Gamers, citizen scientists, and data: Exploring participant contributions in two games with a purpose

Prestopnik, N., Crowston, K., & Wang, J.. (2017). Gamers, citizen scientists, and data: Exploring participant contributions in two games with a purpose. Computers In Human Behavior, 68, 254–268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.035

Report from Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop on "Engineering Academic Software"

Submitted by crowston on Fri, 2016-11-18 09:03

A few months ago, I attended a Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop on "Engineering Academic Software". The report from that workshop is now available online, DOI .

National Consortium for Data Science webinar: Humans, Machines, and the Future of Citizen Science:

Submitted by crowston on Sat, 2016-11-05 16:38

I recently gave a webinar for the National Consortium for Data Science on Humans, Machines, and the Future of Citizen Science.

Gravity Spy is live!

Submitted by crowston on Mon, 2016-10-24 07:27

The system has gone live. A few stories about the launch:

Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects

Crowston, K., & Shamshurin, I.. (2016). Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects. In IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (45–56). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_4

Keynote address at the Chais Conference 2016

Submitted by crowston on Sat, 2016-04-09 10:56

On 16 February 2016, I gave a keynote address at the Chais Conference 2016 with the title "Citizen Science: Learning to effectively contribute in virtual organizations". A recording of the talk is available on YouTube if you don't see if below.

Inter-team coordination in large-scale agile development: A test of organizational discontinuity theory

Crowston, K., Chudoba, K. M., Watson-Manheim, M. B., & Rahmati, P.. (2016). Inter-team coordination in large-scale agile development: A test of organizational discontinuity theory. In The Large-Scale Agile Development Workshop, XP Conference. https://doi.org/10.1145/2962695.2962697

“Guess what! You’re the first to see this event”: Increasing Contribution to Online Production Communities

Stigmergic coordination in FLOSS development teams: Integrating explicit and implicit mechanisms

Bolici, F., Howison, J., & Crowston, K.. (2016). Stigmergic coordination in FLOSS development teams: Integrating explicit and implicit mechanisms. Cognitive Systems Research, 38, 14–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2015.12.003

Stigmergy in ACM Ubiquity

Submitted by crowston on Sun, 2015-10-18 20:38

My work with James Howison and Francesco Bolici on stigmergy in software development was picked up by ACM Ubiquity:

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