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Fwd: [TIER] GAIUS: Enabling hyperlocal communities to interact and transact with local content
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 28 Sep '19

28 Sep '19

The idea of this hyper-local browser is interesting. I was wondering if these could be used for some marginalized communities we are working with. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed 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: Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)csebuet.org> Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 1:58 PM Subject: Fwd: [TIER] GAIUS: Enabling hyperlocal communities to interact and transact with local content To: Ishtiaque Ahmed <ishtiaque(a)cs.toronto.edu> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Arjuna Sathiaseelan <arjuna.sathiaseelan(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 1:44 PM Subject: [TIER] GAIUS: Enabling hyperlocal communities to interact and transact with local content To: gaia <gaia(a)irtf.org> Cc: tier <tier(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu> Dear all, Some of us from the ICTD community have formed a startup to address the issue of unavailability of local content in emerging markets. GAIUS (www.gaiusnetworks.com) is a New York University spinout. Our ambition is to create decentralised sustainable highly localised lightweight mobile web ecosystems for the next 3 billion users. The platform includes an innovative hyper-local browser that enables hyper-local communities in emerging markets to create, interact and monetise local content relevant to their communities in their own languages. GAIUS also has key technological innovations that improve mobile web performance and early trials demonstrate that mobile pages created within the GAIUS ecosystem have a 60% reduction in bandwidth consumption and download upto 90% faster compared to traditional mobile webpages. GAIUS is part of Microsoft for Startups, invited member of the Alliance for Affordable Internet and incubated by IDEA London (Cisco, EDF and UCL). We are currently doing early trials in India (with Microsoft Azure) and in Kenya (with Liquid Telecom). We just completed the first phase of trials across 1200+ users and are now on to our next phase. We would like to invite users from INDIA and KENYA to trial our platform. *Users from other countries can still trial out - you will be redirected to our test platform. We are also looking to start a few more trials across other emerging countries especially the Pacific Islands, so if there is interest, we are happy to look at it. You can download the app from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gaius.gaiusapp&hl=en_US *iOS and KaiOS coming soon. Thanks. Regards Arjuna -- Arjuna Sathiaseelan | http://sathiaseelan.org _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER(a)tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier -- Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto. web: http://www.ishtiaque.net/

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[Job Opportunity] Sesame Street - Rohingya refugees/Bangladesh
by Priyank Chandra 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

Hey Just forwarding this opportunity along, in case any of you knows anyone: Sesame Workshop is hiring a Manager, Education, Humanitarian Programs to work primarily on programming for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The position will focus on the development new video content and other materials for Rohingya and host community children. The organization is looking for someone with 3-5 years of relevant work experience in international education, ECD curriculum development, education in conflict settings, or a related field. The role will involve a large amount of script review for video production to ensure alignment with Sesame Workshop's educational standards, so experience in content development and review for multimedia production is a plus. The job description is posted here: https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/sesameworkshop/jobs/manager-education-… . -- Priyank Chandra Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA https://www.priyankc.com

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group meeting this week
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Hi Group, For this weeks meeting, can we all read the attached two papers and discuss? We also hope to get an updated website from Hazem. Discuss plans for CSCW (deadline Oct 15) and UbiComp (deadline Nov 15). Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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Tony Tang – Howdy ho!
by Daniel Wigdor 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

https://hcitang.github.io/ Am I the last person on the block to learn that Tony joined u of t?? -Daniel

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Yasaman and her Team have won "Hackathon for Education!"
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Dear All, (please discard the previous email which got sent in the midway) Yasaman and her team have become Champion the Hackathon for Education ( https://puebloscience.org/hackathon/) which took place today! They have developed a prototype that are supposed to be deployed in Guyana for science education! Here is some text I copied from her email to me a while ago - "The challenge of this hackathon was to build a robotics-based science activity kit for high school students in Guyana that: - Clearly teaches one or more science or engineering concept(s) listed in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) syllabi. - Can be taught, performed, and discussed by teachers and their students within two or three 90-minute instructional periods. - Uses only materials that can be purchased or easily ordered in Guyana and in total cost less than $20 CAD per kit for re-useable kits or $5 CAD per kit for non-reuseable kits. - Is hands-on and interactive (and fun!). - Satisfies the definition of “robotics activity”. " Congratulations, Yasaman! We are so proud of you! Best Regards, Ishtiaque Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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Fwd: Please distribute to your faculty - MITACS Opportunities
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

FYI Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed 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: Michael Brudno <brudno(a)cs.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:13 PM Subject: Fwd: Please distribute to your faculty - MITACS Opportunities To: <faculty(a)cs.toronto.edu> Information about the MITACS program. Details at the various links, and deadlines vary (some are rolling). M ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Arts & Science - Research <research.artsci(a)utoronto.ca> Date: Tue., Sep. 24, 2019, 5:02 a.m. Subject: Please distribute to your faculty - MITACS Opportunities To: Arts & Science - Research <research.artsci(a)utoronto.ca> Cc: A&S Vice Dean Research <vicedeanresearch.artsci(a)utoronto.ca>, Lisa Rumiel <lisa.rumiel(a)utoronto.ca> Dear Chairs and Directors, In an effort to help increase participation in Mitacs programs and raise awareness among faculty about research training opportunities, the attached list of open Mitacs Accelerate opportunities may be of interest to science faculty in Arts & Science. Current Mitacs opportunities not posted on the website are also attached. We kindly ask that you please forward this email and attachments to faculty in your units. Further detail may be found here: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs#professor https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/accelerate/researchers-wanted Faculty may directly contact Mitacs Business Development Specialists—Daniel Giovannini (dgiovannini(a)mitacs.ca) and Wil deVega (wdevega(a)mitacs.ca) for proposal development support. I would welcome any questions on Mitacs programs and the process for applying from Arts & Science at UofT. With thanks, Monica Monica Caverson, PhD, MBA Funded Research Officer |Research Services Faculty of Arts & Science|Office of the Dean University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall 100 St. George Street |Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 monica.caverson(a)utoronto.ca | 416-946-5028 https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/research-supports-services

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HCI meeting Tue Sep 24th instead of 23rd
by Jiannan Li 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Just to correct the error in the previous announcement: the meeting is on Tue Sep 24th instead of 23rd. Sorry about this. Regards, Jiannan

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HCI meeting Tue Sep 23rd
by Jiannan Li 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hello all, We will have our bi-weekly HCI group meeting at 12.30pm on Tuesday Sep 23rd in the DGP seminar room, as usual. We will have lab members talk about their recent submissions to CHI 2020. Hopefully the discussions can spark some inspirations for your next project! Food will be served. Look forward to seeing you there. Regards, Jiannan

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Presentation for Steve Tomorrow!
by Ishtiaque Ahmed 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hi Folks, I forgot to do this before, but we are supposed to present our work before Steve tomorrow at 2 pm at DGP seminar room. I wonder if you can prepare slides on your work so that you can talk for 10-15 mins? Steve loves ethnography and he will like to hear your fieldwork and what you saw there. I know it is a very last minute call within the weekend, but I was thinking of having presentations from (in order). Each will be 15 minutes max: 1. Yasaman - You work in Toronto and Tehran 2. Tushar - your fieldwork on stigma 4. Rifat - Your work in Mosques To keep the presentation short and simple, you can follow this: 1. title - 1 slide 2. your intro - 1 slide 3. project name and objectives - 1 slide 4. fieldsite - 1 slide 5. your methods - 1 slide 6. interesting findings - 3 most interesting findings in 3 slides (each with a picture and a quote) 7. theories - 1/2 slide (major theory that you are using in analysis) 8. future work - 1 slide 9. thanks - 1 slide Please use this google folder to upload your sildes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tt9axqFL9UYAgkBbAKjpaemLhVtJXgAD?us… Please confirm to me soon that you are presenting. Please note that Steve's feedback can heavily contribute to your research. So, please try to take this chance. Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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by Ishtiaque Ahmed 22 Sep '19

22 Sep '19

Yasaman and her team have become the Hackathon for Education ( https://puebloscience.org/hackathon/) which took place today! They have developed a prototype that are supposed to be deployed in Guyana for science education! Here is some text I copied from her email to me a while ago - "The challenge of this hackathon was to build a robotics-based science activity kit for high school students in Guyana that: - Clearly teaches one or more science or engineering concept(s) listed in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) syllabi. - Can be taught, performed, and discussed by teachers and their students within two or three 90-minute instructional periods. - Uses only materials that can be purchased or easily ordered in Guyana and in total cost less than $20 CAD per kit for re-useable kits or $5 CAD per kit for non-reuseable kits. - Is hands-on and interactive (and fun!). - Satisfies the definition of “robotics activity”. " Congratulations, Yasaman! We are so proud of you! Best Regards, Ishtiaque Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Toronto, ON, CA Ph: +1 647 220 3482 Skype: syed.ishtiaque.ahmed web: https://www.ishtiaque.net/ My Availability: Google Calendar Link <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ishtiaque.uoft%40gmail.com&c…>

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