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Wanted: More Nails for the Hammer an Investigation into the Application of Human Computation
Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop (2013, Palm Springs, CA)
  • Elizabeth A. Brém
  • Tyler Bick
  • Andrew W. Schriner
  • Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Researchers studying human computation and crowdsourcing know it as a useful tool for solving data analysis problems. Outside of this community, however, we ask the question 'how many people with data analysis problems know how to use human computation and crowdsourcing?' In this paper, we observe trends in academic papers on the topic of human computation and crowdsourcing, conduct a survey, and examine the growth of the human computation and crowdsourcing market by researching recent market reports in order to test the hypothesis that human computation and crowdsourcing is not a widely used tool despite its usefulness for problem solving.

Meeting Name
1st AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2013 (2013: Nov. 6-9, Palm Springs, CA)
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Amazon.com; Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence; Facebook; Google; Microsoft Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Tools,
  • Academic paper,
  • Analysis problems,
  • Crowdsourcing,
  • Human computation,
  • Commerce
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1577356318
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2013 AI Access Foundation, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-1-2013
Publication Date
01 Nov 2013
Citation Information
Elizabeth A. Brém, Tyler Bick, Andrew W. Schriner and Daniel B. Oerther. "Wanted: More Nails for the Hammer an Investigation into the Application of Human Computation" Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop (2013, Palm Springs, CA) Vol. WS-13-18 (2013) p. 85 - 86
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel_oerther/50/