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A professor and several PhD students at MIT examine the challenges and opportunities in human computation.

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cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 17, Issue 2
Comp-YOU-Ter
Winter 2010
53 pages
ISSN:1528-4972
EISSN:1528-4980
DOI:10.1145/1869086
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Published: 01 December 2010
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