TechBridgeWorld Seminar Series






2007-2008 TechBridgeWorld Seminar Series "Extending the Capabilities of the Internet to the Rural Developing World" Bill Thies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, April 25, 2008, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Newell-Simon Hall 1507 Refreshments will be served TECHBRIDGEWORLD INTERACTIVE Annual event featuring TechBridgeWorld projects around the globe. POVERTY SIMULATION A Special Event as a part of Carnegie Mellon's 2007 International Festival Hosted by TechBridgeWorld in collaboration with Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners (PSVP) and Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Fall 2007 Presentation of V-Unit Project "A Dual-Use Speech CAPTCHA: Aiding Visually Impaired Web Users while Providing Transcriptions of Online Audio Sources" Andy Schlaikjer, Ph.D. Student. Language Technologies Institute Language Technologies Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University 2006-2007 TechBridgeWorld Seminar Series PRESENTATION OF SUMMER IFYRE RESEARCH WITH ADAPTIVE BRAILLE WRITING TUTOR Daniel Dewey, Undergraduate Student and IFYRE Recipient School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Tom Stepleton, Ph.D. Student, Robotics Institute Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Spring 2007 Presentation of V-Unit Projects "DeSIGN: An Intelligent Tutor for American Sign Language " Vinithra Varadharajan, Masters Student and Ling Xu, Ph.D. Student Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University "BlindAid: Navigational Assistance for the Visually Impaired" Sandra Mau, Masters Student, Maxim Makatchev, Ph.D. Student, and Nik Melchior, Ph.D. Student Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University POVERTY SIMULATION A Special Event Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's Office of the Vice Provost for Education Hosted by TechBridgeWorld in collaboration with Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners and the Heinz School’s Institute for Social Innovation Special Joint Seminar with the Field Robotics Center Sustainable Technology for Disaster Response Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Ph.D., Faculty Member, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Intelligent Field Robotics, Department of Mechanical Engineering Commissioner (Chairman) of the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission Special Joint Seminar with the Robotics Institute and Field Robotics Center A Braille Writing Tutor to Combat Illiteracy in Developing Communities Nidhi Kalra and Tom Lauwers, Ph.D. Students, Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Special Joint Seminar with the Robotics Institute and Field Robotics Center Teaching Technical Creativity through Robotics in Ghana G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Ph.D. Student, Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Information Session on the Technology Consulting in the Global Community Program (TCinGC) Joseph S. Mertz, TCinGC Program Director, TechBridgeWorld Associate Director and Associate Teaching Professor, School of Computer Science and H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University along with several Summer 2006 TCinGC Student Participants 2005-2006 TechBridgeWorld Seminar Series Presentation of Spring 2006 Group V-Unit Project entitled “Project HATCH: Helping Advance Technology, Communication, and Health in Haiti" Mindy Lauck, Project Manager, Joe Dupelle, Alexis Lozada, Pete Noll, and Benjamin Todd, Master of Science in Public Policy and Management Students, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Presentation of Fall 2005 Group V-Unit Project “Virtual Community in Health Care: Prospects in Peru” Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Project Manager, Christina Dinwoodie, Mustafa Khan, and Ruth C. Salcedo, Master of Science in Public Policy and Management Students, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Panel Discussion “Cultural Intelligence: A Key Factor for an Effective International Development Career” Moderator: Joe Mertz, Jr., Carnegie Mellon University and Panelists: Dorina Bekoe, U.S. Institute of Peace; Marco Delgado, Delgado & Associates; Juli Majernik, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and James Pawela, Parsons Corporation Presentation of Summer 2005 V-Unit Projects “Investigating the Impact of an Automated Reading Tutor in Ghana” Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Ph.D. Student, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University “Physical Interfaces for Semiliterate Users” Aditya Chand, M.S. Student, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University “Detecting Bilingual Medical Term Translations via Web Mining” Fei Huang, Ph.D. Student, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University “Developing a Quechua to Spanish Translation System” Ariadna Font Llitjós, Ph.D. Student, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University 2004-2005 TechBridgeWorld Seminar Series Meeting Arab Socio-Economic Development Needs Through Information and Communications Technologies Professor Fouad Mrad, American University of Beirut, Lebanon CITRIS - The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society: Accomplishments, New Opportunities and Challenges Professor Ruzena Bajcsy, Director CITRIS; Professor, University of California, Berkeley Lesson from the Field: Some Do's and Don'ts of Development Projects Dr. Kathleen C. Anderson Internet Booths in Indian Villages: A Peep Hole to the World Dr. K. Sundari, Chair, Sociology Stella Maris College (Autonomous) of the University of Madras, Chennai, India Appropriate Technology in Haiti: The Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Story Ian G. Rawson, PhD, CHE
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