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COMP766:Anintroduc6ontoCrowdsourcingandHuman-Computa6ontechniques
JérômeWaldispü[email protected]
WhatitHuman-computa6on?
199801801071+6553635653+45735581*(5364261-546543+536536361)–66556151022326648712*562563+76434–63264782647357*5465463(465463–6743252)
=2.1332374e+27=??
Computerareveryefficienttoprocessnumericalandtextdata.
WhatitHuman-computa6on?
Butonothertypesofproblems,humansarenotalwaysbad.
WhatitHuman-computa6on?
Webenabletogathercrowdsandconnecthumantocomputers.
WhatitHuman-computa6on?
Ourgoalshouldbetobuildbe\erhuman-computersystems!
Human-Computa6onSystems
• Voluntary:Wikipedia,OpenSourceSo`ware
• Incen-vebymoney:AmazonMechanicalTurk
• Incen-vebyfun:GameswithaPurpose
• Youhavenootherchoices:CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA
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Ar6ficialIntelligence Human-ComputerInterac6on
Design Programming
h\ps://github.com/NLKNguyen/papercolor-theme
Newtechnologies
FacebookInc.
Generalinforma6on
Web:http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~jeromew/comp766.html Officehours:Thursday14:30-16:00inENGTR3106Email:[email protected]:• 2paperreviewswithclasspresenta6on(30%)• Researchproject(60%)• Classpar6cipa6on(10%)
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PaperReview/Presenta6on
• Listofavailablescien6ficar6cles(typicallyfromconferencessuchasHCOMPorCHI).
• 25minpresenta6oninclasswithaslidedeck• 10minforques6onsfromtheaudience• Par6cipa6ontothediscussiona`erthetalkswillbe
integratedinyourgradeforpar6cipa6on.
Project
• ListofprojectsproposedearlySeptember(Othersugges6onswillbeconsidered).
• Individualprojectorteamsoftwo(withseparatetasks).• Mid-termreport:2pagesduelateOctober(4pagesfor
teams).• Finalreport:6pagesduemidDecember(12pagesfor
teams).• Allprojectsmustincludeaprogrammingcomponentand
experiments.
Framework&Plarorms
• Python• PyBossa(crowdsourcingframework)• OtherPythonpackage:scikit-learn(AI)• Webprogramming(javascript,HTML5,etc.)
InvitedLectures
• OlivierTremblay-Savard,ComputerScience,UniversityofManitoba• DerekRuths,ComputerScience,McGill• PascalNataf,Affordancestudio• Yancyr,BeamMeUp• TBD
References
HumanComputa6onEdithLaw,LuisvonAhnMorgan&ClaypoolPublishers
Reinven6ngdiscoveryMichaelNielsenPrincetonUniversityPress
Outline
• September8-20:Conceptsin“HumanComputa6on”• September22:Presenta6onofar6clestoreviewandproject• Sep27-Oct.4:Casestudies• Oct6-11:Invitedlectures• Oct12–Nov3:Paperpresenta6ons• Nov.10–22:Selectedtopics• Nov.24-29:InvitedLectures• Dec.1:Review&discussion
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Nextlecture
Thursday,Sep.8th.E.Law,“Defining(Human)Computa6on”,CHI2011.http://crowdresearch.org/chi2011-workshop/papers/law.pdf
