From: Mia Newman <mnew...@humanityunited.org> I wanted to follow up on my email from last month about the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention, as we are excited to announce that our second round formally launched last week. Hopefully you received our email blast announcement below, but I also wanted to give you an update personally. The three challenges that are now open are:
*The MODEL <http://www.thetechchallenge.org/#!model> Challenge*: to model conflict situations to determine community-level risk of violence (TopCoder) - Geared toward technical coders and data modelers interested in applying their skills to conflict datasets. The challenge is composed of two stages: first to discover data and then to model it. The COMMUNICATE <http://www.thetechchallenge.org/#!communicate> Challenge: to facilitate on-the-ground communication among communities affected by conflict (Innocentive) - Ideal for a wide audience with varying backgrounds to apply their experience and creativity to overcome the challenge of secure two-way communication. The ALERT <http://www.thetechchallenge.org/#!alert> Challenge: to develop improved methods of gathering and verifying information from hard-to-access conflict areas (OpenIDEO) - This platform was specifically selected to channel empathy, ideation, and analysis to help communities in conflict inform the wider world about their situation. With its multi-stage process, a new part of the challenge is opening every few weeks, and we encourage you to continue to revisit the site. We believe the Liberation Tech community is a prime candidate for this kind of collaboration and innovation. Feel free to contact me or find our FAQ<http://www.thetechchallenge.org/faqs/Tech_Challenge_for_Atrocity_Prevention_-_FAQ.pdf>here with more information. Thanks so much! Mia Mia Newman John Gardner Fellow | Humanity United 1700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 520| Washington, DC 20006 mnew...@humanityunited.org | 202.503.3212 Final three challenges now live at http://www.thetechchallenge.org<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=d9f1aa895b&e=c580170197> . Learn more during a Google+ Hangout<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=2555f9e610&e=c580170197>on Friday, March 8th. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=85739f8dcd&e=c580170197>. <http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=d3cf93b8d9&e=c580170197> *NOTE: Our program team wanted to make sure you were the first to hear about our next round of challenges. Here's the joint announcement from USAID and Humanity United.* Dear friends and partners, *We are excited to announce today that Humanity United and USAID are launching the next round of our **Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention*<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=347ad82613&e=c580170197> *. * As many of you know, the Tech Challenge opened last October in search of the most innovative applications of new and existing technologies to help prevent mass atrocities. We announced the seven winning innovations <http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=c07ce12007&e=c580170197>of our first round a few weeks ago. The second round tackles the vital issues of (1) modeling conflict situations to determine community-level risk of violence; (2) facilitating on-the-ground communication among communities affected by conflict; and (3) developing improved methods of gathering and verifying information from hard-to-access conflict areas. To access these challenges, please go to the Tech Challenge website<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=fca9142852&e=c580170197> . We are also diversifying our approach in this next round to use as many creative processes as possible. Based on the success of the first two challenges, we will continue to use an “ideation” contest via InnoCentive; a more collaborative, crowd-sourced process via OpenIDEO; as well as a multi-phased call for data and algorithm contest via TopCoder. *Participate in our Google+ Hangout on Friday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm EST. *The Hangout features first round winners speaking with leading technologists and human rights experts about the future of technology in the field of human rights. We will be taking questions via the hashtag #genprevtech on Twitter and you can watch the live Hangout here: http://bit.ly/VOSPJR<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=5c00dfec10&e=c580170197> *Spread the word! *Please encourage your networks to submit their innovations for the second round for a chance to win up to $10,000 and, potentially, the opportunity to develop and scale their ideas with Humanity United and USAID. Forward this e-mail, forward our video<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=e79ecee520&e=c580170197>, or tweet (#genprevtech<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=94e352482d&e=c580170197>) to help us spread the word! For more information, please see our press release<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=608fc586f9&e=c580170197>and our Frequently Asked Questions<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=7699562498&e=c580170197> . *Tweet this! * - 2nd round of @HumanityUnited @USAID Tech Challenge now open! Submit innovations to help prevent atrocities http://bit.ly/RYAjsv<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=2c0b9ffda1&e=c580170197>#genprevtech - What is the future of #tech in #humanrights? Join @USAID @HumanityUnited Google Hangout on March 8 @ 2pm EST bit.ly/VOSPJR<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=1d5a9ac78e&e=c580170197>#genprevtech Thank you so much for your continued interest in the USAID and Humanity United Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention. We’re grateful for your support as we continue with the next round. Sincerely, Sarah Mendelson Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) USAID Michael Kleinman Director, Investments Humanity United follow on Twitter<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=086401740f&e=c580170197>| forward to a friend<http://us1.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=85739f8dcd&e=c580170197> *Copyright © 2013 Humanity United, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this e-mail as a recent grantee or partner of Humanity United. *Our mailing address is:* Humanity United One Letterman Drive Building D, Suite D3100 San Francisco, CA 94129 Add us to your address book<http://humanityunited.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=1336b663fea2e53f9b0821d91&id=10759b9f6d>
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