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CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar  (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)

Fridays 12:30-1:50 · Gates B01 · Open to the public
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Lukas Biewald
Dolores Labs
Crowdsourcing Work
September 25, 2009

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This talk will focus on what we've learned from outsourcing tens of millions of small tasks to hundreds of thousands of anonymous online workers. Some work for cash, others for virtual goods, others for charity. What really motivates people to work more? What motivates people to work more carefully? What aspects of the interface really matter? What kinds of new things can you do when you can access thousands of people for a couple dollars?



Lukas Biewald is founder and CEO of Dolores Labs, a company offering on-demand work with quality guarantees. He recently published a chapter in the book Beautiful Data published by O'Reilly. Previously he worked on machine learning and search relevance problems for Powerset and Yahoo. He has a BS and MS from Stanford.