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From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Subject: Meeting Announcement -- Update; Topics to be covered; Tangaza, Nokia SMS Find and AOB!
To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>



Hi, an update on the Skunkworks meeting to be held on Tuesday. The panel will be comprised of the following:

Jonathan Ledlie is a Senior Researcher in Networked Systems at Nokia.  His interests include experimental large-scale distributed and mobile systems and ICTD.  He has a PhD in Computer Science from Harvard University and is currently based at the Cambridge (US) Nokia Research Center.

Jay Chen is a fourth year Systems and Networking Computer Science PhD candidate at New York University.  His research areas include AI, with a focus on Natural Language Processing, and ICTD.


Brian Omwenga is a Research Engineer currently working at Nokia Research currently based in Nairobi. His interests include Large Scale Open Systems analysis and design, strategy and ICTD. He is a science master in Technology and Policy from the Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Billy Odero is a Research Engineer at Nokia Research Currently based in Nairobi working on the development of mobile systems for emerging markets.


The projects:
[1] Tangaza -  An audio based social networking service on mobile phones
[2] NokiaSMSFind - An intelligent sms based search service



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With Regards,

Phares Kariuki

| T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |



--
With Regards,

Phares Kariuki

| T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |