4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions:
NSDR 2010
(now merged with the ACM Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing
Regions Workshop - WiNS-DR)
Co-located with the 8th Annual International Conference on Mobile
Systems, Applications and Services (MobiSys 2010)
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 15th, 2010
http://www.dritte.org/nsdr10
Important Dates
* Submission Deadline: April 9, 2010 (23:59 PST)
* Notification: May 3, 2010
* Camera-ready: May 17, 2010
* Workshop: June 15, 2010
Background
Following three successful workshops of NSDR at SIGCOMM 2007, SIGCOMM
2008 and SOSP 2009, the 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for
Developing Regions (NSDR'10) will provide a venue for researchers to
propose and discuss ideas concerning the design, implementation and
evaluation of new computing and communications technologies to support
the sustainable development of developing regions. The 4th NSDR
workshop is also merging efforts with the ACM Wireless Networks and
Systems for Developing Regions workshop (WiNS-DR) which was co-located
with MobiCom 2008.
More than a billion, less fortunate, people on this planet survive on
less than a dollar a day. Appropriate Information and Communication
Technologies for Development (ICTD) has the potential to significantly
impact the lives of many in the bottom billion. 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. 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. Thus, in addition to considering the
specifics of networking protocols and architectures, the aim of the
workshop is to consider the entire system by which networking and
communication is provided, all the key technical stakeholders, and the
overall system lifecycle from economic modeling to deployment.
NSDR specifically focuses on the technical networking and systems
research challenges that arise in the development of new computing
solutions appropriate for developing regions where conventional
solutions are often inappropriate and the development of new research
approaches and innovative designs and techniques is often
required. NSDR solicits papers that either highlight important
networking and systems challenges in this space or describe the
deployment and evaluation of novel technologies or applications that
address a specific need. 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.
Papers, Topics of Interest
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; and/or
* Generate lively debate at the workshop.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Low-cost wireless connectivity
* Intermittent and delay-tolerant systems
* Rural network planning and spectrum management protocols and
techniques
* Mechanisms for emergency and urgent communications
* Location-aware systems
* Power-efficient systems
* Low-cost computing devices
* Mobile systems and applications
* Middleware and mechanisms for minimizing energy, latency and
storage (caching etc)
* Adapting content and applications for local languages
* User interfaces for low-literacy populations
* Shared access devices and infrastructure, including
personalization and privacy concerns
* Design and evaluation of applications and in-depth case studies
in the areas of public health, microfinance, agriculture,
e-governance, education, monitoring, disaster management, etc.
Submission Instructions
Submissions must be no greater than 6 pages (six pages) in length
(including figures and references), must use a minimum 10pt font and
minimum 1inch margins, must be in the form of a PDF file, and must
follow formatting guidelines and instructions at
http://www.dritte.org/nsdr10/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.
Steering Committee
Elizabeth Belding, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Gaetano Borriello, Univ. of Washington, USA
Eric Brewer, Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA
Ravi Jain, Google, USA
Umar Saif, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Lakshmi Subramanian, New York University, USA
Program Committee
Gaetano Borriello, U. Washington (Program Co-Chair)
Bhaskaran Raman, IIT-Mumbai (Program Co-Chair)
Muneeb Ali, Princeton
Ken Banks, Kiwanja.net
Eric Brewer, UC Berkeley
Ravi Jain, Google
Sharad Jaiswal, Alcatel-Lucent
Mahesh Marina, Univ. of Edinburgh
Prasant Mohapatra, UC Davis
Vivek Pai, Princeton
Tapan Parikh, UC Berkeley
Umar Saif, LUMS
Lakshmi Subramanian, NYU
Bill Thies, MSR India
Arun Venkataramani, Univ. of Massachusetts
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