City College Arts & Humanities Business Technology Buildings Pre-Bid Workshop
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Crowdsourcing Quality Management
and other stories
Panos Ipeirotis New York University & Tagasauris
Amazon Mechanical Turk
patent pending
Tagging
patent pending
But what if MTurk workers submit incorrect tags?
Voting
Voting
But what if MTurk workers also vote incorrectly?
Voting
But what if MTurk workers also vote incorrectly?
Redundancy: 5+ votes per tag
But my task is not just right or wrong…
Creation HIT
(e.g. describe the image)
Improve HIT
(e.g. improve description)
Compare HIT (voting)
Which is better?
Describe this
version 1:
A parial view of a pocket calculator together with some coins and a pen.
version 2: A view of personal items a calculator, and some gold and copper
coins, and a round tip pen, these are all pocket and wallet sized item used for business, writting, calculating prices or solving math problems and purchasing items.
version 3: A close-up photograph of the following items: A CASIO multi-
function calculator. A ball point pen, uncapped. Various coins, apparently European, both copper and gold. Seems to be a theme illustration for a brochure or document cover treating finance, probably personal finance.
version 4: …Various British coins; two of £1 value, three of 20p value and one
of 1p value. … version 8:
“A close-up photograph of the following items: A CASIO multi-function, solar powered scientific calculator. A blue ball point pen with a blue rubber grip and the tip extended. Six British coins; two of £1 value, three of 20p value and one of 1p value. Seems to be a theme illustration for a brochure or document cover treating finance - probably personal finance."
New York: Old and New http://newyorkoldandnew.blogspot.com/
An engagement experiment:
“Search the NYPL digital library for an old photo of New York, and then find a
photo of the same location, today”
1935
2007
1933
2007
1890
2007
1890
1900
1976
2008
The incomplete knowledge graph
[Harsen Homestead, 72nd Street, ca. 1888.]
The incomplete knowledge graph
Harsen Homestead ???
The incomplete knowledge graph
Jacob Harsen, a farmer who started Harsenville, a village spanning 68th Street to 81st Street between Central Park West and the Hudson River.
Source: http://www.oneshermansquare.com/HistoryofShermanSquare.aspx
The incomplete knowledge graph
Crowd not only annotates historical archives but also
contributes back to the knowledge graph [allowing
easier annotation in the future]
New York Times, 1911
The incomplete knowledge graph
Crowd participation not only annotates historical archives but
also contributes back to the knowledge graph [allowing
easier annotation in the future]