The Human Computation Institute is the first international center that brings together the vision and competencies needed to realize my father's dream of augmenting human collaboration for the benefit of humanity. I am pleased to advise on the center's ongoing activities on behalf of the Doug Engelbart institute.
Christina Engelbart
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The Human Computation Institute is a nonprofit innovation center dedicated to the betterment of society through novel methods leveraging the complementary strengths of networked humans and machines.
We strive to engineer sustainable participatory systems that have a profound impact on health, humanitarian, and educational outcomes.
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Oliver Bracko
Alzheimer's researcher, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College of Information Studies
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Chris B. Schaffer
Associate Professor, Cornell University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Citizen Science Coordinator, Human Computation Institute
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Professor of Physics, University of Maribor, Slovenia
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Founding Director, SciStarter, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University