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A brief tour of the Zooniverse: How crowdsourcing science is solving big data problems in research
What do galaxies, lions, Higgs bosons and ancient Egyptian papyri have in common? Each of these research areas suffers from a similar problem: too much complex data for researchers to properly analyze. You might think that computers should be able to tackle these problems, but in fact, pattern matching (a hallmark of analyzing complex data) is exactly where computers still lag behind even a human child. So how can researchers make any progress in problems where human visual processing of millions of images is required? By turning to the general public and asking for their help.
The Zooniverse is an online portal where nearly two million people now find fun and engaging projects that help researchers solve many kinds of problems.
Join Dr. Lucy Fortson, cofounder of the Zooniverse and Associate Head and Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, as she takes you on a quick tour of the engaging projects in the Zooniverse – from the Lions in the Serengeti to galaxies in the furthest reaches of time and space.
Along the way, she will describe the issues that researchers now face with "Big Data", what crowdsourcing is and how combining human intelligence with artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how science is being done.
The evening will be moderated by Alan Barr from the University of Oxford, who will present the HiggsHunter Project on the Zooniverse, illustrating how CERN and the experiments use people-powered research.
Conference in English with simultaneous interpretation into French.
Une brève visite du Zooniverse : comment la science du crowdsourcing (production participative) résout les problèmes de Big Data (mégadonnées) en recherche
Qu'ont en commun les galaxies, les lions, les bosons de Higgs et les anciens papyrus égyptiens? Chacun de ces domaines de recherche souffre d'un…
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- CERN
- Department
- GLOBE - Public Events
- Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
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