<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Phares Kariuki</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM<br>Subject: Meeting Announcement -- Update; Topics to be covered; Tangaza, Nokia SMS Find and AOB!<br>To: Skunkworks forum <<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>><br>
<br><br><div><br></div><div>Hi, an update on the Skunkworks meeting to be held on Tuesday. The panel will be comprised of the following:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Jonathan Ledlie</b> 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Jay Chen</b> 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Brian Omwenga</b> 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Billy Odero</b> is a Research Engineer at Nokia Research Currently based in Nairobi working on the development of mobile systems for emerging markets.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>The projects</b>:</div>
<div>[1] Tangaza - �An audio based social networking service on mobile phones</div><div>[2] NokiaSMSFind - An intelligent sms based search service</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><br>-- <br>With Regards,<br>
<br>Phares Kariuki<br>
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</font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>With Regards,<br><br>Phares Kariuki<br><br>| T: +254 734 810 802 | E: <a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a> | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |<br>