Computing the incomputable with human processing units

Jonathan Corney; Gokula Vijayumar Annamalai Vasantha; Andrew Lynn; Ananda Prasanna Jagadeesan; Nuran Acur Bakir; Marisa Smith; Anupam Agarwal

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0

Computing the incomputable with human processing units

Jonathan Corney, Gokula Vijayumar Annamalai Vasantha, Andrew Lynn, Ananda Prasanna Jagadeesan, Nuran Acur Bakir, Marisa Smith, Anupam Agarwal

Design, Manufacturing And Engineering Management

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Abstract

Initially commercial crowdsourcing services (such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk) were focused largely on providing micro-labor services for tasks such as image labeling and text processing. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that these services can also be regarded as providing parallel, on-demand, networks of (so-called) ‘Human Processing Units’ (HPUs). Such services are able to provide specialist computational facilities in a manner analogous to the way Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) support the specialist process of high speed rendering. This paper describes how this new technology could extend the functionality of mechanical CAD/CAM or PLM systems. Crucial to the commercial feasibility of such systems is the ability to access networks of HPUs where engineering data can be processed securely (unlike open crowdsourcing sites such as mTurk). The paper reports the initial results of work done to establish the feasibility of a proposed architecture for integrating HPUs into desktop CAD that uses established BPO centers in rural India to provide a secure source of geometric intelligence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia
Editors	Anupam Agrawal , R.C. Tripathi, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, M.D. Tiwari
Publisher	Springer
Pages	14-24
Number of pages	11
Volume	276
ISBN (Print)	9783642374623
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0_2
Publication status	Published - 12 Apr 2013
Event	Second International Conference, IITM 2013 - Allahabad, India Duration: 9 Mar 2013 → 11 Mar 2013

Publication series

Name	Communications in computer and information science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	276
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	Second International Conference, IITM 2013
Country/Territory	India
City	Allahabad
Period	9/03/13 → 11/03/13

Keywords

computing
human processing units
amazon’s mechanical turk
commercial crowdsourcing services
HPUs
text processing
graphics processing units
GPUs
CAD/CAM
crowdsourcing
BPO

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Corney, J., Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Lynn, A., Jagadeesan, A. P., Acur Bakir, N., Smith, M., & Agarwal, A. (2013). Computing the incomputable with human processing units. In A. Agrawal , R. C. Tripathi, E. Yi-Luen Do, & M. D. Tiwari (Eds.), Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia (Vol. 276, pp. 14-24). (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 276). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0_2

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Corney, J, Annamalai Vasantha, GV, Lynn, A, Jagadeesan, AP, Acur Bakir, N, Smith, M & Agarwal, A 2013, Computing the incomputable with human processing units. in A Agrawal , RC Tripathi, E Yi-Luen Do & MD Tiwari (eds), Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia. vol. 276, Communications in computer and information science, vol. 276, Springer, pp. 14-24, Second International Conference, IITM 2013, Allahabad, India, 9/03/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0_2

Computing the incomputable with human processing units. / Corney, Jonathan; Annamalai Vasantha, Gokula Vijayumar; Lynn, Andrew et al.
Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia. ed. / Anupam Agrawal ; R.C. Tripathi; Ellen Yi-Luen Do; M.D. Tiwari . Vol. 276 Springer, 2013. p. 14-24 (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 276).

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Corney J, Annamalai Vasantha GV, Lynn A, Jagadeesan AP, Acur Bakir N, Smith M et al. Computing the incomputable with human processing units. In Agrawal A, Tripathi RC, Yi-Luen Do E, Tiwari MD, editors, Intelligent interactive technologies and multimedia. Vol. 276. Springer. 2013. p. 14-24. (Communications in computer and information science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0, 10.1007/978-3-642-37463-0_2

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