HCI, crowdsourcing, human computation, former faculty at Purdue ECE
Indiana
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Rogue employee at @UPS My Choice support wasn't listening and didn't like my pointing that out, so she went silent—breathing into the phone but ignoring me—for >10 mins. Having just spent 15 mins trying to get through to a human, I wasn't hanging up; she did. Zero accountability.
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Congratulations to @Upwork on their IPO! It's not only a fantastic business built by great people---it also creates economic opportunities around the 🌎, making it a powerful force for overcoming the unfairness of geography & birth. It's an inspiration. techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/up…
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Looking forward to a full day of inspiring discussions! @anca_dmtrch @cawelty @aqgs @CaptureBias @factmata @ImageSnippets @aleboz and many more! nitter.cf/hcinst/status/10146499…
Another great workshop at #HCOMP2018: Subjectivity, Ambiguity, and Disagreement in #Crowdsourcing (#SAD2018) by @laroyo & @cawelty
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Their publication @HCjnl on "The Three Sides of CrowdTruth" is definitely worth checking out too: bit.ly/HCj-CrowdTruth
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And we also have an exciting talk after lunch at 13:30 by Brent Hecht @NorthwesternU #Keynote #2 will talk about "Disagreement in Crowdsourcing due to Cultural Context" at #SAD2018 #Workshop @hcomp_conf #hcomp
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Check out the #SAD2018 #Workshop Program sadworkshop.wordpress.com/pr… and come join us in the discussion on #Subjectivity, #Ambiguity & #Disagreement in Crowdsourcing Thanks to our sponsor @factmata!
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Lots of interesting things happening today:
We start the day with the #SAD2018 #Workshop #Keynote #1 by Drazen Prelec @MIT on "Bayesian truth serum and the ‘wine tasting problem.’" at 9:00am @hcomp_conf #HCOMP
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Searching Google Scholar for «late homework policies» just returns a bunch of random course syllabi. Surely somebody has studied this right?
Is there any research about late policies in undergrad courses? Does accepting late homework reinforce bad habits—or reward persistence?
Discriminating against an entire state because *some* residents supported discriminatory laws… stunning hypocrisy. nytimes.com/2016/04/14/opini…
Has there been any decision on an #HCOMP2016 deadline? The @HCOMP_conf web site has been inaccessible lately.
@TurkerNational Yes. I also suspect some selection bias: bad instructions ➜ bad results ➜ novice requesters give up ➜ only pros remain.
@TurkerNational We had workers rate existing instructions from different requesters. Oddly, they didn't find many problems. I'm perplexed.
Where can I find examples of BAD #MTurk task instructions? ("Bad" = unclear, ambiguous, overly verbose, etc.)
After hearing about Paul Volcker's exposed ankles on @PlanetMoney, I bought 12 pair of size 15 black boot socks (knee high). Problem solved!
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Turkers in the DC area, @USDOL hosting Future of Work symposium free/open to public. Not endorsing, but just sayin' eventbrite.com/e/future-of-w…
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The @nature guide to constructing a paper abstract is worth following for **every** paper
Papers on broad topics or with crisp, easily generalizable conclusions are cited more. Systems papers are the opposite. @jeffbigham @landay