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Publications by Benjamim Fonseca

2019

Development of a Crowd-Powered System Architecture for Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Domains

Authors
Correia, A; Fonseca, B; Paredes, H; Schneider, D; Jameel, S;

Publication
2019 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS (SMC)

Abstract
A substantial amount of work is often overlooked due to the exponential rate of growth in global scientific output across all disciplines. Current approaches for addressing this issue are usually limited in scope and often restrict the possibility of obtaining multidisciplinary views in practice. To tackle this problem, researchers can now leverage an ecosystem of citizens, volunteers and crowd workers to perform complex tasks that are either difficult for humans and machines to solve alone. Motivated by the idea that human crowds and computer algorithms have complementary strengths, we present an approach where the machine will learn from crowd behavior in an iterative way. This approach is embodied in the architecture of SciCrowd, a crowd-powered human-machine hybrid system designed to improve the analysis and processing of large amounts of publication records. To validate the proposal's feasibility, a prototype was developed and an initial evaluation was conducted to measure its robustness and reliability. We conclude this paper with a set of implications for design.

2020

Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Challenges of Crowdsourcing as a Mechanism for Academic Study

Authors
Correia, A; Jameel, S; Schneider, D; Fonseca, B; Paredes, H;

Publication
53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, Maui, Hawaii, USA, January 7-10, 2020

Abstract
Researchers in a variety of fields are increasingly adopting crowdsourcing as a reliable instrument for performing tasks that are either complex for humans and computer algorithms. As a result, new forms of collective intelligence have emerged from the study of massive crowd-machine interactions in scientific work settings as a field for which there is no known theory or model able to explain how it really works. Such type of crowd work uses an open participation model that keeps the scientific activity (including datasets, methods, guidelines, and analysis results) widely available and mostly independent from institutions, which distinguishes crowd science from other crowd-assisted types of participation. In this paper, we build on the practical challenges of crowd-AI supported research and propose a conceptual framework for addressing the socio-technical aspects of crowd science from a CSCW viewpoint. Our study reinforces a manifested lack of systematic and empirical research of the symbiotic relation of AI with human computation and crowd computing in scientific endeavors.

2018

Collaboration and Technology - 24th International Conference, CRIWG 2018, Costa de Caparica, Portugal, September 5-7, 2018, Proceedings

Authors
Rodrigues, A; Fonseca, B; Preguiça, NM;

Publication
CRIWG

Abstract

2018

Deep Reinforcement Learning as a Job Shop Scheduling Solver: A Literature Review

Authors
Cunha, B; Madureira, AM; Fonseca, B; Coelho, D;

Publication
Hybrid Intelligent Systems - 18th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, HIS 2018, Porto, Portugal, December 13-15, 2018

Abstract
Complex optimization scheduling problems frequently arise in the manufacturing and transport industries, where the goal is to find a schedule that minimizes the total amount of time (or cost) required to complete all the tasks. Since it is a critical factor in many industries, it has been, historically, a target of the scientific community. Mathematically, these problems are modelled with Job Shop scheduling approaches. Benchmark results to solve them are achieved with evolutionary algorithms. However, they still present some limitations, mostly related to execution times and the difficulty to generalize to other problems. Deep Reinforcement Learning is poised to revolutionise the field of artificial intelligence. Chosen as one of the MIT breakthrough technologies, recent developments suggest that it is a technology of unlimited potential which shall play a crucial role in achieving artificial general intelligence. This paper puts forward a state-of-the-art review on Job Shop Scheduling, Evolutionary Algorithms and Deep Reinforcement Learning. It also proposes a novel architecture capable of solving Job Shop Scheduling optimization problems using Deep Reinforcement Learning. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

2020

A Workflow-Based Methodological Framework for Hybrid Human-AI Enabled Scientometrics

Authors
Correia, A; Jameel, S; Schneider, D; Paredes, H; Fonseca, B;

Publication
2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA (BIG DATA)

Abstract
With cutting edge scientific breakthroughs, human-centred algorithmic approaches have proliferated in recent years and information technology (IT) has begun to redesign socio-technical systems in the context of human-AI collaboration. As a result, distinct forms of interaction have emerged in tandem with the proliferation of infrastructures aiding interdisciplinary work practices and research teams. Concomitantly, large volumes of heterogeneous datasets are produced and consumed at a rapid pace across many scientific domains. This results in difficulties in the reliable analysis of scientific production since current tools and algorithms are not necessarily able to provide acceptable levels of accuracy when analyzing the content and impact of publication records from large continuous scientific data streams. On the other hand, humans cannot consider all the information available and may be adversely influenced by extraneous factors. Using this rationale, we propose an initial design of a human-AI enabled pipeline for performing scientometric analyses that exploits the intersection between human behavior and machine intelligence. The contribution is a model for incorporating central principles of human-machine symbiosis (HMS) into scientometric workflows, demonstrating how hybrid intelligence systems can drive and encapsulate the future of research evaluation.

2020

Empirical Investigation of the Factors Influencing Researchers' Adoption of Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning

Authors
Correia, A; Schneider, D; Jameel, S; Paredes, H; Fonseca, B;

Publication
Intelligent Systems Design and Applications - 20th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2020) held December 12-15, 2020

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