Call for Papers - International Conference on Information & Communications Technologies and Development

Subject: FW: Call for Papers - International Conference on Information & Communications Technologies
and Development
From: Giang Truong Nguyen <ngiang@andrew.cmu.edu>

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Subject: ICTD2006 - Call for Papers - Intl. Conf. on Information and
Communications Technologies and Development 2006
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(Apologies for any cross-posting/multiple emails).

ICTD2006 is a scholarly, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary conference on ICT
and Development, and will be in cooperation with IEEE and ACM.

CMU has many activities in this space, and is co-organizing this event. Raj
Reddy is the Conference co-chair, and I (Rahul Tongia) am an organizing
co-chair.

I hope you can help spread the word, and even submit for the conference in
May 2006 - *indicative* Abstracts are due soon...

Rahul

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Rahul Tongia, Ph.D.
Systems Scientist

School of Computer Science (ISRI) / Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
tel: 412-268-5619
fax: 412-268-2338
email: tongia@cmu.edu

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Conference Announcement

ICTD 2006
Intl. Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and
Development

May 25-26, 2006
University of California at Berkeley

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in projects that apply
information and communication technologies (ICT) to support socio-economic
development. Every sector is involved - governments, academia, small
start-ups, large corporations, inter-governmental organizations, and
non-profits and NGOs. In spite of the tremendous energy and resources
behind these projects, rigorous research in this space is just beginning to
emerge. What is the actual impact of ICT projects? What novel technology is
required to meet development needs? What methodologies lead to success or
failure of a project?

The goal of ICTD2006 is to provide a forum for academic researchers working
with ICT applied to development, anywhere in the world, and not just in
developing countries. The conference will be sponsored and hosted by the
School of Information Management and Systems, University of California,
Berkeley. Other sponsors include Microsoft Research India and Siemens
Corporate Technology, China. The conference is also being held in
cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University, the International Institute of
Information Technology, Bangalore; Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and SIGCAS (Special
Interest Group - Computers and Society) of the ACM (Association for
Computing Machinery). This is expected to be the first of an ongoing series
of conferences to occur every one or two years, moving from country to
country.

The links with IEEE and ACM, or with Microsoft and Siemens, are not meant
to suggest a purely technical intent of ICTD2006. On the contrary, the
conference will be multi-disciplinary, bring together researchers in both
the social and technical sciences, with anticipated representation from
anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, computer science,
electrical engineering, industrial design, and so on. The Program Committee
includes professionals spanning the multitude of disciplines.

For the purposes of this conference, the term "ICT" will comprise computing
devices (e.g., PCs, PDAs, sensor networks), technologies for voice and data
connectivity, the Internet, and related technologies. Application domains
include, but are not restricted to, education, agriculture, healthcare,
poverty alleviation, general communication, and governance.

Submissions reporting rigorous, high-quality, original research are
solicited. Papers considering novel design, new technology, project
assessment, policy impact, content, social issues around ICT for
development, and so forth will be considered. Well-presented negative
results from which generalizable conclusions can be drawn are also sought.

Submitted papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review, and a full
proceedings will be published at the time of the conference by IEEE. Only
original, unpublished papers in English will be considered. Abstracts will
facilitate the review process, and should be 200-400 words in length.
Authors should follow IEEE formats and styles. Authors will be required to
sign a copyright release for the Conference Proceedings. In addition, a
selection of best papers will be chosen for publication in a Special Issue
in a leading journal.

Important Dates (exact dates will be posted at
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/events/ictd2006)
. Deadline for brief abstracts and intent to submit: October 25, 2005
. Deadline for full paper submissions: December 20, 2005
. Notification to authors: January 30, 2006
. Deadline for camera-ready copy: March 17, 2006
. Conference dates: May 25-26, 2006
To submit abstracts and papers, please follow the instructions at:
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/events/ictd2006/paper_submission.htm

For further questions, please contact: ictd2006@yahoo.com.

Conference website:
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/events/ictd2006

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