[liberationtech] Computing for Global Development: Is it Computer Science Research?'

[James Davis]

I actually think its a fine time to be a grad student in this area since 
I think its expanding, not shrinking. I happened to hear of another 
faculty slot for ICTD last night. Anyway, this discussion within CS has 
been going on mostly in places students wouldn't be aware of it, so if 
you're a student in CS and thinking you'd like to talk to a faculty 
level person about this area, feel free to get in touch. I'm happy to 
chat and tell you what I know (because I'd like to see more faculty 
doing this work, which requires more grad students doing this work, who 
then go on to take the faculty positions). 

-james


Tom Wiltzius wrote:
> Yes, and a topic of keen interest for me as I'm looking at PhD 
> programs... the CCC workshop summary is particularly telling, because 
> there's this strong tension between in-depth area-specific CS research 
> and the often-broader aspirations of ICT4D work. And of course if you 
> tell someone you're interested in ICTD that's interesting, but how are 
> you going to publish, right? Nice to see the new conference proposal.
>
> Tom
>
> Joshua Cohen wrote:
>> much appreciated.
>>
>> Josh Cohen
>>
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 10:53 PM, James Davis wrote:
>>
>>> There was a great deal of discussion surrounding this point at the  
>>> CCC Workshop on Computer Science and Global Development at Berkeley 
>>> a few months ago. The link below takes you to the official webpage 
>>> which has a Summary report as well as Proceedings with a 2pg 
>>> position paper from each attendee.
>>>
>>> http://www.cra.org/ccc/globaldev.php
>>>
>>> -james
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Terry Winograd wrote:
>>>>> http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/files/p40-v39n5c5-aliA.pdf
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