Research at the Service of Free Knowledge

Human-Computer Interaction Seminar Series
11:30-12:30 · Gates B1

With roughly 20 billion monthly pageviews, 10 million monthly edits, and almost 50 million articles across 300+ languages, Wikipedia has become a canonical part of the Free Knowledge ecosystem: enabling people to have access to knowledge and empowering them to participate in the discourse of gathering and sharing the sum of all human knowledge. In this presentation, I define Wikipedia’s space in the free knowledge ecosystem and lay out some of the important questions the project faces as it approaches its third decade. I talk about a branch of research to understand and address Wikipedia’s knowledge gaps as well as improving and defending the integrity of knowledge on Wikipedia. I close by sharing some of the open research questions and directions.

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