[Foundation-l] Dario Taraborelli joins Wikimedia Foundation

[George Herbert]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> it is my pleasure to announce that Dario Taraborelli (User:DarTar) is
> joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Senior Research Analyst, Strategy,
> reporting to me. As of this week, Dario is based in San Francisco,
> having relocated from the UK. Dario joins Howie Fung and me as part of
> the Wikimedia Foundation Strategy Team. Our job is to advance
> Wikimedia's strategic thinking on an ongoing basis, and to help
> organize relevant research and analytics.
>
> Dario most recently was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre
> for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey in the UK.
> Previously he was Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Psychology,
> University College London. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from
> École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, an MSc in
> Cognitive Science, and an MA in Philosophy of Science. He has taught
> at various universities, including Sciences Po in Paris, Université
> Paris 7, and École Normale Supérieure. He has served as advisor and
> editor for numerous scientific publications, organizations and
> conferences.
>
> Notably, Dario has participated in wiki-related research and
> development since 2004. He is lead developer of WikkaWiki, an open
> source wiki engine; developer of WikiTracer, a prototype toolkit for
> wiki analytics; and founder and developer of ReaderMeter, a mashup
> visualizing readership of scholarly publications. He has led or
> participated in many other projects relevant to wikis and social
> media. See http://nitens.org/taraborelli/research for a list of his
> research projects and publications.
>
> Dario has supported the Wikimedia Foundation as a contractor since
> December 2010. Since then he has worked on a number of projects for
> us, including:
>
> - Analysis of data from the pilot of the Article Feedback Tool. You
> can see his initial findings here:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/February_2011
>
> - Organizing meetings and priorities of the Wikimedia Foundation
> Research Committee. See:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee
>
> - With Daniel Mietchen and Giota Alevizou (members of RCom),
> organizing a survey of expert participation in Wikipedia projects.
> See:
> http://survey.nitens.org/?sid=21693
>
> - In collaboration with Moritz Stefaner and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia,
> an analysis and visualization of AfD discussions in the English
> Wikipedia:
> http://notabilia.net
>
> I'm very excited to have Dario on our team. He and his family are
> still settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dario's official start
> date is April 18. Please join me in welcoming him!
>
> All best,
> Erik


Excellent to see the foundation continuing to expand its horizons.

Welcome, Dario!


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com