Human-agent collectives Page 1 80 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | DECEMBER 2014 |
VOL. 57 | NO. 12 review articles DOI:10.1145/2629559 HACs offer a new science for exploring …

Information flow during catastrophic events is a critical aspect of disaster management.
Modern communication platforms, in particular online social networks, provide an …

A decade ago, the crowdsourcing term was first coined and used to represent a method for
expressing the wisdom of the crowd in accomplishing two types of tasks. One type includes …

Smart phones and social networking tools allow to collect large-scale data about mobility
habits of people. These data can support advanced forms of sharing, coordination and …

Massively parallel collaboration and emergent knowledge generation is described through a
large scale survey for archaeological anomalies within ultra-high resolution earth-sensing …

Commercial and public buildings are more vulnerable to fires because of their complex use
functions, large number of centralized occupants, and the dynamic nature of the use of …

The Internet and social media have enabled the mobilization of large crowds to achieve time-
critical feats, ranging from mapping crises in real time, to organizing mass rallies, to …

Large amounts of unverified and at times contradictory information often appear on social
media following natural disasters. Timely verification of this information can be crucial to …

Crowdsourcing offers unprecedented potential for solving tasks efficiently by tapping into the
skills of large groups of people. A salient feature of crowdsourcing—its openness of entry …

The Internet has unleashed the capacity for planetary-scale collective problem solving (also
known as crowdsourcing), with ever increasing successful examples. A key hypothesis …