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SUMMARY:A First Look at the Internet Usage Context of Indigenous U.S. Popu
 lations - Elizabeth Belding (UCSB)
DTSTART:20151203T110000Z
DTEND:20151203T120000Z
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:Are developed nations beyond the digital divide?  Recent studi
 es show that less than 10% of Native Americans living on Tribal land in th
 e U.S. have Internet access.  In this talk\, we will discuss the problem o
 f the digital divide in developed countries\, particularly focusing on the
  U.S. and its indigenous population.  We will present a detailed analysis 
 of the usage of the Tribal Digital Village (TDV) network\, a multi-hop wir
 eless network that connects 13 reservations in Southern California.  Throu
 gh exploration of facets of network usage that differ from the mainstream 
 population\, we find that large fractions of media uploads fail\, despite 
 the usage of only a fraction of the total bandwidth capacity.  By more dee
 ply understanding the connectivity needs and realities of these population
 s\, we use the results of our analysis to look for alternate methods of in
 formation dissemination.  In particular we explore the use of the Radio Da
 ta System (RDS) as a means for low bandwidth delivery of social network co
 ntent to those users in areas without Internet coverage.\n\nElizabeth M. B
 elding is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Univers
 ity of California\, Santa Barbara.  Elizabeth’s research focuses on mobi
 le and wireless networking\, including network performance analysis\, and 
 information and communication technologies for development (ICTD).  In the
  past 7 years\, she has particularly focused on improving Internet accessi
 bility in developing communities worldwide.  Elizabeth is the author of ov
 er 100 technical papers and has served on over 60 conference technical pro
 gram committees.  Elizabeth is currently on the editorial board of the IEE
 E Pervasive Magazine.  She is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and an IEEE F
 ellow.  She is particularly proud of receiving the UCSB Outstanding Gradua
 te Mentor Award in 2012 and the NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Research and Grad
 uate Mentoring Award in 2015 for her mentorship of graduate students.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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