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THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RATIONALITY

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RATIONALITY ON FRIDAY

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Speaker: Sheizaf Rafaeli, Sagy Center for Internet Research and the Study of the Information Society, University of Haifa

Topic: Questions and Answers about online Questions and Answers

Place: Elath Hall, 2nd floor, Feldman Building, Givat-Ram Campus

Time :Friday, March 8, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

Refreshments available at 9:30 a.m.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

Abstract:

Questions and Answers are among the more popular and prevalent uses of online networks. Online interactions (such as Q&A) are fascinating to watch, large and growing in scale, and enigmatic in function. How and why do they "work"? What are some "mechanism design" considerations?

This talk will report on several studies of online Q&A settings, in which "Wisdom of Crowds" is supposedly mined. Different methods, ranging from experimental settings, through large scale data mining, to crawlers, are employed to investigate the behavior and design of individuals and communities in Q&A settings.

About Sheizaf Rafaeli: http://gsb.haifa.ac.il/~sheizaf/Bio.htm