Our paper: Answering search queries with CrowdSearcherhas been accepted and presented at WWW 2012 in Lyon.Here is the abstract:Web users are increasingly relying on social interaction to complete and validate the results of their search activities. While search systems are superior machines to get world-wide information, the opinions collected within friends and expert/local communities can ultimately … Continue reading Answering search queries with CrowdSearcher – WWW2012
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Social Informatics workshop: Social networking at work with human factors and technical platforms in mind
Today I'm attending an extremely interesting workshop on Social Informatics at University of Trento. The workshop gathers a diverse audience spanning from computer science to cognitive science and health. The program of the day included the following presentations: Supporting Social Interactions for Older Adults. Cristhian Parra, University of Trento, ItalyThis talk focused on ways for … Continue reading Social Informatics workshop: Social networking at work with human factors and technical platforms in mind