---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mia Newman <newman....@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:15 AM Subject: USAID/Humanity United Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention To: Sam King <samk...@cs.stanford.edu>
Hi Sam, Not sure if you remember me, but we talked when I was president of Stanford STAND for the past few years, and I also remember seeing you around at LibTech seminars. I'm now working on a Gardner fellowship from the Haas Center for the year at a foundation called Humanity United, which works on anti-genocide and anti-human trafficking around the world. One of the projects I've been working on is called the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention <http://www.thetechchallenge.org>. The Tech Challenge is a prize-based challenge that hopes to spark new interdisciplinary partnerships and new thinking on the application of technological solutions to daunting problems in conflict situations. It seems like something totally up your alley, especially because of your work with Code the Change. I really hope you're interested in participating, but even if not please feel free to forward widely - we're hoping to spread the word as much as possible, especially outside the traditional human rights community. To let you know where we are now: our second and final round formally launched in early March. Three challenges are now open, soliciting excellent proposals to compete for prizes of up to $10,000. The open challenges 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. * It would be great if you could pass along this email to anyone you think might be interested in participating! Feel free to contact me with questions or comments, and you can also check our FAQ<http://www.thetechchallenge.org/faqs/Tech_Challenge_for_Atrocity_Prevention_-_FAQ.pdf>for more information. Thanks, and hope you're doing well! Mia
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