The Brain Behind
Crackd
Crackd was created by Professor Lydia Chilton, an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. With a PhD from the University of Washington and degrees from MIT, Dr. Chilton is a pioneer in the field of AI+Design, developing systems that support innovation in fields ranging from journalism and science communication to disaster response and mental health.
Exploring Iterative and Parallel Human Computation Processes
This paper explores two basic approaches: one where workers work alone in parallel and one where workers iteratively build on each other's work.
The Labor Economics of Paid Crowdsourcing
We present a model of workers supplying labor to paid crowdsourcing projects.
Tabulator: Exploring and Analyzing Linked Data on the Semantic Web
The Tabulator is an RDF browser, which is designed bothfor new users to provoke interest in the Semantic Web.
Cascade: Crowdsourcing Taxonomy Creation
Cascade is an automated workflow that allows crowd workers to spend as little at 20 seconds each while collectively making a taxonomy.