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Connecting CitizensConnecting Citizensto Scienceto Science
A Learning EA Learning E--volutionvolution
Miguel Angel MarquinaMiguel Angel MarquinaCERN, SwitzerlandCERN, Switzerland
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
CERNUniversity of Geneva
UN Institute for Training and Research
“All for science, science for all”
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Science and InnovationScience and InnovationResearch Research vsvs HE structuresHE structures
Research environments, pure joy Research environments, pure joy
But sometimes, Ivory Towers But sometimes, Ivory Towers Major societal investment on forming such Major societal investment on forming such
““eliteelite”” Return to Society, even if just a token, with Return to Society, even if just a token, with
education and learning opportunities?education and learning opportunities?
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Science and InnovationScience and InnovationGlobal ChallengesGlobal Challenges
Tough time for Researchers, competing for:Tough time for Researchers, competing for: Resources Resources –– Funding, ICTFunding, ICT Big Data challengesBig Data challenges Non/semiNon/semi--automatable analysisautomatable analysis Impact on Society, reaching the publicImpact on Society, reaching the public
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Science and InnovationScience and InnovationCitizen InvolvementCitizen Involvement
Citizens have been passive watchers so farCitizens have been passive watchers so far CE/LLL initiatives essentially address already CE/LLL initiatives essentially address already
prepre--motivated peoplemotivated people Can we help in awakening their awareness?Can we help in awakening their awareness?
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Science and InnovationScience and InnovationCitizen ResourcesCitizen Resources
In the hands of In the hands of 7000 million people 7000 million people there are...there are... 10001000--2000 million computers2000 million computers and devices alike and devices alike
(game consoles, intelligent electrical appliances(game consoles, intelligent electrical appliances……)) 5000 million mobile5000 million mobile, , smartphonesmartphone and tabletand tabletss
Are there opportunities here for them to Are there opportunities here for them to contribute, influence and gear Science?contribute, influence and gear Science?
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina Slide courtesy of F.Grey
Passive Passive –– volunteervolunteer’’s CPUss CPUs MostMost projectsprojects basedbased onon aan n
openopen--source platformsource platform calledcalledBOINC BOINC
http://http://boinc.berkeley.eduboinc.berkeley.edu
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceVolunteer ComputingVolunteer Computing
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
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AstrophysicsAstrophysics
SETI@homeSETI@home http://setiathome.berkeley.eduhttp://setiathome.berkeley.edu9M 9M yearsyears5M 5M clientsclients
Einstein@homeEinstein@home http://http://einsteinathome.orgeinsteinathome.org
SearchSearch for for sourcessources ofof gravitationalgravitational waveswaves6800 6800 yearsyears
137K 137K CPUsCPUs(*)(*)
1 CPU = 1 1 CPU = 1 KSfp2KKSfp2K = 2.8 = 2.8 GHzGHz XeonXeon
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
PhysicsPhysics ((e.ge.g. . CERN)CERN)
LHC@homeLHC@home http://http://cern.chcern.ch//LHCathomeLHCathome
SixtrackSixtrack 700 700 yearsyearsT4TT4T 44K 44K CPUsCPUs
GEANT(4) GEANT(4) studiesstudiesInteractionsInteractions ofof particlesparticles//radiationradiation with with mattermatter
Popular Popular codecode in Medical in Medical PhysicsPhysics GARFIELD GARFIELD –– simulationsimulation ofof gas gas detectorsdetectors
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
LifeLife SciencesSciences
Predictor@homePredictor@home http://predictor.chem.lsa.umich.eduhttp://predictor.chem.lsa.umich.edu
1700 1700 yearsyears84K 84K CPUsCPUs
ToTo predictpredict proteineproteine structurestructure from from sequencesequence
Rosetta@homeRosetta@home http://boinc.bakerlab.orghttp://boinc.bakerlab.orgNew New proteinsproteins for cfor curesures ofof human human diseasesdiseases (HIV, malaria, (HIV, malaria, cancercancer……))
Folding@homeFolding@home http://folding.stanford.eduhttp://folding.stanford.eduProteineProteine ((mis)foldingmis)folding –– degenerativedegenerative diseasesdiseases (Alzheimer, (Alzheimer,
HuntingtonHuntington……))
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Earth Earth SciencesSciences
Climateprediction.netClimateprediction.net http://climateprediction.nethttp://climateprediction.net
10000 10000 yearsyears115K 115K clientsclients
Climate@homeClimate@homeClimateClimate changechange ((variantvariant ofof aboveabove, non, non--overlappingoverlapping targets)targets)
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Aid toAid to DevelopingDeveloping CountriesCountries
Africa@homeAfrica@home http://cern.ch/africahttp://cern.ch/africa--atat--home/home/AfricanAfrican humanitarianhumanitarian causescausesProject Project kickkick--off off initiatedinitiated by CERNby CERN
Malariacontrol.netMalariacontrol.net http://malariacontrol.net/http://malariacontrol.net/Malaria Malaria propagationpropagation studiesstudies ((withinwithin thethe frameworkframework ofof
Africa@homeAfrica@home) )
ComputingComputing for for ClearClear WaterWaterWaterWater flowflow throughthrough nanotubesnanotubes
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Volunteer ComputingVolunteer ComputingAll kinds, all flavoursAll kinds, all flavours
SCIENCESETI@home (BOINC) evolution@homeeOnclimateprediction.net (BOINC) Muon1 LHC@home (BOINC) Einstein@Home(BOINC) BBC Climate Change
Experiment (BOINC)Leiden Classical (BOINC) QMC@home (BOINC) NanoHive@Home (BOINC) μFluids@Home (BOINC) Spinhenge@home (BOINC) Cosmology@Home (BOINC) PS3GRID (BOINC)Mars Clickworkers
LIFE SCIENCESParabon Computation Folding@homeFightAIDS@homeÜberoDrug Design Optimization Lab (D2OL) The Virtual Laboratory Project Community TSC Predictor@home (BOINC) XGrid@StanfordHuman Proteome Folding (WCG) CHRONOS (BOINC) Rosetta@home (BOINC) RALPH@home (BOINC) SIMAP (BOINC) malariacontrol.net (BOINC) Help Defeat Cancer (WCG) TANPAKU (BOINC) Genome Comparison (WCG) Docking@Home (BOINC) proteins@home (BOINC) Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy (WCG)
MATHEMATICS ANDCRYPTOGRAPHY Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search Proth Prime Search ECMNET Minimal Equal Sums of Like Powers MM61 Project 3x + 1 Problem Distributed Search for Fermat
Number Divisors PCP@HomeGeneralized Fermat Prime Search PSearchSeventeen or Bust Factorizations of Cyclotomic NumbersGoldbach Conjecture Verification The Riesel Problem The 3*2^n-1 Search NFSNET Search for Multifactorial Primes 15k Prime Search ElevenSmoothRiesel Sieve The Prime Sierpinski Project P.I.E.S. - Prime Internet Eisenstein Search Factors of k*2^n±1 XYYXF 12121 Search 2721 Search Operation Billion Digits SIGPS PrimesearchLone Mersenne Hunters Factoring 100 Million digits prefactor project Repdigit Prime Problems Mersenneplustwo Factorizations Sierpinski/Riesel Base 5 SZTAKI Desktop Grid (BOINC)
Riesel Prime Search
Proth Sieve Twin Internet Prime Search Pi Segment
Rectilinear Crossing Number (BOINC) ABC@home (BOINC) WEP-M+2 Project (BOINC) distributed.netPrimeGrid (BOINC) M4 HashClash (BOINC) Assault on 13th LabourFree Rainbow Tables
IT PERFORMANCEGómez Performance ($)Network Peer NETI@homedCrawlDIMESRed Library DLV Majestic-12 BoithoPeerFactorDepSpidPingdom GIGRIB Project Neuron (BOINC)
PUZZLES AND GAMESChessBrainChess960@home (BOINC)
FINANCIALMoneyBee
GStock
ARTelectric sheep
Internet Movie Project RenderFarm@Home (BOINC)
Source: http://distributedcomputing.info/
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina Slide courtesy of F.Grey
Active Active –– Information Discovery Information Discovery field workfield work
UUsingsing GPSGPS+camera+camera--enabledenableddevicesdevices forfor data gathering, data gathering, mapping, mapping, geotagginggeotagging
((oftenoften associatedassociated toto Google Earth)Google Earth)
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceVolunteer SensingVolunteer Sensing
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Sensing in ActionSensing in ActionCybermapprCybermappr –– http://http://cybermappr.unige.chcybermappr.unige.ch
UNOSATUNOSAT//UniGeUniGe partnership in CCC, partnership in CCC, sponsorsponsoreded by HPby HP
Used currently for Used currently for geotagginggeotagging of regions of regions under humanitarian conflicts/crisisunder humanitarian conflicts/crisis
See Google group See Google group ““GeotagGeotag LibyaLibya””http://groups.google.com/group/geotaghttp://groups.google.com/group/geotag--libyalibya
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
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Sensing in ActionSensing in ActionEpiCollectEpiCollect -- http://http://www.epicollect.netwww.epicollect.net//
FrameworkFramework for for associatingassociating informationinformation to to mapsmaps
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Sensing in ActionSensing in ActionHP HP GloeGloe -- http://http://www.hpgloe.comwww.hpgloe.com
Platform for Platform for locationlocation--basedbased informationinformation discoverydiscovery
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina Slide courtesy of F.Grey
ProactiveProactive
Human Brain workingHuman Brain workingto its bestto its best
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceVolunteer ThinkingVolunteer Thinking
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Thinking in ActionThinking in ActionInnocentiveInnocentive -- http://http://www.innocentive.comwww.innocentive.com
Citizen Problem Solving (Citizen Problem Solving (A.BinghamA.Bingham))
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Thinking in actionThinking in actionGalaxy Zoo Galaxy Zoo -- http://http://www.galaxyzoo.orgwww.galaxyzoo.org//
GalaxyGalaxy classificationclassification ((patternpattern recognitionrecognition))
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Thinking in actionThinking in actionFoldItFoldIt -- http://http://fold.itfold.it/portal/portal
Protein folding strategiesProtein folding strategies
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
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Thinking in actionThinking in actionOld Weather Old Weather -- http://http://www.oldweather.orgwww.oldweather.org//
Source: Source: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/partnerhttp://www.climatecentral.org/news/partner--news/oldnews/old--weatherweather--datadata--aidsaids--climateclimate--sciencescience--oneone--shipship--atat--aa--timetime
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceA range of approachesA range of approaches
Volunteer Computing
Volunteer Sensing
Volunteer Thinking
Slide courtesy of F.Grey
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceCommunity MotivationsCommunity Motivations
For all sorts of reasons:For all sorts of reasons: Social recognitionSocial recognition Personal beliefsPersonal beliefs HumanitarianHumanitarian--mindedminded Making a better worldMaking a better world Missed vocationsMissed vocations For the sake of Science and InnovationFor the sake of Science and Innovation
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceLearning RanksLearning Ranks
Acquaintance with the subjectAcquaintance with the subject Assimilating general information about the Assimilating general information about the
field (media, documentation, field (media, documentation, googlegoogle search)search) Insider view on how scientific projects Insider view on how scientific projects
functionfunction Collateral benefits (e.g. computer literacy)Collateral benefits (e.g. computer literacy)
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceLearning PathsLearning Paths
Initial enrollingInitial enrolling personal motivations in the project goalspersonal motivations in the project goals social networking habits (public visibility)social networking habits (public visibility)
Growing involvementGrowing involvement Digging into the science/technology Digging into the science/technology
background motivating the projectbackground motivating the project Dissemination, communication, mentoring Dissemination, communication, mentoring
roles for the rest of the communityroles for the rest of the community
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceProject PaybackProject Payback
Opportunities to explore novel ideasOpportunities to explore novel ideas Outreach gears resource harvesting effortsOutreach gears resource harvesting efforts Volunteers become key to progressVolunteers become key to progress Addressing tasks where humans Addressing tasks where humans
outperform computersoutperform computers Impact on society Impact on society preceedspreceeds resultsresults
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen Citizen CyberlabCyberlaba a researchresearch projectproject to to investigateinvestigate Learning in Learning in
Citizen ScienceCitizen Science
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen Citizen CyberlabCyberlaba a researchresearch projectproject to to investigateinvestigate Learning in Learning in
Citizen ScienceCitizen Science
Slide courtesy of L.Kloetzer, UniGe
45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013
Connecting Citizens to Science…Miguel Angel Marquina
Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceFinal Wrap UpFinal Wrap Up
New ways of delivering learning New ways of delivering learning ““on locationon location”” Channels for dissemination of scientific endeavorsChannels for dissemination of scientific endeavors Means to increase citizen awareness for Science Means to increase citizen awareness for Science
and Technologyand Technology Gates to engage into formal learning pathsGates to engage into formal learning paths
One pragmatic approach to One pragmatic approach to Global Knowledge TransferGlobal Knowledge Transfer
Thank YouThank You
Miguel.Marquina@cern.chMiguel.Marquina@cern.ch
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