“As one of the early participants in Seb's "project kitchen" process and as a collaborator on The Next Edge festival in Montreal - I'd like to say a few words about working with Seb. He's vision nurturer. He helps people bring to life the things they dream about doing. If you are trying to make something good happen - and need someone to tend the under currents of possibilities and potentials - to bring a team together to dream and do - Seb out to be on your list of people to call. ”
About
I solve difficult problems that involve writing code after thinking really hard. I understand, boil down and clearly explain challenging topics. I work just as well with humans as I do with machines, often multiplying the effectiveness of the team I join.
I am a scientist by training, a polymath / artist by vocation, and a social process / collaboration expert by necessity. I published one of the first Ph.D. theses on the social web, in 2003, as well as scientific articles, patents and book chapters on a wide range of topics, including gamma-ray detector simulation, fire propagation modeling, personal knowledge publishing, and wiki usability.
As a researcher, professor and entrepreneur, I have spent over a decade experimenting with social tools that boost individual and collective intelligence and investigating the future of work. In the process I have built a wide network of practitioners in that area.
I've variously played roles of evangelist, explainer/popularizer, user advocate, connector, event organizer, and expert in the applications of the social web to knowledge sharing and collaboration. I aim to help spread awareness of the potential of social web technologies, and create a literacy of collaboration far and wide, in workplaces as well as in civil society.
Specialties: Machine learning, management, computer graphics, VR/AR, social media, weblogs, wikis, knowledge sharing, collaboration, culture tech, elearning.
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Today marks my last day at Glowstick as Founding ML Engineer. The past two years have provided an invaluable learning experience in NLP, Product…
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To trust a technology, we need to understand its risks. That requires detection and some form of measurement. In genAI, there's been an explosion in…
To trust a technology, we need to understand its risks. That requires detection and some form of measurement. In genAI, there's been an explosion in…
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We're hiring! Come help us crack hard problems related to genAI risk detection, model evaluation and governance for risk management, safety and…
We're hiring! Come help us crack hard problems related to genAI risk detection, model evaluation and governance for risk management, safety and…
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Publications
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Are Wikis Usable?
Proceedings of the 2005 international symposium on Wikis
Wikis are simple to use, asynchronous, Web-based collaborative hypertext authoring systems which are quickly gaining in popularity. In spite of much anecdotal evidence to the effect that wikis are usable by non technical experts, this has never been studied formally. In this paper, we studied the usability of a wiki through observation and problem-solving interaction with several children who used the tool to collaboratively author hypertext stories over several sessions. The children received…
Wikis are simple to use, asynchronous, Web-based collaborative hypertext authoring systems which are quickly gaining in popularity. In spite of much anecdotal evidence to the effect that wikis are usable by non technical experts, this has never been studied formally. In this paper, we studied the usability of a wiki through observation and problem-solving interaction with several children who used the tool to collaboratively author hypertext stories over several sessions. The children received a minimal amount of instruction, but were able to ask for help during their work sessions. Despite minimal instruction, 5 out of 6 teams were able to complete their story. Our data indicate that the major usability problems were related to hyperlink management. We report on this and other usability issues, and provide suggestions for improving the usability of wikis. Our analysis and conclusions also apply to hypertext authoring with non wiki-based tools.
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Segmented scintillation detector for encoding the coordinates of photon interactions
Issued US 6087663
Light guides capable of encoding the transverse and longitudinal coordinates of light emission induced by the interaction of photons in an array of a plurality of the light guides in scintillation detectors.
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Courses
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Art of Hosting
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Projects
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Je vois Montréal - Zone Lab
Together with teammates I designed, put together and facilitated the Lab Zone, a space of collaboration and discovery that hosted hundreds of leaders during the Je vois Mtl event. I ensured the quality of the overall experience.
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3e Forum des Artisans du Changement
Le Forum des Artisans du Changement est le plus grand rassemblement des personnes qui se posent des questions et des actions pour créer une meilleure société. Il aide ces gens à créer des réseaux et à s’outiller pour arriver à mettre en branle des projets diversifiés qui les touchent personnellement et visent un impact collectif.
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The Next Edge
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The Next Edge is a nearly 3000 person strong Facebook community for those living & creating the new economic models emerging as a response to the profound challenges we face in the 21st century.
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Hackademy Trustnets
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English
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French
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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German
Elementary proficiency
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