Workshop09

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The CATER Workshop on Technologies for Development

April 10th, 2009, 9 AM – 6 PM

Venue:
Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
251 Mercer Street,
New York, NY 10012

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Lakshmi
Ashlesh

AGENDA
Time Program
9AM - 9.05AM Welcome Address

Prof. Leslie Greengard
Director, NYU Courant Institute

9.05AM - 9.10AM Opening Remarks

Prof. Daniel Stein
Dean of Science, NYU

9.10AM - 9.30AM Introductory Session
The CATER Initiative at NYU – a brief overview

Prof. Lakshminarayanan Subramanian
NYU Courant Institute

9.30AM - 10.30AM Session 1: Improving Access to communication in Rural Areas
Experiences deploying WiLD Networks and the Aravind Telemedicine System (invited talk)

Dr. Sonesh Surana
PhD, UC Berkeley

Challenges extending the Web to the Rural Developing World (short talk)

Jay Chen
PhD candidate, NYU Courant Institute

WiRE: A low-cost communications alternative to Cellular Networks (short talk)

Aditya Dhananjay
PhD candidate, NYU Courant Institute

10:30AM - 10:45AM Break
10.45AM - 12.30PM Session 2: Technologies for Healthcare
Experiences with Rural Mobile Healthcare Solutions (invited talk)

Dr. Neal Lesh
Chief Technology Officer, D-Tree International and Director of Projects, Dimagi

The Ghana Mobile Tele-consultation Network (short talk)

Brian Levine MD.,
Columbia Medical School and NYU School of Medicine

SmartTrack: A User Experience Report of Rural HIV-infected patients (short talk)

Giulio Quarta, Phil Smith, John Trahanas
NYU School of Medicine

SMS-based Mobile Health Records (short talk)

Arvind Kumar
MS candidate, NYU Courant Institute

Automated Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy (short talk)

Nathan Silberman, Google Inc.
Kristy Ahlrich, NYU School of Medicine

12.30PM - 1.30PM Lunch (in Warren Weaver Hall 13th Floor Commons)
1.30PM - 3.00PM Session 3: Enhancing Rural Financial and Commerce Services
Experiences deploying Rural Microfinance Solutions (invited talk)

Prof. Tapan Parikh
School of Information, UC Berkeley

Secure Rural ATM and Branchless Banking Services (short talk)

Michael Paik
PhD candidate, NYU Courant Institute

Secure Supply Chain Management in Rural Settings (short talk)

Ashlesh Sharma
PhD candidate, NYU Courant Institute

Mobile Information Search Services in Rural Contexts (short talk)

Brendan Linn
MS candidate, NYU Courant Institute

3.00PM - 3.15PM Break
3.15PM - 4.15PM Session 4: Tools for Enhancing Rural Education
Experiences deploying Rural Educational Tools (invited talk)

Dr. Joyojeet Pal
University of Washington

Educational Teaching Modules: The WiSEMD experience (short talk)

Prof. Mary Ann Hopkins
Dept of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine

Educational Medical Web Portals (short talk)

Trishank Karthik
MS candidate, NYU Courant Institute

4.15PM - 4.30PM Break
4.30PM - 6.00PM Session 5: Experiences working in Developing Country Settings
Millennium Villages Project (invited talk)

Dr. Patricia Mechael
Earth Institute, Columbia University

“Doctors without Borders”: On-field Rural Surgery Experiences (invited talk)

Prof. Mary Ann Hopkins
NYU School of Medicine

Technologies for Emerging Markets at MSR India (invited talk)

Dr. Kentaro Toyama
Assistant Director, Microsoft Research India

Followup Panel Discussion (30 min)

Moderator: Prof. Bharat Rao, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Patricia Mechael, Mary Ann Hopkins, Kentaro Toyama

6PM - 7PM Reception (in Warren Weaver Hall 13th Floor Commons)
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