On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > it is my pleasure to announce that Dario Taraborelli (User:DarTar) is > joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Senior Research Analyst, Strategy, > reporting to me. As of this week, Dario is based in San Francisco, > having relocated from the UK. Dario joins Howie Fung and me as part of > the Wikimedia Foundation Strategy Team. Our job is to advance > Wikimedia's strategic thinking on an ongoing basis, and to help > organize relevant research and analytics. > > Dario most recently was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre > for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey in the UK. > Previously he was Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Psychology, > University College London. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from > École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, an MSc in > Cognitive Science, and an MA in Philosophy of Science. He has taught > at various universities, including Sciences Po in Paris, Université > Paris 7, and École Normale Supérieure. He has served as advisor and > editor for numerous scientific publications, organizations and > conferences. > > Notably, Dario has participated in wiki-related research and > development since 2004. He is lead developer of WikkaWiki, an open > source wiki engine; developer of WikiTracer, a prototype toolkit for > wiki analytics; and founder and developer of ReaderMeter, a mashup > visualizing readership of scholarly publications. He has led or > participated in many other projects relevant to wikis and social > media. See http://nitens.org/taraborelli/research for a list of his > research projects and publications. > > Dario has supported the Wikimedia Foundation as a contractor since > December 2010. Since then he has worked on a number of projects for > us, including: > > - Analysis of data from the pilot of the Article Feedback Tool. You > can see his initial findings here: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/February_2011 > > - Organizing meetings and priorities of the Wikimedia Foundation > Research Committee. See: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee > > - With Daniel Mietchen and Giota Alevizou (members of RCom), > organizing a survey of expert participation in Wikipedia projects. > See: > http://survey.nitens.org/?sid=21693 > > - In collaboration with Moritz Stefaner and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, > an analysis and visualization of AfD discussions in the English > Wikipedia: > http://notabilia.net > > I'm very excited to have Dario on our team. He and his family are > still settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dario's official start > date is April 18. Please join me in welcoming him! > > All best, > Erik
Excellent to see the foundation continuing to expand its horizons. Welcome, Dario! -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
