Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2007

Tom Healy Lead Program Manager Microsoft Research

1,500 – 1, ,000 Bottom of Pyramid H/H Income <$1,500 60% of the world Underserved markets in developed countries Middle of Pyramid H/H Income $1,500-$20,000 30% of the world Top of Pyramid H/H Income >$20,000 10% of the world Technology must to be affordable, accessible, and relevant for the “bottom of the pyramid” Solutions need to be considered from “first principles” for that specific segment. Social and cultural relevance is key.

Basic Research Use-Inspired Research Applied Research “Pasteur’s Quadrant” Quest for FundamentalUnderstanding? Yes No Yes Consideration of Use? Donald Stokes Brookings Institution, 1997

Data Data Aggregation, Data Models Networks Protocols, Non-Persistent Connections, Mesh Networks, Sensor Networks Devices & UI Cell Phones, Mobile Devices, Shared Computing, Kiosks Applications Relevant, Integrated Systems Social and Cultural Relevance

$1.2M worldwide RFP in early submissions from 34 countries. 17 projects were selected Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partnerships. Pursue “proof-of-concept” field experiments.

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

Guillermo Marshall University of Buenos Aires Digital Inclusion Kit in Health and Higher Education Our goal is to promote research and development in Latin America. In Telemedicine (TM), we aim to reach underserved zones, rural and urban, with mobile technology (DITRK), which allows data acquisition from patients unable to visit medical centers. Mobile devices with portable acquisition systems, such as ECG or arterial blood pressure, enable the building of a clinic database for use in preventive medicine for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer among others. As a backbone, a Virtual Cluster (VC) is constructed, sharing all patient data among educational and research communities.

Data mining Local clinician enters additional data Transmitted to centralized site Skilleddoctoranalyzes Clinicaldatabase Guidance to remote site Sensor data transmitted to cell phone Bluetooth peripheral device that communicates patient data to the phone

Srinivasan Keshav University of Waterloo, Canada Robust and Low Cost Networking for Rural Kiosks Rural internet kiosks provide services including birth, marriage, and death certificates, land records, and consulting on medical and agricultural problems, however network connectivity for these kiosks is both expensive and failure prone. We are investigating the use of cars, buses and even bullock carts that pass by a kiosk carrying a small computer with 20-40GB of storage and a WiFi card as mechanical backhaul devices to opportunistically communicate with kiosk controllers to carry data to and from a village and an internet gateway.

Srinivasan Keshav, University of Waterloo; Sanijiva Prasad, IIT, Delhi Collaborative project between U of Waterloo and IIT, Delhi. “Mechanical backhaul” and long-range directional wireless mesh networking technologies in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Government trucks visit the rural kiosks. They send/receive data from the kiosk when the trucks are in transmission proximity and bring back the data to headquarters. Connectivity to 80 current rural kiosks, project will expand to 4200 kiosks.

Eduardo Grampin Universidad de la Republica Uruguay Deployment of Wireless Ambient Networks on Heterogeneous Rural Environments Remote rural communities in Uruguay frequently depend on unreliable, expensive, low capacity physical links, and some lack networking infrastructure. Our solution to improve connectivity uses Ambient Networks (AN) concepts to enable the cooperation of heterogeneous networks to allow instant and dynamic user access. RAN implementation will be policy-based, evolving, and platform independent and the architecture will be applicable to end devices such as PDAs or mobile phones, and flexible enough to deal with central components such as gateways and servers.

Bridge digital divide in a specific rural communities Wireless communication infrastructure Software tools for production and collaborative work Academic research in Wireless technologies WiFi, WiMAX, 3G/4G Network abstraction and composition: ambient networks Mobility management, handoff, location-aware services Routing, Ad-hoc / Mesh networking Mobile devices, software tools and middlewares Policy Based Network Management Collaborative workgroup frameworks

Jan Carel Diehl Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Appropriate Technology Interaction for Facilitating Peer to Peer Internet Microfinance in Uganda KIVA operates with local microfinance institutions (MFI) to connect individual entrepreneurs in developing countries, through a direct peer-to-peer network online, with sponsors in developed countries who provide funding for their business development proposals. The goal of this research is to identify which technology interaction forms are most appropriate for integration into the operational context of microfinance institutions (MFI) working in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in order to facilitate entrepreneurs’ access to micro credit through KIVA.

During six months in 2006 design researchers worked directly with Kiva.org and four of its existing microfinance partners in Uganda and Kenya to develop an appropriate technology solution to facilitate the use of their online lending platform.Kiva.org The solution is a cell phone-based application dubbed ‘The Miracle Mobile Solution’ or MiMoSo. partner information including text and images, can now be sent via Multi-Media Message Service. Users submit updates directly over the mobile network without the need for an internet connection.“

Miguel Nussbaum Universidad Catolica de Chile Wi-Fi Enabled Phones for Bridging the Cognitive Divide and Transforming the Classroom Experience Experts stress the need to change the traditional classroom dynamic to one in which the teacher guides students as they actively learn by themselves. Handheld devices with wireless networks (WiFi) enable Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, but the cost of equipment for a classroom is beyond a poor country’s budget. This project will enable teachers to connect through GPRS/EDGE networks using his/her phone to guide students through online resources, with students following on their Wi-Fi enabled phones.

Handheld devices with wireless networks (WiFi) allow face-to-face Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Wi-Fi enabled phones can make a great impact in transforming classrooms. The project aims to bring the Internet to the classroom without any other hardware. Demonstrate that with WiFi enabled phones the cognitive development of children improves in a one semester experience.

Cell phone is the platform. Healthcare, Education, and Micro- economy support are the killer apps. Multi-discipline approaches work; and, are needed. NGO participation is key to success in social relevance.

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