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Tapan S. Parikh
tapan@cs.washington.edu
Education
B.Sc. Molecular Modeling, Brown University, Providence, RI
M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Honors
- MIT Technology in Review 2007 Young Innovator Award
- Intel Ph.D. Fellowship
- Computer Science and Engineering Fellowship
- Lindenberg Center International Mobility Grant
- Bonderman International Travel Fellowship
- ACM Conference on Universal Usability Best Paper Award
- Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Research
I work on designing computing systems that support sustainable rural development in low per-capita income economic conditions. My goal is to build holistic systems that are accessible to end users, complement favorable social structures and reinforce community-driven efforts towards empowerment, economic development and sustainable use of natural resources.
Publications
Tapan S. Parikh, Neil Patel and Yael Schwartzman, A Survey of Information Systems Reaching Small Producers in Global Agricultural Value Chains, ICTD 2007, December 15-16, 2007, Bangalore, India
Yael Schwartzman and Tapan S. Parikh, Using CAM-equipped Mobile Phones for Procurement and Quality Control at a Rural Coffee Cooperative, MobEA V, Mobile Web in the Developing World, May 8th, 2007, Banff, Canada
Yael Schwartzman and Tapan S. Parikh, Establishing Relationships for Designing Rural Information Systems, ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), April 30-May 3, 2007, San Jose, CA
Using Mobile Phones for Secure Distributed Document Processing in the Developing World”, IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, April 2005.
Design Studies for a Financial Management System for Micro-credit Groups in Rural India”, ACM Conference on Universal Usability, November 2003.
Highlights
- Lecturer in Computer Applications at Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India; founded by Mahatma Gandhi
- Coordinator at Knowledge Network for Grassroots Innovation, Ahmedabad India; a project of SRISTI (Society for Research in Sustainable Technologies and Institutions) and IIM-A (Indian Institute of Technology at Ahmedabad)
- Researcher at Media Lab Asia, Mumbai, India; a research lab focused on new information technologies for rural India
- Founded ekgaon technologies, New Delhi, India; a technical services firm working on rural technologies and systems
