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Alexander J. Quinn

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2006

Publications

32

Citations

1,603

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Alexander J. Quinn's research focuses on how people interact with online crowdsourcing platforms and emerging technologies like virtual and augmented reality. A recurring theme is improving how task instructions are written and understood, both to reduce ambiguity for crowd workers and to support AI-generated augmented reality guidance. His publication record also includes some unrelated work on economics (information disclosure) and physics, suggesting a body of work drawn from varied collaborations rather than a single narrow specialty.

Crowdsourcing and task designHuman computationAugmented and virtual reality interfacesInstruction clarity and qualityAI-assisted content generation

Publication output has been fairly steady at 2-3 papers per year for most of the last decade, with a gap in 2024 followed by a rebound in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications3182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications3202021: 3 publications3212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications23242025: 3 publications32526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing×4
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×2
  • American Economic Journal Microeconomics×1
  • Procedia Manufacturing×1
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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