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Looking for PhD students!

Submitted by crowston on Fri, 2017-09-15 11:53

I am interested in finding new PhD students interested in work and technology, especially work and intelligent machines. You can find more information on the program . Please get in touch if you have questions or are thinking about applying.

Coordinating advanced crowd work: Extending citizen science

Crowston, K., Mitchell, E. Michelle, & Østerlund, C.. (2018). Coordinating advanced crowd work: Extending citizen science. In Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (51st ed.). https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2018.212

Stages of motivation for contributing user-generated content: A theory and empirical test

Crowston, K., & Fagnot, I.. (2018). Stages of motivation for contributing user-generated content: A theory and empirical test. International Journal Of Human-Computer Studies, 109, 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2017.08.005

Pursuing best performance in research data management by using the Capability Maturity Model and rubrics

Qin, J., Crowston, K., & Kirkland, A.. (2017). Pursuing best performance in research data management by using the Capability Maturity Model and rubrics. Journal Of Escience Librarianship, 6(2), e1113. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2017.1113

Research coordination network funded!

Submitted by crowston on Thu, 2017-08-24 16:22

NSF just announced funding for our (me, Jeff Nickerson and Ingrid Erickson) Research Coordination Network on the Socio-Technological Landscape of Work in the Age of Increased Automation. See the press release and the award summary .

Core-periphery communication and the success of free/libre open source software projects

Crowston, K., & Shamshurin, I.. (2017). Core-periphery communication and the success of free/libre open source software projects. Journal Of Internet Services And Applications, 8(10). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13174-017-0061-4

Work features to support stigmergic coordination in distributed teams

Researchers turn to “citizen scientists” for help identifying gravitational waves

Submitted by crowston on Wed, 2017-01-11 14:22

University of Alabama has a nice about Gravity Spy.

Other popular press coverage: , Symmetry Magazine.

Recruiting messages matter: Message strategies to attract citizen scientists

Lee, T. Kyoung, Crowston, K., Østerlund, C., & Miller, G.. (2017). Recruiting messages matter: Message strategies to attract citizen scientists. In ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017). https://doi.org/10.1145/3022198.3026335

Gravity Spy: Humans, machines and the future of citizen science

Crowston, K., & The Gravity Spy Team. (2017). Gravity Spy: Humans, machines and the future of citizen science. In ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2017). https://doi.org/10.1145/3022198.3026329

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