{"id":338999,"date":"2016-12-20T01:48:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T09:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=338999"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:18:19","slug":"colla-digital-collaborator-seeker","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/colla-digital-collaborator-seeker\/","title":{"rendered":"Colla: a Digital Collaborator Seeker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colla, abbreviation of \u201cCollaboration Bot\u201d, is a bot who can help people collaborate with their colleagues in a more convenient way. Colla could find the right person with a particular expertise and arrange online discussions among users. In a corporation, Colla could facilitate collaboration, especially among different groups, and improve work efficiency and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Colla includes\u00a0three core components \u2013 user profiling, expert finding and online meeting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For user profiling, Colla uses both implicit (project, publication, homepage, LinkedIn page, etc.) and explicit (user id, keywords, etc..) information.<\/li>\n<li>By leveraging the power of<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luis.ai\/\"> Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS)<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Colla\u00a0extracts correct keywords of potential collaborators and finds experts\u00a0matching user profiles.<\/li>\n<li>Colla will consider the availability of all potential collaboration parties and arrange online meetings to let people get collaborate with each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colla currently supports multiple platforms. If you want to try Colla, please access <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcollabotframework.azurewebsites.net%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cxingx%40064d.mgd.microsoft.com%7Ce98065b6758a4320294708d42978e145%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636179046535890605&sdata=K%2BOnL7WXpNiPl1TAvSc6hqYXPK6nfsrh%2BaC8N9%2B2z%2Fc%3D&reserved=0\">http:\/\/collabotframework.azurewebsites.net\/<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and select a channel, say \u201cHi\u201d to Colla and Colla will start to help you.<\/p>\n<p>Colla on GitHub: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cyblocker\/CollaGitHub\">https:\/\/github.com\/cyblocker\/CollaGitHub <span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-339005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla1-1024x709.png\" alt=\"colla1\" width=\"722\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla1-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla1-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla1.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-339836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla2-1-250x300.png\" alt=\"colla2\" width=\"416\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla2-1-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/colla2-1.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colla, abbreviation of \u201cCollaboration Bot\u201d, is a bot who can help people collaborate with their colleagues in a more convenient way. Colla could find the right person with a particular expertise and arrange online discussions among users. In a corporation, Colla could facilitate collaboration, especially among different groups, and improve work efficiency and productivity. 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