EGI Conference 2015

Session

Platforms for citizen science

19 May 2015, 15:30

ISCTE-IUL

Conveners

Platforms for citizen science

• Fermin Serrano (University of Zaragoza)
• Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)

Description

This session presents platforms and use cases of citizen science to scientific communities of EGI covering the wide range of potential capabilities such as desktop computing and pattern recognition, from biodiversity to digital social sciences and humanities. The outcomes expected vary from “in reach” activities towards policy roadmapping.
This session is aimed at policy makers, platform developers and any initiative and community supporting citizen science.

35. Civic Epistemologies: Roadmap for Citizen Researchers in the age of Digital Culture

Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)

19/05/2015, 15:30

The CIVIC EPISTEMOLOGIES project is about the participation of citizens in research on cultural heritage and humanities. ICT are powerful drivers of creativity, but specific technical know-how is still generally lacking in the creative industries sectors. In addition, humanities scholarship is not yet taking full advantage of ICT to engage with wider audiences. New skills are needed to enable...

36. Citizen Science Projects and Initiatives

Fermín Serrano Sanz (Universidad de Zaragoza)

19/05/2015, 15:50

38. BioDiversity4All

Patricia Tiago

19/05/2015, 16:05

37. Citizen Science Initiatives in the Mediterranean Basin

Emmanouela Panteri (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research)

19/05/2015, 16:20

The number of the Citizen Science projects has been constantly rising the latest years, all over the world. New tools for disseminating information and fast and easy internet access are the reasons why citizen scientists are now contributing more and more to projects on environmental monitoring or conservation biology and ecology. Three citizen science projects, have recently been initiated by...

39. Crowd Computing at the fingertips of EGI scientists

Dr Robert Lovas (MTA SZTAKI)

19/05/2015, 16:35

Volunteer or crowd computing initiatives across not only Europe but world-wide have already established production level infrastructures which serve a wide range of research communities including life sciences, linguistics, mathematics, etc. Such projects allow research and education organisations, as well as individuals and citizen scientists, to contribute actively and participate in...

265. Discussion

19/05/2015, 16:50