Yemen is under assault

From: Walid Al-Saqaf Those of you who followed the news lately may have heard about the intensifying conflict in Yemen, which has led to the blocking of of many news and dissident websites. Here's a story reflecting some of what happened: http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked

[liberationtech] Patrick Meier on Digital Humanitarians at Today's Stanford Liberationtech Seminar

From: Kathleen Barcos Digital Humanitarians Patrick Meier, Director of Social Innovation at QCRI March 12, 2015 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM School of Education, Room 128 Abstract The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of informa

[liberationtech] Inveneo's Solar Powered Micro-Data Center Design Challenge

From: Bruce Baikie via at https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier Inveneo, in conjunction with ARM, is has launched a Solar Powered Micro-Data Center Design Challenge, with a grand prize of $10,000 USD. The goal is an small stack of servers that can be solar powered an

[liberationtech] Surveillance Studies Book Prize 2015

From: David Murakami Wood We are now compiling the list of books eligible for the 2015 Surveillance Studies Book Prize. Books that are eligible must be: Primarily concerned with surveillance Published in the calendar year 2014 Monographs, not edited collections Original works in English (or new

[liberationtech] Civic Media Project

From: Eric Gordon For the last few years, I, along with my co-editor Paul Mihailidis, have been working on a book project about the range and diversity of civic media examples. What started as a modest collection of chapters, has turned into a two-part behemoth: one part print book and one par

[liberationtech] [SPAM:###] NEW BOOK: Schneier's "Data and Goliath"

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier You are under surveillance right now. Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who’s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you’re unemplo

[liberationtech] Information Politics: New Book

From: Timothy Jordan via http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org I hope some will be interested in my new book just out: Information Politics: Liberation and Exploitation in the Digital Society, with Pluto. The blurb and details on how to request information or review copies is below

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Seminar for Feb 26: Michael Callen on ICT4D to Combat Polio in Pakistan

From: Kathleen Barcos * Using Behavioral Economics and Information Communication Technology to Combat Polio in Pakistan * *Speakers* Michael Callen, Assistant Professor, Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School *February 26, 2015 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM* * NOTE LOCATION* *School of Educ

[liberationtech] Minorities & privacy/surveillance

From: Rebecca Slayton One of my students would like to do a term paper on minority attitudes towards privacy/surveillance, but we are finding very little literature on this (maybe two articles that address the issue directly). His focus is on African Americans and U.S. government surveillance,

[liberationtech] Surveillance in Africa?

From: Hille Koskela Has anybody done research on surveillance in Africa (South of Sahara)? I’m on my way to Dar es Salaam for a month and would be grateful of 1. Any reading tips considering surveillance in the former British colonies and South Africa – this could be your own articles or anythi

[liberationtech] At Stanford on Friday, Feb. 20 -- Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum & Cryptoeconomic Mechanisms & Security

From: David Wu via security-semi...@lists.stanford.edu at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/security-seminar Introduction to Ethereum, and Cryptoeconomic Mechanisms and Security Vitalik Buterin Friday, February 20, 201

[liberationtech] Lessons in Dissent: Film Screening at Stanford FSI | CDDRL

Film Screening: Lessons in Dissent Speaker: Matthew Torne Date and Time: February 17, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Availability: Open to the public. No RSVP required. Location: William R Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 201, 370 Serra Mall Watch the Trailer: http://lessonsindissentmovie.com/. Synopsis F

[liberationtech] A “calculus” for Open Data — Medium

Interesting post by Stanford FSI's David Sangokoya and his colleague at NYU that applies "a theory of the calculus of voting" to help data providers embrace open data: https://medium.com/@sahuguet/p-b-d-c-1218ee894400 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of

[liberationtech] At Stanford on Feb 24: Tech & Privacy Roundtable

From: Paula Cristina Salazar Stanford’s Public Policy Program is pleased to announce its second quarterly Science and Technology Policy Roundtable titled "Technology and Privacy: How can policy encourage innovation while preserving privacy rights?" on Tuesday, February 24. The Public Policy Prog

[liberationtech] At Stanford Tonight: Cybersec Symposium

INVENTING THE FUTURE: CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM Inventing the future: Cybersecurity research and education symposium [image: Print view] A SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNO

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Seminar for Tomorrow Feb 12: Enrique Piraces on Human Rights in the Age of Hyper-Surveillance

Following the live event, all seminars are made publicly available at http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/libtech/libtech/docs/fall-2014-libtech-seminar-series-multimedia * From: Kathleen Barcos Human Rights in the Age of Hyper-Surveillance *Speaker* *Enrique Piracés,* Vice President, Human Ri

[liberationtech] Omidyar Network TOR on Open Data Impact

From: Laura Bacon Terms of Reference #1: Building a Case Study Repository of Open Data Impact (Part 1 of the Multi-Year Research Project on Open Data: Demand, Use, Impact) Thematic Area: Governance and Citizen Engagement, Open Data Scope of Project: Creation of Case S

[liberationtech] Stanford Will Help You Install Solar Panels on Low-Usage Households

From: Devika Patel Interested in installing solar panels on local schools, nonprofits and low-usage households? *Become a SunWork Volunteer!* ​ *Engineers for a Sustainable World* is collaborating with the local non-profit *SunWork* to give students the opportunity to gain *hands-on experience*

[liberationtech] The Good, Bad, & Ugly of Internet * 4:15PM, Wed February 11, 2015 in Gates B03 at Stanford

From: Dennis Allison Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium 4:15PM, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building Room B3 http://ee380.stanford.edu Border Gateway Protocol: the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Internet Routing Jim Cowie Chief Scientist Dyn

[liberationtech] Feb. 9 at Stanford -- Ben Livshits: PrePose: Security and Privacy for Gesture-Based Programming

From: David Wu PrePose: Security and Privacy for Gesture-Based Programming Ben Livshits Monday, February 9, 2015 Talk at 4:15pm Gates 463 Abstract: With the rise of sensors such as the Microsoft Kinect,

[liberationtech] Join Stanford's crowdsourced crowdsourcing research team

From: Rajan Vaish ** Calling aspiring researchers ** Researchers from Stanford University are inviting aspiring researchers to join them in an effort to form the largest crowdsourcing research project ever. The accepted participants will get a chance to design and develop the next-generation cro

[liberationtech] WATCH LIVE NOW: Steven Heydemann on "Authoritarianism in the Era of Mass Politics"

From: Arab Reform & Democracy Stanford Events via arabref...@lists.stanford.edu at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/arabreform CDDRL’s Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD), in partnership with the Arab Studies Institute, presents: *Authoritarianism in the Era of Mass Politics

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Seminar on Feb 5

From: Kathleen Barcos * The Map and the Territory - Russian Social Media Networks and Society * *Karina Alexanyan, *Postdoctoral Scholar; Project Manager, Media X, Stanford University Thursday,February 5, 2015 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM NOTE LOCATION School of Educa

[liberationtech] Teach privacy at Mozilla?

From: Rhona Mahony via cryptopa...@lists.stanford.edu Hey, the Privacy Team at Mozilla would like our help with a CryptoParty! They would like it on a weekday, from 5 pm to 7 pm -or- 6 pm to 8 pm. I'd be happy to drive fellow teachers from Palo Alto and environs up to Mozilla's beautiful bu

[liberationtech] Remembering Gaetano Borriello

via Yaw Anokwa With enormous sadness, we announce that our dear friend, colleague, and teacher Gaetano Borriello (http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~gaetano), the Jerre D. Noe Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, passed away this morning at his home, following a long fight with cancer. Gaet

[liberationtech] UC Berkeley ICT4D Talk by Patrick Meier, Fri Feb 13 at 2PM

From: Tapan Parikh Please join us for a talk by Patrick Meier, author of the book Digital Humanitarians and noted expert on crowd-sourcing and international development, on Friday February 13 from 2-3PM in South Hall 210. Digital Humanitarians Abstract: The overflow of information generated dur

Re: [liberationtech] Liberation Technology Seminar Series- Jan 29- Hassanpour

nd relevant for some folks within the > Ushahidi and iHub community. Will this be a webinar or is this a session > that will be recorded and uploaded online? > > Angela Oduor Lungati > ang...@ushahidi.com > Ushahidi Inc <http://ushahidi.com>. > > > > On Jan 29

[liberationtech] Liberation Technology Seminar Series- Jan 29- Hassanpour

From: Kathleen Barcos *Will the Revolution be Tweeted? * *Information & Communication Technology and Conflict * *Speaker* *Navid Hassanpour,* Postdoctoral Research Associate, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (NCGG) Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM *S*chool of Educa

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Seminar: Will revolution be tweeted? - Jan 29

From: Kathleen Barcos The Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law presents * The Program on Liberation Technology Seminar Series * *Will the Revolution be Tweeted? Information & Communication Technology and Conflict * *Speaker* *Navid Hassanpour,* Postdoctoral Research Associate,

[liberationtech] UC Berkeley CITRIS Research Exchange for the Spring is now online

If you are in the area, please check out the great seminar series from our friends at UC Berkeley. For those outside the area, you can always watch the YouTube video after the event. Best, Yosem -- Forwarded message -- From: Yvette Subramanian Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:53 AM

[liberationtech] Computational Epidemiology: The role of big data and pervasive * 4:15PM, Wed January 21, 2015 in Gates B03

Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium 4:15PM, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building Room B3 http://ee380.stanford.edu Computational Epidemiology: The role of big data and pervasive informatics Madhav Marathe Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Labo

[liberationtech] SARTIAN: A webplatform for RTI enthusiasts from South Asia

From: Suchismita Goswami Greetings from CHRI and SARTIAN! South Asia Right to Information Advocates Network - SARTIAN is a webplatform functioning in the South Asian region for some time now and I am sure many of you are aware and even member of this web platform. It is an e-group hosted by CHRI

[liberationtech] $4.5 Million Challenge to Accelerate Digital Health Innovation

From: Yaw Anokwa via cha...@change.washington.edu at http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change The Aetna Foundation is calling on organizations to leverage technology to make an impact on health outcomes in vulnerable communities. The Foundation today announced the Healthier World

[liberationtech] Cuba: 5% Internet penetration

From: Claro Noda Initiating new efforts to increase Cubans’ access to communications and their ability to communicate freely- Cuba has an internet penetration of about five percent—one of the lowest rates in the world. The cost of telecommunications in Cuba is exorbitantly high, while the servi

[liberationtech] UC Berkeley Seminar: Social Media and the Political Right in India: An analysis of Narendra Modi's Tweeting

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEMINAR ON INFORMATION ACCESS. South Hall 107, Fridays 3-5 pm http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i296a-ia/f14/schedule.html Open to the public. Everyone interested is welcome! Dec 19: Special session co-sponsored with the Institute for South Asian Studies. Joyojeet Pal, Schoo

[liberationtech] UC Berkeley iSchool: "Social Media & Political Right in India: An Analysis of Narendra Modi's Tweeting"

UC Berkeley iSchool Information Access Seminar SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE POLITICAL RIGHT IN INDIA: AN ANALYSIS OF NARENDRA MODI'S TWEETING Joyojeet Pal, School of Information, University of Michigan Friday, December 19, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm 107 South Hall, UC Berkeley Abstract: Indian Prime Mi

[liberationtech] Stanford Event: US State Department lunch speaker -- the Collaboratory -- diplomacy via innovative education technology

From: Jim Murray Guest Speaker: Paul Kruchoski, Policy Advisor and Deputy Director of the Collaboratory at the U.S. Department of State Friday, December 5, 2014 - 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm (lunch provided for registered attendees) Haas Center for Public Service, Donald Kennedy DK Conference Room RSVP:

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech / ICT4D Book Announcement

Author: Vivek Srinivasan Title: Delivering Public Services Effectively: Tamil Nadu & Beyond. Published by: Oxford University Press (2014) There is a wide diversity in the provision of public services in India. In some states one can go miles without seeing a functional school or public health cent

[liberationtech] Stanford, Mon, Dec. 1 -- Joseph Bonneau: Bitcoin as a source of verifiable public randomness (working paper)

From: Joe Zimmerman Bitcoin as a source of verifiable public randomness (working paper) Joseph Bonneau Monday, December 1, 2014 Talk at 4:15pm Gates 463A Abstract: Many security

[liberationtech] Applying for an UNDEF project grant and selection process | UNDEF

United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy during the annual proposal window, which is open only from 15 November to 31 December at www.un.org/democracyfund. Only on-line proposals during this period, in eithe

[liberationtech] Stanford LiberationTech Seminar: Tech & Fight Against Corruption in India

Technology and the Fight Against Corruption in India Vivek Srinivasan December 4, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at Wallenberg Theater Bldg 160 Rm 124 Open to the public. No RSVP required Contact: Kathleen Barcos ABSTRACT The anger against corruption in India has led to many new experiments at fig

[liberationtech] Stanford Documentary screening: Crowdsourced Constitution in Iceland

From: Tanja Aitamurto Blueberry Soup: A documentary about the crowdsourced constitution in Iceland. Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 pm Packard 101 Stanford University The screening will be followed by Q&A with the director, Eileen Jerrett. Open to the Public. Iceland, that small and mighty island

[liberationtech] Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public

From: Mitar The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest annually awards a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change. Deadline Dece

[liberationtech] Stanford: Animal-Welfare Activism via Virtual Reality

From: Samantha Neuber & David Kay < dka...@stanford.edu> Interested in virtual reality or animal welfare? Stop by White Plaza between 10 am and 3 pm this Thursday, November 20th to experience an innovative new virtual reality experience: I, Chicken. Using VR equipment, participants will exp

[liberationtech] Stanford Security: Jeremiah Blocki on Usable & Secure Human Authentication (Tue Nov18)

From: Joe Zimmerman > >Usable and Secure Human Authentication > > Jeremiah Blocki > > Tuesday, November 18, 2014 >Talk at 4:15pm > Gates 463A > > Abstract: > > A typical computer user today manages

[liberationtech] Stanford in Government: Digital Rights Discussion with EFF | Nov19 12-1pm

From: Anna Blue Speaker: Vera Ranieri Staff Attorney at the EFF Wednesday, November 19, 12-1 pm Old Union, Room 200 EFF is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. The Public Policy Forum organizes a series of informal events on behalf of Stanford in Go

[liberationtech] Right Now: Hackathon by Harvard Developers for Development

D4D Hack Night! NOW Saturday 11/15 5pm Quincy Bullitt Room Will you be working on a project or pset? Just want to hang out? Come to D4D Hack Night! Everyone is welcomed! We will have chips, kitkat, kisses, reeses, starbursts, skittles, snickers, cookies, m&n's, and more! The location and time m

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech: Max Senges, Emergence of Multistakeholder Internet Governance Based on Democratic Values, on Nov 20 at 4:30 pm

The Emergence of Multistakeholder Internet Governance Based on Democratic Values Max Senges, Program Manager, Research, Google on November 20, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at Wallenberg Theater Bldg 160, Room 124 Open to the public. No RSVP required FSI Contact: Kathleen Barcos ABSTRACT How can a

[liberationtech] Tech: Problem or Solution? (Saturday at Stanford at 7pm)

From: Stanford Transhumanist Association The Stanford Transhumanist Association is excited to announce our first event of the year: Zoltan vs. Zerzan : Transhumanism and Primitivism. We’re hosting a debate between two individuals with radically

[liberationtech] Stanford HCI Seminar 11/14, Shaowen Bardzell — Utopias of Participation: Working Towards Emancipatory Forms of Computing

From: Michael Bernstein Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University Utopias of Participation: Working Towards Emancipatory Forms of Computing November 14, 2014, 12:50-2:05pm, Gates B03 · Open to the public CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design) http://hci.st

[liberationtech] Open Technology Institute Is Looking for Partners

From: Greta Byrum NEED (SOCIAL) TECH SUPPORT? Get help AND contribute to a handbook for community networking The Open Technology Institute is looking for a few partners as we expand an open-source set of tools and resources for community network organizers. So far we have created how-to guide

[liberationtech] PhD program at Syracuse University iSchool

From: Jeff Hemsley Syracuse University's School of Information Studies welcomes applicants for our doctoral program. Admitted students are assured of at least four year's funding (including summers) along with tuition and other support. The interdisciplinary nature of our program is visible

[liberationtech] Feedback for debate on encryption with former FBI General Counsel

> From: Peter Swire > > On Monday, November 17 the New America Foundation will be hosting a debate on the topic of FBI Director Comey’s criticisms of Apple and Google for the encryption changes to their phones. The moderator will be Nancy Libin, formerly of both CDT and the Department of Justi

[liberationtech] Seeking Feedback for NGO Aid Map

From: Julie Montgomery Just wanted to let you all know that NGO Aid Map at http://ngoaidmap.org/ was recently updated and now features over 3,300 projects implemented by 94 InterAction members across 151 countries – which represents $5.6 billion in aid. Included in the update are InterAction m

[liberationtech] Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows | Mozilla Advocacy

Five nonprofit organizations around the world will be hosting our five Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows in 2015. During the Fellowship, we will immerse the next generation of leaders in projects that create better technical understanding among civil society and policy makers. It will also create a str

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