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'''Aaron Halfaker''' ({{IPAc-en|'|h|æ|f|eɪ|k|ər}}) is an American computer scientist who is an employee of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref name=verge>{{cite web | url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5412636/this-machine-kills-trolls-how-wikipedia-robots-snuff-out-vandalism | title=This machine kills trolls | work=The Verge | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2014 | author=Hicks, Jesse}}</ref> Halfaker earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the [[GroupLens]] research lab at the [[University of Minnesota]] in 2013 |
'''Aaron Halfaker''' ({{IPAc-en|'|h|æ|f|eɪ|k|ər}}) is an American computer scientist who is an employee of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref name=verge>{{cite web | url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5412636/this-machine-kills-trolls-how-wikipedia-robots-snuff-out-vandalism | title=This machine kills trolls | work=The Verge | date=18 February 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2014 | author=Hicks, Jesse}}</ref> Halfaker earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the [[GroupLens]] research lab at the [[University of Minnesota]] in 2013. He is known for his research on [[Wikipedia]] and the decrease in the number of active editors of the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-01/wikipedia-getting-worse-it-gets-better|title=Wikipedia is getting Worse as it gets Better|last=Nosowitz|first=Dan|date=January 28, 2013|publisher=[[Popular Science]]|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Halfaker|first1=A.|last2=Geiger|first2=R. S.|last3=Morgan|first3=J. T.|last4=Riedl|first4=J.|title=The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's Reaction to Popularity Is Causing Its Decline|journal=American Behavioral Scientist|date=28 December 2012|volume=57|issue=5|pages=664–688|doi=10.1177/0002764212469365}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/wikipedia-reaches-3-billion-monthly-mobile-views-amid-concerns-about-contributor-content-1057556 | title=Wikipedia Reaches 3 Billion Monthly Mobile Views Amid Concerns About Contributor Content | work=International Business Times | date=2 February 2013 | accessdate=11 December 2014 | author=LeJacq, Yannick}}</ref> He has said that Wikipedia began a "decline phase" around 2007 and has continued to decline since then.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-shows-wikipedias-huge-participation-problem-2013-11 | title=Wikipedia Could Degenerate If It Can't Fix One Big Problem | work=Business Insider | date=22 November 2013 | accessdate=11 December 2014 | author=Jacobs, Harrison}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/ | title=The Decline of Wikipedia | work=MIT Technology Review | date=22 October 2013 | accessdate=13 March 2015 | author=Simonite, Tom}}</ref> Halfaker has also studied automated accounts on Wikipedia, known as "bots",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/wikipedia-edited-bots-thats-good-thing-230234 | title=Wikipedia Is Edited by Bots. That’s a Good Thing. | work=Newsweek | date=25 February 2014 | accessdate=11 December 2014 | author=Kloc, Joe}}</ref> and the way they affect new contributors to the site.<ref name=verge/> While a graduate student, he, along with Stuart Geiger, developed a tool for Wikipedia editing called "[[Wikipedia:Snuggle|Snuggle]]", the goal of which is to eliminate [[Vandalism on Wikipedia|vandalism]] and spam, and to also highlight constructive contributions by new editors.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/2013/11/01/wikipedias-wobbling-citation-needed-243876.html | title=Wikipedia's Wobbling (Citation Needed) | work=Newsweek | date=31 October 2013 | accessdate=26 December 2014 | author=Baker, Katie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/the-tragedy-of-the-digital-commons/395129/ | title=The Tragedy of the Digital Commons | work=The Atlantic | date=8 June 2015 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=Matias, J. Natian}}</ref> He has also built an [[artificial intelligence]] engine known as "Objective Revision Evaluation Service" (or ORES for short), used to identify vandalism on Wikipedia and distinguish it from good faith edits.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wired.com/2015/12/wikipedia-is-using-ai-to-expand-the-ranks-of-human-editors/ | title=Wikipedia Deploys AI to Expand Its Ranks of Human Editors | work=Wired | date=1 December 2015 | accessdate=12 January 2016 | author=Metz, Cade}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/544036/artificial-intelligence-aims-to-make-wikipedia-friendlier-and-better/ | title=Artificial Intelligence Aims to Make Wikipedia Friendlier and Better | work=MIT Technology Review | date=1 December 2015 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=Simonite, Tom}}</ref> |
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Born | (1983-12-27) December 27, 1983 (age 40) |
Alma mater | The College of St. Scholastica University of Minnesota[1] |
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Fields | Human-Computer Interaction computer-supported cooperative work |
Institutions | Wikimedia Foundation |
Doctoral advisor | John T. Riedl |
Website | halfaker |
Aaron Halfaker (/ˈhæfeɪkər/) is an American computer scientist who is an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation.[2] Halfaker earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the GroupLens research lab at the University of Minnesota in 2013. He is known for his research on Wikipedia and the decrease in the number of active editors of the site.[3][4][5] He has said that Wikipedia began a "decline phase" around 2007 and has continued to decline since then.[6][7] Halfaker has also studied automated accounts on Wikipedia, known as "bots",[8] and the way they affect new contributors to the site.[2] While a graduate student, he, along with Stuart Geiger, developed a tool for Wikipedia editing called "Snuggle", the goal of which is to eliminate vandalism and spam, and to also highlight constructive contributions by new editors.[9][10] He has also built an artificial intelligence engine known as "Objective Revision Evaluation Service" (or ORES for short), used to identify vandalism on Wikipedia and distinguish it from good faith edits.[11][12]
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