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I am pleased to announce a new title in Morgan & Claypool’s series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services: The Practice of Crowdsourcing Omar Alonso, Microsoft Paperback ISBN: 9781681735238 eBook ISBN: 9781681735245 Hardcover ISBN: 9781681735252 May 2019, 149 pages http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?products_id=1411 Abstract: Many data-intensive applications that use machine learning or artificial intelligence techniques depend on humans providing the initial dataset, enabling algorithms to process the rest or for other humans to evaluate the performance of such algorithms. Not only can labeled data for training and evaluation be collected faster, cheaper, and easier than ever before, but we now see the emergence of hybrid human-machine software that combines computations performed by humans and machines in conjunction. There are, however, real-world practical issues with the adoption of human computation and crowdsourcing. Building systems and data processing pipelines that require crowd computing remains difficult. In this book, we present practical considerations for designing and implementing tasks that require the use of humans and machines in combination with the goal of producing high-quality labels. Table of Contents: Preface / Acknowledgments / Introduction / Designing and Developing Microtasks / Quality Assurance / Algorithms and Techniques for Quality Control / The Human Side of Human Computation / Putting All Things Together / Systems and Data Pipelines / Looking Ahead / Bibliography / Author's Biography Series: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Editor: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/index.php?cPath=22&sort=2d&series=32 ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce