CSE 590F, Computing and the Developing World, Winter 2009

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Mailing list If you are attending the seminar, please sign up for the mailing list. The CSE590f mailing list is for the seminar only, and has been reset. The Change mailing list will be used for more general computing and the developing world information and discussion. Winter 2009 The seminar meets Wednesdays, 4:00 - 4:50 in CSE 403. If you are coming from off campus here are directions to CSE. This is a change in time/place from the original announcement. Course organizers are Richard Anderson (Anderson@cs) and Joyojeet Pal (Joyojeet@u). Topic This quarter the seminar will present a series of talks highlighting work at University of Washington on computing and information technology for low income regions. Undergraduate students, graduate students, research scholars, and faculty are all welcome. Schedule Date Speaker Institution Title References Notes 1/7/2009 Gaetano Borriello UW CSE Androids in the Bush: an Update on UReport and its Alpha-Pilot in Uganda Slides (PDF)   1/14/2009 Phil Fawcett Microsoft / UW iSchool A Tale of two Homes: Observations about the information needs of the rural poor in Ensenada, Mexico (abstract) Slides (PDF, PDF Handouts)   1/21/2009 Ali Mokdad Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Public Health Surveillance in a Changing Telecommunication Environment Slides (PPT)   1/28/2009 Joyojeet Pal UW CIS and UW CSE RuralScope: An Repository for Tracking Rural Disbursements Slides (PDF)   2/4/2009 Maria Garrido UW CIS Social Networking for Political Purposes Slides (PPT)   2/11/2009 Beth Kolko and Ruth Anderson UW HCDE and UW CSE Building a Grassroots Transportation Information System     2/18/2009 Richard Anderson UW CSE An evaluation study of Digital StudyHall Slides (PPT, PDF) CIS Seminar, 3pm in MGH 420 2/25/2009 Lakshminarayanan Subramanian NYU The CATER initiative: Sustainable Networks and Systems for the Developing World Slides (PPT)   3/4/2009 Saurabh Panjwani Microsoft Research India PCs for whole-classroom instruction in developing region schools     3/11/2009 Steve Wagner UW Implementing a PEPFAR-funded Electronic Medical Records in Haiti Slides (PDF)

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