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Providing Internet Connectivity and Strengthening Digital Skills for Rural communities in the Tumaco Municipality of Colombia

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project aims to provide Internet access to seven rural communities in the Tumaco region in Colombia, which currently have digital…

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Panama - 2022: Young woman dressed in Paruma cloth brings a tray of food wrapped in banana leaves.

Community Network for the Promotion and Preservation of the Emberá Culture of Tusipono

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The Emberá Indigenous Community of Tusipono is located on the shores of Lake Alajuela in Panama and consists of 28 families…

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Children in a class, school, Kenya

Affordable Internet Access to Schools, Hospitals and Libraries in Rural and Marginalized Areas of Kenya

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project leverages on the existing KENET broadband network to extend affordable and high-speed Internet connectivity to 20 selected rural-based institutions…

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Transforming Lives of the rural communities through the power of the internet, especially in disaster-prone villages across India

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The goal of the project is to train and guide village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) and village level technicians (VLTs) to deploy…

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Kalangala Connect

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT   The goal of the project is to bridge the digital divide in Bugala island (Kalangala District in the Central region of…

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SFI 5G Broadband Initiative

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The goal of the project is to ensure that communities with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their surrounding communities…

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Computer LCD screen with multiple pings. Virus and DDOS attack concept

Transforming the Responsibility for Trusted Denial-of-Service Mitigation in the Internet

The question addressed in this research is how to transform the cost of mitigating Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks on the Internet from a burden on the…

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US K12 EdTech Safety Benchmark Findings & Data Publication

RESEARCH QUESTION  The original primary research question was about the safety of EdTech used in US K12 schools, and the findings indicated that the vast…

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Migrants Walk Alongside the Railroad Tracks After Dismounting from the 'La Bestia' Train, Which They Rode Through Mexico to Reach the Mexico-U.S. Border - Chihuahua, Mexico

Digital Vulnerability Perceptions Among Migrants in Transit and its Influence on Decisions During their Trajectory

RESEARCH QUESTION  This research is a case study on the migrants crossing the Mexico-US border. The objective is to better understand how self-perceptions of digital…

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Internet Standards Observatory: Monitoring Standards to Prevent Fragmentation

RESEARCH QUESTION  The project seeks to contribute to the body of research on the question of standards and fragmentation. The Project methodology research question is:…

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An illustrative photo of a woman with a cellphone to show Identification and privacy in context of modern digital technologies.

Privacy is Essential to a Trustworthy Internet: the Case of Divvi Up

RESEARCH QUESTION  Divvi Up is a system developed to provide privacy-respecting metrics for COVID-19 exposure notification apps. This research focuses on discovering, designing, building, and…

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The Economic Consequences of Digital Dark Patterns

RESEARCH QUESTION  The research objective is to measure the economic impacts of dark patterns in the context of consumer data sharing in the US. Companies…

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