NSDR 2009 - 3rd ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR 2009)

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Category NSDR 2009

Deadline: June 15, 2009 | Date: October 11, 2009

Venue/Country: Montana, U.S.A

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

To be held with the 22nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP)

Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana

October 11th, 2009

http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09

** Important Dates **

Submission Deadline: June 15

Notification: August 5

Camera-ready: September 5

Workshop: October 11

** Background **

Following on two successful workshops hosted with ACM SIGCOMM in 2007

and 2008, the 3rd ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions

(NSDR '09) will provide a venue for researchers to present ideas and

results concerning the design, implementation and evaluation of new

computing and communications technologies serving developing regions.

The decreasing cost and increasing access to information and

communication technologies (e.g., mobile phones) are rapidly enabling

access to new services and markets for previously disconnected

populations. However, due to a variety of factors, including cost,

literacy, education, and organizational capacity, conventional

approaches to technology design and implementation are often not

relevant. Moreover, empirical evidence for the impact of such

technologies is largely anecdotal, beyond a few well-known and

well-cited examples.

Addressing this requires engagement of several disciplines, including

but not limited to economics, sociology, anthropology, and political

science, and expertise in a variety of application areas - including

government, health, finance and agriculture. NSDR focuses on

addressing significant technical challenges (e.g., communication

infrastructure in rural areas, novel caching techniques for challenged

networks, security issues arising in such contexts), and on the

deployment and evaluation of novel technologies or applications that

address a specific need (e.g. providing remote financial services or

health care).

** Papers **

We encourage submission of position papers or the results of

preliminary work describing interesting, original, previously

unpublished ideas or results pertaining to the design, implementation

and/or evaluation of networks and systems for developing regions.

Accepted papers will:

- propose new research directions;

- target a specific application;

- inform design and/or deployment;

- or generate lively debate at the workshop.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Low-cost wireless connectivity

- Intermittent systems

- Power-efficient systems

- Low-cost computing devices

- Mobile systems and applications

- Adapting content and applications for local languages

- User interfaces for low-literacy populations

- Design and evaluation of applications for public health,

microfinance, agriculture, e-governance, education, monitoring,

disaster management, etc.

** Submission **

Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages (six pages) in length (including

figures and references), must be a PDF file, and must follow formatting

guidelines and instructions at http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09/submit.html.

Submissions that deviate from these guidelines will be rejected

without consideration. Reviews will be SINGLE-BLIND: authors' names

and affiliations should be included in the submission.

Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the

workshop. Submissions must be original work not under review at any

other workshop, conference or journal.

** Program Committee **

Vivek Pai, Princeton (co-chair)

Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley (co-chair)

Muneeb Ali, Princeton

John Bennett, Colorado

Gaetano Borriello, U. Washington

Eric Brewer, UC Berkeley

Ravi Jain, Google

S. Keshav, Waterloo

KyoungSoo Park, Pittsburgh

Bhaskaran Raman, IIT-Mumbai

Umar Saif, LUMS

Lakshmi Subramanian, NYU

Bill Thies, MSR India

Kentaro Toyama, MSR India