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Segal Seminar Series: Kurt Luther, Virginia Tech
Segal Design Institute
4:00 PM
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Ford Design Studio 1.230, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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Kurt Luther, Professor of Computer Science and History is visiting Segal to meet students and discuss his work with expert led crowdsourcing.
Solving Photo Mysteries with Expert-Led Crowdsourcing
How can expert-led crowdsourcing, an approach combining the strengths of individual experts and crowds of novices, be used to solve photo mysteries? We conducted a qualitative study with expert investigators in journalism, national security, and human rights organizations to understand how they perform image geolocation. This process of hunting down the precise location on Earth where a photo or video was created is complex, yet crucial for verifying or debunking claims about visual evidence. Informed by this study, we built GroundTruth, a system where experts collaborate with crowds to geolocate unknown images. Our experiments found that by adapting an expert diagramming technique, crowds can narrow down a search area by half, with near-perfect accuracy, in 10 minutes.
Background
Kurt Luther is an assistant professor of computer science and, by courtesy, history at Virginia Tech. He directs the Crowd Intelligence Lab an interdisciplinary research group exploring how crowdsourcing systems can support creativity and discovery. His research is supported by the NSF (including a CAREER Award), the NIH, the NEH, the National Archives, and Google.
Time
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Ford Design Studio 1.230, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
Certificate Connections - Networking Event for Segal Design Certificate Students
Segal Design Institute
6:00 PM
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Cohen Commons, Technological Institute
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This event is open to juniors and seniors who have declared the Segal Design Certificate on MAS.
Join us to connect with experienced design professionals. This is a chance to showcase your design work, portfolio, or personal website.
You don’t need a finished portfolio to participate! Come for the networking and conversation. Learn what the various design professionals do and build your network for future internships and job opportunities.
Time
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Cohen Commons, Technological Institute Map
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Segal Design Institute