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Citizen CyberScience ─ New Directions and Opportunities for Human Computation

Highlights

  • Have you ever heard glowing reviews of the best thing – a tool that will solve all problems – and immediately become skeptical? Why are we to believe such claims and adopt new innovations? The proclamations above regarding citizen cyberscience starting this special issue originate from participants attending and/or discussing the third annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit, held at the Royal Geographical Society and University College, London, February 20th and 22nd, 2014

  • The Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) is a partnership to promote the use of citizen science on the Web as an appropriate low-cost technology for researchers in developing regions

  • The CCC conceived of the notion of citizen cyberscience and the idea of hosting an annual summit dedicated to the topic – the most recent of which was the 3rd annual summit summarized

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INTRODUCTION

Have you ever heard glowing reviews of the best thing – a tool that will solve all problems – and immediately become skeptical? Why are we to believe such claims and adopt new innovations? The proclamations above regarding citizen cyberscience starting this special issue originate from participants attending and/or discussing the third annual Citizen Cyberscience Summit, held at the Royal Geographical Society and University College, London, February 20th and 22nd, 2014. What current applications illustrate the benefits of citizen cyberscience for research and public. Newman / Human Computation (2014) 1:2 engagement and why? The Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) is a partnership to promote the use of citizen science on the Web as an appropriate low-cost technology for researchers in developing regions. The Centre emphasizes collaboration between academia and international research organizations to create practical, open source software tools for Web-based public participation in science. Given the right tools and incentives, and some online training, millions of enthusiastic volunteers can make a real difference, contributing to significant scientific discoveries” – Pierre Spierer, Vice Director for Research at the University of Geneva (as quoted in PC Magazine). How does citizen cyberscience differ from other forms of public scientific engagement? How does citizen cyberscience differ from other forms of public scientific engagement? How can it contribute to human computation?

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