Professor: Haym Hirsh (352 Gates Hall, haym.hirsh at cornell dot edu)
Office Hours: Mon 11:15am - 12:15pm
Lecture: Gates G01 (Tue/Thu 8:40am - 9:55pm)
Blog: Crowdsourcing and Human Computation
Teaching Assistant:
- - Ozan Irsoy (oi32 at cornell dot edu)
- - Moontae Lee (ml2255 at cornell dot edu)
- - Jon Park (jsp249 at cornell dot edu)
# | Date | Topic | Readings | Assignments | |
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1 | Jan 28 | Course Overview 1 | - | ||
2 | Feb 2 | Course Overview 2 | - | ||
3 | Feb 4 | How Many Minds (Mis)Produce Knowledge | Infotopia, Introduction | ||
4 | Feb 9 | Human Computation Introduction | Human Computation, Chapter 1 | #1: Experience Crowd Work (revised - see Mar 22) |
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5 | Feb 11 | Human Computation Algorithms | Human Computation, Chapter 2 | ||
February Break | |||||
6 | Feb 18 | Aggregating Outputs | Human Computation, Chapter 3 | ||
7 | Feb 23 | The (Occasional) Power of Numbers: What We Know from Cognitive and Social Psychology |
Infotopia, Chapter 1 | ||
8 | Feb 25 | The (Occasional) Power of Numbers: Condorcet Jury Theorem |
Infotopia, Chapter 1 | ||
9 | Mar 1 | The Surprising Failures of Deliberating Groups, Four Big Problems | Infotopia, Chapters 2 and 3 | #2: Participate in Wikipedia Due Mar 10 |
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10 | Mar 3 | Wikipedia | Infotopia, Chapter 5 | ||
11 | Mar 8 | Money, Prices, and Prediction Markets | Infotopia, Chapter 4 | ||
12 | Mar 10 | Amazon Mechanical Turk Live Demo Course Projects Overview |
- | Course Project Assignment #2 due today |
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13 | Mar 15 | Recommendations for Deliberation | Infotopia, Chapter 6 | ||
14 | Mar 17 | Examples of Micro-Labor Market Applications | - | ||
- | Mar 18 | - | - | Course Project Milestone 1: Initial Project Ideas | |
15 | Mar 22 | Crowdsourcing Via Contests | - | #1 Revised: Experience Crowd Work Due Apr 12 Course Project Milestone 2: Comment on Classmates' Ideas |
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16 | Mar 24 | Project Team Formation | - | Course Project Milestone 3: Revise Project Ideas | |
Spring Break | |||||
17 | Apr 5 | Games with a Purpose | Human Computation, Section 6.2.1 | ||
18 | Apr 7 | Asking the Right Questions | Human Computation, Chapter 6 | Course Project Milestone 4: Project Proposals Due Today | |
19 | Apr 12 | The Wisdom of Webpage Link Structure | Assignment #1 Revised Due Today | ||
20 | Apr 14 | The Wisdom of Webpage Link Structure The Wisdom of Search Queries |
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21 | Apr 19 | The Wisdom in Social Media | |||
22 | Apr 21 | Collaborative Filtering | Course Project Milestone 5: Status Report 1 | ||
23 | Apr 26 | Amazon Mechanical Turk: Worker Experience Guest lecture: Brian McInnis |
"Mammon and the Archer" by O. Henry | ||
24 | Apr 28 | The Dark Side of Crowdsourcing and Human Computation | |||
25 | May 3 | The Dark Side of Crowdsourcing and Human Computation | |||
26 | May 5 | Collective Intelligence in Animals | Bruce Schneier's Afterword to Cory Doctorow's Little Brother | Course Project Milestone 6: Status Report 2 | |
27 | May 10 | Looking Ahead | Amazon Mechanical Turk Reimbursement Form | ||
- | May 17 | Course Project Milestones 7: Project Report Due Today Course Project Milestones 8: Individual Report Due Today |
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Project Presentation | |||||