A leader in citizen science, Laura Trouille of Adler Planetarium at Northwestern University, will give the Ruckman Public Lecture on Friday, Oct. 5, in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Trouille, a research associate in the CIERA Center for Astrophysics, will share discoveries and highlights of Zooniverse.org, the world’s largest platform for online citizen science. This free talk is open to general audiences and is co-sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Physics and Astronomy as well as the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education.
Processing increasingly large datasets poses a bottleneck for producing real scientific outcomes and citizen science—engaging the public in research—provides a solution, particularly when coupled with automated machine learning efforts.
Zooniverse engages more than 1.7 million people around the world in over 80 active projects, such as tagging animals in wildlife images, identifying new exoplanets, transcribing artist’s notebooks, detecting gamma rays, and tracking resistance to antibiotics.
In “Unlocking data through Zooniverse: Science with 1.7 million volunteers,” Trouille will discuss how Zooniverse has helped transform the way scientists do research and engage the public in science, including through classroom experiences, and discuss the new opportunities facing citizen science and the solutions Zooniverse is exploring.