The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research
Social computing has led to an explosion of research in understanding users, and it has the potential to similarly revolutionize systems research. However, the number of papers designing and building new sociotechnical systems has not kept pace. We analyze challenges facing social computing systems...
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| author | Bernstein, Michael S. Ackerman, Mark S. Chi, Ed H. Miller, Robert C. |
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| description | Social computing has led to an explosion of research in understanding users, and it has the potential to similarly revolutionize systems research. However, the number of papers designing and building new sociotechnical systems has not kept pace. We analyze challenges facing social computing systems research, ranging from misaligned methodological incentives, evaluation expectations, double standards, and relevance compared to industry. We suggest improvements for the community to consider so that we can chart the future of our field. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/644442022-09-28T08:44:16Z The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research Bernstein, Michael S. Ackerman, Mark S. Chi, Ed H. Miller, Robert C. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Miller, Robert C. Miller, Robert C. Bernstein, Michael S. Social computing has led to an explosion of research in understanding users, and it has the potential to similarly revolutionize systems research. However, the number of papers designing and building new sociotechnical systems has not kept pace. We analyze challenges facing social computing systems research, ranging from misaligned methodological incentives, evaluation expectations, double standards, and relevance compared to industry. We suggest improvements for the community to consider so that we can chart the future of our field. 2011-06-15T17:37:30Z 2011-06-15T17:37:30Z 2011-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-4503-0268-5/11/05 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64444 Bernstein, Michael S. et al. "The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research." in Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, BC. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0442-691X en_US http://chi2011.org/program/byAuthor.html Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf ACM SIGCHI MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Bernstein, Michael S. Ackerman, Mark S. Chi, Ed H. Miller, Robert C. The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research |
| title | The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research |
| title_full | The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research |
| title_short | The Trouble with Social Computing Systems Research |
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