Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions

MContents:

1. General TIER
2. DTN/TierStore
3. Education
4. ICT for Development
5. Kiosks
6. Speech
7. Wireless/Networking
8. ICT for Healthcare
9. Related Publications

General TIER

• The Case for Technology for Developing Regions. Eric Brewer, Michael Demmer, Bowei Du, Kevin Fall, Melissa Ho, Matthew Kam, Sergiu Nedevschi, Joyojeet Pal, Rabin Patra, and Sonesh Surana. IEEE Computer. Volume 38, Number 6, pp. 25-38, June 2005.
• Human-Computer Interaction for Development: The Past, Present and Future. Melissa R. Ho, Thomas N. Smyth, Matthew Kam, and Andy Dearden. In Information Technology and International Development (ITID), Vol. 5, No. 4. 2009.
• Stories from the Field: Reflections on HCI4D Experiences. Yaw Anokwa, Thomas N. Smyth, Divya Ramachandran, Jahanzeb Sherwani, Yael Schwartzman, Rowena Luk, Melissa Ho, Neema Moraveji, Brian Derenzi.In Information Technology and International Development (ITID), Vol. 5, No. 4. 2009.
• Deploying a Rural Wireless Telemedicine System: Experiences in Sustainability. Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi and Eric Brewer. IEEE Computer. Volume 41, Number 6, pp. 48-56, June 2008.
• The Challenges of Technology Research for Developing Regions. Eric Brewer, Michael Demmer, Melissa Ho, R.J. Honicky, Joyojeet Pal, Madelaine Plauché,and Sonesh Surana.IEEE Pervasive Computing. Volume 5, Number 2, pp. 15-23, April-June 2006.
• A Scalable Enabling IT Infrastructure for Developing Regions. National Science Foundation (NSF) ITR Proposal, 2003.

DTN/TierStore

• Message Phone: A User Study and Analysis of Asynchronous Messaging in Rural Uganda. Kurtis Heimerl, RJ Honicky, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh. ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), October 11, 2009, Big Sky, MT
• TierStore: A Distributed File-System for Challenged Networks. Michael Demmer, Bowei Du and Eric Brewer.File and Storage Technologies (FAST), San Jose, CA, February 2008 PDF.
• DTWIKI: A Disconnected and Intermittency Tolerant Wiki. Bowei Du and Eric Brewer. 17th International WWW Conference, Beijing, China, April 2008 PDF
• Towards a Modern Communications API. Michael Demmer, Kevin Fall, Teemu Koponen, and Scott Shenker. Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HOTNETS), Atlanta, GA, November 2007 PDF.
• A message oriented phone system for low cost connectivity. R.J. Honicky, Omar Bakr, Michael Demmer, Eric Brewer. Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HOTNETS), Atlanta, GA, November 2007 PDF.
• DTLSR: Delay Tolerant Routing for Developing Regions. Michael Demmer and Kevin Fall.ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems in Developing Regions (NSDR), Kyoto, Japan. August 2007 PDF.
• Analysis of WWW Traffic in Cambodia and Ghana. Bowei Du, Michael Demmer, Eric Brewer.15th International WWW Conference, Edinburgh, May 2006PDF.
• Implementing Delay Tolerant Networking. Michael Demmer, Eric Brewer, Kevin Fall, Sushant Jain, Melissa Ho, Rabin Patra.IRB-TR-04-020, Dec. 28, 2004.PDF.
• DTNLite: A Reliable Data Transfer Architecture for Sensor Networking. Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra.8th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES), September, 2004.PDF.

Education

• A Case Study on Designing Interfaces for Multiple Users in Developing Regions. Kurtis Heimerl, Janani Vasudev, Kelly G. Bucanan, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh. ACM DEV December 2010
• Metamouse: Improving Multi-user Sharing of Existing Education Content. Kurtis Heimerl, Janani Vasudev, Kelly G. Buchanan, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh. International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) December 2010.
• Metamouse: Multiple Mice for Legacy Applications. Kurtis Heimerl, Divya Ramachandran, Joyojeet Pal, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh. Demo at International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) April 2009.
• Metamouse: Multiple Mice for Legacy Applications. Kurtis Heimerl, Divya Ramachandran, Joyojeet Pal, Eric Brewer, Tapan Parikh. Work In Progress at Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) April 2009.
• Usage Models of Classroom Computing in Developing Regions. Rabin Patra, Joyojeet Pal, Sergiu Nedevschi, Madelaine Plauche and Udai Pawar.International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2007. PDF.
• My Child Will Be Respected: Parental Perspectives on Computers in Rural India. Joyojeet Pal, Meera Lakshmanan and Kentaro Toyama,.International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2007.PDF
• Localized Iterative Design for Language Learning in Underdeveloped Regions: The PACE Framework. Matthew Kam, Divya Ramachandran, Varun Devanathan, Anuj Tewari, and John Canny. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07), San Jose, California, April 28-May 3, 2007.
• Practical Considerations for Participatory Design with Rural School Children in Underdeveloped Regions: Early Reflections from the Field. Matthew Kam, Divya Ramachandran, Anand Raghavan, Jane Chiu, Urvashi Sahni, and John Canny. ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Tampere, Finland, June 2006 PDF.
• Early-stage practicalities of implementing computer aided education:Experience from India. Joyojeet Pal.4th International Workshop on Technology for Education in Developing Countries (TEDC) 2006 
• The case for multi-user design for computer aided learning in developing regions. Joyojeet Pal, Udai Singh Pawar, Eric A. Brewer, Kentaro Toyama.15th International WWW Conference, Edinburgh, May 2006 PDF.
• Designing Educational Technology for Developing Regions: Some Preliminary Hypotheses. Matthew Kam, Divya Ramachandran, Urvashi Sahni, and John Canny. 3rd International Workshop on Technology for Education in Developing Countries (TEDC), July 2005.
• The Digital StudyHall. Randolph Wang, Urvashi Sahni, Sumeet Sobti, Nitin Garg, Jaswinder Pal Singh, Matthew Kam, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Thomas Anderson. Technical Report TR-723-05, Computer Science Department, Princeton University. March 2005. 

ICT for Development

• Outsourcing the State? Public-Private Partnerships and Information Technologies in India. Renee Kuriyan and Isha Ray. World Development 2009.
• E for Express: Seeing the Indian State through ICTD Renee Kuriyan and Isha Ray. Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2009. 
• ICTD State of the Union: Where have we reached and where are we headed? Rabin Patra, Joyojeet Pal and Sergiu Nedevschi. International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2009. 
• Outsourcing Development: The State, Entrepreneurship and Information Technologies in India. Renee Kuriyan, 2008. 
• How to Use Technology to Spur Development. Renee Kuriyan, Isha Ray and Daniel Kammen.Issues in Science And Technology, Winter 2008. 
• Computers and the Promise of Development: Aspiration, Neoliberalism and Technolity in Indias ICTD enterprise. Joyojeet Pal. Confronting the Challenge of Technology for Development: Experiences from the BRICS, Oxford, United Kingdom, May 2008.
• Constructing Class Boundaries: Gender and Shared Computing. Renee Kuriyan and Kathi Kitner. 2nd Annual Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD), Bangalore, 2007.
• ICT and Development: The Kerala Model. Renee Kuriyan. Digital Kerala 2006. Green Chip Publications. Kerala State Information Technology Mission.
• Social Dynamics of Early Stage Co-Design in Developing Regions. Divya Ramachandran, Matthew Kam, Jane Chiu, John Canny, and James L. Frankel. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07), San Jose, California, April 28-May 3, 2007. PDF.
• Understanding Concepts of 'Development' and Linkages to Deployment Strategies in ICT4D in India. Renee Kuriyan and Jennifer Bussell. in Circumventing the Digital Divide: Lessons from Kerala Experience. Eds. Palackal, A. and Shrum W. Southern Book Star: New Delhi 
• Bayesian Networks: A Statistical Approach for Understanding ICT Adoption. Sergiu Nedevschi, Jaspal Sandhu, Joyojeet Pal, Rodrigo Fonseca, Kentaro Toyama. 1st International Conference on ICT and Development, UC Berkeley, May 2006.
• Computing Devices for All: Creating and Selling the Low-Cost Computer. Rodrigo Fonseca, Joyojeet Pal. 1st International Conference on ICT and Development, UC Berkeley, May 2006
• Will Information Technology Reshape the North-South Asymmetry of Power in the Global Political Economy? Steve Weber, Jennifer Bussell. Studies In Comparative International Development, Vol. 40, No.2, pp. 62-84, Summer 2005. 
• Will the Digital Revolution Revolutionize Development? Drawing Together the Debate. Taylor Boas, Thad Dunning, Jennifer Bussell. Studies In Comparative International Development, Vol. 40, No.2, pp. 95-110, Summer 2005. 
• International Norms on ICTs for Development: New Data, Initial Findings, and Opportunities for Analysis. Jennifer Bussell. 101st American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Sept, 2005. 

Kiosks

• Information and Communication Technologies for Development: The Bottom of the Pyramid Model in Practice. Renee Kuriyan, Isha Ray and Kentaro Toyama. The Information Society. Vol 24 (2)1-12, 2008. PDF.
• Examining e-literacy Using Telecenters as Public Spending: The Case of Akshaya. Joyojeet Pal. 2nd International Conference on ICT and Development, Bangalore India, December 2007 
• Public Private Partnerships and Information Technologies for Development in India. Renee Kuriyan and Isha Ray. 2nd International Conference on ICT and Development, Bangalore India, December 2007. 
• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Open Access Village Telecenter Initiatives: The case of Akshaya. Joyojeet Pal, Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, and Eric Brewer. E-Learning, 3(3), pp. 291-316, 2006 
• Integrating Social Development and Financial Sustainability: The Challenges of Rural Kiosks in Kerala. Renee Kuriyan, Isha Ray, Kentaro Toyama. 1st International Conference on ICT and Development, UC Berkeley, May 2006 
• A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Studying Village Internet Kiosk Initiatives: The case of Akshaya. Sergiu Nedevschi, Joyojeet Pal, Rabin Patra, and Eric Brewer. Policy Options and Models for Bridging Digital Divides, March 2005. 
• Rural Telecenter Impact Assessments and the Political Economy of ICT for Development (ICT4D). Jessica Aalami and Joyojeet Pal. BRIE (Berkeley Roundtable for the International Economy) Working Paper 164, January 2005.

Speech

• How to build a Spoken Dialog System with Limited (or no) Resources. Madelaine Plauché, Özgür Çetin, and Udhaykumar Nallasamy. AI in ICT for Development Workshop of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Hyderabad, India. January, 2007. 
• Tamil Market: A Spoken Dialog System for rural India. Madelaine Plauché, and Madhu Prabaker. Working papers in Computer-Human Interfaces, April 2006. 
• Speech Recognition for Illiterate Access to Information and Technology. Madelaine Plauché, Chuck Wooters, Divya Ramachandran, Joyojeet Pal, Udhyakumar N. 1st International Conference on ICT and Development, UC Berkeley, May 2006. 
• Hardware Speech Recognition on Low-Cost and Low-Power Devices.Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, and Eric Brewer. 41st Design Automation Conference, June 2005. 

Wireless/Networking

• The Village Base Station. Kurtis Heimerl, Eric Brewer. ACM Workship on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), June 15th, 2010, San Francisco, CA
• Interference Avoidance and Control. Ramakrishna Gummadi, Rabin Patra, Hari Balakrishnan, Eric Brewer. ACM HotNets, 2008.
• An Adaptive, High Performance MAC for Long-Distance Multihop Wireless Networks. Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Sylvia Ratnasamy, Lashminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer. ACM MOBICOM, 2008. 
• A Radio Multiplexing Architecture for High Throughput Point to Multipoint Wireless Networks. Ramakrishna Gummadi, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Eric Brewer. ACM MOBICOM Workshop on Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR), 2008. 
• Optimal Scheduling and Power Control for TDMA based Point to Multipoint Wireless Networks. Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Sergiu Nedevschi, Eric Brewer. ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), August 2008. 
• Beyond Pilots: Keeping Rural Wireless Networks Alive. Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Manuel Ramos, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Yahel Ben-David, Eric Brewer. ACM USENIX NSDI, 2008. 
• Simplifying Fault Diagnosis in Locally Managed Rural WiFi Networks. Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Eric Brewer. ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), August 2007. 
• WiLDNet: Design and Implementation of High Performance WiFi Based Long Distance Networks. Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Anmol Sheth, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer. USENIX NSDI, April 2007.
• Packet Loss Characterization in WiFi-based Long Distance Networks. Anmol Sheth, Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer. IEEE INFOCOM, May 2007. 
• Potential of CDMA450 for Rural Network Connectivity. Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Bowei Du, Rabin Patra, Eric Brewer and Victor Stan. IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on New Directions In Networking Technologies In Emerging Economies, Jan 2007. 
• Rethinking Wireless in the Developing World. Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Melissa Ho, Eric Brewer and Anmol Sheth. Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-V), November 2006. 
• Economic Analysis of Networking Technologies for Rural Developing Regions. S. M. Mishra, J. Hwang, D. Filippini, T. Du, R. Moazzami, and L. Subramanian. 1st Workshop on Internet and Network Economics, Dec 2005. 

ICT for Healthcare

• Research and Reality: Using Mobile Messages to Promote Maternal Health in Rural India. Divya Ramachandran, Vivek Goswami, John Canny. To appear in Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, December 2010.
• Mobile-izing Health Workers in Rural India. Divya Ramachandran, John Canny, Prabhu Dutta Das, Ed Cutrell. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.April 2010.
• Claim Mobile: Engaging Conflicting Stakeholder Requirements in Healthcare in Uganda. Melissa Ho, Emmanuel K. Owusu, Paul M. Aoki. Proc. IEEE/ACM Conf. on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2009), Apr. 2009, 35-45. 
• ICTD for Healthcare in Ghana: Two Parallel Case Studies. Rowena Luk, Matei Zaharia, Melissa Ho, Brian Levine, Paul M. Aoki. Proc. IEEE/ACM Conf. on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2009), Apr. 2009, 118-128. 
• Cultural Divides in the Construction of Socioprofessional Medical Practice. Rowena Luk, Melissa Ho, and Paul Aoki. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S 2008), Rotterdam, August 2008.
• Asynchronous Remote Medical Consultation for Ghana. Rowena Luk, Melissa Ho, Paul M. Aoki. Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008), Apr. 2008, 743-752. 
• Applying User-Centered Design to Telemedicine. Melissa Ho, Rowena Luk, Paul M. Aoki. CHI 2007 Workshop on User Centered Design for International Development, Apr. 2007. 
• A Framework for Designing Teleconsultation Systems in Africa.Rowena L. Luk, Melissa Ho and Paul Aoki. Proc. Int'l Conf. on Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA 2007), Bamako, Mali, Jan. 2007, 28(1-5).

Related Publications

• Microsoft Research India
  • Multiple Mice for Retention Tasks in Disadvantaged Schools. Udai Pawar, Joyojeet Pal, Rahul Gupta, Kentaro Toyama. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07), San Jose, California, April 28-May 3, 2007. 
  • Multiple Mice for Computers in Education in Developing Countries.Udai Pawar, Joyojeet Pal, Kentaro Toyama. 1st International Conference on ICT and Development, UC Berkeley, May 2006. 
  • Text- Free UI: Prospects and Challenges for Social Access. Indrani Medhi and Renee Kuriyan. Taking Stock of E-development Conference. Sao Paolo, May 2007. 
• Sushant Jain
  • Using redundancy to cope with failures in a delay tolerant network. Sushant Jain, Michael Demmer, Rabin Patra, Kevin R. Fall. ACM SIGCOMM, August 2005. 
  • Routing in a delay tolerant network. Sushant Jain, Kevin R. Fall, Rabin Patra. ACM SIGCOMM, August 2004.