Shameem Ahmed

      Bangladesh

Information and Communication Technology for Development

Objective:

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has provided development for developed countries. However, there is ample opportunities (both from economical and research perspective) to utilize ICT for developing regions. We are really interested in EXCITING ICT research challenges applicable for developing regions. Here is some information below regarding the current state of the art.

For further information, any kind of help and/or collaboration, please send e-mail to [rhc] AT [illinois]. [edu] or [ahmed9] AT [illinois].[edu]. Also any kind of constructive suggestion/advice would be highly appreciable.

People:

• Professor Roy Campbell
  Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor
  Department of Computer Science
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• Shameem Ahmed
  Ph.D. Student
  Department of Computer Science
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  

Prominent Researchers:

• Eric A. Brewer
  Professor
  Computer Science Division
  University of California at Berkeley
  Website: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/
  Project name: TIER: Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions
  Project Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/wiki/Home
  
• Saman Amarasinghe
  Associate Professor
  Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT
  Website: http://www.cag.csail.mit.edu/~saman/
  Project name: TEK: Time Equals Knowledge
  Project Website: http://tek.sourceforge.net/
  
• Tapan S. Parikh
  Assistant Professor
  School of Information, UC Berkeley
  Website: http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~parikh/
  
• Srinivasan Keshav
  Associate Professor
  Cheriton School of Computer Science
  University of Waterloo
  Track Chair (WWW 2008: Technology for Developing Regions)
  Website: http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
  
• Rahul Tongia
  Senior Systems Scientist
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rtongia/
  Project: TechBridgeWorld
  
• Michael L. Best
  Assistant Professor
  Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Co-Founder and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Journal of Information Technologies & International Development
  Website: http://mikeb.inta.gatech.edu/
  

Related Projects/Websites

1. http://cag.csail.mit.edu/ict4dev/
2. http://web.mit.edu/afong05/Public/test_site/Connect.html
3. http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/tetherless/index.php/KioskNet
4. http://www.citris-uc.org/
5. http://nextbillion.mit.edu/
6. http://dc.media.mit.edu/ICT4D-Class.html
7. http://www.idrc.ca/
8. http://www.i4donline.net/
9. http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
10. http://www.infodev.org/
11. http://stockholmchallenge.se/
12. http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US
13. http://www.eldis.org/ict/
14. http://africa.rights.apc.org/
15. http://www.benetech.org/

Journals:

1. IEEE Pervasive Computing
2. Information Technologies and International Development (ITID), MIT Press Journals
3. The Journal of Community Informatics
4. Journal of Science, Technology, and Society

Conferences / Workshops:

1. ICTD 2009: IEEE/ACM Intl. Conference Information Communication Technologies Development
2. ICTD 2007: IEEE/ACM Intl. Conference Information Communication Technologies Development
3. ICTD 2006: International Conference on Information Communication Technologies and Development
4. WWW 2008: Technology for Developing Regions Track
5. WWW 2007: Technology for Developing Regions Track
6. WWW 2006: Alternate Track: Technology for Developing Regions
7. CHI 2008: HCI for community and international development Workshop
8. CHI 2007: User Centered Design and International Development Workshop
9. ACM MobiCom Workshop on Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR) 2008
10. ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems in Developing Regions (NSDR) 2008
11. International Conference on ICT for Development
12. International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
13. Information and Communications Technology or Sustainable Development, Bangalore (2004)
14. Workshop on IT Sustainable Development, Washington DC (2003)
15. AI in ICT for Development Workshop

Courses/ Blogs/ Others:

1. MS.962 http://dc.media.mit.edu/ICT4D-Class.html (MIT)
2. http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/blog/
3. http://ictdchick.com/web/