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amazon
                                               web services



Crowdsourcing for
    improving
 Business Process



October, 2012 - Optimized for 1280x960   -   © Amazon Web Services
_ Presented by
John Hoskins, hoskins @ amazon.com
Mechanical Turk, Amazon




       [         Before we start
                                     ]
                           2
How does it
High     Crowdsourcing           work             Examples
Level

                                                         Questions



Detail           What is MTurk?         How is it used




         [   Our plan for today                          ]

                             3
[                    ]
What is Crowdsourcing?




          4
[   Crowd Labor Trends   ]
            5
1. Crowdsourcing



       6
[   Crowdsourcing:
    Key Advantages   ]

          7
[   1. Elastic Capacity   ]

             8
On and Off           Fast Growth




Variable peaks       Predictable peaks


   [  Staffing Usage Patterns      ]

                 9
On and Off        WASTE     Fast Growth



              Missed
Variable peaks Opportunity Predictable peaks


    [  Staffing Usage Patterns            ]

                       10
On and Off               Fast Growth




Variable peaks           Predictable peaks


   [         Usage Patterns:
             Crowdsourcing             ]

                    11
[   2. On Demand Availability   ]

                12
[                                    ]
    3. Pay as you go, for what you use




                    13
$                             $

    Lower costs               Capital efficiency




Improve productivity        Focus on your business



[       Business Benefits
        of Crowdsourcing                   ]

                       14
2. What is MTurk?



        15
Marketplace for Work
_ Access to global workforce, on demand
_ Quality controls and workflow “building blocks”
_ Pay as you go, only when satisfied with results
_ Programmatic Access (API)



   [      What is Mechanical Turk?                  ]

                              16
_ 500,000 Workers
_ 190+ Countries




       [      Global Workforce
                                 ]
                     17          (as of Apr 19th, 2012)
3. How it works



       18
[   How it works   ]
         19
Highest
Performing


                 Average
MASTERS
                           Unknown




  [          Mturk Workforce   ]
                     20
Highest
  Performing




                   Average
MASTERS                      Unknown
               Your Custom
                Workforce




    [      Custom Workforce      ]
                        21
Speed


      Price

                 Accuracy




[   Balances & Levers
                            ]

                  22
4. How is it used?



        23
Data Management                       Analysis/Research
_ Verification                        _ Sentiment
_ Entry & Collection                  _ Relevance
_ De-dupe                             _ Online Research
_ Algorithm Training




Content Management                    Annotation
_ Moderation (Photos, Content)        _ Tagging
_ Transcription                       _ Classification
_ Localization/Translation



          [       Common Use Cases                       ]
                                 24
How can we assess relevance of
tweets in real-time?
How can we research and categorize
merchants in our database?

How can we verify accuracy of low
confidence OCR scans?

How do we build a dictionary to
categorize ads on the internet?


[    Examples     ]
          25
Categorization


Web Research


Transcription


Categorization and DeDupe



[    Examples     ]
           26
amazon
                               web services



http://www.mturk.com
   John Hoskins, Mechanical Turk
      hoskins@amazon.com




                 27

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Amazon mechanical turk intro to bpo's v3

  • 1. amazon web services Crowdsourcing for improving Business Process October, 2012 - Optimized for 1280x960 - © Amazon Web Services
  • 2. _ Presented by John Hoskins, hoskins @ amazon.com Mechanical Turk, Amazon [ Before we start ] 2
  • 3. How does it High Crowdsourcing work Examples Level Questions Detail What is MTurk? How is it used [ Our plan for today ] 3
  • 4. [ ] What is Crowdsourcing? 4
  • 5. [ Crowd Labor Trends ] 5
  • 7. [ Crowdsourcing: Key Advantages ] 7
  • 8. [ 1. Elastic Capacity ] 8
  • 9. On and Off Fast Growth Variable peaks Predictable peaks [ Staffing Usage Patterns ] 9
  • 10. On and Off WASTE Fast Growth Missed Variable peaks Opportunity Predictable peaks [ Staffing Usage Patterns ] 10
  • 11. On and Off Fast Growth Variable peaks Predictable peaks [ Usage Patterns: Crowdsourcing ] 11
  • 12. [ 2. On Demand Availability ] 12
  • 13. [ ] 3. Pay as you go, for what you use 13
  • 14. $ $ Lower costs Capital efficiency Improve productivity Focus on your business [ Business Benefits of Crowdsourcing ] 14
  • 15. 2. What is MTurk? 15
  • 16. Marketplace for Work _ Access to global workforce, on demand _ Quality controls and workflow “building blocks” _ Pay as you go, only when satisfied with results _ Programmatic Access (API) [ What is Mechanical Turk? ] 16
  • 17. _ 500,000 Workers _ 190+ Countries [ Global Workforce ] 17 (as of Apr 19th, 2012)
  • 18. 3. How it works 18
  • 19. [ How it works ] 19
  • 20. Highest Performing Average MASTERS Unknown [ Mturk Workforce ] 20
  • 21. Highest Performing Average MASTERS Unknown Your Custom Workforce [ Custom Workforce ] 21
  • 22. Speed Price Accuracy [ Balances & Levers ] 22
  • 23. 4. How is it used? 23
  • 24. Data Management Analysis/Research _ Verification _ Sentiment _ Entry & Collection _ Relevance _ De-dupe _ Online Research _ Algorithm Training Content Management Annotation _ Moderation (Photos, Content) _ Tagging _ Transcription _ Classification _ Localization/Translation [ Common Use Cases ] 24
  • 25. How can we assess relevance of tweets in real-time? How can we research and categorize merchants in our database? How can we verify accuracy of low confidence OCR scans? How do we build a dictionary to categorize ads on the internet? [ Examples ] 25
  • 27. amazon web services http://www.mturk.com John Hoskins, Mechanical Turk hoskins@amazon.com 27