Connecting Citizens to Science - UNIGE · 45th EUCEN Conference Charmey - May 31, 2013 Connecting Citizens to Science… Miguel Angel Marquina Science and Innovation Research vs HE

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”



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?



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



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?



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?


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



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



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



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……))



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)



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



Volunteer ComputingVolunteer ComputingAll kinds, all flavoursAll kinds, all flavours

SCIENCESETI@home (BOINC) [email protected] (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/



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



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



Sensing in ActionSensing in ActionEpiCollectEpiCollect -- http://http://www.epicollect.netwww.epicollect.net//

FrameworkFramework for for associatingassociating informationinformation to to mapsmaps



Sensing in ActionSensing in ActionHP HP GloeGloe -- http://http://www.hpgloe.comwww.hpgloe.com

Platform for Platform for locationlocation--basedbased informationinformation discoverydiscovery



ProactiveProactive

Human Brain workingHuman Brain workingto its bestto its best

Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceVolunteer ThinkingVolunteer Thinking



Thinking in ActionThinking in ActionInnocentiveInnocentive -- http://http://www.innocentive.comwww.innocentive.com

Citizen Problem Solving (Citizen Problem Solving (A.BinghamA.Bingham))



Thinking in actionThinking in actionGalaxy Zoo Galaxy Zoo -- http://http://www.galaxyzoo.orgwww.galaxyzoo.org//

GalaxyGalaxy classificationclassification ((patternpattern recognitionrecognition))



Thinking in actionThinking in actionFoldItFoldIt -- http://http://fold.itfold.it/portal/portal

Protein folding strategiesProtein folding strategies



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



Citizen ScienceCitizen ScienceA range of approachesA range of approaches

Volunteer Computing

Volunteer Sensing

Volunteer Thinking

Slide courtesy of F.Grey



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



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)



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



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



Citizen Citizen CyberlabCyberlaba a researchresearch projectproject to to investigateinvestigate Learning in Learning in

Citizen ScienceCitizen Science



Citizen Citizen CyberlabCyberlaba a researchresearch projectproject to to investigateinvestigate Learning in Learning in

Citizen ScienceCitizen Science

Slide courtesy of L.Kloetzer, UniGe



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

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