About
Hi. I'm Moira, a Ph.D. student in the
Human-Computer Interaction Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I study the language used in
online communities, particularly the way that newcomers talk.
My blog is ThoughtCrumbs.
I've published work on Wikipedia promotion decisions:
Burke, M., and Kraut, R. (2008).
Mopping up: Modeling Wikipedia promotion decisions. ACM CSCW 2008: Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. 27-36.
Interests
- Social psychology, especially applied to online communities
- Computer-mediated communication
- Machine learning / language analysis
About
Hi. I'm Moira, a Ph.D. student in the
Human-Computer Interaction Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I study the language used in
online communities, particularly the way that newcomers talk.
My blog is ThoughtCrumbs.
I've published work on Wikipedia promotion decisions:
Burke, M., and Kraut, R. (2008).
Mopping up: Modeling Wikipedia promotion decisions. ACM CSCW 2008: Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. 27-36.
Interests
- Social psychology, especially applied to online communities
- Computer-mediated communication
- Machine learning / language analysis