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