ED21C:
Citizen Science with Big Data: Intersection of Outreach, Crowd-Sourced Data, and Scientific Research I Posters

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Session ID#: 12673

Session Description:
The traditional method of outreach to formal, informal, science and non-science audiences has undergone a fundamental change with recent advances in technology, social media and crowd-sourced data, giving way to citizen science with many applications. With increasing “Big Data” projects, active partnerships are necessary between professional, amateur and data scientist communities. Innovative design, sustainability and evaluation of these projects are as important as the citizen science they generate. This session invites papers from scientists and educators, as well as those who design, facilitate, evaluate or fund such programs. Topics may include methodology, applications of citizen science to enhancing outreach, transformative approaches to science education, lessons learned, and the future of citizen science. Presentations are invited from all scientific disciplines: astronomy, planetary and space science, geology and geophysics, seismology, biogeoscience, and atmosphere and ocean sciences.
Primary Convener:  Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Conveners:  Constance E Walker, NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, United States, Rachel Freed, InStAR, Sonoma, CA, United States and Thilina Heenatigala, NUCLIO - Nucleo Interativo de Astronomia, Cascais, Portugal
Chairs:  Constance E Walker, NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, United States, Rachel Freed, InStAR, Sonoma, CA, United States and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
1902 Community modeling frameworks [INFORMATICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Citizen-Scientist Digitization of a Complex Geologic Map of the McDowell Mountains (Scottsdale, Arizona). (126948)
Daniel Gruber, McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, Field Institute, Scottsdale, AZ, United States, Steven Skotnicki, HydroSystems Inc., Phoenix, AZ, United States and Brian Gootee, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, United States
Low-cost Citizen Science Balloon Platform for Measuring Air Pollutants to Improve Satellite Retrieval Algorithms (127193)
Mark J Potosnak1, Bernhard Beck-Winchatz1 and Paul Ritter2, (1)DePaul University, Chicago, IL, United States, (2)Pontiac Township High School, Pontiac, IL, United States
HamSCI: The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (149165)
Nathaniel A Frissell1, Magdalina Louise Moses2, Gregory Duane Earle3, Robert W McGwier4, Ethan S Miller5, Stephen Roland Kaeppler6, H. Ward Silver7, Felipe Ceglia8, David Pascoe8, Nicholas Sinanis8, Peter Smith8, Richard Williams8, Alex Shovkoplyas9 and Andrew J Gerrard10, (1)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research - Physics, Newark, United States, (2)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (7)American Radio Relay Leage, Newington, United States, (8)Reverse Beacon Network, Kearneysville, WV, United States, (9)Afreet Software, Inc., Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, (10)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Newark, NJ, United States
Crowd-Sourcing Seismic Data for Education and Research Opportunities with the Quake-Catcher Network (150370)
Danielle F Sumy1, Robert M DeGroot2, Mark L Benthien3, Elizabeth S Cochran4 and J John John Taber1, (1)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
What can Citizen Science do for Ocean Science and Ocean Scientists? (168390)
Mairi Best1, Maia Hoeberechts2, Antoine Mangin3, Alessandro Oggioni4, John A Orcutt5, Julia Parrish6, Jay Pearlman7, Jaume Piera8 and Paolo Tagliolato4, (1)Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, (2)Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, (3)ACRI-ST---CERGA, Grasse, France, (4)CNR, IREA, Milan, Italy, (5)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (6)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (7)IEEE, Port Angeles, United States, (8)Institut de Ciències del Mar - Spanish National Research Council, Department of Physical and Technological Oceanography - EMBIMOS, Barcelona, Spain
Using a Novel Evolutionary Algorithm to More Effectively Apply Community-Driven EcoHealth Interventions in Big Data with Application to Chagas Disease (179082)
John Hanley1, Donna M Rizzo2, Carlota Monroy3, Antonieta Rodas3, Lori Stevens1 and Patricia Dorn4, (1)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (2)University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, United States, (3)university of san carlos of guatemala, guatemala city, Guatemala, (4)Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
Eclipse Megamovie Citizen Science: The Diamond Ring (190366)
Hugh S Hudson, UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, Berkeley, United States, Scott William McIntosh, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Jay M Pasachoff, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States, Laura M Peticolas, University of California Berkeley, Multiverse, Berkeley, CA, United States and Mark Bender, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Global crowd data to understand risk taking behavior: Understanding the costs of crowd sourcing (198277)
Jordy Hendrikx, Montana State University, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States and Jerry Johnson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
Meteor Observations as Big Data Citizen Science (191158)
Maria Gritsevich, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland; Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Masala, Finland, Dejan Vinkovic, University of Split, Split, Croatia; Science and Society Synergy Institute, Cakovec, Croatia, Gottfried Schwarz, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Aleksandra Nina, University of Belgrade, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia, Detlef Koschny, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands and Esko Lyytinen, Finnish Fireball Network, Helsinki, Finland

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