Assignment 0: Let's Get Started! (5%)


Part I: Apply for Accounts on Micro-task Platforms

Please submit your applications for ALL the following accounts:

  1. A Requester account on Amazon Mechanical Turk: https://requester.mturk.com
  2. A Worker account on Amazon Mechanical Turk: https://worker.mturk.com/
  3. A Contributor account on FigureEight: https://www.figure-eight.com/contributor/

It will take a few days or even weeks for these platforms to approve (or reject) your application. Each of the platform will also require you to have an account in the payment system they use (e.g. Amazon Payment). Please submit your application as soon as possible.

Please contact me if your application get rejected or encounter any technical problems.

What to turn in:

  1. A screenshot image (JPG or PDF) of the web page or the email that confirm you submit your Requester application (MTurk).
  2. A screenshot image (JPG or PDF) of the web page or the email that confirm you submit your Worker application (MTurk).
  3. A screenshot image (JPG or PDF) of the web page or the email that confirm you submit your Contributor application (F8).

Part II: Pick Three Topics You're Most Interested In

In this course, each student will be required to present once of twice (depends on class size) on topics relevant to Crowdsourcing, Crowd-AI Systems, and Human Computation. Please take a look at the topics and papers listed in the Resource page, and pick the top 3 topics you're interested in. I will try my best to assign topics based on your interests.

What to turn in:

  1. Please take a look at the topics and papers listed in the Resource page, and pick the top 3 topics you're interested in.