Peter Organisciak
Assistant Professor
303-871-3587 (Office)
Katherine Ruffato Hall Denver, CO 80208
What I do
I'm a professor in information science, focusing on large-scale text analysis and crowdsourcing.
Professional Biography
Prior to the University of Denver, I served as a post-doctoral research associate at the HathiTrust Research Center. My PhD is in Library and Information Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), with an MA in Humanities Computing and Library and Information Studies (University of Alberta).
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
- MA, Humanities Computing - Library and Information Studies , University of Alberta, 2010
- BA, Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- Association for Computing Machinery
- American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
Research
I work in large-scale text analysis, teaching computers to understand text at scales that cannot simply be read. Other areas of expertise focus on understanding and optimizing how people collaborate online.
Key Projects
- Text Duplication and Similarity in Massive Digital Collections
Featured Publications
- Access to Billions of Pages for Large-Scale Text Analysis
- Matching and Grokking: Approaches to Personalized Crowdsourcing
Awards
- Best Paper, Association for Information Science and Technology
- Outstanding Contribution Award, Canadian Society for Digital Humanities
- Notable Paper, Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing