Presentation Abstract

What are other universities doing in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD)?

At the University of California, Berkeley, a research group called Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER) is focusing on a variety of computing applications to address challenges in international development. This informal presentation will summarize some of the discussions from the recent TIER workshop organized at UC Berkeley, which was meant to showcase 5 years of TIER's work. This presentation will attempt to draw insights into the field of ICTD in general.

Speaker Bio

Matthew Kam is a member of the TIER research group at UC Berkeley. His dissertation investigates how cell phone-based games can make language and literacy learning more accessible in the developing world. Matthew is graduating with all his degrees from UC Berkeley: Ph.D. in Computer Science with a minor in Education (November 2008, expected), B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (May 2001) and B.A. in Economics (May 2001). He will join Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Interaction Institute as an Assistant Professor in January 2009.