This event will start in about 30 minutes. On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:53 AM Janna Layton <jlay...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be on October 27, 16:30 UTC (9:30am > PT/ 12:30pm ET/ 18:30pm CEST). The Wikimedia Foundation Research Team will > present on knowledge gaps. > > Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Qg98EVmuI > > Speaker: Wikimedia Foundation Research Team > > Title: Automatic approaches to bridge knowledge gaps in Wikimedia projects > > Abstract: In order to advance knowledge equity as part of the Wikimedia > Movement’s 2030 strategic direction, the Research team at the Wikimedia > Foundation has been conducting research to “Address Knowledge Gaps” as one > of its main programs. One core component of this program is to develop > technologies to bridge knowledge gaps. In this talk, we give an overview on > how we approach this task using tools from Machine Learning in four > different contexts: section alignment in content translation, link > recommendation in structured editing, image recommendation in multimedia > knowledge gaps, and the equity of the recommendations themselves. We will > present how these models can assist contributors in addressing knowledge > gaps. Finally, we will discuss the impact of these models in applications > deployed across Wikimedia projects supporting different Product initiatives > at the Wikimedia Foundation. > > More information: > > * Section alignment: > meta:Research:Expanding_Wikipedia_articles_across_languages/Inter_language_approach#Section_Alignment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Expanding_Wikipedia_articles_across_languages/Inter_language_approach#Section_Alignment> > > * Link recommendation: > meta:Research:Link_recommendation_model_for_add-a-link_structured_task > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Link_recommendation_model_for_add-a-link_structured_task> > > * Image recommendation: > meta:Research:Recommending_Images_to_Wikipedia_Articles > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Recommending_Images_to_Wikipedia_Articles> > > * Equity in recommendations: > meta:Research:Prioritization_of_Wikipedia_Articles/Recommendation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Prioritization_of_Wikipedia_Articles/Recommendation> > > -- > Janna Layton (she/her) > Administrative Associate - Product & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > -- > Janna Layton (she/her) > Administrative Associate - Product & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Janna Layton (she/her) Administrative Associate - Product & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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