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:Td5wfd70vptn8eu4
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in
attending!
1.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit
2.
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147710
3.
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147929
4.
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148690
-Aaron, the Half Acre Science Maker