{"id":60,"date":"2019-01-31T01:42:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T01:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/?p=60"},"modified":"2019-01-31T01:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T01:42:22","slug":"aakashs-initial-two-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/2019\/01\/31\/aakashs-initial-two-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Aakash&#8217;s Initial Two Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not exactly Aakash&#8217;s alone though &#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Idea 1<\/strong>: Making micro-tasks attainable to semi-literate\/illiterate population<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are various types of micro-tasks &#8211; some are complex and require extensive reading and writing while others are simpler and could potentially be completed by illiterate population. I want to see if we can formulate a process by using audio and visual instructions (in native language) to make the simpler tasks attainable to such a population. This requires identifying what constitutes &#8220;simpler&#8221; micro-tasks, ways in which we can record interactive tutorials, and overlay those tutorials on top of the tasks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Idea 2<\/strong>: Expanding creative expression in knitting by providing step-by-step instructions to create knitting patterns or motifs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"298\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-30-at-20.31.54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>My research involves a group of women who create handicraft including knitting scarfs. I want to see if we can develop an algorithmic solution that would provide step-by-step instruction on how to knit a particular knitting pattern or a motif. We could begin with a single-colored thread and allow users to draw a shape and our system would generate instructions to knit such a shape.<br><br>Image: Example of a knitting pattern<br>(Source: Bernasconi, A., Bodei, C., &amp; Pagli, L. (2007, June). Knitting for fun: a recursive sweater. In\u00a0<em>International Conference on Fun with Algorithms<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 53-65). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have zero knitting skills. I am fairly comfortable using Python and working on web technologies (Node.js or PHP).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not exactly Aakash&#8217;s alone though &#8230; Idea 1: Making micro-tasks attainable to semi-literate\/illiterate population There are various types of micro-tasks &#8211; some are complex and require extensive reading and writing while others are simpler and could potentially be completed by illiterate population. I want to see if we can formulate a process by using audio&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/ccc2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}