Hey folks,
I wanted to reach out to you to invite you to attend the Wikimedia Developer Summit[1]. It's an annual meeting to push the evolution of MediaWiki and other technologies supporting the Wikimedia movement. The next edition will be held in San Francisco on January 9-11, 2017. Registration is free. Travel scholarships can be applied for through Monday, Oct 24th.
I'm specifically reaching out to this list because there has been a lot of Wiki Research interested in algorithms and the governing roles they play in open communities like Wikipedia. I'll be facilitating a core topic on Algorithms at the dev summit. So far, I've proposed a few different sessions that I think researchers will be particularly interested in.
- Building an AI wishlist for Wikimedia Projects[2]
- Algorithmic dangers and transparency -- Best practices[3]
- Where to surface AI in Wikimedia Projects[4]
If your participation and/or independent session proposals are welcome!
Important deadlines:- Monday, October 24: This is the last day to request travel sponsorship. Applying takes less than five minutes.
- Monday, October 31: This is the last day to propose an activity. Bring the topics you care about!
On-wiki discussion here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Td5wfd70vptn8eu4Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in attending!
-Aaron, the Half Acre Science Maker