Abstract: A task transformation architecture meets the technical challenges of geographically distributed task assignment and completion, e.g., by crowd-sourced workers who are external to any given enterprise that needs the task completed. The architecture delivers task information to the workers while maintaining confidentiality. In one aspect, the architecture determines when task descriptions include confidential information, transforms the task to remove the confidential information, and delivers the transformed task to the worker. When the worker responds with a completed project, e.g., source code for executing the transformed task, the architecture transforms the completed project into a form that restores the confidential information.

Abstract: The global proliferation of high speed communication networks has created unprecedented opportunities for geographically distributed resource identification, evaluation, selection, and allocation. However, while the opportunities exist and continue to grow, the realization of those opportunities has fallen behind. A dynamic resource assessment system helps to solve the enormous technical challenges of finding the resources, evaluating the resources, and determining how to allocate the resources to achieve the highest likelihood of successfully completing the task.

Abstract: A system may receive task information identifying tasks to be performed by workers of one or more crowds. The system may obtain worker information describing the workers. The system may determine task completion probabilities based on the task information and the worker information. A task completion probability may identify a likelihood that a particular crowd will complete a particular task. The system may determine crowd recommendation information based on the task completion probabilities, the task information, and/or the worker information. The crowd recommendation information may identify recommended crowds to which a task is recommended to be provided. The system may output the crowd recommendation information and/or the worker information to permit selection of the crowds to perform the task.