Information, Communications Technology, and Development (ICTD)
Content and Service Innovation in Bandwidth-constrained Communities
Family-centered Maternal and Child Health
iNethi Project:
Fostering Conent and Services for Community Wireless Networks
I am a human-computer interaction for development (HCI4D) researcher, with
a specific focus on
the uses of new information technology and interfaces for healthcare in Africa. Actually, I've
also dabbled in solar powered lighting
for hospitals in rural Nigeria and Uganda, done some IT for education in
Mexico, and helped out with wireless deployments in India,
so I've been known to think about other problems as well, but my primary focus (i.e. my dissertation) is on information technology for healthcare in Africa. My motivation runs something like this: (A) I'm pretty good (compared to some, not so much compared to a lot of my colleagues ) at computers and actually get pretty obsessed with them at times. (B) God has placed a special and specific
compassion in my heart for the needs of Africa. Since I'm absolutely sure that (A) is not a coincidence, and because God has managed to do a lot of things in my life to make this possible, I'm using (A) to address (B).
Prior to joining UCT, I completed a post-doc in the Technology for Emerging Markets group at Microsoft Research in Bangalore, India. I did my PhD at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information, where my dissertation committee was Dean AnnaLee Saxenian (co-chair), Prof. John Chuang (co-chair), Prof. Eric Brewer and Prof. Jenna Burrell. My work experience is in user interface and web application design, so my research also involves human-computer interaction, participatory design, and action research. By combining a theoretical approach with an experiential interaction, my work most closely approaches applied anthropology. My dissertation was primarily ethnographic - as part of my work I traveled five times to Uganda, with my main fieldwork occuring during a 15 month stay from January 2009 to the beginning of April 2010. While this work included the deployment of technology, my primary work was observation and inquiry, and my study was structured to enable me to deliberately step back from my role as a technologist, both to ensure sustainability of the deployment in my absence, but also so I would have the time to observe social dynamics as they emerged around the deployment over time.
During my stay in Uganda volunteered as a lecturer teaching Object-Oriented Programming in Java to 225+ first year students at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology Institute of Computer Science. I know this page is sort of 1995, but that's the easiest way to make lots of info available in the lowest number of bytes on the web (without compressing the text).
If you are a prospective PhD or MSc student, please read my Guide for prospective graduate students prior to contacting me.
Please note: publications prior to 2010 have been published under my previous name of Melissa R. Ho. My full list of projects and publications can be found on my Google Scholar profile.
University of
Cape Town, South Africa Aug 2014 – Present
Associate Professor, Department
of Computer Science
Coordinator, Hasso-Plattner Institute Research
School at UCT in Information and Communications Technology for Development
Director, Human Computer Interaction Lab
Member, Telkom Centre of Excellence in Broadband
Networks and Applications
Chair, Faculty of Science Research Ethics
Committee
Deputy Chair, Inter-faculty Human Research
Ethics Committee
Member, Innovation Builder Fund Steering
Committee
Member, Adult Teaching and Learning Subcommittee
Member, Ethics in Research Committee
Student Advisor
Current Projects in ICTD,
Human-Computer Interaction, and Networking
SmartHydro – co-designing applications of AI-enabled
hydroponics in marginalized communities.
Gender Just Co-Design (GeJuSTA) – investigating community-centered gender analysis tools, and gender-just co-design
methods.
ParentCoach – participatory design of a chatbot for parenting
advice.
Inethi Community Wireless Co-Design – partnering
with community members to co-create new interactions enabled by localized
wireless infrastructure for townships and other communities in Cape Town.
Speculating AI Futures in Communities – using
speculative and co-design approaches to work with community members and artists
to articulate visions for inclusive artificial intelligence futures.
Secret History Mobile Application – supporting empathy training of midwives through digital interactive
branching stories.
Teaching
Mobile Design and Development (2nd yr);
Advanced Software Development (3rd yr);
Postgraduate Research Methods; Software Engineering (MSc IT); Human Computer
Interaction (MSc IT, Honours, Masters); Intro to ICT4D (Masters)
Course Convenor for Conversion Masters in Information
Technology
Postdoctoral Fellows Topic/Project Years
Ben Akhigbe (w/HS) Usability of Digital Libraries 2021 – 2022
Hafeni Mthoko (w/TD) Inethi
(social), MCH 2018 – 2019
indicated fellows were
co-supervised with Hussein Suleman (HS) and Tania Douglas (TD)
PhD Students Topic/Project Years
Rachel Oluwatuyi Co-Design
of IoT Hydroponics 2024 – Present
Tochukwu Egesi (1st
w/JA) Fibre Landings in Nigeria 2024 – Present
Sarina Till (1st
w/AH) IoT in Rural Settings 2020 – Present
Jaydon Farao Digital
Storytelling 2020 –
Present
Sarah Dsane-Nsor (1st w/YJ) Health Info
Seeking 2019 – Present
Natasha Zlobinsky (2nd w/DJ)
Inethi (wireless) 2017 – 2023
C Wanjiru Mburu (1st
w/YJ) Design for Neonatal ICUs 2017 – 2022
Amreesh Phokeer (2nd w/DJ) Inethi
(architecture) 2016 –
2021
Richard Maliwatu
(2nd w/DJ) Inethi (wireless) 2015 – 2021
Yamiko Msosa (2nd w/MK) Medical Guidelines 2015 – 2018
Fiona Ssozi (1st w/UR, EB) Participatory
Design for Water 2014 – 2024
Ntwa Katule (1st w/UR) intermediated health 2014 – 2018
Josiah Chavula (2nd w/HS) African NRENs 2014 – 2017
‘Maletšabisa Molapo Co-Design 2014 – 2018
indicated students were
co-supervised with Alastair van Heerden (AH), David Johnson (DJ), Maria Keet
(MK), Hussein Suleman (HS), Ulrike Rivett (UR), Edwin Blake (EB), Jessica
Auerbach Jahajeeah (JA), and Yaseen Joolay (YJ)
Masters Students Degree Topic/Project Year
Vimo Pillay MSc IT Speculative AI 2024 – Present
Sierra Van Riel MSc
CS GeJUSTA 2023 – Present
Diana Rangel Lopes De Campos
MSc
IT chatbot usage 2023 – 2024
Deborah Talbot MSc IT Milk Matters 2023
– 2024
Leina Meoli MSc CS chatbot co-design 2022 – Present
Sharifa Negesa MSc CS interactive stories 2022 – 2024
Toshka Coleman MSc
CS CoMaCH 2021 – 2023
Ndinelao Iitumba MSc
CS Network Mgmt
UX 2021 – 2024
Masharty Tembo MSc IT Stokvel
App 2021 – 2024
Dominique Oosthuizen MSc IT Data Constraints 2020 – 2022
Maxine Mathijssen MSc IT Safety
Mobile App 2020 – 2021
June Jian MSc IT Co-Design 2019
– 2021
Ntsako Mgiba MSc IT mobile design 2019 – Present
Sarina Till MSc IT mobile security 2018 – 2019
Chelsea-Joy Wardle MSc CS Design for Mothers 2017 –
2019
Michael Graaf MPhil IT Wikipedia 2017
– 2018
Grace Jegede MSc
CS Co-Design 2016 – Present
Magdalene Lamola (2nd w/DJ) MSc CS Inethi (wireless) 2016
– 2020
indicated students are
co-supervised with David Johnson (DJ)
External Examinations and Dissertation
Committees
Moreblessing Ngwenya MSc CS NMMU, South Africa 2022
Lindokhule Sindiso Duma MSc CS UWC,
South Africa 2017
Ariel Schwartz PhD UT Austin, USA 2015
Genevieve Chang MSc IT UCT, South Africa 2015
Education
University of
California, Berkeley Aug
2005 – May 2012
PhD in Information,
Management, and Systems
Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction for
Development, Health Informatics, Mixed Methods Research, Mobile Technology for
Development
Thesis Title: The Evolving Braid: An Ethnography of
Technology Change in Developing Regions
Committee:
AnnaLee Saxenian, co-chair
(School of Information)
John Chuang, co-chair (School of Information)
Eric Brewer (Computer Science Division)
Jenna Burrell (School of Information)
University
College London, United Kingdom Sept
2002 – Sept 2003
M.Sc. Data
Communications, Networks, and Distributed Systems
Thesis Title: Improving
Resource Consumption for Epidemic Routing in Intermittently Connected Networks
Advisor: Stephen Hailes (Computer Science)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York, United States Aug 1995 – January
1999
Bachelor in Computer Science
Related Research Experience
Microsoft
Research India, Bangalore, India Aug 2012 – June
2014
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Technology for Emerging Markets
ASHA-Assist:
quantitatively evaluating persuasiveness of mobile phone-based video to
flipcharts for maternal health education in Orissa, India. External Use of Mobiles for Development: studying organizational
policies around non-work use of mobile phones deployed for health data
collection. Mobile Data Collection:
understanding data quality and quantity production in Ugandan health
facilities. Interns: Anupama Roy (Nottingham), Ariel Schwartz (University of
Texas, Austin)
Berkeley
Institute of Design, UC Berkeley, California Aug
2011 – June 2012
Graduate Student Researcher, (PI:
John Canny)
Developed content and research protocol for
randomized control trial of persuasive mobile technologies for maternal health
education in Orissa, India.
TIER/ICT4B
Group, UC Berkeley, California Jan
2007 – Aug 2011
Graduate Student Researcher, (PI:
Eric Brewer)
Conducted mixed methods research on use of new
information technologies for health financing in Uganda (18 months fieldwork
over three years). Researched use of information technology by doctors in
Ghana, co-developed and deployed tele-consultation software (6 months fieldwork
over two years). Deployed long-distance wireless links for inter-university
library network in Ghana.
Intel Research, Berkeley,
California Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
Research Intern
(PI: Kevin Fall)
Participated in architecture design for Delay
Tolerant Networking, developing a proof-of-concept demonstrating the use of
physical transport to collect sensor network data through intermittent wireless
links.
Xerox Palo Alto
Research Center (PARC) May 1997 - Aug 1997
Summer Research Intern (Dan Huttenlocher) May 1998 - June 1998
Developed graphical editor for DigiPaper, a highly compact, token-based image compression
format for multi-page documents, offering 7x improvement over TIFF.
Related Work Experience
Actional, Mountain
View, CA (contract) December 2001 – May 2002
Web
Application Design Expert August
2002 – September 2002
Successfully led team of 7 developers to build SOAPswitch,
a Web services management platform based on J2EE and JSP, and recipient of
Web Services Journal’s World Class Product Award, by coordinating
development and timelines of several teams, and integrating this project with
the rest of the product. Also employed human-computer interaction design
principles to create user interface, described by Web Services Journal as “clear,
unambiguous, and extremely well documented, and one of the best examples of a
browser-based wizard I’ve worked with in a while.”
Ensim Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA September 1998 – October 2001
Member of
Technical Staff (Software Engineer)
Co-designed and developed Web Appliance, a
three-tiered web hosting control panel used to host over 750,000 domains.
Single-handedly ported the web application from Linux to Windows. Also
addressed customer issues through live troubleshooting and used feedback to
design and evaluate new features.
Led team in development of OpCenter
Java, the management console for Ensim’s flagship
product, ServerXchange, a centralized, automated
software distribution and server monitoring solution used by over half of the top
ten U.S. Service Providers. (early employee, founded 1998)
Other Projects: Reseller Billing Manager, Network Animation Viewer
Journal Publications
Reflections on
Digital Maternal and Child Health Support for Mothers and Community Health
Workers in Rural Areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Livhuwani
Muthelo, Mbombi Masenyani Oupa, Mamare Adelaide Bopape,
Tebogo M. Mothiba, Melissa Densmore, Alastair van Heerden, Shane A. Norris,
Nervo Verdezoto Dias, Paula Griffiths, and Nicola Mackintosh. 2023. International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 1842. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031842
Digital Health
Technologies for Maternal and Child Health in Africa and Other Low-and
Middle-Income Countries: Cross-disciplinary Scoping Review With
Stakeholder Consultation. Sarina Till, Mirriam Mkhize, Jaydon Farao, Londiwe
Deborah Shandu, Livhuwani Muthelo, Toshka Lauren
Coleman, Masenyani Mbombi, Mamara Bopape, Sonja Klingberg, Alastair van Heerden,
Tebogo Mothiba, Melissa Densmore, Nervo Xavier Verdezoto Dias, CoMaCH Network. Journal of Medical Internet
Research. 2023;25:e42161 doi:
10.2196/42161
Reconsidering Priorities for Digital Maternal and
Child Health: Community-centered Perspectives from
South Africa. Toshka Coleman, Sarina Till, Jaydon Farao, Londiwe
Shandu, Nonkululeko Khuzwayo, Livhuwani Muthelo, Masenyani
Mbombi, Mamare Bopape,
Alastair van Heerden, Tebogo Mothiba, Shane Norris, Nervo Verdezoto, and
Melissa Densmore. 2023. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, CSCW2, Article 290 (October 2023), 31
pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3610081
“Must you make
an app?” A qualitative exploration of socio-technical challenges and
opportunities for designing digital maternal and child health solutions in
Soweto, South Africa. S Klingberg, M Motlhatlhedi,
G Mabena, T Mooki, N Verdezoto, M Densmore M, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health 2(12): e0001280. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001280
Does
mobile phone ownership matter? Insights on engagement in mHealth and
e-government interventions from Southern Africa. Maliwichi, P., Mthoko,
H., Chigona, W., Mburu, C., & Densmore, M.
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 1-22. 2021.
A review of
perspectives and challenges for international development in information and
communications technologies. J. Abdelnour-Nocera and M. Densmore. Annals of the International
Communication Association. Vol. 41, Iss 3-4, 2017.
Human-Computer Interaction for Development: The
Past, Present and Future. M. R. Ho, T. N. Smyth, M. Kam, and
A. Dearden. In Information Technology and International Development (ITID),
Vol. 5, No. 4. Dec. 2009.
Stories from
the Field: Reflections on HCI4D Experiences. Y. Anokwa, T. N. Smyth, D. Ramachandran, J. Sherwani, Y.
Schwartzman, R. Luk, M. Ho, N. Moraveji, B. Derenzi. In
Information Technology and International Development (ITID), Vol. 5, No. 4. Dec
2009.
The Challenges of Technology Research for
Developing Regions. E. Brewer, M. Demmer, M. Ho, R.J. Honicky, J. Pal, M. Plauché, and S. Surana. IEEE Pervasive Computing. Volume 5,
Number 2, pp. 15-23, April-June 2006.
The Case for
Technology for Developing Regions. E. Brewer, M. Demmer, B.
Du, K. Fall, M. Ho, M. Kam, S. Nedevschi,
J. Pal, R. Patra, and S. Surana. IEEE Computer. Volume 38, Number 6, pp. 25-38,
June 2005.
Book Chapters
Human Computer
Interaction for Development: Changing HCI to Change the World. S. M. Dray, A. Light, A. Dearden, V. Evers, M. Densmore, D. Ramachandran, M. Kam, G. Marsden, N. Sambasivan, T.
Smyth, D. van Gruenen and N. Winters. The Human-Computer
Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging
Applications. Third Edition (Human Factors and Ergonomics). Chapter 61, pp.
1369-1394. Ed. Julie Jacko. CRC Press. 2012.
Understanding Divergent Outcomes in Open
Development. Andy Dearden, Marion Walton, and M. Densmore. Critical
Perspectives on Open Development: Empirical Interrogation of Theory
Construction. Chapter 8. Ed Arul Chib, Caitlin M Bentley, and Matthew L Smith.
The MIT Press. 2020.
Conference Papers
Collective
Infrastructural Speculations. Siddhant Shinde, Naveen Bagalkot, Nervo Verdezoto,
Ganief Manuel, Muni Ramakka, Ndinelao Iitumba, Deysi
Ortega, TB Dinesh, Melissa Densmore. In Participatory Design Conference 2024
(PDC ’24 Vol. 1), August 11–16, 2024, Sibu, Malaysia. ACM, New York, NY, USA,
14 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3666094.3666111
(to appear)
Transformative
Narratives: Fostering Ubuntu-Inspired Participatory Design Practices. Jaydon Farao, Hafeni Mthoko, and Melissa
Densmore. . In Participatory Design Conference 2024
(PDC ’24 Vol. 2), August 11–16, 2024, Sibu, Malaysia. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7
pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3661455.3669878
(to appear)
Understanding
How Parents Deal With the Health Advice They Receive:
A Qualitative Study and Implications for the Design of Message-based Health
Dissemination Systems for Child Health. B. Félix, C. Braga, X. Ntinga, S. Till, L. Meoli, A.Van Heerden, R. Melo, N. Verdezoto, M. Densmore,
and F. Nunes. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive
Systems Conference (DIS '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New
York, NY, USA, 1319–1335. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3661504
Reconsidering
Network Management Interfaces for Communities. Ndinelao
Iitumba, Siddhant Shinde, Deysi Ortega, Naveen Bagalkot, Nervo Verdezoto,
Ganief Manuel, TB Dinesh, and Melissa Densmore. 2024. In Proceedings of
the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI
'23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 162–169. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628096.3629050
Networked
Micro-services: Empowering Local Micro-enterprises in a South African
Township Through Community Wireless Networks. Ndinelao Iitumba, Keegan White, Mapule
Madzena, Tristan Drummond, David
Johnson & Melissa Densmore. In: Seeam, A.,
Ramsurrun, V., Juddoo, S., Phokeer, A. (eds) Innovations and Interdisciplinary
Solutions for Underserved Areas. InterSol 2023.
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and
Telecommunications Engineering, vol 541. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51849-2_23
Do People in
Low Resource Environments only Need Search? B. Akhigbe, K.
Mtombeni, M. Densmore, & H Suleman. Proceedings SAICSIT2022 (Vol.
85, pp. 243-256). July 2022
Investigating
the Usability and Quality of Experience of Mobile Video-Conferencing Apps Among
Bandwidth-Constrained Users in South Africa. D. Oosthuizen, T Sharma, J Chavula,
& M. Densmore. In Proceedings SAICSIT2022 (Vol. 85, pp. 243-256). July 2022
A Descriptive
Analysis of Cohesion within Virtual and Physical Small Groups of Mothers in
Bandwidth-Constrained Communities in Cape Town. S. Dsane, M.
Densmore, and Y. Joolay. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference
on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS). 2022.
Community-based
Co-design across Geographic Locations and Cultures: Methodological Lessons from
Co-design Workshops in South Africa. Sarina Till, Jaydon Farao, Toshka
Lauren Coleman, Londiwe Deborah Shandu, Nonkululeko Khuzwayo, Livhuwani
Muthelo, Masenyani Oupa Mbombi, Mamare Bopane, Molebogeng Motlhatlhedi, Gugulethu Mabena, Alastair Van Heerden,
Tebogo Maria Mothiba, Shane Norris, Nervo Verdezoto Dias, and Melissa Densmore.
2022. In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 1
(PDC '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1145/3536169.3537786
Investigating
the Usability and Quality of Experience of Mobile Video-Conferencing Apps Among
Bandwidth-Constrained Users in South Africa. D. Oosthuizen, T Sharma, J Chavula,
& M. Densmore. In Proceedings SAICSIT2022 (Vol. 85, pp. 243-256). July 2022
A Descriptive
Analysis of Cohesion within Virtual and Physical Small Groups of Mothers in
Bandwidth-Constrained Communities in Cape Town. S. Dsane, M.
Densmore, and Y. Joolay. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference
on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS). 2022.
Community-based
Co-design across Geographic Locations and Cultures: Methodological Lessons from
Co-design Workshops in South Africa. Sarina Till, Jaydon Farao, Toshka
Lauren Coleman, Londiwe Deborah Shandu, Nonkululeko Khuzwayo, Livhuwani
Muthelo, Masenyani Oupa Mbombi, Mamare Bopane, Molebogeng Motlhatlhedi, Gugulethu Mabena, Alastair Van Heerden,
Tebogo Maria Mothiba, Shane Norris, Nervo Verdezoto Dias, and Melissa Densmore.
2022. In Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 1
(PDC '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1145/3536169.3537786
Stakeholder
Relations and Ownership of a Community Wireless Network: The Case of iNethi. J. Farao, M. Burse, H. Mthoko,
and M. Densmore. In Proceedings of InterSol2020. Lecture Notes of the
Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications
Engineering, vol 321. Springer, Cham.
A
Characterisation of Digital Native Approaches to Mobile Privacy and Security. C.M. Till, M.
Densmore. In Proceedings of SAICSIT 2019. Skukuza,
South Africa. September 2019.
On the
potential of Google AMP to promote local content in developing regions. A. Phokeer, J
Chavula, D. L. Johnson, M. Densmore, G. Tyson, A. Sathiaseelan, and N.
Feamster. In Proceedings of IEEE COMSNETS. Bangalore, India. January 2019.
Co-designing
with Mothers and Neonatal Unit Staff: Use of Technology to Support Mothers of
Preterm Infants. C. Mburu, C. Wardle, Y.
Joolay, and M. Densmore. In
Proceedings of AfriCHI2018. Windhoek, Namibia. December 2018
Experimental
Analysis of 5 GHz WiFi and UHF-TVWS Hybrid Wireless
Mesh Network Back-Haul Links. R. Maliwatu, N Zlobinsky, M Lamola, A Takyi, D.L. Johnson, and M Densmore.
In Proceedings of CROWNCOM 2018. January 2019.
Localize-It:
Co-designing a Community-Owned Platform. M.R. Lorini, M. Densmore, D
Johnson, S Hadzic, H Mthoko, G Manuel, M. Waries, and
A. van Zyl. In Proceedings of IDIA2018. Gauteng, South Africa. August 2018.
Exploring
Co-Design with Breastfeeding Mothers. C. Wardle, M. Green, C.
Mburu, and M. Densmore. In
Proceedings of CHI 2018, with Honorable
Mention. Montreal, Canada. April 2018.
Performance
analysis of a collaborative DSA-based network with malicious nodes. A Takyi, M. Densmore, S
Hadzic, and D. Johnson. In Proceedings of Africomm
2017. Lagos, Nigeria.
Negotiating
Access to Information: The Case of the Sri Lankan Cucurbit Farmer. C. Rajapakse, P. Gamage, A Dearden, M Densmore, and M Walton. In
Proceedings of CPRsouth 2017. Yangon, Myanmar.
Video
Consumption Patterns for First Time Smartphone Users: Community Health Workers
in Lesotho. ‘M. Molapo, B. DeRenzi, and M. Densmore. In Proc. of CHI2017, with Honorable
Mention. Denver, Colorado, USA. May 2017.
Head to head battle of TV
White Space and WiFi for connecting developing
regions. D.L.
Johnson, N. Zlobinsky, A. Lysko, M. Lamola, S.
Hadzic, R. Maliwatu, M. Densmore. In Proc. of Africomm 2016. December 2016
Designing with
Community Health Workers; Enabling Productive Participation through
Exploration. M. Molapo, M.
Densmore and L. Morie. In Proceedings of the First African Conference for
Human-Computer Interaction (AfriCHI2016), Most Interesting/Provocative Contribution. Nairobi, Kenya.
November 2016.
A First Look at
Mobile Internet Use in Township Communities in South Africa. A. Phokeer, D. Johnson, M. Densmore,
and N. Feamster. In Proceedings of ACM DEV 2016. Nairobi, Kenya. November 2016.
Apps and Skits:
Enabling New Forms of Village-To-Clinic Feedback for Rural Health Education. M. Molapo, M. Densmore, L.
Morie. In Proceedings of ACM DEV 2016. Nairobi, Kenya. November 2016.
A Family Health
App: Engaging Children to Manage Wellness of Adults. N. Katule, M.
Densmore, and U. Rivett. In Proceedings of ACM DEV 2016. Nairobi, Kenya.
November 2016.
Leveraging
Intermediated Interactions to Support Utilisation of Personal Health
Informatics. N. Katule, M. Densmore,
and U. Rivett. In Proc. of ICTD2016. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. May 2016.
Reducing Latency in African NRENS Using
Performance-based LISP/SDN Traffic Engineering. J. Chavula, M. Densmore, and H.
Suleman. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Networks & Communication (NETCOM 2015). Edited by D. Wyld. Sydney,
Australia. December 2015. DOI:10.5121/csit.2015.51608
Real Mobiles: Kenyan and Zambian Smallholder
Farmers’ Current Attitudes Towards Mobile Phones. S.P. Wyche, M. Densmore, and
B.S. Geyer. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on
Information and Communications Technologies and Development (ICTD2015). Article
9. ACM. May 2015
Online Gaming
for Crowd-sourcing Phrase-equivalents. A.
Kumaran, M. Densmore, and S. Kumar.
In Proc. of the 25th International Conference on Computational
Linguistics (COLING 2014). August 2014.
The Evolving
Braid: How an Organization in Uganda Achieved Reliable Communications. M. Densmore, B. Bellows, J.
Chuang, and E. Brewer. In Proceedings of ICTD2013: Papers. Vol. 1, (pp.
257-266). ACM. December 2013.
Claim Mobile:
When to Fail a Technology. M. Densmore. In Proc. of CHI2012, May 2012.
Claim Mobile:
Engaging Conflicting Stakeholder Requirements in Healthcare in Uganda. M. R. Ho, E. K. Owusu, and P. M. Aoki. In Proceedings of ICTD2009. Doha, Qatar. April
18-19, 2009.
ICTD for
Healthcare in Ghana: Two Parallel Case Studies. R. Luk, M. Zaharia, M. Ho, B.
Levine, and P. M. Aoki. In Proceedings of ICTD2009. Doha, Qatar. April 18-19,
2009.
Asynchronous
Remote Medical Consultation for Ghana. R. Luk, M.
Ho, P. M. Aoki. In Proc. ACM SIGCHI Conf. on Human Factors in Computing
Systems (CHI 2008), Apr. 2008.
Short Conference Papers/Notes
Student Design
Competitions as an Awareness-building activity for HCI in the Global South. Christian
Sturm, Edward Peter Greenwood White, Marisol Wong-Villacres, Melissa
Densmore, Mario A Moreno Rocha, Carlos Alberto Martínez, César Collazos,
Nobert Rangarirai Jere, and Alicia Am Mon. 2024. Case Study in Extended
Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI
EA '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 530,
1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3637105
Characterisation
of Clinical Practice Guideline Changes. Y. Msosa, C.M. Keet, and M.
Densmore. In Proceedings of BIOSTEC/HEALTHINF2016. Rome, Italy. 248-255.
February 2016.
A road map for wireless mesh routing with DSA. R. Maliwatu, N. Zlobinsky,
M. Densmore, and D.L. Johnson. In
Proc. of SATNAC2016. September 2016
Collaborative neighbor
monitoring in TV white space networks. A. Takyi, M. Densmore, D.L. Johnson. In Proc. of
SATNAC2016. September 2016
How to choose a mobile phone for an ICT4D project. M. Molapo and M. Densmore. In
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and
Communications Technologies and Development (ICTD2015). Article 48. ACM. May
2015 (peer-reviewed)
Towards and
architectural design of a guideline-driven EMR system: a contextual inquiry of
Malawi. Y.J. Msosa, M. Densmore, and C.M. Keet. In
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and
Communications Technologies and Development (ICTD2015). Article 49. ACM. May
2015 (peer-reviewed)
Understanding
Jugaad: ICTD and the tensions of appropriation, innovation and utility. N. Rangaswamy and M. Densmore.
In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and
Communications Technologies and Development: Notes (ICTD2013). Vol. 2 (pp.
120-123). ACM. December 2013. (peer-reviewed)Balancing
burden and benefit: non-prescribed use of employer-issued mobile devices. A.
Schwartz, M. Bhavsar, E. Cutrell, J. Donner, and M. Densmore. In Proceedings of
ICTD2013 (Notes). Vol. 2 (pp. 140-143). ACM. December 2013. (peer-reviewed)
Experiences
with Bulk SMS for Health Financing in Uganda. M. Densmore. In Extended Abstracts
of CHI 2012, May 2012. (juried)
Cultural
Divides in the Construction of Socioprofessional
Medical Practice. Rowena Luk, Melissa Ho, and Paul Aoki. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S 2008), Rotterdam,
August 2008.
A Framework for Designing Teleconsultation Systems in Africa. Rowena L. Luk, Melissa Ho and
Paul Aoki. Proc. Int’l Conf. on Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA 2007),
Bamako, Mali, 28(1-5). Jan. 2007.
Technical Reports and Working Papers
CoLRN: A community-based vision for local resilient
networks. Melissa Densmore, TB Dinesh, Naveen Bagalkot,
Nervo Verdezoto, Ndinelao Iitumba, Siddhant Shinde, Deysi Ortega Roman.
International Telecommunications Union Connect2Recover Report. 2022. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/sites/connect2recover/research-reports/
Resources, Learning and Inclusion in Open
Development. M. Walton, A. Dearden, and M.
Densmore. Singapore Internet Research Centre (SIRCA White Paper 2). http://www.sirca.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Walton_WhitePaper.pdf
Optimizing
Mobile Deployments. A. Schwartz, M. Bhasvar,
E. Cutrell, J. Donner, and M. Densmore. Microsoft Research Technical
Report: MSR-TR-2014-45. April 1, 2014.
Implementing Delay Tolerant
Networking. Michael Demmer, Eric Brewer, Kevin Fall,
Sushant Jain, Melissa Ho, Rabin
Patra. Intel Research Technical Report: IRB-TR-04-020, Dec. 28, 2004.
Workshop Papers and Posters
Self-directed digital learning for maternity health
workers A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure application for empathic care. Sharifa Negesa and Melissa Densmore. 2023. Poster in Proceedings of the
6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies
(COMPASS '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 134–137.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3588001.3609375
Community Networks powered by Community Currencies. Keegan White, David Lloyd Johnson, Senka Hadzic, and Melissa Densmore.
2023. Demo in Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing
and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS '23). Association for Computing Machinery,
New York, NY, USA, 120–123. https://doi.org/10.1145/3588001.3609372
Using Co-Design to Discern and Overcome Barriers to
Employment in Cape Town. G. Jegede and M. Densmore. In ACM DEV 2016.
Nairobi, Kenya. November 2016.
The Case of the
Interdisciplinary Researcher: Using Mixed Methods to Observe ICT in Healthcare
in Uganda. Melissa R.
Densmore. In Qual Meets Quant Workshop held at
ICTD2010 (QMQ2010). December 2010
Communication and computing in health facilities of
southwest Uganda. Melissa R. Ho. In Proceedings of CHI'10 Extended Abstracts
(Poster). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4207-4212. April 2010.
Re-assessing Long Distance Wireless
for West Africa. Melissa R. Ho and RJ Honicky. Workshop on Wireless Broadband Access for
Communities and Rural Developing Regions (WIRELESS4D). Karlstad,
Sweden. December 2008
Applying User-Centered
Design to Telemedicine. Melissa Ho, Rowena Luk, Paul M.
Aoki. CHI 2007 Workshop on User Centered Design for
International Development, Apr. 2007.
Rethinking Wireless in the Developing World. L. Subramanian, S. Surana, R. Patra, S. Nedevschi,
M. Ho, E. Brewer and A. Sheth. Hot
Topics in Networks (HotNets-V), Nov 2006.
Poster: Delay
Tolerant Networking for Sensor Networks. M. Ho and K. Fall. Proceedings
of the First IEEE Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networking
(SECON). 2004. (invited)
Organized Workshops and Panels
African
Co-Design: Past, Present, and Emerging. Panel at the 4th
African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI
2023). East London, South Africa. November 2023.
Research with
Communities: Learning with Experts from Global Community Network. Siddhant
Shinde, Ndinelao Iitumba, Naveen Bagalkot, Melissa Densmore, and Nicola J
Bidwell. 2023. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on
Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS '23). Association for Computing
Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1145/3588001.3609378
HCI Across
Borders: Towards Global Solidarity. Vikram Kamath Cannanure,
Delvin Varghese, Cuauhtémoc Rivera-Loaiza, Faria Noor, Dipto
Das, Pranjal Jain, Meiyin Chang, Marisol
Wong-Villacres, Naveena Karusala, Nova Ahmed, Sarina
C Till, Bernard Ijesunor Akhigbe, Melissa Densmore,
Susan Dray, Christian Sturm, and Neha Kumar. 2023. Workshop, in Extended
Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI
EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 351,
1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573806
Situating
Network Infrastructure with People, Practices, and Beyond: A Community Building
Workshop. Esther Han Beol Jang, Nicola Bidwell, Jen Liu,
Phoebe Sengers, Naveen Bagalkot, Nervo Verdezoto, Melissa Densmore, Morgan
Vigil-Hayes, and Shaddi Hasan. 2022. Workshop, in Companion Publication of the
2022 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
(CSCW'22 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA,
267–272. https://doi.org/10.1145/3500868.3560716
Smart and
Inclusive Networks: Innovating for South African Infrastructures. Panelist at Innovation Bridge/Science Forum SA. Pretoria,
South Africa. December 2019.
Artful
Integrations of Infrastructures by Community-based Telecoms. At Communities
and Technologies 2019, co-convened in Cape Town, South Africa. N Bidwell, M
Densmore, A. van Zyl, S Belur, and N Pace. June 2019.
Research Ethics
for HCI: A Roundtable Discussion. At CHI2018. C Feisler, J
Hancock, A Bruckman, M Muller, C Munteanu, and M Densmore. April 2018.
Ethics in ICTD. Open
Session at ICTD2017. D Kleine. A Dearden, M. Densmore, and B. Chaudhury.
November 2017
Community Wireless. Workshop at ICTD2017. S. Hadzic, K. Ali, K. Heimerl,
S Hassan, D. Johnson, A. Phokeer, M. Densmore. November 2017.
TVWS/Cognitive Radio Workshop. Joint EE/CS workshop at UCT. S. Hadzic, A. Mishra, D. Johnson, and M.
Densmore. 9 April 2017.
Co-Design Across Borders. Special Interest Group at CHI2017. I Holeman, E Blake, M Densmore,
‘M Molapo, F Ssozi, E Goodman, I Thies, and S Wyche.
Denver, Colorado, USA. May 8, 2017.
Research Ethics in HCI: A Town Hall Meeting. At CHI2017. C Frauenberger, A Bruckman, C
Munteanu, M Densmore, and J Waycott. April 2017.
Workshop on Ethics in ICTD. Hosted by the UCT Centre in ICTD, UWC BANG, and ICTDEVers.
A. Dearden, M Densmore, C Stanley, and B Tucker. Cape
Town, South Africa. April 20, 2017.
Mentorship Panel. At AfriCHI2016. H Twinomuziri and M
Densmore. November 2016.
Development Consortium: HCI Across Borders. Workshop at CHI2016. N. Kumar, S. Dray, A. Dearden, N. Dell, M. Densmore, et al. San Jose,
California, USA. May 7-8, 2016.
Workshop on Learning from Failure. Hosted by the UCT Centre in ICT4D. M.
Densmore, E. Blake, and M. Walton. Cape Town, South Africa. January 20,
2015
Human Computer Interaction for Development. Special Interest Group at CHI2013. B. Al-Ani,
M. Densmore, E. Cutrell, A. Dearden,
R. Grinter, J. C. Thomas, M. Kam, and A. Peters. Paris, France. April 29, 2013
FAILFaire@ICTD2012. Open Session at ICTD2012. M.
Densmore, P. C. Rogers, W. Vota, and K. Verclas.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. March 12, 2012.
ICTD Curriculum: A Conversation on the Challenges
of Teaching Across the Academic Spectrum. Workshop
at ICTD2009. R. Anderson, S.R.
Sterling, M. Ho, J. Weber, R.
Anderson, and J. Bennett. April 17, 2009.
African
Co-Design: Past, Present, and Emerging. Panel at the 4th
African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI
2023). East London, South Africa. November 2023.
Research with
Communities: Learning with Experts from Global Community Network. Siddhant
Shinde, Ndinelao Iitumba, Naveen Bagalkot, Melissa Densmore, and Nicola J
Bidwell. 2023. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on
Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS '23). Association for Computing
Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1145/3588001.3609378
HCI Across
Borders: Towards Global Solidarity. Vikram Kamath Cannanure,
Delvin Varghese, Cuauhtémoc Rivera-Loaiza, Faria Noor, Dipto
Das, Pranjal Jain, Meiyin Chang, Marisol
Wong-Villacres, Naveena Karusala, Nova Ahmed, Sarina
C Till, Bernard Ijesunor Akhigbe, Melissa Densmore,
Susan Dray, Christian Sturm, and Neha Kumar. 2023. Workshop, in Extended
Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI
EA '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 351,
1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573806
Situating
Network Infrastructure with People, Practices, and Beyond: A Community Building
Workshop. Esther Han Beol Jang, Nicola Bidwell, Jen Liu,
Phoebe Sengers, Naveen Bagalkot, Nervo Verdezoto, Melissa Densmore, Morgan
Vigil-Hayes, and Shaddi Hasan. 2022. Workshop, in Companion Publication of the
2022 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
(CSCW'22 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA,
267–272. https://doi.org/10.1145/3500868.3560716
Smart and
Inclusive Networks: Innovating for South African Infrastructures. Panelist at Innovation Bridge/Science Forum SA. Pretoria,
South Africa. December 2019.
Artful
Integrations of Infrastructures by Community-based Telecoms. At Communities
and Technologies 2019, co-convened in Cape Town, South Africa. N Bidwell, M
Densmore, A. van Zyl, S Belur, and N Pace. June 2019.
Research Ethics
for HCI: A Roundtable Discussion. At CHI2018. C Feisler, J
Hancock, A Bruckman, M Muller, C Munteanu, and M Densmore. April 2018.
Ethics in ICTD. Open
Session at ICTD2017. D Kleine. A Dearden, M. Densmore, and B. Chaudhury.
November 2017
Community Wireless. Workshop at ICTD2017. S. Hadzic, K. Ali, K. Heimerl,
S Hassan, D. Johnson, A. Phokeer, M. Densmore. November 2017.
TVWS/Cognitive Radio Workshop. Joint EE/CS workshop at UCT. S. Hadzic, A. Mishra, D. Johnson, and M.
Densmore. 9 April 2017.
Co-Design Across Borders. Special Interest Group at CHI2017. I Holeman, E Blake, M Densmore,
‘M Molapo, F Ssozi, E Goodman, I Thies, and S Wyche.
Denver, Colorado, USA. May 8, 2017.
Research Ethics in HCI: A Town Hall Meeting. At CHI2017. C Frauenberger, A Bruckman, C
Munteanu, M Densmore, and J Waycott. April 2017.
Workshop on Ethics in ICTD. Hosted by the UCT Centre in ICTD, UWC BANG, and ICTDEVers.
A. Dearden, M Densmore, C Stanley, and B Tucker. Cape
Town, South Africa. April 20, 2017.
Mentorship Panel. At AfriCHI2016. H Twinomuziri and M
Densmore. November 2016.
Development Consortium: HCI Across Borders. Workshop at CHI2016. N. Kumar, S. Dray, A. Dearden, N. Dell, M. Densmore, et al. San Jose,
California, USA. May 7-8, 2016.
Workshop on Learning from Failure. Hosted by the UCT Centre in ICT4D. M.
Densmore, E. Blake, and M. Walton. Cape Town, South Africa. January 20,
2015
Human Computer Interaction for Development. Special Interest Group at CHI2013. B. Al-Ani,
M. Densmore, E. Cutrell, A. Dearden,
R. Grinter, J. C. Thomas, M. Kam, and A. Peters. Paris, France. April 29, 2013
FAILFaire@ICTD2012. Open Session at ICTD2012. M.
Densmore, P. C. Rogers, W. Vota, and K. Verclas.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. March 12, 2012.
ICTD Curriculum: A Conversation on the Challenges
of Teaching Across the Academic Spectrum. Workshop
at ICTD2009. R. Anderson, S.R.
Sterling, M. Ho, J. Weber, R.
Anderson, and J. Bennett. April 17, 2009.
Talks
Beyond Access:
Promoting Local Innovation in Digital Content and Services. Engineering for
Change Virtual Salon: ICT Access and IoT in Low-Resource Settings. November 21,
2019.
Co-Designing
Digital Resources for Bandwidth-Constrained Communities. University of
Melbourne Computer Science Seminar. November 20, 2019
Minimum Ethical
Standards for ICTD Research. 4th Annual Western Cape Human Research
Ethics Workshop. Cape Town. October 9, 2019.
Ethics and
Values in Co-Design for Development. Guest Lecture, Honours ICT4D, University of Western
Cape. Cape Town. August 19, 2019
Design for
Strengthening of Bandwidth-Constrained Communities: Moms, Mobiles, and iNethi.
University
of Energy and Natural Resources. Ghana. July 7, 2019.
Koforidua Technical University. Ghana. July 2, 2019.
14th Annual Symposium on Future Trends in Service-Oriented
Computing. Potsdam, Germany, April 11, 2019
Empowering Moms
in Tech to Thrive. Lightning Women in Tech. Cape Town, South Africa,
March 9 2019.
Women in
Energy. Panel at IEEE PowerAfrica
2018. Cape Town, South Africa. June 26, 2018.
Technology and
Community Development and Rural Connectivity
and Open Source: Challenges and Opportunities. Panels at the OpenCellular Workshop on Open Source
Rural Access. Nairobi, Kenya. June 19-20, 2017.
Co-Design Across Borders. Opening keynote, 12th Annual Symposium on Future Trends in
Service-Oriented Computing (Doctoral Symposium). Potsdam, Germany. April 26,
2017.
Information and Communications Technology for
Development: Current Trajectories. Cambridge University
Computing Laboratory. April 25, 2013
Surveillance, Detection & Prevention: Keeping
India healthy through smart diagnostics & devices. Panelist. BIRAC Grand Challenges Meet: Setting
the Future Agenda, New Delhi, India. March 21, 2013
From Research to Practice. Innovations with Social Impact, MYRA School of Business, Mysore, India.
January 2013
Mobiles and Rural Healthcare: Applications,
Challenges, and Design Strategies. USID2012, Bangalore,
India. October 2012.
Insurance Innovation in mHealth: Results from a
Pilot in Uganda. mHealth Summit
2010, Washington, DC. November 2010.
Text Messaging for Management in Uganda
Output-Based Voucher Program, with Ben Bellows.
SHOPS/mHealth Alliance Online Conference: Using Mobile Technologies to Improve
Family Planning, Maternal Health, and Newborn Services in the Developing World.
May 2010.
Communication and Computing in Health Facilities of
South-western Uganda. ICT4D Collective, Royal
Holloway, University of London. April 7, 2010.
Higher Education in South Asia and Sub-Saharan
Africa. Guest Lecture: The Role of Technology in
Learning in the 21st Century. Carnegie Mellon Human-Computer
Interaction Institute (via Skype). Jan 2010.
Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions.
EpiHandy Workshop. Kampala, Uganda. Dec 5, 2008.
Mobile Phones, Health Information
Management, and Output-Based Aid. Intel People and Practices Research, Portland, Oregon,
USA. November 2008.
SmartClaims: The context
motivating the use of mobile phones to improve output-based aid in Uganda. American Public Health Association 2008. San Diego, California,
USA. October 2008.
Mobile Phones, Health Information
Management, and Output-Based Aid. TIER Workshop, Berkeley, California, USA. October 2008.
ICTs and Healthcare Information Management in
Uganda. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada July 18, 2008.
Smartphones and Information
Management for Rural Health Care Clinics in Africa. Blum “Global Development in Action” Student Symposium, Berkeley,
California, USA. October 4, 2007.
Networking in Developing Countries. Guest Lecture: i250 Computer Based Communications Networks and Systems. University of California, Berkeley, USA. November 5, 2007.
Disconnected
Internet Access for Youth in Tijuana. Technology and
Infrastructure for Emerging Regions Workshop. University of California,
Berkeley, California, USA. October 29, 2005.
Press Releases and News
Preemie Care App. 15 January
2020. UCT TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jW10Go0M3Q
Co-Creating a locally relevant web, by Nadia Krige. 22 Nov 2019. UCT
News. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-11-22-co-creating-a-locally-relevant-web
Grooming young tech innovators. Niemah Davids. 20 June 2019. UCT News. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-06-20-grooming-young-tech-innovators
Empowering communities with digital access,
content. 14 Nov 2019. Spoor & Fisher. https://www.spoor.com/en/News/empowering-communities-with-digital-access-content/
Using computers to improve lives, by Nadia Krige.
10 Sept 2018. UCT News. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2018-09-10-using-computers-to-improve-lives
Connecting the Ocean View Community. Kim Cloete. 4
Sept 2018. UCT News. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2018-09-04-connecting-the-ocean-view-community
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Announces Winners of the NAKFI Challenge. 4 Sept 2018. Press Release. https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2018/09/national-academies-keck-futures-initiative-announces-winners-of-the-nakfi-challenge
Professional Service
Journal Reviewer: ITID, Pervasive Computing Journal (Special Issue on
ICT4D, 2011)
Conference Reviewer: CHI,
CSCW, ICTD, COMPASS
Proposal Reviewer: National
Science Foundation
General Chair: ACM COMPASS
2023
Conference Chairs:
AfriCHI2016 (Sponsors, Languages, and Mentoring), ICTD2017 (Open Sessions)
Program Committee:
CHI2014, CHI2015, CHI2020, ICTD2013-2017, ICTD2020, ACMDEV 2014-2016, InterSol 2018-2019, ACM COMPASS 2017-2018
Steering Committee: ACM COMPASS (2017 – 2024)
Grants and Awards
2024 Google Award for Inclusion Research (US$35,000)
2023 Innovate UK – SHiMA (ZAR 1,043,899)
2022 Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research – ParentCoach (EUR 55,094 to UCT)
2021 IDRC – Gender Just STEM for Africa (CAD 1,207,000)
2020 UKRI GCRF DIDA – CoMaCH (GBP 128,654)
2020 Hasso Plattner Institute Research School at UCT (EUR 1,000,000)
2018 OpenCellular Telecom Infra Project (US$25,000)
2018 NAKFI Challenge
(US$500,000)
2015 Strengthening
Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) III on Open Development
Grant (US$16,710)
2010 Global Social Venture Competition Social Impact
Assessment Award
(First Place, US$5,000)
2007-2010 Blum Center for Developing Economies Grant (US$90,000)
2005/06, 2007/08, 2009/10
SIMS Fellowship Recipient – 3 years tuition+stipend
2008-2009 Dean’s
Normative Time Fund Fellowship – 1 year tuition+stipend
2008 Grace Hopper
Celebration Scholarship Recipient
2008 Thomas I.
Yamashita Foundations for Change Prize (US$2,500 Honorarium)
2008 UCB Big Ideas
Contest: IT for Society (Honorable Mention, US$1000)
2007 UCB Big Ideas
Contest: Neglected Diseases (First Place, US$10,000)
2007 UCB Big Ideas Contest:
IT for Society (First Place, US$8,500)
2006 UCB Big Ideas
Contest: Curriculum Innovation (First Place, US$4,000)
2006 Mayfield Fellow
and Team Leader
2003 Recipient of the Anvil Prize for Best Masters Project (UCL)
Profiles
DBLP: https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/d/Densmore:Melissa
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=5Bqgw2gAAAAJ&hl=en