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🎉I'm excited to announce that our research paper, "Efficient Task Allocation with Mentorship Mapping in Crowdsourcing Platform," has been recognized at the 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science (ICCIDS 2024)! 🏆 This is a significant milestone in my journey, and I couldn't be more thrilled about it. 📝Our paper delves into the intricacies of task recommendation models tailored for crowdsourcing systems, with a special focus on catering to the needs of newly hired and inexperienced workers. Through innovative mentorship mapping and dynamic task allocation techniques, we aim to enhance the efficiency and productivity of crowdsourcing ecosystems. The findings from our study underscore the effectiveness of this approach in facilitating greater collaboration and knowledge transfer within crowdsourcing platforms. 🙌 I'm deeply grateful to the organizers of ICCIDS for providing a platform to showcase our work and to all who have supported us along the way. Here's to continued innovation and advancement in the field of computational intelligence and data science! 🚀 💡 #ICCIDS2024 #Research #Crowdsourcing #DataScience #achievementunlocked

Discover diversity insights from SC Conference Series, including info about the #XSEDE program, collaborating with Minority Serving Institutions (#MSIs), and fostering diversity in research #computing and #data. #SC23 https://ow.ly/r8O150QblmM

Great to see this Anne Pordes Bowers . Other insights that are transferable to the current discussion around the transformative power of #citizensassemblies. It's critically important to add the following 3 must-haves (without which they can just consolidate the status quo and reinforce conservatism): 1. actively build in longterm exploration of the dynamic wider environment 2. design for the horizon 1/2/3 power dynamics in the room so genuine innovation, exchange, exploration can occur 3. ensure upstream clarity and building of influencing vectors connected to an evidenceable theory of change around how to create in current ecosystem And a bonus as I sit here in Nairobi: 4. be even more sensitive of context when applying in different cultural environments and ensure community-led interpretation of principles rather than application of blueprints

From 2024 onwards, the CDH Research Software Lab will enrich their text and exploration tool I-Analyzer by integrating a Named Entity Recognition functionality. This project is made possible through a UU FAIR Research IT Innovation Grant. Developer Berit Janssen, heading the project, was interviewed by FAIR Research IT: “With Named Entity Recognition, users will be able to retrieve and visualize even more data quickly and easily. This way we are working towards making it easier for researchers to enter corpora without using code.” Below, read the interview about the new possibilities of this new functionality. #FAIRResearch #OpenScience #IAnalyzer

Let’s take a look back at our president and co-founder, Mr. Alexandre Zapolsky’s speech on the first day of #VivaTech during a round table organized by our partner Centre National de la recherche scientifique - CNRS on the valorization and impact of open-source software. w/ Isabelle Blanc - Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin - LIP6 and Mehdi GMAR - CNRS Innovation.   Here are some key takeaways from the discussions as if you were there: ✅ Software production in higher education and research is extremely dynamic within all scientific communities; ✅ Open-source research software has a significant societal impact. It brings together vast communities of developers and users from the French and international academic world, as well as private sector actors and citizens; ✅ The influence of software stems from the synergy between public research and private actors; ✅ We also need digital biodiversity in the field of AI: the challenge is nothing less than the preservation of languages and cultures in Europe; ✅ Truly Open Source AI means having (1) open code, (2) open training models, and (3) open datasets. This is what the OpenLLM 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 community is doing 🇫🇷 🇪🇺; ✅ Yes, a third digital way is possible in France and Europe: we can succeed in creating open, ethical, transparent, and responsible Tech! ✅ Collaboration between the public and private sectors in the field of open-source software strengthens innovation! w/ Frédéric Hermelin 🎬 LINAGORA Minh Nguyen #opensource #innovation #research #AI

Interested in identifying key aspects for specifying machine learning systems beyond the model and data perspective? Check out our recent paper accepted for publication in one of the most important software engineering journals. Any feedback is welcome!

Discovering breakthroughs in science is far more complex than just testing assumptions and drawing conclusions. For us it’s about a methodology for investigation and a relentless drive of curiosity, experimentation, challenging the status quo, and purposeful sample testing. Naturally, scientists do all the question asking, but we decided to flip the script and ask the brains behind #Endosafe® #Trillium® rCR to get an inside-look on the development journey and their eureka moments. Hear from our experts as they talk through their robust framework for making informed, data-based decisions and how Trillium came to fruition. Learn more: https://okt.to/M9JLSY

Wrote a short piece reflecting on the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University's 25th anniversary, my 4th year as an Affiliate there & the role of academic scholarship in tech. Full piece on the koodos labs blog (https://lnkd.in/edUq3Bzq). Some things I write about: 1. Two main voices in spaces occupied by scholar-types: critics & analysts. Critics spotlight systemic flaws: capturing public opinion and foreshadowing regulatory shifts. Analysts predict future trends. Exposure to both is helpful when building future-oriented technology. 2. When running against the clock as a builder, it's common to retrofit solutions based on what you already know. There's often no time to "think"...exposure to scholarship is helpful for times like these. 3. "Pragmatic Idealism", BKC Fellow Jacinda Ardern's philosophy of choice, and the viewpoint that technology amplifies society's ills; it doesn’t create them. Although not an excuse for founders not to consider societal impact alongside maximizing financial returns.

We are democratising Data Access for researchers! 🙌 DRI is launching a new resource on Data Access that aims to empower researchers and enhance digital democracy. Our handy guide helps readers assess platform accessibility and compliance with the Digital Services Act 💻 Now you can: 🛠️ Explore key tools, from APIs to research interfaces, as we make data gathering accessible to all. Our goal is to democratise data access, recognising that not all researchers have coding skills. 🌐 Get insights into metadata accessibility, visualise the scale of data access across platforms, and advocate for improved access with our convenient cross-platform comparisons. 🏆 Check the scores - our methodology awards points to platforms, reflecting diverse features and emphasising the importance of the verification process. This empowers researchers with multiple access modes for gathering and verifying data. Get access to our enhanced Data Access resources now: https://bit.ly/DM4 Stiftung Mercator GmbH