Category Archives: Crowdsourcing

Paper accepted at Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Conference 2013

Our paper titled “Affect and Creative Performance on Crowdsourcing Platforms” was accepted to the Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Conference. The research was led by MIT’s, Rob Morris, to understand how affect can influence creative performance in microtask
crowdsourcing environments.

Morris, R. Dontcheva, M., Finkelstein, A. Gerber, E. Affect and Creative Performance on Crowdsourcing Platforms,” ACII 2013

Forbes.com: 4 Daily Habits of Game Changing Social Innovators

When we think about social innovation, we tend to focus on the outcomes—assistive technology for the blind, work for the underemployed, housing for the homeless. But it’s people who work day after day to come up with new ideas and realize better solutions to social challenges. What are these changemakers doing on a day-to-day basis, when not receiving MacArthur Genius Grants for their work? And could you be doing the same? Read the article at Forbes.com