We have started to work on a concept for a workshop on crowd sourcing. Our goal is to make a two-part workshop for students who are working on projects (internships, Bachelor Thesis, Diploma Thesis) related to crowd sourcing. Part one of the workshop will introduce the theoretical background on crowd sourcing and discuss existing scientific work. The theoretical part will take place at the Distributed Systems Group and is scheduled for one day. During this day, students will have the opportunity to get an overview of the current scientific state of the art in crowd sourcing. During this workshop day, there will be two or three research presentations, followed by discussions and brainstorming sessions. The brainstorming is aimed to give students the opportunity to explain their projects to others, and to discuss challenges with other students.
The second part – the coding week – will take place at a different location (we are thinking of the Ulbinghof Farm in Carinthia in Untergreuth near lake Faakersee) and last one week (five working days). During this week, students can work intensively on their projects and implement the concepts and ideas that were discussed during the theoretical part of the crowd sourcing workshop. The kickoff for the coding week will be about ten days after the theoretical workshop – this gives all participants enough time to think of theoretical background and its implications for their own projects.
A major benefit for students will be that they can cover about a third of the work for an internship (Praktikum) – just by participating in this workshop. The participation is free of charge for students. Students will stay at self-catering apartments during the coding week and the travel expenses will be covered. The location (Ulbinghof) allows for spare time activities like hiking, (mountain-)biking or swimming. The only thing that is left is to find a concrete date for the workshop so that the students can participate.
The bad news is that we, i.e. ikangai, need funding. We are looking for sponsors and will also invest some of our own money in this workshop.

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Tags: Crowdsourcing, students, Untergreuth, Workshop