Digital Inclusion Research: A Global Survey Tom Healy Lead Program Manager John SanGiovanni Program Manager, External Research and Programs Microsoft Research

The Challenge Technology is a driving force in the global economy Innovation is the lifeblood of technology Technology must be extended beyond its traditional user base Computing must be affordable, accessible, and relevant to all communities But, there are some tough research problems to solve

A Research Agenda Devices form factors evolution of mobile phones Connectivity environments without existing network infrastructures; or, intermittent availability Appropriate user interfaces challenges in literacy and for novice users of technology Relevant applications provide benefits in such areas as health, education, and commerce

Approach Support fundamental academic research projects to advance the state-of-the-art of technologies that can be relevant to Digital Inclusion Pursue applied research, such as “test beds” and “proof-of-concept” field experiments Prime consideration was given to those proposals that had support from NGO partners

The MSR Digital Inclusion Project $1.2M worldwide RFP in academic Research targeted to making information technology affordable, accessible, and relevant for the underserved A call for proposals was issued to the worldwide academic research community in late 2005 In January we received 162 proposals representing 34 countries 44 MSR and Microsoft people were involved in the review cycle In February, seventeen (17) research projects were selected; representing 10 countries

Title CountryInstitution Name Mesh Networking: A test bed for security issues and community actions Argentina Cequinor/Lanais EFO, CONICET-UNLP Digital Inclusion Kit in Health and Higher Education Argentina University of Buenos Aires Integrated Healthcare Information Services through Mobile telephony in Botswana Botawana University of Botswana Robust and low cost networking for rural kiosks Canada University of Waterloo Wi-Fi Enabled Phones for bridging the Cognitive Divide and Transforming the Classroom Experience Chile Universidad Catolica de Chile Project of Modern Long-distance Education for Agricultural and Pastoral Area in Tibet China Modern Educational Technology Center Design and Development of a Low-Cost Low-Power Portable Medical Device India International Institute of Information Technology Appropriate technology interaction for facilitating peer to peer internet microfinance in Uganda Netherlands Delft University of Technology Poor Man’s Broadband: Peer-to-Peer Dialup Networking Pakistan Lahore University of Management Sciences Deployment wireless ambient networks on heterogeneous rural environments Uruguay Instituto de Computación. Universidad de la República, Early Warning Flood Systems Based on Sensor Networks USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Speech Interfaces for Health Information-access in Underserved Communities USA Carnegie Mellon University AIR: Advancement through Interactive Radio USA University of Colorado at Boulder Smartphone Health Information and Epidemiology Network (SHIEN) – Vietnam USA Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College Immersive Language Learning Using Smart Phones USA University of California, Berkeley DSH and CAM: Leveraging Low Cost Technology for Rural India USA University of Washington Wireless Grids: A Technology for Rural Networking USA University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Technology Layers Data Data Aggregation, Data Models, Centralized Expertise Networks Protocols, Non-Persistent Connections, Mesh Networks, Sensor Networks Devices and UI Cell Phones, Mobile Devices, Shared Computing, Kiosks Applications Relevant, Integrated Systems

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