Mathematical Foundations for Social Computing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.03661v1
• Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 17:50:27 GMT
• Title: Mathematical Foundations for Social Computing
• Authors: Yiling Chen, Arpita Ghosh, Michael Kearns, Tim Roughgarden, and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan
• Abstract summary: Social computing encompasses the mechanisms through which people interact with computational systems. In June 2015, we brought together roughly 25 experts in related fields to discuss the promise and challenges of establishing mathematical foundations for social computing. This document captures several of the key ideas discussed.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Social computing encompasses the mechanisms through which people interact with computational systems: crowdsourcing systems, ranking and recommendation systems, online prediction markets, citizen science projects, and collaboratively edited wikis, to name a few. These systems share the common feature that humans are active participants, making choices that determine the input to, and therefore the output of, the system. The output of these systems can be viewed as a joint computation between machine and human, and can be richer than what either could produce alone. The term social computing is often used as a synonym for several related areas, such as "human computation" and subsets of "collective intelligence"; we use it in its broadest sense to encompass all of these things. Social computing is blossoming into a rich research area of its own, with contributions from diverse disciplines including computer science, economics, and other social sciences. Yet a broad mathematical foundation for social computing is yet to be established, with a plethora of under-explored opportunities for mathematical research to impact social computing. As in other fields, there is great potential for mathematical work to influence and shape the future of social computing. However, we are far from having the systematic and principled understanding of the advantages, limitations, and potentials of social computing required to match the impact on applications that has occurred in other fields. In June 2015, we brought together roughly 25 experts in related fields to discuss the promise and challenges of establishing mathematical foundations for social computing. This document captures several of the key ideas discussed.

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