Social sciences - Microsoft Research

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AIDS Memorial Quilt Interactive Exhibit

March 6, 2013 | Donald Brinkman

Donald Brinkman narrates this look back at how Microsoft Research, in close partnership with the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California, Brown University, University of Iowa Digital Studio for Public Humanities, National…

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Microsoft Research: Pushing the Boundaries of What’s Possible

March 4, 2013

Whether it’s computer vision or data visualizations, wearable computing or ways to improve our health and well-being, Microsoft Research pursues a wide variety of scientific investigations to push the boundaries of what technology can do.…

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Publication

Volunteering Versus Work for Pay: Incentives and Tradeoffs In Crowdsourcing

Andrew Mao, Ece Kamar, Yiling Chen, Eric Horvitz, Megan E Schwamb, Chris J Lintott, Arfon M Smith

First AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing | March 2013

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Why Stop Now? Predicting Worker Engagement in Online Crowdsourcing

Andrew Mao, Ece Kamar, Eric Horvitz

First AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing | March 2013

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Influence Diffusion Dynamics and Influence Maximization in Social Networks with Friend and Foe Relationships

Yanhua Li, Wei Chen, Yajun Wang, Zhi-Li Zhang

In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM’2013), Rome, Italy, Feb. 2013. | February 2013

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The “Voice” Has It: Screen Reader Adoption and Switching Behavior Among Vision Impaired Persons in India

Ted McCarthy, Joyojeet Pal, Ed Cutrell

Assistive Technology: The Official Journal of RESNA | February 2013

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Major Life Changes and Behavioral Markers in Social Media: Case of Childbirth

Munmun De Choudhury, Scott Counts, Eric Horvitz

In Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (San Antonio, TX, USA, Feb 23-27, 2013). CSCW 2013. | February 2013

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How Social Information Networks Reflect Major Life Events: Case of Childbirth

Munmun De Choudhury, Scott Counts, Eric Horvitz

Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (San Antonio, TX, USA, Feb 23-27, 2013). CSCW 2013. | February 2013

Best Paper Nomination

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Non-Static Nature of Patient Consent: Shifting Privacy Perspectives in Health Information Sharing

Aisling Ann O'Kane, Helena M. Mentis, Eno Thereska

CSCW 2013 | February 2013

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Opportunities via Extended Networks for Teens’ Informal Learning

Peyina Lin, Shelly D. Farnham, Ph.D.

February 2013