CSE 590F, Computing and the Developing World, Winter 2008

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Mailing list If you are attending the seminar, please sign up for the mailing list. Winter 2008 The seminar meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:20 pm. The seminar will meet in CSE 503. The course organizer is Richard Anderson (Anderson@cs). Topic The seminar will look at current work in ICTD by having participants present recent research results. In addition, there will be several outside speakers. The papers will be drawn primarily from the ICTD 2007. Schedule Date Topic Discussion Leaders References   1/9/08 Organizational Meeting, ICTD 2007 Summary Richard Anderson     1/16/08 Information Systems Reaching Small Producers Ruth Anderson Parikh et al.   1/23/08 Gender, Technology and Development: The AIR Project Revi Sterling Sterling et al. Slides Note: Talk will be held in CSE 403 1/30/08 Warana Unwired Brian DeRenzi Veeraraghavan et al.   2/6/08 Bringing Internet to Rural Zambia Yaw Anokwa Matthee et al.   2/13/08 Digital Green: Participatory Video for Agricultural Extension Rikin Gandhi Gandhi et al. Slides   2/20/08 Design of a Early Warning Flood Detections System Tammy Denning Basha et al.   2/27/08 Is there a Future for Women in the Knowledge Society Sophia Huyer     3/5/08 Why Don't People use Nepali Language Software Jonathan Pool Hall et al. Slides   3/12/08 Parental Perspectives on Computers in Rural India Chandrika Jayant and Rohit Chaudhri Joyojeet Pal   The following papers look like the most appropriate ones to cover in the seminar: Elizabeth Basha, Design of Early Warning Flood Detection System for Developing Countries [Sensor Networks] Karel Matthee, Bringing Internet to Rural Zambia [Connectivity, Internet Use] Revi Sterling, Advancement through Interactive Radio [Community Radio] Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Warana Unwired, Replacing PCs with Mobile Phones [Cell phones] J. Sherwani, Health Line: Speech-based Access to Health Information [Speech UI] Indrani Medhi, Full-contex Videos for First-time, Non-Literate PC Users [Video] Pat Hall, Why Don't People Use Nepali Language Software? [Localization] Joyojeet Pal, "My Child Will Be Respected": Parental Perspectives on Computers in rural India [Computers in Education] Tapan Parikh, A Survey of Information Systems Reaching Small Producers in Global Agricultural Value Chains [Agriculture, Survey]

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