Alex Quinn

HCI, crowdsourcing, human computation, former faculty at Purdue ECE

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Rogue employee at @UPS My Choice support wasn't listening and didn't like my pointing that out, so she went silent—breathing into the phone but ignoring me—for >10 mins. Having just spent 15 mins trying to get through to a human, I wasn't hanging up; she did. Zero accountability.

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Emails to Gmail addresses are being returned with errors messages:
• “Returned mail: see transcript for details”
• “The email account that you tried to reach does not exist”
https://t.co/G1aN1R2nar

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Let's be The UNITED States of America. Respect for differences is the American way.

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Any word on HCOMP 2020 dates and location? @hcomp_conf

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@musicnclesports @DougStanhope @gregchaille @musicnclesports I'll take them. I only need one but happy to pay for both. I bought a plane ticket but then couldn't get a ticket to the show! Send me email. (I'm easy to find.)

[John Horton @johnjhorton]

Congratulations to @Upwork on their IPO! It's not only a fantastic business built by great people---it also creates economic opportunities around the 🌎, making it a powerful force for overcoming the unfairness of geography & birth. It's an inspiration. https://t.co/jwiDE4hlBh

[Lora Aroyo @laroyo]

Looking forward to a full day of inspiring discussions! @anca_dmtrch @cawelty @aqgs @CaptureBias @factmata @ImageSnippets @aleboz and many more! https://t.co/Azg3LNErLp

[Lora Aroyo @laroyo]

And we also have an exciting talk after lunch at 13:30 by Brent Hecht @NorthwesternU #Keynote #2 will talk about "Disagreement in Crowdsourcing due to Cultural Context" at #SAD2018 #Workshop @hcomp_conf #hcomp

https://t.co/oHsFPULYWx

[Lora Aroyo @laroyo]

Check out the #SAD2018 #Workshop Program https://t.co/iguYbXLKsZ and come join us in the discussion on #Subjectivity, #Ambiguity & #Disagreement in Crowdsourcing Thanks to our sponsor @factmata!

[Lora Aroyo @laroyo]

Lots of interesting things happening today:
We start the day with the #SAD2018 #Workshop #Keynote #1 by Drazen Prelec @MIT on "Bayesian truth serum and the ‘wine tasting problem.’" at 9:00am @hcomp_conf #HCOMP
https://t.co/oHsFPULYWx

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@gxwalsh How about "_rc1"? … or "_rc1_20180122T13:55:00−0500"?

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@sheepeeh Yeah, and also the undiagnosed.

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Searching Google Scholar for «late homework policies» just returns a bunch of random course syllabi. Surely somebody has studied this right?

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Is there any research about late policies in undergrad courses? Does accepting late homework reinforce bad habits—or reward persistence?

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@jschwabish @worldbankdata They cycle in alpha order of the country code. red-lightblue-purple-orange… ≡ AUS-AUT-BEL-CAN… ≡ ESP-EST-FIN-FRA…

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Discriminating against an entire state because *some* residents supported discriminatory laws… stunning hypocrisy. https://t.co/okWNRTgmw7

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

Has there been any decision on an #HCOMP2016 deadline? The @HCOMP_conf web site has been inaccessible lately.

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@jeffbigham @TurkerNational Yes, the "best"—i.e., worst—so far are the NLP ones (…excluding those that are blank or deeply confused).

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@TurkerNational Yes. I also suspect some selection bias: bad instructions ➜ bad results ➜ novice requesters give up ➜ only pros remain.

[Alex Quinn @aqgs]

@jeffbigham @TurkerNational True. Nevertheless, I thought we'd find more that are obviously ambiguous.