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Kevin Crowston is a Distinguished Professor of Information Science at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently serving as Associate Dean for Research.
He is currently seeking PhD students interested in the impact on work design of systems with increased autonomy and capability.
Research Interests
Crowston's research examines new ways of organizing made possible by the use of information technology. He approaches this issue in several ways: empirical studies of coordination-intensive processes in human organizations (especially virtual organization); theoretical characterizations of coordination problems and alternative methods for managing them; and design and empirical evaluation of systems to support people working together. Specific domains of interest include free/libre open source software development projects, citizen science projects and research data management.
He is a co-PI on an NSF INSPIRE project: "INSPIRE: Teaming Citizen Science with Machine Learning to Deepen LIGO's View of the Cosmos" (15-47880) that has produced the Gravity Spy system. He is the former PI on NSF SOCS Grant 12-11071 for "Collaborative Research: Focusing Attention to Improve the Performance of Citizen Science Systems: Beautiful Images and Perceptive Observers" (see here for details). With colleagues, he will be leading a research coordination network aimed at developing a socio-technical perspective on work in the age of intelligent machines.
Keywords: virtual work; virtual organizations; free/libre/open source software development practices; citizen science; work design for work with autonomous systems
Education
Information Technologies, Ph.D., Dissertation: Towards a coordination cookbook: Recipes for multi-agent action., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1984 → 1991
Applied Mathematics (Computer Science), A.B., Harvard University
1980 → 1984
External positions
Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
1991 → 1996
Research Interests
- information and communication technology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Collaborative research: FW-HTF-R: The Future of News Work: Human-Technology Collaboration of Journalistic Research and Narrative Discovery
Crowston, K. G. & Henderson, K.
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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Collaborative Research: HCC: Medium: Intelligent support for non-experts to navigate large information spaces
Crowston, K. G. & Oesterlund, C.
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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FW-HTF-P: Planning to Study Automation and the Future of News Production
Crowston, K. G. & Henderson, K.
10/1/20 → 9/30/21
Project: Sponsored Project
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AngleKindling: Supporting Journalistic Angle Ideation with Large Language Models
Petridis, S., Diakopoulos, N., Crowston, K., Hansen, M., Henderson, K., Jastrzebski, S., Nickerson, J. V. & Chilton, L. B., Apr 19 2023, CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 225. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution
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Data quality up to the third observing run of advanced LIGO: Gravity Spy glitch classifications
Glanzer, J., Banagiri, S., Coughlin, S. B., Soni, S., Zevin, M., Berry, C. P. L., Patane, O., Bahaadini, S., Rohani, N., Crowston, K., Kalogera, V., Østerlund, C., Trouille, L. & Katsaggelos, A., Mar 16 2023, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40, 6, 065004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
Design Principles for Background Knowledge to Enhance Learning in Citizen Science
Crowston, K., Jackson, C., Corieri, I. & Østerlund, C., 2023, Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity - 18th International Conference, iConference 2023, Proceedings. Sserwanga, I., Goulding, A., Moulaison-Sandy, H., Du, J. T., Soares, A. L., Hessami, V. & Frank, R. D. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 563-580 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13972 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution
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Examining Open Innovation in Science (OIS): what Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science
Beck, S., LaFlamme, M., Bergenholtz, C., Bogers, M., Brasseur, T. M., Conradsen, M. L., Crowston, K., Di Marco, D., Effert, A., Filiou, D., Frederiksen, L., Gillier, T., Gruber, M., Haeussler, C., Hoisl, K., Kokshagina, O., Norn, M. T., Poetz, M., Pruschak, G., Pujol Priego, L., & 11 others , 2023, In: Innovation: Organization and Management. 25, 3, p. 221-235 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Perceived benefits of open data are improving but scientists still lack resources, skills, and rewards
Borycz, J., Olendorf, R., Specht, A., Grant, B., Crowston, K., Tenopir, C., Allard, S., Rice, N. M., Hu, R. & Sandusky, R. J., Dec 2023, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 10, 1, 339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Transactions on Social Computing (Journal)
Kevin Crowston (Editor in chief)
2017 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Situating Learning & Infrastructure: How to support different opportunities for learning in an online citizen science community?
Carsten Oesterlund (Speaker), Gabriel Mugar (Speaker), Corey Brian Jackson (Speaker), Kevin G Crowston (Speaker) & Mahboobeh Harandi (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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The Hermeneutics of Trace Data: Building an Apparatus
Carsten Oesterlund (Speaker), Kevin G Crowston (Speaker) & Corey Brian Jackson (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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12th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities, OSS 2016
Kevin Crowston (Chair)
2016Activity: Attendance types › Participation in conference
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Typologies of learning in open online collaborative communities
Carsten Oesterlund (Speaker), Gabriel Mugar (Speaker), Corey Brian Jackson (Speaker) & Kevin G Crowston (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Press and Media
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ISCHOOL PROFESSOR RECEIVES HIGHEST HONOR IN FIELD OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Kevin G Crowston & Steve Sawyer
6/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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DR. STEVE SAWYER TO RECEIVE 2021 AWARD OF MERIT
Kevin G Crowston & Steve Sawyer
6/7/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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FUTURE OF NEWS PRODUCTION THE FOCUS OF NSF PLANNING GRANT
1/21/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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DOCTORAL GRAD JAMES HOWISON G'09 WINS U.S. PECASE RESEARCH HONORS
12/9/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Syracuse U. Associate Dean wins top award honoring information research
7/16/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Prizes
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ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award
Crowston, Kevin G (Recipient), Oct 22 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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Best Published Social Informatics Paper Award
Crowston, Kevin G (Recipient), Sawyer, Steven B (Recipient) & Wigand, Rolf T. (Recipient), Oct 15 2016
Prize
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International Federation for Information Processing Silver Core Award
Crowston, Kevin G (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
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Lifetime Service Award, Academy of Management, OCIS Division
Crowston, Kevin G (Recipient), Aug 13 2018
Prize: Honorary award