iccm 2013 : building smart filters for election crowdsourcing
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Developing methodology for building smart filters for election based crowdsourcing utilizing machine learning,TRANSCRIPT
Chris Orwa@blackorwa
Building Smart Filters for Election Crowdsourcing
www.ihub.co.ke/research@ihubresearch
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CASE STUDY:Assessing the Viability of Crowdsourcing
During Elections in Kenya March 2013
Machine Learning
Methodology
• Broad keyword filters• Sampling the data• Annotating tweets• Build a classifier• Iterate the process to improve
accuracy
Advantages• Obtain unique incidence during an
election• Enable comparative analysis• Imperative to first responders• Solves the problem of information
overload
Information Dense Environments
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