Multiplatform Reactive Crowdsourcing based on Social Networks – WWW2013

In this post I want to report on our paper on Reactive Crowdsourcing presented at the WWW 2013 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.Here is a quick summary of motivation and idea, together with some relevant materials:PresentationDemonstration VideoFull PaperNeed for controlWe believe that an essential aspect for building effective crowdsourcing computations is the ability of "controlling … Continue reading Multiplatform Reactive Crowdsourcing based on Social Networks – WWW2013

CrowdSearch 2012: my experience at the First International Workshop On Crowdsourcing Web Search at WWW2012

Last week I have been attending WWW 2012 in Lyon and within it I joined the First International Workshop on Crowdsourcing Web search (CrowdSearch 2012) on April 17 to April 20 in Lyon, France. I enjoyed a lot the technical contributions and the extremely lively discussion and feedback from the audience (50+ people throughout the day).The program … Continue reading CrowdSearch 2012: my experience at the First International Workshop On Crowdsourcing Web Search at WWW2012

CUbRIK: content-intensive, time-intensive and human-intensive scalable search

Today I wish to share with you some details about a new project I'll be involved in throughout the next three years. The project is called CUbRIK and addresses advanced search techniques and tools for multimedia and multimodal search, based on content-intensive, time-intensive and human-intensive scalable processes. The project aims at experimenting the integration of … Continue reading CUbRIK: content-intensive, time-intensive and human-intensive scalable search