ICTD - Information and Communication Technologies for Development
We will meet
on Tuesdays 1:30-2:20 in CSE 203.
Also consider
attending and registering for the Change
Seminar/Lunch on Thursdays 12:00-12:50 in CSE203. This is a less formal and more
inter-disciplinary seminar where we’ll be hosting some external speakers
as well as discussions of some of the work going on in the many ICTD-related
groups at UW. Check out UW Change.
Interested
students meet weekly to discuss recent research in the ICTD field. The format is fairly standard for
research seminars in the department.
First, all participants read a research paper (see the table below for
the readings selected for this quarter) chosen from recent publications. A discussion leader is chosen to present
a short summary of the paper (15-20 minutes) and close with a series of
questions raised by the paper. The
summary should include the larger context of the paper (research group,
evolution of the work, context in which it is being applied, etc.). The questions raised by the discussion
leader serve as a starting point for discussion of the work among all the
participants.
Typically,
students register for a single credit and are expected to lead or co-lead one
session and participate in each of the meetings. Students may register for more credit by
prior arrangement with the instructor.
Please sign
up for the seminar mailing list. You can find the mail archives here
and links to the webs of earlier quarters here.
The focus of
the seminar will be the new NSF Smart Health and Well Being project that is
starting this fall. The seminar
will discuss various background papers starting with the grant proposal, and
then moving on to papers on technologies and problem domains.
Here are some
initial references:
·
ODK IEEE
·
eIMCI
·
Ramachandran,
Mobile Health Messaging
·
Vaccine
Delivery Innovation Initiative
Tentative
Schedule
|
Date |
Paper |
Discussion
Leaders |
|
October 4 |
|
|
|
October 11 |
Grant
Proposal |
Robert,
Rohit, Yaw |
|
October 18 |
ODK ICTD
2010 |
Carl |
|
October 25 |
Motech Lessons Learned |
Ben |
|
November 1 |
IVR |
Karen |
|
November 8 |
Mobile
Health Messaging |
Prvaeen |
|
November 15 |
Vaccine
Delivery Innovation |
Nate, Rita |
|
November 22 |
No Seminar |
|
|
November 29 |
eIMCI |
Brian |
|
December 6 |
ODK Tables |
Waylon |