Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development最新文献

Iterative Design of an Immunization Information System in Pakistan 巴基斯坦免疫信息系统的迭代设计

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3001925

Samia Razaq, Amna Batool, Umair Ali, M. S. Khalid, U. Saif, Mustafa Naseem

{"title":"Iterative Design of an Immunization Information System in Pakistan","authors":"Samia Razaq, Amna Batool, Umair Ali, M. S. Khalid, U. Saif, Mustafa Naseem","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3001925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3001925","url":null,"abstract":"Routine early age child immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions. The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools such as Immunization Information Systems (IIS) to improve efficiency of vaccination programs has shown mixed but encouraging results in terms of success. The objective of this paper is to present evidence of Evaccs -- a successfully deployed smartphone based vaccinator monitoring app, discuss the need to create a smartphone enabled IIS (called Har Zindagi -- every life matters) that can store digital records of every child, discuss various design and implementation features of Har Zindagi's android application, and present findings of the usability testing performed on the Har Zindagi android app. Given that the vaccinators are non tech-savvy, and the real estate on a smartphone is limited, this application was particularly designed to allow easy record entry process, and smoothen the workflow. This paper builds upon previous work on user interface design for low-literate users, and identifies techniques to iteratively design interfaces with government employees, who may be uncomfortable with giving usability feedback due to fear of repercussions or might have different field reality when compared to their supervisors and policy makers.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124015090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Faster Evacuation after Disaster: Finding Alternative Routes using Probable Human Behavior 灾后快速疏散:利用可能的人类行为寻找替代路线

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006632

Anurata Prabha Hridi, Dipto Das, M. Anjum, Tanmay Das

{"title":"Faster Evacuation after Disaster: Finding Alternative Routes using Probable Human Behavior","authors":"Anurata Prabha Hridi, Dipto Das, M. Anjum, Tanmay Das","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3006632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3006632","url":null,"abstract":"This poster presents an app that can help disaster affected communities find efficient and safe evacuation routes to reduce the loss of human and resources, both during and after a disaster has hit. This proposed app will navigate people seeking evacuation through suitable routes based on geographical condition, structural vulnerability, disaster severity, traffic density, human mobility, etc. The choice of most effective and safe evacuation paths primarily relies on stochastic probability of human movement and requires frequently updated data. In order to achieve this, the app uses real time GPS data by simulating the movement pattern of its users connected to network as well as their previous movement patterns when they are found offline. This simulation process will find out the less congested and safer routes for faster traversal. Users can use these path suggestions to safely drive themselves out of the disaster stricken area. In case of a user being offline, this app will use data stored on the device to suggest evacuation routes based on human mobility pattern. The implementation of this idea will help the app users evacuate safely and quickly, thus minimizing human casualty due to disaster fatality.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114349231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Alphacodes: Usable, Secure Transactions with Untrusted Providers using Human Computable Puzzles 字母表:使用人类可计算谜题与不受信任的提供者进行可用的、安全的交易

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3001924

Ashlesh Sharma, Varun Chandrasekaran, F. Amjad, D. Shasha, L. Subramanian

引用次数: 1

Design Methods to Reduce Technology Fear and Solicit Feedback from Lady Health Workers (LHWs) in Pakistan 设计减少技术恐惧的方法，并征求巴基斯坦女性卫生工作者的反馈

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006646

Amna Batool, A. Asghar, Tayeba Tariq, Mohsin Badar, Iqra Shahzad, Umair Anwar, Mustafa Naseem

引用次数: 1

A Cloud-based Dynamic Waste Management System for Smart Cities 基于云的智慧城市动态废物管理系统

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006629

S. Sharmin, Sikder Tahsin Al-Amin

{"title":"A Cloud-based Dynamic Waste Management System for Smart Cities","authors":"S. Sharmin, Sikder Tahsin Al-Amin","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3006629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3006629","url":null,"abstract":"A smart city is a vision to adopt multiple information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in the management of public affairs. Waste management problem is acute in the cities and urban areas now a days. Number of trucks roaming around, collecting waste at any time, excessive manpower requirement and inefficient monitoring are some of the difficulties we face with the conventional waste collection approach. The purpose of our work is to introduce a smart and intelligent waste management system that is able to handle the process dynamically and cost effectively. In our approach weight and volume of waste thrown in the waste bins are collected by economical sensors and then sent to cloud server using a micro-controller and GPRS. This data is used to find the waste collection schedule to maximize the collection. Location of vehicles and waste bins are used to find the shortest possible collection route for each truck which is implemented by Ant Colony Optimization(ACO) technique. The system is adaptable to dynamic changes i.e. routes blocked during waste collection process. The whole process can be monitored centrally and thus provide a high quality service to the citizens of a smart city.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133253856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 32

Equitable development through deep learning: The case of sub-national population density estimation 通过深度学习实现公平发展:以次国家人口密度估算为例

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3001921

P. Doupe, Emilie Bruzelius, James H. Faghmous, Samuel G. Ruchman

{"title":"Equitable development through deep learning: The case of sub-national population density estimation","authors":"P. Doupe, Emilie Bruzelius, James H. Faghmous, Samuel G. Ruchman","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3001921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3001921","url":null,"abstract":"High-resolution population density maps are a critical component for global development efforts, including service delivery, resource allocation, and disaster response. Traditional population density efforts are predominantly survey driven, which are laborious, prohibitively expensive, infrequently updated, and inaccurate -- especially in remote areas. Furthermore, these maps are developed on a regional-basis where the methods used vary region to region, hence introducing notable spatio-temporal heterogeneity and bias. The advent of global-scale satellite imagery provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to create inexpensive, accurate, homogeneous, and rapidly updated population maps. To fulfill this vision, we must overcome both infrastructure and methodological obstacles. We propose a convolutional neural network approach that addresses some of the methodological challenges, while employing a publicly available, albeit low resolution, remote sensed product. The method converts satellite images into population density estimates. To explore both the accuracy and generalizability of our approach, we train our neural network on Tanzanian imagery and test the model on Kenyan data. We show that our method is able to generalize to unseen data and we improve upon the current state of the art by 177 percent.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123930364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 25

Stochastic Simulator for Smart Microgrid Planning 智能微电网规划的随机模拟器

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006631

J. Thornburg, B. Krogh, T. Ustun

引用次数: 7

Gamifying Knowledge Sharing in the Humanitarian Context 人道主义背景下的知识共享游戏化

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006630

A. Holzer, Bruno Kocher, Isabelle Vonèche Cardia, J. Mazuze, S. Bendahan, D. Gillet

引用次数: 2

The role of the customers in the diffusion of alternative electricity supply solution in Bangalore: A case study of SELCO bringing its rural solution to an urban niche market 客户在班加罗尔替代电力供应解决方案扩散中的作用:SELCO将其农村解决方案引入城市利基市场的案例研究

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3006643

A. Amiraly, Haruki Sawamura

{"title":"The role of the customers in the diffusion of alternative electricity supply solution in Bangalore: A case study of SELCO bringing its rural solution to an urban niche market","authors":"A. Amiraly, Haruki Sawamura","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3006643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3006643","url":null,"abstract":"The article highlights the emergence of Indian urban customers willing to use alternative electricity supply solutions in the context of a discontinuous public electricity supply service in Bangalore. The research identifies how the off-grid service developed by a social enterprise, SELCO, and initially designed for poor rural customers is slowly reaching the urban upper-middle class customers attracted by its practical use and financial incentive. The article aims to address two intertwined questions: (1) how the service of that visionary company is being diffused into the urban society through the nexus of its potential customers? (2) what are the motivations driving these customers in using off-grid options? The case of SELCO helps us to illustrate this market evolution of solar photovoltaic systems. We observe a built-in corporate entrepreneurship culture of the organization playing an important role in bridging projects into a new context by creating an interactive relationship with their existing and potential customers. A small number of individuals in the organization starts working to understand the needs of the client, and slowly identifies new meanings of its service in an urban context recently explored as a market. This demonstrated development of a niche market constitutes an early signal of the emergence of a social group willing to change its consumption behavior and contribute to the environment through their day-to-day activity.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134166503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Let's Talk Money: Evaluating the Security Challenges of Mobile Money in the Developing World 让我们谈谈金钱:评估发展中国家移动货币的安全挑战

Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development Pub Date : 2016-11-18 DOI: 10.1145/3001913.3001919

Sam Castle, Fahad Pervaiz, Galen Cassebeer Weld, Franziska Roesner, Richard J. Anderson

{"title":"Let's Talk Money: Evaluating the Security Challenges of Mobile Money in the Developing World","authors":"Sam Castle, Fahad Pervaiz, Galen Cassebeer Weld, Franziska Roesner, Richard J. Anderson","doi":"10.1145/3001913.3001919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3001913.3001919","url":null,"abstract":"Digital money drives modern economies, and the global adoption of mobile phones has enabled a wide range of digital financial services in the developing world. Where there is money, there must be security, yet prior work on mobile money has identified discouraging vulnerabilities in the current ecosystem. We begin by arguing that the situation is not as dire as it may seem---many reported issues can be resolved by security best practices and updated mobile software. To support this argument, we diagnose the problems from two directions: (1) a large-scale analysis of existing financial service products and (2) a series of interviews with 7 developers and designers in Africa and South America. We frame this assessment within a novel, systematic threat model. In our large-scale analysis, we evaluate 197 Android apps and take a deeper look at 71 products to assess specific organizational practices. We conclude that although attack vectors are present in many apps, service providers are generally making intentional, security-conscious decisions. The developer interviews support these findings, as most participants demonstrated technical competency and experience, and all worked within established organizations with regimented code review processes and dedicated security teams.","PeriodicalId":204042,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134298410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 37