Thirdspace April 2022

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Who's going to CHI in person, and virtually? Or who has students going?
by Joseph Jay Williams 28 Apr '22

28 Apr '22

SubjectLine: Who's going to CHI in person, and virtually? Or who has students going? 1.Feel free to reply-all, reply to me, or add your information into this Gdoc: tiny.cc/tchi22 - Useful Information for UofT people going to CHI (who's going, what events to check out, who to talk to) <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EfIYUqNG73lgsz7-QQ11w3B3NweCi-IEOcbH2Yq…> Click to see/add: Who's attending CHI? <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EfIYUqNG73lgsz7-QQ11w3B3NweCi-IEOcbH2Yq…> Physically <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EfIYUqNG73lgsz7-QQ11w3B3NweCi-IEOcbH2Yq…> 2.You can forward this email on to your students or others. I figured I'd connect people so we're aware! 3.Also you might want to refresh yourself on Shion Guha's great Gdoc with UofT papers/events at CHI: UofT at CHI 2022 <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VEgX8fSoB_mkzpX02OYEQVTEwv7f8KxMvWWurKU…> Best, Joseph Joseph Jay Williams, Assistant Professor, www.josephjaywilliams.com Intelligent Adaptive Interventions research group Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Dept. of Psychology & Statistical Sciences (courtesy graduate appointments – admitting PhD students) Faculty Affiliate at Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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Fwd: Critical Computing Seminar (April 27): "Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India"
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 21 Apr '22

21 Apr '22

Dear Colleagues, We have a very interesting (online) talk next week by Rajesh Verraraghavan on his new book, “*Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India*”, on *Wednesday, April 27, 2pm to 3:30pm EST. * Please find the details below to register for the talk. Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto Program Committee Chair, ICTD 2022 <https://ictd.org/ictd2022/> Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Priyank Chandra <priyank.chandra(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:59 AM Subject: Critical Computing Seminar (April 27): "Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India" To: ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA < ISCHOOL-FAC-REG-L(a)listserv.utoronto.ca> Cc: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu>, Robert Soden < robert.soden(a)utoronto.ca> Dear All, We are happy to announce the *April* edition of the Critical Computing seminar series. This a monthly online seminar where we invite scholars to discuss topics in critical computing. The objective of the seminar is to create a broader understanding of computing from different ethical, social, and cultural perspectives. You will find more information about this seminar series and upcoming speakers by following the link: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series This month (April, 2022), *Rajesh Veeraraghavan*, an assistant professor from Georgetown University will give a book talk “*Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India*” on *Wednesday, April 27, 2pm to 3:30pm EST.* We invite you all to join the seminar. Please check the following link for more details about the seminar at: https://sites.google.com/view/uoft-critical-computing/seminar-series/rajesh…. The registration link is at: https://bit.ly/CCS_RajeshVeeraghavan A flyer is also attached to this email, and I have appended the seminar details at the bottom of this email. Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone interested (within and outside UofT). We look forward to seeing you all at the seminar. Best Regards, Priyank Chandra (On behalf of the Organizers) Assistant Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto *Book Title: Patching Development: Information Politics and Social Change in India* Rajesh Veeraghavan, Science, Technology and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Website: www.rajeshveera.org Twitter: @RajeshVeeraa *Time:* 27 April, 2022 from 2 PM - 3.30 PM, EST *Abstract: * How can development programs deliver benefits to marginalized citizens in ways that expand their rights and freedoms? Political will and good policy design are critical but often insufficient due to resistance from entrenched local power systems. The book is an ethnography of one of the largest development programs in the world, the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), and examines in detail NREGA’s implementation in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It finds that the local system of power is extremely difficult to transform, not because of inertia, but because of coercive counter strategy from actors at the last mile and their ability to exploit information asymmetries. Upper-level NREGA bureaucrats in Andhra Pradesh do not possess the capacity to change the power axis through direct confrontation with local elites, but instead have relied on a continuous series of responses that react to local implementation and information, a process of patching development. Patching development is a top-down, fine-grained, iterative socio-technical process that makes local information about implementation visible through technology and enlists participation from marginalized citizens through social audits. These processes are neither neat nor orderly and have led to a contentious sphere where the exercise of power over documents, institutions and technology is intricate, fluid and highly situated. The book throws new light on the challenges and benefits of using information and technology in novel ways to implement development programs. While focused on one Indian state, the implications for increasing citizen participation and government transparency have global relevance. *Bio:* Rajesh Veeraraghavan's research combines bodies of scholarship and practice that come together in the field of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICT4D), which embraces the ethos of marginalized citizen-centered design and applies it to global human development. He has leveraged his technical and sociological training to develop technology-enabled information interventions, employing a method that is half-participant observation, half-interventionist activism. First, he is interested in developing digital technology-enabled interventions to address inequality that respects the potential and limits of such designs within particular social contexts. Second, he is interested in critically examining the role of algorithms and technology and its potential harms for marginalized people. He seeks to engage in critique both through a sociological lens as well as constructive design using data and communicative technologies. Veeraraghavan is currently an assistant professor in the Science Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University and was previously a Fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard University. He consulted for the Gates Foundation and Open Society Foundation. Previously, he worked as an associate researcher at the Technology for Emerging Markets group at Microsoft Research, India. In his prior life, he was a software developer at Microsoft. He has a PhD from University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information, a master’s degree in computer science from Clemson University, a master’s degree in economics from Cleveland State University, and a bachelor’s degrees in economics and management from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India.

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HCI Meeting Tomorrow: Robots and Stuff (Mostly humans)
by Blaine Lewis 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Hi Everyone! Tomorrow we'll have an awesome presentation by @Karthik titled "Robots and Stuff (Mostly humans)", where Karthik will show us some of the awesome possibilities of real and simulated robots and what kinds of experiments you might run with them and humans. Join us at 10am EDT https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/96404556988! Best, Blaine

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Where can people find disposable cutlery?
by Joseph Jay Williams 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Joseph [Sent from smartphone] Joseph Jay Williams, Assistant Professor, www.josephjaywilliams.com Intelligent Adaptive Interventions research group Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Dept. of Psychology & Statistical Sciences (courtesy graduate appointments – admitting PhD students) Faculty Affiliate at Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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Fwd: [CaRCC researcher-facing] 15k/yr SIGHPC Fellowships in Computational and Data Science
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque == Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Faculty Fellow, Schwartz Reisman Institute <https://www.torontosri.ca/> The University of Toronto Program Committee Chair, ICTD 2022 <https://ictd.org/ictd2022/> Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 5262 Saint George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada Ph: +1 647 220 3482 web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…> == ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Eyal de Lara <delara(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:03 AM Subject: Fwd: [CaRCC researcher-facing] 15k/yr SIGHPC Fellowships in Computational and Data Science To: DCS Faculty <faculty(a)cs.toronto.edu> *From: *Stephen Lien Harrell <sharrell(a)tacc.utexas.edu> <sharrell(a)tacc.utexas.edu> *Date: *Friday, April 1, 2022 at 1:06 PM *To: * *Subject: *[CaRCC researcher-facing] 15k/yr SIGHPC Fellowships in Computational and Data Science You don't often get email from sharrell(a)tacc.utexas.edu. Learn why this is important <http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Do you know of students who are studying data science or computing applications, and who are either women or members of an underrepresented group? Please forward this information to them or to their academic advisors - it could be worth $15,000 per year to them. Nominations are now open for ACM SIGHPC’s international program of graduate fellowships in computational and data science. The goal of this program is to increase the diversity of students pursuing graduate degrees in data science and computational science, including women as well as students from racial/ethnic backgrounds that have not traditionally participated in the computing field. The program supports students pursuing degrees at institutions anywhere in the world. Interested faculty advisors and students can find more information on the fellowships, including a description of the online nomination process, at https://www.sighpc.org/for-your-career/fellowships <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sighp…>. Nominations close April 30. Questions? Contact fellowships(a)sighpc.org Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thank you, Stephen Lien Harrell ACM SIGHPC Fellowships Chair -- Stephen Lien Harrell Engineering Scientist, HPC Performance and Architectures Texas Advanced Computing Center The University of Texas at Austin 765-201-4408 ORCiD: 0000-0001-5327-525X <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org…> -- To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to researcher-facing-track+unsubscribe(a)carcc.org.

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