Research Papers
Covid-19 response services
Technologies that Disempower: Design Flaws in Technologies Used for the Delivery of Social Protection Measures in India – A. Seth. ACM Interactions, Nov 2020
Guiding priciples for technology-for-development projects
The Elusive Model of Technology, Media, Social Development, and Financial Sustainability – A. Seth. Book chapter, Socio-Tech Innovation: Harnessing Technology for Social Good, Editors: Latha Poonamallee, Joanne Scillitoe, and Simy Joy, 2020.
Theories of information evolution on social media
A personalized credibility model for recommending messages in social participatory media environments – A. Seth, J, Zhang, and R. Cohen. World Wide Web, 2015
Fairness and Diversity in the Recommendation and Ranking of Participatory Media Content – Muskaan, M.P. Dhaliwal, and A. Seth. KDD workshop on Intelligent Information Feeds, 2019 Supplementary material
Use of voice-based technologies for rural communication
Social Media Tools for the Bottom of the Pyramid – A. Seth, Z. Koradia, I. Ahuja, A. Mahla, D. Martin, A. Premi, and Balachandran C. Invited paper. CEWIT Korea, 2010
Using ICTs to Meet the Operational Needs of Community Radio Stations in India – Z. Koradia, A. Premi, B. Chandrasekharan, and A. Seth ACM DEV, 2010
Phonepeti: Exploring the Role of an Answering Machine System in a Community Radio Station in India – Z. Koradia and A. Seth. ICTD 2012
Experiences of Deploying and Commercializing a Community Radio Automation System in India – Z. Koradia, Balachandran C, K. Dadheech, M. Shivam, and A. Seth. ACM DEV, 2012
A case study on the use of IVR systems by visually impaired people – P. Aggarwal, G. Luthra, Z. Koradia, A. Seth, P. Gadodia, G. Abraham, and N. Jain ACM DEV (3), 2013
A participatory video and audio platform for community interaction using DVDs and IVR systems – D. Chakraborty and A. Seth. ACM DEV (3), 2013
Gurgaon idol: a singing competition over community radio and IVRS – Z. Koradia, P. Aggarwal, G. Luthra, and A. Seth. ACM DEV (3), 2013
Initial Lessons from Building an IVR-based Automated Question-Answering System – P. Bhagat, S. Prajapati, and A. Seth. ICTD, 2020.
Realizing social development through technology
Application of Mobile Phones and Social Media to Improve Grievance Redressal in Public Services – A. Seth, A. Katyal, R. Bhatia (IIT Delhi), D. Kapoor, Balachandran C, V. Venkat, A. Moitra, S. Chatterjee, M. Shivam, Z. Koradia (Gram Vaani), and P. Naidu (Action India). M4D Web Foundation workshop 2012
Airavat: an automated system to increase transparency and accountability in social welfare schemes in India – V. Srinivasan, V. Vardhan, S. Kar, S. Asthana, R. Narayanan, P. Singh, D. Chakraborty, A. Singh, and A. Seth. ICTD, 2013
Building Citizen Engagement into the Implementation of Welfare Schemes in Rural India – D. Chakraborty and A. Seth. ICTD, 2015
Design Lessons from Creating a Mobile-based Community Media Platform in Rural India – A. Moitra, V. Das, A. Kumar, Gram Vaani, and A. Seth. ICTD 2016
Findings from a Civil Society Mediated and Technology Assisted Grievance Redressal Model in Rural India – D. Chakraborty, S. Ahmad, and A. Seth. ICTD, 2017
An Analysis of Community Mobilization Strategies of a Voice-based Community Media Platform in Rural India – A. Moitra, A. Kumar, and A. Seth. ITID 2018
Implementation Fidelity and Acceptability of an Intervention to Improve Vaccination Uptake and Child Health in Rural India: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial – M.C. Pérez, D. Chandra, G. Koné, R. Singh, V. Ridde, M. Sylvestre, A. Seth, and M. Johri. Implement Science Communications, 2020.
Development of an mHealth Behavior Change Communication Strategy: A Case-study from Rural Uttar Pradesh in India – M. Cielo Pérez Osorio, R. Singh, D. Pant, V. Ridde, A. Seth, and M. Johri. ACM COMPASS, 2020. Related journal paper by co-authors.
Reflections from Practical Experiences of Managing Participatory Media Platforms for Development – A. Seth, A. Gupta, A. Moitra, D. Kumar, D. Chakraborty, L. Enoch, O. Ruthven, P. Panjal, R.A. Siddiqi, R. Singh, S. Chatterjee, S. Saini, S. Ahmad, and V. Sai Pratap. ICTD, 2020.
Use of voice-based technologies for rural communication
Social Media Tools for the Bottom of the Pyramid – A. Seth, Z. Koradia, I. Ahuja, A. Mahla, D. Martin, A. Premi, and Balachandran C. Invited paper. CEWIT Korea, 2010
Using ICTs to Meet the Operational Needs of Community Radio Stations in India – Z. Koradia, A. Premi, B. Chandrasekharan, and A. Seth ACM DEV, 2010
Phonepeti: Exploring the Role of an Answering Machine System in a Community Radio Station in India – Z. Koradia and A. Seth. ICTD 2012
Experiences of Deploying and Commercializing a Community Radio Automation System in India – Z. Koradia, Balachandran C, K. Dadheech, M. Shivam, and A. Seth. ACM DEV, 2012
A case study on the use of IVR systems by visually impaired people – P. Aggarwal, G. Luthra, Z. Koradia, A. Seth, P. Gadodia, G. Abraham, and N. Jain ACM DEV (3), 2013
A participatory video and audio platform for community interaction using DVDs and IVR systems – D. Chakraborty and A. Seth. ACM DEV (3), 2013
Gurgaon idol: a singing competition over community radio and IVRS – Z. Koradia, P. Aggarwal, G. Luthra, and A. Seth. ACM DEV (3), 2013
Initial Lessons from Building an IVR-based Automated Question-Answering System – P. Bhagat, S. Prajapati, and A. Seth. ICTD, 2020.
Internet measurements for QoS of cellular data services
2G/3G network measurements in rural areas of India – A. Chandele, Z. Koradia, V. Ribeiro, A. Seth, S. Triukose, S. Ardon, and A. Mahanti. ACM DEV (3), 2013
First impressions on the state of cellular data connectivity in India – Z. Koradia, G. Mannava, A. Raman, G. Aggarwal, V. Ribeiro, A. Seth, S. Ardon, A. Mahanti, and S. Triukose. ACM DEV (4), 2013
Revisiting the State of Cellular Data Connectivity in India – A. Sharma, M. Kaur, Z. Koradia, R. Nishant, S. Pandit, A. Raman, and A. Seth. Invited paper. ACM DEV 2015
Mobile Internet Services in India: Quality of Service – Joint report with CUTS and IIT Delhi, foreword by Prof Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay). Presented to TRAI, June 2016
Opportunistic low-cost communication
Policy Oriented Architecture for Opportunistic Communication on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks – A. Seth, M. Zaharia, S. Bhattacharya, S. Keshav Manuscript, University of Waterloo, 2006
Design and Implementation of the KioskNet System – S. Guo, M. Derakhshani, M.H. Falaki, U. Ismail, R. Luk, E.A. Oliver, S. Ur Rahman, A. Seth, M.A. Zaharia, and S. Keshav. Computer Networks, 2011
Motivation and Design of a Content Distribution Architecture for Rural Areas – A. Mahla, D. Martin, I. Ahuja, Q. Niyaz, and A. Seth. ACM DEV, 2012
A Comprehensive Data Management Framework for Opportunistic Communication on Mobile Phones – S. Doraswamy, A. Subramaniam, and A. Seth. ACM DEV (3), 2013
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