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Change is a group at the University of Washington exploring how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations in low-income regions.

Seattle
Joined November 2008
Join us tomorrow in UW Change @ 12PM PST in 271 CSE2 (Gates Center) to hear Chinasa T. Okolo of @cs_cornell present “Navigating the Limits of AI Explainability: Designing for Novice Technology Users in Low-Resource Settings"
Join us tomorrow @ 12PM PST in CSE2 271 (Gates Center) to hear Caryl Feldacker of @uwdgh present “Mobile Health Innovations for Low-Resource Settings: Benefits and pitfalls of prioritizing open-source tools and participatory engagement".
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Just pushed the final blog post detailing our @NewAmericaPIT -funded Community Networking undergrad capstone course: medium.com/uw-ictd/uws-commu… It was a great time engaging students in building technology for marginalized communities.
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We're recruiting interview participants to study how environmental institutions use technology in interactions with their local communities. Please pass this on if you know someone who might like to participate! More info: drive.google.com/file/d/17tI…
New blog post "Community Networks in Seattle: A Call to Action" by Esther Jang at the UW ICTD research group! medium.com/uw-ictd/community… More from our blog here: medium.com/uw-ictd
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At @uwcse, there's a new Pre-Application Review Service (PARS)! Student mentors will provide pre-application feedback on CS PhD application materials. Underrepresented/minority students strongly encouraged to submit. Deadline: 8th Nov 2020. tinyurl.com/uw-pars
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New post on the change blog focused on our cooperative LTE architecture.
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Can we also talk about who and how they get funded? #Fundings sometimes require #consortiums and #bigNames but #Gender of #Researchers impacts their #background #socialSetup #mentors and #people vouching for them #CycleOfFunding #MyTechFunding #Intersectionality
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As someone working in #HCI4D #ICTD where the research questions (my favorite #Gender) and solutions aren’t always in the #favorableMarkets or #CorporateVision I often ask these #fundingQuestions #MyTechFunding #CSCW2019
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Prof. Patricia Garcia's reading list on scholarship relevant to diversity and inclusion for #CSCW2019 Thank you @thebigfiveone !
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Congrats @imadityav on an solid thesis defense!
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Congrats @shaddih, Claire, @mwjhnsn, @eric_brewer, and @kheimerl for the NSDI Community Award.
Winners of the #nsdi19 Community Award: "Scaling Community Cellular Networks with CommunityCellularManager" Authors: S. Hasan, @Berkeley_EECS; M.C. Barela, @Official_UPD; M. Johnson, @uwcse; Eric Brewer, UC Berkeley; Kurtis Heimerl, U. Washington
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Today's Change seminar has been cancelled as most UW operations are suspended due to #icy conditions. Stay safe in the #snow and #ice conditions out there! – at Seattle, WA
The second annual #ACM #SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (#COMPASS2019) will be held in #Accra, #Ghana from July 3-5, 2019. Paper submission deadline is March 15th, 2019. See website for more details. acmcompass.org/ – at Seattle, WA
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Tuesday (Feb 5) at noon in @uwcse Allen CSE 203 - @cliffschmidt will speak about his time running #Amplio Network (formerly #LiteracyBridge), a #Seattle-based nonprofit organization that uses its #TalkingBook audio device to help #globalPartners amplify and widen their #impact. – at Seattle, WA
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ICTs are increasingly intertwined in our personal and social identities - @SaRaksha speaking at Change. The full paper is Bently, C., Nemer, D., Vannini, S. (2017) "When words become unclear": unmasking ICT through visual methodologies in participatory ICT4D. AI & Society
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