CSE590F: Computing and the Developing World Seminar

This quarter we will focus on papers from DEV14 occuring in early December of 2014 and several papers from the most recent IFIP WG 9.4 proceedings published in 2013

The seminar meets Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 in CSE 203.

Schedule

WeekDateDiscussion LeadersPaper
1Jan 13Sam Rescue Base Station
Ibrahim Ghaznavi et al. in DEV 2014
2Jan 20Trevor Leveraging from Customization to Infrom Generic Software Systems Development: DHIS Tracker and its Introduction in Health Care
Zeferino Saugene et al. in IFIP WG 9.4 2013
3Jan 27Nicki FlashPatch: Spreading Software Updates Over Flash Drives in Under-Connected Regions
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs and Jay Chen in DEV 2014
4Feb 3Camille UrJar: A Lighting Solution using Discarded Laptop Batteries
Vikas Chandan et al. in
5Feb 10Fahad Improving Performance of rural Supply Chains Using Mobile Phones: Reducing Information Asymmetry to Improve Stock Availability in Low-resource Environments
Arun Ramanujapuram and Anup Akkihal in DEV 2014
6Feb 17Nick Heterogeneous Interoperable Systems as a Strategy Towards Scaling: The Case for Hospital Information Systems in India
Bob Jolliffer et all. in IFIP WG 9.4 2013
7Feb 24Waylon A Feasiblity Study of an in-the-Wild Experimental Public Access WiFi Network
Ajuna Sathiaseelan et al.inDEV 2014
8March 3Aditya Local Pocket Internet and Global Social Media Bridging The Digital Gap: Facebook and Youth Sub-Stratum in urban India
Nimmi Rangaswamy et al.inIFIP WG 9.4 2013
9March 10Maaz Leveraging the Potential of Mobiles in Developing Country Health initiatives: From ICT4D to Information Infrastructures 4D
Kristin Braa and Petter NielseninIFIP WG 9.4 2013