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SUMMARY:Astronomy & Astrophysics Seminar
DESCRIPTION:
 Speaker: Dr. Laura Trouille, Director of Citizen 
 Science at the Adler Planetarium and co-lead 
 for\n
 Zooniverse\n
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 Speaker's Institution: 
 Adler Planetarium\n
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 Seminar Title: Title: From 
 Clicks to Publications: How to Crowdsource 
 your Research Tasks\n
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 Abstract: Processing 
 our increasingly large datasets (e.g., image, 
 audio, video, hyper spectral\n
 data, etc.) poses 
 a bottleneck for producing real scientific 
 outcomes. Citizen science - engaging\n
 the public 
 in research - provides a solution, particularly 
 when coupled with machine learning\n
 algorithms and sophisticated task allocation 
 and retirement rules. Zooniverse is the most 
 widely\n
 used and successful citizen science platform, 
 with over 1.5 million volunteers worldwide 
 and 40\n
 active projects across the disciplines 
 (including ecology, archaeology, climate 
 science, oncology,\n
 physics, astronomy, 
 and the humanities). To date, Zooniverse projects 
 have produced over 100\n
 peer-reviewed publications. 
 Faced with a rapidly growing demand 
 for citizen science projects,\n
 Zooniverse 
 has launched a new 'Project Builder' which allows 
 you, the researcher, to build your\n
 own 
 project in-house using the Zooniverse infrastructure 
 and tools. In this talk I will provide 
 an\n
 overview of Zooniverse innovations and 
 open questions, as well as a brief tutorial on 
 building\n
 your own crowdsourcing project.\n
 \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://www.pa.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Shawna Prater\n
 Contact email: prater@pa.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.pa.msu.edu/seminars/ast_seminars/current\n
LOCATION: Room 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
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