CITIZEN CYBERSCIENCE

FRANÇOIS GREY

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, BEIJING CITIZEN CYBERSCIENCE CENTRE, GENEVA

 

WHAT IS

CITIZEN CYBERSCIENCE?

World’s  largest  science  infrastructure  

2bn   5bn   7bn  

Who  are  the  volunteers?  

Vinternet  >  1  C/s  

A  range  of  approaches  

Volunteer    CompuAng  

Volunteer    Sensing  

Volunteer    Thinking  

VOLUNTEER COMPUTING

SETI@home  

Einstein@home  

ClimatePredicAon.net  

Folding@home  

LHC@home  

Why  do  volunteers  parAcipate?  Cool screensaver Message boards

Credit for processing

MalariaControl.net  

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Real  impact  on  investment  

STI model predictions of vaccine cost-effectiveness: $1 - $10 per dose with 52% efficacy $4.73 - $34.43 per fully-immunized child $450 - $3,500 per death averted $12 - $96 per disability adjusted life year $2.7M - $19.8M per year for Mozambique

Global  network  of  micro-­‐philanthropists  

Project  with  Tsinghua,  IBM  World  Community  Grid  1)  SimulaAng  enhanced  water  flow  through  nanotubes    2)  Accuracy  at  low  v  needs  large  samples  (~105  CPU-­‐years)  3)  IBM  WCG  projects  preloaded  on  Sony  Vaio  in  US  

CompuAng  for  Clean  Water  

CAS@home

VOLUNTEER SENSING

Quake  Catcher  Network  

Epicollect  

Project  Noah  

Project  Noah  

VOLUNTEER THINKING

GalaxyZoo  

Herbaria@home  

FoldIt  

ForestWatchers  

Geotag  Libya    

Crowdcraaing  

Philippines  Typhoon