Eliminating Extreme Poverty Through Microwork
Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Major
Environmental Engineering and Biological Sciences
Research Advisor
Oerther, Daniel B.
Advisor's Department
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Funding Source
John and Susan Mathes Endowed Chair of Environmental Engineering
Abstract
This research is focused on the elimination of extreme poverty utilizing microwork and human computation. The prominent question is: What are ways to promote continuous micro-work in order to eliminate extreme poverty? To answer this question, an understanding of what microwork and human computation means is a necessity and the ability to construct a human computation project is a must. The process of constructing a human computation problem is broken down into a series of smaller steps which can be completed quickly by one, or multiple people, with ease to complete a larger, unified project. The overall goal is to create a steady flow of microwork, that will in turn provide access to a sustainable income to those living in extreme poverty so that they can provide the basic necessities of life to their families and themselves, thus eliminating extreme poverty.
Biography
Elizabeth is an undergraduate student with emphasis in Environmental Engineering. She received her Associates Degree from Southwestern Illinois College in Engineering Sciences. She is currently attending Missouri University of Science and Technology and performing research under Dr. Daniel Oerther.
Research Category
Social Sciences
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
03 Apr 2013, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Eliminating Extreme Poverty Through Microwork
Upper Atrium/Hallway
This research is focused on the elimination of extreme poverty utilizing microwork and human computation. The prominent question is: What are ways to promote continuous micro-work in order to eliminate extreme poverty? To answer this question, an understanding of what microwork and human computation means is a necessity and the ability to construct a human computation project is a must. The process of constructing a human computation problem is broken down into a series of smaller steps which can be completed quickly by one, or multiple people, with ease to complete a larger, unified project. The overall goal is to create a steady flow of microwork, that will in turn provide access to a sustainable income to those living in extreme poverty so that they can provide the basic necessities of life to their families and themselves, thus eliminating extreme poverty.
