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N.C.P.E.D.P. and BarrierBreak Technologies put forward National Policy on Electronic Accessibility
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/n.c.p.e.d.p.-and-barrierbreak-technologies-put-forward-national-policy-on-electronic-accessibility
<b>Article in Disability News and Information Service, 15 July 2009</b>
<p><strong><em>D.N.I.S. News Network:</em></strong> National Centre for
Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (N.C.P.E.D.P.) in
association with BarrierBreak Technologies has come up with a draft for
a National Policy on Electronic Accessibility. The objective of the
policy is to provide persons with disabilities equal access to
electronic and information and communication technology and services.
This policy expands on the United Nations Convention for the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities which India has ratified.</p>
<p>
Shilpi Kapoor, Managing Director, BarrierBreak Technologies says,
“Technology today is there in all aspects of life. Using electronic and
information and communication technology, we can bridge the barriers
that exist for persons with disabilities. Such a policy needs to be
applicable across different ministries and departments.”</p>
<p>
The National Policy on Electronic Accessibility emphasizes the
importance of creating awareness on accessibility and universal design
and creating and implementing standards and guidelines. It also aims at
promoting research and development in the area of universal design and
assistive technology and independent living aids and schemes in the
area of accessible electronic and information and communication
technology.</p>
<p>
The policy also emphasizes the importance of building capacity to
ensure that accessible products and services can be developed in India.</p>
<p>
Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet and Society,
feels positive about the draft. "Having a National Electronic
Accessibility Policy would be an extremely positive move for India
towards bridging the digital divide; it will serve as a leading example
to other developing countries to take similar initiatives and create a
truly inclusive and accessible world," she said.</p>
<p>
The draft will be placed before N.C.P.E.D.P.’s Core Group on
Communication and Information Technology in its meeting on July 23 and
the National Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities on
July 24. Once the policy is approved at these two forums, it will be
placed before the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
for their consideration.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/n.c.p.e.d.p.-and-barrierbreak-technologies-put-forward-national-policy-on-electronic-accessibility'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/n.c.p.e.d.p.-and-barrierbreak-technologies-put-forward-national-policy-on-electronic-accessibility</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaAccessibility2011-04-02T15:43:42ZNews ItemOnline Interest in Advani Rises
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/online-interest-in-advani-rises
<b>Article by Sruthi Krishnan in the Hindu, 15 May 2009, quoting CIS Research Director Nishant Shah</b>
<p>Online interest in BJP leader L.K. Advani reached its highest point
in the last 12 months when a slipper was thrown at him. The data on
Google Trends, an application that shows how often a search term has
been sought for on Google over time, also shows that the interest in
Mr. Advani’s name rose steadily as the general elections approached.</p>
<p>Contrary to what many consider as just another activity on the
Internet, searching is the “backbone of cyberspace,” says Nishant Shah,
Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. .</p>
<p>The search for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shows a peak in July
2008 in the last 12 months, corresponding to the UPA Government winning
the trust vote. That the interest in searching for public personalities
closely mirrors news interest in the outside world is undeniable, says
Mr. Shah. “The Internet is not as much a broadcast media as a
search-and-find media.” Hence, in this context, the Internet acts as a
“reference book” rather than a “best seller,” he says.</p>
<p>In the last 12 months, the political event that fired up Google in
India was the launch of Praja Rajyam, coinciding with a spike in the
search for actor Chiranjeevi’s name. This was the highest among the
search history in the last 12 months of the ten most searched
politicians in India on Google – a list released by Google recently.</p>
<p>The list includes Mr. Advani, Mr. Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress
general secretary Rahul Gandhi.</p>
<p>However, Mr. Shah cautions that in an emerging information society
like India, an increase in online search for a particular name or event
may not imply that it is popular across the country. “Given the limited
amount of internet access and the almost homogeneous user group that
has interactive access to being online, it means that within that
particular class-language group, a certain event or person is gaining
popularity.”</p>
<p>The analysis by Google Trends also shows that most of the searches
for Mr. Chiranjeevi were made in Telugu, compared to English.</p>
<p>While Hyderabad is where the actor’s name was searched the most
number of times, the top 10 cities includes San Jose and Houston in the
United States.</p>
<p>Interestingly, Sanjay Dutt, the other actor in the list, generated the highest volume of searches in Pakistan.</p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>Read the article at the Hindu website <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/15/stories/2009051559330400.htm">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/online-interest-in-advani-rises'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/online-interest-in-advani-rises</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaInternet Governance2011-04-02T15:58:08ZNews ItemOpen access conference seeks to free research
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-research
<b>Article by Amulya Gopalakrishnan in the Indian Express (New Delhi), 26 March 2009</b>
<p>When Newton famously remarked that if he had seen further than others, it was by “standing on the shoulders of giants”, he wasn’t just being modest. He was stating the simple fact that knowledge builds on previous knowledge, that the back and forth of ideas is vital for scientific achievement. Though the current proprietory publishing model is stacked against scholars, an emerging open access movement across the world aims to free scientific content - and India has big stakes in it.</p>
<p>A conference in New Delhi brought together open access evangelists including Prof. John Willinsky of Stanford University, Prof Leslie Chan of the University of Toronto, Prof Surendra Prasad of IIT Delhi, Dr D K Sahu of MedKnow Publications, and Narendra Kumar of CSIR.</p>
<p>Now, all research papers published from CSIR labs will be made open access, either by putting the full text on freely available institutional repositories or publishing directly in open access journals. Meanwhile, across the world, MIT has become the first university to throw open all its research papers through the online repository software DSpace.</p>
<p>Globally, academic tenure and promotion is traditionally linked to research published in reputed, peer-reviewed journals. These journals are owned by commercial behemoths like Springer and Reed Elsevier, who own stables of journals in various disciplines, and dictate terms to university libraries. But in recent years, journal prices have shot through the roof. </p>
<p>Now, after years of weary negotiation, and empowered by new digital infrastructure, universities are teaming up via free institutional repository systems, to pool and circulate their collective research. In India, institutes like NIT Rourkela have adopted super-archives like DSpace for another reason — to showcase their scientific output to global peers. “NIT doesn’t have the research legacy of IIT or IISC — they needed the visibility,” says NIT director Sunil Kumar Sarangi.</p>
<p>Such a knowledge commons is especially valuable to developing countries — for instance, in agricultural research or public health, it is inexcusable that countries which could benefit most from the scientific debate are left out of the loop, simply because of prohibitive pricing (some journals cost up to 20,000 dollars, annually). This only widens the gulf between the state of research here and the US or Europe.</p>
<p>Even research produced in India with our taxpayer money is sent to big-name commercial journals and all copyright signed away, putting it out of reach for the Indian scholarly community. But all that could change if open access journals become the norm. S K Sahu, who runs MedKnow publications (over 80 open access journals), also busted claims that content on such journals tends to vanish into the ether after a few years online.</p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>To read the article at the Indian Express website, click <a class="external-link" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-research/439228/">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-research'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/open-access-conference-seeks-to-free-research</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaOpenness2011-04-02T16:10:58ZNews ItemPresentation at TIFR: 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons'
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/presentation-at-tifr-scholarly-communication-in-the-age-of-the-commons
<b>CIS Distinguished Fellow Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam will give a talk titled 'Scholarly Communication in the Age of the Commons' at TIFR, Mumbai, on Friday, 24 July 2009. </b>
<p>Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Scholarly communication in the age of the commons, 24/07/09, 1600Hrs, AG-66</p>
<h3>Abstract <br /></h3>
<p>Scholarly communication plays a
central role in the creation and assimilation of new knowledge, especially
in the sciences. In its turn scholarly communication depends on
developments in technology. Unfortunately, scientists who do cutting edge
science often follow communication practices of a bygone era and are
therefore holding back the development of knowledge. In this talk we will
look at state-of-the-art developments in scholarly communication and
literature-based evaluation of science and see how we in India can benefit
by adopting them.</p>
<h3> About <strong>Dr.Subbiah Arunachalam</strong> </h3>
<br />
<p> Subbiah Arunachalam is an information scientist. He has been an editor of
scientific journals, teacher of information science, librarian, and a
science writer. As Secretary and Editor of publications of the Indian
Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, during 1973-75, he reorganised the
publications of the Academy and helped enlarge its Fellowship. Currently he
is actively promoting open access to science and scholarship. His interests
include scientometrics, science journalism and ICT-enabled rural
development. <br /></p>
<p>-----</p>
<p>See the original posting at the TIFR website <a class="external-link" href="http://www.tifr.res.in/~aset/talk072409.html">here</a>. <br />
</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/presentation-at-tifr-scholarly-communication-in-the-age-of-the-commons'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/presentation-at-tifr-scholarly-communication-in-the-age-of-the-commons</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaOpenness2011-04-02T15:42:49ZNews ItemTactical Media 3.0--FOSS: The Dynamics of Freedom
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/tactical-media-3.0-foss-the-dynamics-of-freedom
<b>CIS Executive Director Sunil Abraham will speak at 'Tactical Media 3.0--Foss: The Dynamics of Freedom', a workshop on techniques and philosophy of Free and Open Source Software, 27 July to 1 August, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. </b>
<p> <img class="image-inline image-inline" src="../advocacy/openness/Tactical_Media3.jpg/image_preview" alt="tactical" height="421" width="635" /></p>
<p>The Media Lab, Jadavpur University presents Tactical Media 3.0--FOSS: The Dynamics of Freedom, a workshop on techniques and philosophy of Free and Open Source Software<br /> July 27 – Aug 1, 2009, 3-30 to 7-30 pm, Vivekananda Hall</p>
<p><br />Free and Open Source software is one of the greatest tools in the hands of those who wish to challenge the notions of intellectual property (IP) and market-driven logics of human exchange. The Internet has opened up the space for a world-wide collective that believes in enriching each other’s lives through art and knowledge free from narrow conceptions of ownership and privilege. It has given rise to a new creativity on a global scale, from globally shared alternatives to profit-driven initiatives, towards a hope of re-inventing the commons in the 21st century.</p>
<p><br />Tactical Media 3.0 is the third chapter in the workshop series on Tactical Media. It will be dedicated to training in Linux-based tools and discussion on the philosophy, economics and politics of FOSS. The resource persons will be Prof. Nandinee Mukherjee and her colleagues from the (JU-FOSS Resource Centre), Jadavpur University, Sunil Abraham, (Director-Policy), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, and Sri Dipankar Das, (Senior Lecturer, Jaipuria College), University of Calcutta.</p>
<p><br />For participation please send a CV and covering letter by July 23 to:</p>
<p><br />The Media Lab office (ph: 033-2414-6222), Subarna Jayanti Bhavan,</p>
<p>Jadavpur University (main campus)</p>
<p>or email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:medialabju@gmail.com">medialabju@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><br />Seats are limited. Selected candidates shall be charged a nominal fee of Rs. 300.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/tactical-media-3.0-foss-the-dynamics-of-freedom'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/tactical-media-3.0-foss-the-dynamics-of-freedom</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaOpenness2011-04-02T15:42:29ZNews ItemInclusive Planet
http://editors.cis-india.org/research/grants/inclusive-planet/inclusive-planet
<b></b>
<h3 align="left">Context</h3>
<div align="left"> </div>
<p align="left">There are approximately 75 million differently-abled persons in
India. This community is largely excluded from
civil society and persons with disability continue to have to depend on family
members or others to meet their basic needs and wants. Neither the Government
nor private enterprise has had significant success in including this community
in mainstream society. </p>
<h3>Vision</h3>
<div align="left"> </div>
<p align="left">Inclusive Planet (“IncP”) aims to
create India’s largest cross disability community for the 75
million differently-abled people in India and their support groups.
IncP will also thereby become the largest provider of products and
services to this community.</p>
<h3>InclusivePlanet.com</h3>
<div align="left"> </div>
<p align="left">The primary delivery platform for IncP
will be www.inclusiveplanet.com (not yet operational), a Web 2.0
portal. Supplementary delivery platforms will be channel partner web
sites, vendor websites, Inclusive Planet franchisee stores (brick and
mortar), partner stores and mobile phones. The portal will be a
‘one-stop shop’ for the specific requirements of people with
disabilities. The portal will also comprehensively address the daily
needs of persons with disabilities, including specific requirements
for information, everyday requirements of life, employment,
entertainment and assistance. In short, the portal will assist
persons with disabilities with obtaining access to facilities
available to the public at large.</p>
<p align="left">The portal will have channels that
specially cater to the disabled and their support group, for the
following: medical information, legal information, policy
information, news, shopping, service provider listings, career
listings, career guidance, medical expert panel, social networking
(blogs, forums and chat), and entertainment. IncP is working with
several of India’s largest NGOs to provide the back-end for several
of the features of the portal.</p>
<h3>The Entertainment Channel</h3>
<div align="left"> </div>
<p align="left">This channel of the portal is aimed
primarily at the visually-impaired community. Visually impaired
persons cannot enjoy the same content in the same format as sighted
persons and have to rely on audio content such as audio books and
content in specific computer readable formats. The entertainment
channel is loosely based on the YouTube model and provides for users
to upload and share audio books and other content with each other.
This channel will also have a feature allowing users to request any
specific item of content; this content can be uploaded by other users
or volunteers. This channel will be an integral part of the community
building aspect of IncP.</p>
<div align="left"> </div>
<p align="left"> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/research/grants/inclusive-planet/inclusive-planet'>http://editors.cis-india.org/research/grants/inclusive-planet/inclusive-planet</a>
</p>
No publishersachia2009-07-09T08:51:28ZPageAccess India Meet-Up, May 2009
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/access-india-meet-up-may-2009
<b>Meet-up of members of Access India mailing list (open to invitees only)</b>
<p>Access India is an informal mailing list for the visually impaired
community in India, in which subscribers primarily discuss technology
and various aspects of its accessibility. Although the Access India
mailing list, originally started in 2002, was intended to be a forum for
discussing technology-related issues for the blind, it has over the
years expanded to cover a whole range of social, educational, cultural,
political
and other issues of significance to the visually impaired community in
India. It is one of the largest mailing
lists of blind persons in India and has roughly 500 members from all
over the
country. Members of the Access India community in various cities hold
informal gatherings from time to time. An annual national meeting of
Access India members is also held, where various issues affecting the
community are discussed in detail. </p>
<h3>Agenda</h3>
<p><br />2 PM: Welcome address by CIS, hosts of the meet.<br /><br />2:05 PM: A round of introduction by participants.<br /><br />2:30 PM: Presentation by representatives from AreaPal, a Bangalore-based social networking group founded by students. areapal allows users to locate and connect with people on the basis of their area and neighborhood. It is a genuine neighbourhood networking service. Apart from that, they also provide user-generated news, events and marketplace based information about a user’s area. For further information, please visit www.areapal.com.</p>
<p>2:40 PM: Question time.<br /><br />2:50 PM: Presentation by representatives from 3I Infotech, a company which recently launched e-Mudhra, an initiative to roll out digital signatures. The main focus of the discussion will be the accessibility of their product. For additional information, please visit http://www.e-mudhra.com/</p>
<p>3:00 PM: Question time.<br /><br />5. 3:10 PM: Presentation by representatives from iVolunteer, an organization that matches volunteers seeking volunteering opportunities<br />with organizations and individuals looking for volunteers in Bangalore. To learn more about the organization, please visit www.ivolunteer.in</p>
<p><br />3:20 PM: Question time.<br /><br />6. 3:30 PM: Introduction to Inclusive planet. Inclusive Planet is in the process of building the largest online portal for disabled persons in India. It is intended to be a comprehensive portal containing various resources including employment resources, educational resources, a match-making <br />channel, accessible books section, discussion boards, resources for medical facilities, sports and entertainment center, etc. We hope to have a <br />representative from Inclusive Planet demonstrate the site for us, inform us about its scope and expansion plans, and tell us about how we can contribute toward making the site totally accessible. Please visit http://www.inclusiveplanet.org/</p>
<p><br />3:50 PM: Question time.<br /><br />4:00 PM: Tea followed by open discussion on technology.<br /><br />4:45 PM: Vote of thanks and conclusion.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/access-india-meet-up-may-2009'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/access-india-meet-up-may-2009</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaEvent TypeAccessibility2011-08-31T10:50:37ZEventArt and Augmented Reality
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality
<b>Talk by Jose David Cuartas Correa</b>
<p>
The Centre for Internet and Society and the Free Software Users' Group, Bangalore, invite you to a talk by Jose
David Cuartas Correa
on his project on Augmented Reality (with <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.org/">Sologico
Libre Foundation</a>,
with the support of Caldas University, CEMA (Center of Experimental
Media Arts) and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology). In this presentation, Jose David will discuss the concept of Augmented Reality (fusion of
the real world with the virtual objects and data), and demonstrate how it can be used as an alternative model of manipulation, integration
and interaction for media and information. This new technology
gives us new ways to create and think; Graphical Interfaces
and options for the construction of new worlds, environments and
alternative spaces. Augmented Reality is thus a useful tool that can be used by
artists, designers and expert users.</p>
<p>
The presentation will also analyse the metaphors used in the development of previous, present and next-generation Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) and look some
examples of interaction interfaces developed by different research
groups around the world.</p>
<p>Finally, Jose David will demonstrate the <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.or/projects/atomic/en">ATOMIC
Authoring Tool</a>,
software initially developed to create Augmented Reality
applications and mind maps, created under the <strong class="western">GPL</strong>
licence.</p>
<h3>Speaker</h3>
<p align="left">Jose
David Cuartas Correa is a student
of visual design at the Caldas University in Manizales, Colombia,
South America. He is at present an exchange student in the Advanced Diploma
in Experimental Media Arts at CEMA – Srishti School of Art, Design
and Technology, Bangalore, India. He also serves as visiting
faculty at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, teaching the
course “Interaction and Interface Design in the Web” at the
foundation level. Jose David is the founder of the Junior Research
Group in Free Software for Design, Caldas University, and current
president of the <a href="http://www.sologicolibre.org/">SoLógiCo
Libre ONG</a>, which promotes the use and development of the free software, free
culture and emergent technologies for art, design and
entertainment.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Wednesday, 17 June, 2009; 6.00-7.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p align="left"><br /></p>
<h3 align="left">Augmented Reality</h3>
<p>ATOMIC
Authoring
Tool - September 2008 </p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://sologicolibre.org/projects/atomic/atomic/en">http://sologicolibre.org/projects/atomic/atomic/en</a></p>
<p>
atSourceforge</p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://atomic-project.sourceforge.net"><u>http://atomic-project.sourceforge.net</u></a></p>
<p>
March 2009</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Puzzle
in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4g7nzl5DKI"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4g7nzl5DKI</u></a></p>
<p>
June
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Music
Player in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIN1diZuzA"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIN1diZuzA</u></a></p>
<p>
May
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Interactive
Sound Mixer in Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLHO2c7lMQ"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xLHO2c7lMQ</u></a></p>
<p>
May
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p>
Color
theory demonstration using Augmented Reality </p>
<p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDaBHiFhRs"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDaBHiFhRs</u></a></p>
<p>
April
2007</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-augmented-reality</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaResearch2011-04-05T04:33:55ZEventArt and Science from the Tiniverse--An Artist's Perspective on Nanotechnology
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-science-from-the-tiniverse-an-artists-perspective-on-nanotechnology
<b>Talk by Julie Freeman</b>
<div>The Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a talk by Julie Freeman, Wellcome Trust Artist in Residence at the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre, Cranfield University.</div>
<h3><strong>Abstract</strong></h3>
<div>How many people know that, on a fairly
prosaic level, nanoparticles are already in everyday use, enhancing the
functionality of (for example) sun creams and sticking plasters? In
tandem, rumours abound in the media of much more revolutionary
advances, such as tiny machines that can zip around our bloodstream
killing viruses, but these are still far from being realised. So what
is nanotechnology about, and why do we need to know about it?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sharing
a desire to convey scientific information in a non-traditional and
non-scientific way, Julie Freeman, artist, has collaborated with Jeremy
Ramsden, Professor of Nanotechnology, to develop creative works to
advance the understanding of fundamental processes, issues and
techniques within and surrounding nanotechnology. The artist’s
fascination with biology and technology has steered her toward his
subject, where these worlds seem to collide. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>In
this talk Freeman will discuss her experiences of working with
scientists in the nanotechnology world, how science and it's
methodologies impact her artwork and will display the Nano Novels – sets
of stereo literature and imagery – which help to contextualise
nanotechnology. </div>
<p> </p>
<h3>Speaker</h3>
<p> </p>
<p>Julie Freeman's work spans visual, audio and digital art forms and
explores the relationship between science, nature and how humans
interact with it. For the past 12 years her work has focused on using
electronic technologies to ‘translate nature’ – whether it is through
the sound of torrential rain dripping on a giant rhubarb leaf; a pair
of mobile concrete speakers who lurk in galleries haranguing passersby
with fractured sonic samples or by providing an interactive platform
from which to view the flap, twitch and prick of dogs’ ears.</p>
<p>In 2005 she launched her most known digital artwork The Lake, which
used hydrophones, custom software and advanced technology to track
electronically tagged fish and translate their movement into an
audio-visual experience. The work was developed over three years and
supported by Tingrith Coarse Fishery and a two year fellowship from <a title="NESTA" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESTA">NESTA</a> (The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts).</p>
<p>She is currently artist-in-residence at the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre at <a title="Cranfield University" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranfield_University">Cranfield University</a>
where she is creating works that aim to increase public understanding
of self-assembly and organising processes at the nanoscale and their
potential social impacts and consequences.</p>
<p>Julie is a graduate of the MA in Digital Arts at the Centre for
Electronic Arts, Middlesex University, London, and Steering Group Chair
of <a title="FreqOUT! (page does not exist)" class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FreqOUT%21&action=edit&redlink=1">FreqOUT!</a> an innovative London based community arts programme, enabling young people to work with wireless technologies.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Monday, 9 March, 2009; 4.00-5.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-science-from-the-tiniverse-an-artists-perspective-on-nanotechnology'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/art-and-science-from-the-tiniverse-an-artists-perspective-on-nanotechnology</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaResearch2011-04-05T04:39:51ZEventBookshare.org Seminar
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/bookshare.org-seminar
<b>A demonstration of Bookshare.org, an online digital library for people with print disabilities</b>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Books without Barriers </strong></p>
<p>Bookshare.org is an
online digital library with over 7,500 books in English in accessible formats
for people with print disabilities.
Members can read books using any assistive technology such as DAISY, BRF
and text file for only <strong>Rs. 400 per year</strong>.<strong> <br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Publishers and Authors in our Collection:</strong></p>
<p>We have books from
East West publications, Seasons Publishing, Orient Blackswan and authors such
as Charles Dickens, Shakespeare,
Ashokamitran and many more.</p>
<p><strong>Watch a Demonstration and Try Bookshare!</strong></p>
<p>If you have a visual
impairment, physical disability, such as cerebral palsy, or a learning
disability, such as dyslexia, you can become a member and access our library! Come
and see the many books available for you on 1 July 2009 at the CIS office.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Wednesday, 1 July, 2009; 11.00 am-1.00 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Shariff Chambers (Wockhardt Hospital building),
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/bookshare.org-seminar'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/bookshare.org-seminar</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaEvent TypeAccessibility2011-08-31T10:49:34ZEventDialogue Systems in Education and Learning
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning
<b>A talk on dialogue interfaces for intelligent tutoring systems (ITS)</b>
<p>One-to-one tutoring has been shown to increase learning gain in
students because instruction can be adapted to the student's expertise.
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are computer programs that
adaptively provide students with exercise problems to solve and a
detailed feedback once they resolve the problems. However the interface
between the student and the system is restricted to GUI and therefore
detailed discussion on what went wrong in problem solving cannot be
discussed. Dialogue interfaces to tutoring systems resolves this
drawback and enables the student to have a conversation on the mistakes
he/she committed. In tutorial dialogue systems, the system interacts
with the students in natural language either spoken or typed. The
system and the student engage in a conversation after the student
presents a solution to the problem. In case of an incorrect solution,
the system helps the student to solve the problem by engaging the
student in a remediation dialogue by asking simpler questions and
giving clues. Such systems have been shown to be more effective than
its GUI counterparts. Can such systems be used to improve the learning
gain amongst students in India? <br /><br /></p>
<h3>Speaker</h3>
<p><br />Srinivasan
Janarthanam is a third year Ph.D student at the University of
Edinburgh, UK. He works in Spoken Dialogue Systems with focus on making
user adaptive systems. His Ph.D is supported by UK India Education Research
Initiative. Previously, he worked as a research associate in Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetam, Coimbatore on English-Tamil Machine Translation. He
did his M.Sc in Intelligent Systems from the University of Sussex, UK
and his B.E from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. His other
interests are Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Indian languages,
application of NLP and Artificial Intelligence for education.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Friday, 12 June, 2009; 5.30-6.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/dialogue-systems-in-education-and-learning</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaMiscellaneous2011-04-05T04:35:46ZEventExperimental Economy Camp
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/experimental-economy-camp
<b>Open Discussion</b>
<p><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>n.e.w.s. is a platform for participatory development of artistic and <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>curatorial projects in contemporary art and new media framed by <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>curatorial contributions from around the globe, bringing together <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>voices and images from North, East, West and South. n.e.w.s. reflects <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>geographic diversity and facilitates a framework for collaboration, <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>content and visions of change outside the normal parameters of the <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>established art world networks. <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span></p>
<p><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>Recently, n.e.w.s. won the ‘Competition of Ideas’ for authoring a <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>book proposal entitled “Arbitrating Attention”, which would explore <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>new economic and social contexts for art. This 100-page text will be <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>published at the beginning of next year. One of things they hope to do <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>in the book is tap the undercurrent of new economic experiments in the <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>way artistic activities can be de-framed yet incorporate survival <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>tactics for sustainability.</p>
<p><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>At the Experimental Economy Camp at CIS, n.e.w.s. contributors <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>Renée Ridgway, Stephen Wright and Prayas Abhinav will present certain <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>ideas, seeking counter-points, information and queries, which lend <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>different perspectives to the questions at hand, in order to outline <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>possible strategies and targets. The discussions thereafter will <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>attempt to draw learnings from the dynamic media, academic and <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>scientific community with which CIS interacts, imagining 'new social <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>and economic contexts for art.' At this camp, n.e.w.s hopes to meet <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>and interact with people and researchers with an interest in the <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>creative industries, entrepreneurial and economic experiments.</p>
<p>Further <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>interested individuals and institutions can take part in a symposium <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>and brainstorming event that n.e.w.s will organize in July 2009 in <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>Bangalore. <span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags"> </span>n.e.w.s. will also run an online forum during the symposium in July (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://northeastwestsouth.net/">http://northeastwestsouth.net</a><span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span>)<span class="moz-txt-citetags">. <br /></span></p>
<h3><span class="moz-txt-citetags">Speakers</span></h3>
<p> </p>
<div class="content clear-block">
<p><strong>Renée Ridgway </strong>is an artist,
free-lance curator and writer, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Since completing her studies in fine art at the Rhode Island School of
Design, (BFA) and Piet Zwart Institute (MA), she has exhibited widely
in the Netherlands and abroad (P.S.1 MoMA Hotel New York, Centraal
Museum Utrecht, Gouda Museum) She has made numerous public
presentations at various conferences and forums and taught at several
universities in the Netherlands and abroad. From 2005-6 she served on
the board of the former Gate Foundation, whose artists archive and
library were given as a gift to the Van Abbemuseum, and where in 2007
she organised a panel as part of the Be(com)ing Dutch caucus, entitled
'Gate Foundation- Past, Present and Future'. For 2009 Ridgway is
organising ‘Negotiating Equity’, a collaborative project at <a href="http://www.dutchartinstitute.nl/"> DAI, (Dutch Art Institute)</a> involving the n.e.w.s. platform and her contributors that examines the artist and 'the curatorial'.</p>
<p>As an artist Ridgway is presently preparing the latest installment
of her 10-year 'Manhattan Project': 'Beaver, Wampum, Hoes'- a series of
installations and public interventions at various locations in and
around NYC and the Netherlands in 2009. This focuses on the value of
the contemporary ‘cultural currency’ of Dutchness, in relation to the
Dutch colonial past (US, Indonesia, South Africa, Suriname); the
next presentation will be at De Lakenhal in Leiden, May 16th-August
31st 2009.</p>
<p>Ridgway is a co-initiator of n.e.w.s. Her website is <a class="external-link" href="http://reneeridgway.net/">http://reneeridgway.net/</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Stephen Wright</strong> is a Paris-based art theorist, writer, and Editorial Director of the Biennale de Paris. In 2004, he curated <em>The Future of the Reciprocal Readymade</em> (Apexart, New York), in 2005 <em>In Absentia</em> (Passerelle, Brest), in 2006 <em>Rumour as Media</em> (Aksanat, Istanbul) and <em>Dataesthetics</em> (WHW, Zagreb), and is currently preparing, amongst other projects, <em>Withdrawal: The Performative Document</em>
(New York) as part of a series of exhibitions examining art practices
with low coefficients of artistic visibility, which raise the prospect
of art without artworks, authorship or spectatorship. He has also
written extensively on the theoretical dimensions of such practices,
and, following a writing residency at Artexte (Montréal, 2006) a
book-length essay on the subject, dealing with the challenges of
performatively archiving and documenting disappearance, is forthcoming.
Wright’s writing has also focused on the use-value of art, particularly
in contexts of collaborative practices outside the performative
framework of the artworld. A former programme director at the Collège
international de philosophie (2000-2007), and corresponding editor of <em>Parachute</em> magazine (1999-2005), he is currently on the editorial advisory committee of the journal <em>Third Text</em>.</p>
<p>Born in 1963 in Vancouver, Canada, he lives and works in Paris.</p>
<div class="content clear-block">
<p><strong>Prayas Abhinav</strong> is a writer and artist
working and living in Bangalore, India. He has an interest in
re-vitalizing and re-imagining urban spaces. Through his work he
explores how public and semi-public spaces can be utilized for cultural
and civic uses. He explores the potential of low-fi technologies to
connect communities and resources.</p>
<p>He has been part of efforts to seed open content movements in India
and in 2007 helped with launching the Creative Commons India licenses in
India. In 2007, he also initiated a long-term engagement with urban
food systems by using public-spaces to grow vegetables and make them
openly accessible through recipe-based maps. In 2008, he spent a month
at Khoj Workshops to work on modular toolkits for anarchic protests in
cities. In 2006 he made a short film with the Public Service
Broadcasting Trust in which he narratively mapped the spaces which the
homeless in Mumbai use to sleep at night. In 2005, as a fellow at
Sarai-CSDS, he responded to the way urban spaces were used for
advertising through poetry and photographs. He edited the <em>Crimson Feet</em> magazine from 2003-2005 (after which it died).</p>
<p>Prayas' projects are documented at <a title="http://prayas.in" href="http://prayas.in/">http://prayas.in</a> and <a title="http://cityspinning.org" href="http://cityspinning.org/">http://cityspinning.org.</a></p>
</div>
<p> </p>
</div>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Friday, 17 April 2009; 5.30-7.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/experimental-economy-camp'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/experimental-economy-camp</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaResearch2011-04-05T04:36:50ZEventFear and Gender in Public Space
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space
<b>A discussion of work on the body and the city and collaborative interventions on the theme of Fear and Gender in Public Space</b>
<p>Fear and Gender in Public Space is the theme of multiple,
collaborative interventions being held during 14th to 28th January
2009 in Bangalore city. A confluence of artists, designers and
practitioners will mobilize the workshop theme across select
locations in various formats. The outcome of these interactions will
be presented to local groups at intervals during the two weeks.</p>
<p>At one of these intervals, CIS-India researchers will discuss their
works on the body and the city in conjunction with interim
discussions on the ongoing interventions being carried out in the city.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:zeenath.hasan@gmail.com">zeenath.hasan@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong></p>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society</p>
<p>
No. D2, 3rd Floor,</p>
<p>Sheriff Chambers</p>
<p>14, Cunningham Road,</p>
<p>Bangalore 560052</p>
<p><strong>Map:</strong><a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg"> Google Maps</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/fear-and-gender-in-public-space</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaMiscellaneous2011-04-05T04:41:10ZEventInternet, Transparency and Politics
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/internet-transparency-and-politics
<b>Talk by Barun Mitra</b>
<p>The 2009 general elections in India have been
preceded by various initiatives that seek to provide information to the
voters about candidates contesting the elections. The aim of providing
this information is to help voters to make 'informed choices' when
casting their votes. This talk is being organized in the context of the
research that CIS-RAW fellow Zainab Bawa is carrying out on "Internet,
Transparency and Politics". Why has the Internet become an important
space for publishing information that is streamlined for facilitating
interaction between citizens and the state? What is the impact of
making such information available to citizens? How does it transform
their relationship with political actors and government agencies?
Simultaneously, how are elected representatives and political parties
responding to these 'transparency' initiatives?</p>
<h3><strong>Speaker</strong></h3>
<p>Barun Mitra is the Director of
Liberty Institute, a think-tank based in Delhi. He has conceptualized
EmpoweringIndia.org to enable voters to cast their votes thoughtfully
during the elections and to use the information on the site to hold
their elected representatives accountable after they have been voted
in. Barun Mitra also writes on issues of environment, health, trade and
democracy in publications such as The Mint, Economic Times and Business
Standard.</p>
<h3>Time and Date</h3>
<p>Wednesday, 15 April 2009; 5.00-6.30 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/internet-transparency-and-politics'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/internet-transparency-and-politics</a>
</p>
No publishersachiaInternet Governance2011-04-05T04:36:59ZEventMeeting for FOSS Advocacy Coalition
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/meeting-for-foss-advocacy-coalition
<b>A half-day meeting to discuss a FOSS advocacy coalition and items for immediate action</b>
<p>The Centre for Internet and Society, on behalf of Anivar Aravind, Gurumurthy K, Renuka Prasad, Sunil
Abraham, and Vinay Sreenivasa, invites you to a half-day meeting to discuss a FOSS advocacy coalition and items for immediate action by such a coalition.</p>
<p>Many of
us have been advocating for several years the adoption of FOSS
applications and platforms, and FOSS related advocacy has been
gathering momentum. Last year, we had advocacy processes relating
to software patents and the OOXML debate, apart from RMS and Eben Moglen
visiting various places in India sharing their views on FOSS.</p>
<p>
Yet
we do have a long way to go before FOSS is widely used in India. We believe that bringing together different groups of actors (who believe in the principles of
Free Software), including academic institutions, NGOs and CBOs,
research and advocacy groups, professional associations, and FOSS
enterprises providing services in different areas as development,
training, support and maintenance, will help in supporting
and cohering a positive discourse in favour of FOSS.</p>
<p>
Some of us feel that a loose national coalition of such individuals/organisations and associations should be formed to work
towards the widespread adoption and promotion of FOSS. Such a network
of organisations working along a broad consensus on promoting FOSS
will provide stronger and more effective responses to events relating
to FOSS and initiate more proactive actions than
individuals or institutions acting in isolation. </p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Agenda <br /></h3>
<p>The
proposed agenda for the meeting is a discussion as follows: </p>
<ul><li>
Formation of a national
coalition of organisations advocating for FOSS<br /></li></ul>
<p>The goals, scope,
priorities, approaches, structures, issues/risks, alternatives,
resources for such a coalition, name of the coalition, etc, will be
discussed.</p>
<ul><li> Working with government departments and public sector
units advocating them to adopt and promote FOSS </li></ul>
<p>
When we
speak individually to any of our contacts/departments in the
government, the impact may not be significant. However, if we send
collective representations to departments such as the e-Governance,
IT, Education, and RDPR departments, and seek meetings to explain the
issue and the advantages of FOSS, it would help and motivate them to
look at the issue in depth.</p>
<ul><li>
FOSS initiatives in the
country, including the Gujarat ICT in schools program </li></ul>
<p>Many state governments
across India are in different stages of adoptiong FOSS, and we can share our understanding and
views on the current situation. The Gujarat government, for instance,
is implementing a 500-crore ICT plan in school education program but have not yet taken a final decision on whether to use FOSS. There are also plans for a FOSS workshop in Delhi, to which
different groups, including political parties and government
officials could be exposed to discussions of the advantages of adopting and
promoting FOSS.</p>
<ul><li>FOSS initiatives in
Karnataka</li></ul>
<p>There are also some initiatives
in Karnataka for which we can work together to help in the adoption
of FOSS. We have an informal
request for a proposal for a pilot project to train government staff
and vendor staff in Bangalore on the GNU/Linux platform that has been
chosen for the ICT in schools program. We also need to work on the
issue of using Nudi on FOSS. A serious impediment to getting
the government to use FOSS is that Nudi works only on MS Windows
and not on FOSS distributions. Lastly, we should explore
what could be done to help VTU adopt FOSS over
proprietary technologies. Engineering colleges adopting FOSS will have a significant impact on the creation of the FOSS ecosystem in the
state.</p>
<p>We can also discuss
other means and methods for the promotion of
FOSS.</p>
<p>Please email in your suggestions and ideas on the
agenda for the meeting. If you are interested
in participating in the coalition, but are unable to attend the
meeting, please do let us know.</p>
<h3>Date and Time</h3>
<p> Sunday, 22 February, 2009; 3.00-6.00 pm</p>
<h3>Venue<br /></h3>
<p>Centre for Internet and Society, No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers,
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052</p>
<h3>Map <br /></h3>
<p>For a map, please click <a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg">here</a>.</p>
<a class="external-link" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=centre+for+internet+and+society+bangalore&jsv=128e&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=61.070016,113.203125&ie=UTF8&cd=1&latlng=12988395,77594450,9857706471034889432&ei=5QXRSKLrNYvAugPX4YSAAg"></a>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h3><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/apltcb" target="_blank"></a></h3>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/meeting-for-foss-advocacy-coalition'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/meeting-for-foss-advocacy-coalition</a>
</p>
No publishersachia2009-02-18T13:33:05ZEvent