Citizen Science uncovers Brooklyn Atlantis: An inter-disciplinary exploration of the dynamics of networks of humans and machines in peer production settings

公民科学揭示了布鲁克林亚特兰蒂斯：对同行生产环境中人类和机器网络动态的跨学科探索

• 批准号: 1124795
• 负责人: Oded Nov
• 金额: $ 56万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1124795&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Citizen; Science; uncovers; Brooklyn; Atlantis

This project lays the foundations for the analysis and design of peer production systems consisting of socially interacting volunteers and machines that jointly perform distributed tasks. The envisioned implementation targets the unique scientific and societal domain offered by cyber-enabled citizen science environmental control in the highly polluted Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. The proposed "Brooklyn Atlantis" citizen science system consists of an array of mobile instrumented buoys for water monitoring with wireless capabilities, controlled by volunteers using a web-based peer-production system.Through the integration of dynamical systems theory, marine robotics, and technology-mediated social participation, the project will develop: 1) a model for complex systems comprising networks of humans and machines with a focus on technology-mediated social participation systems; 2) design guidelines for peer production systems to enhance participation in citizen science projects; and 3) a cyber-human infrastructure for real time monitoring and hazard detection of the natural environment combining mobile robotic sensor networks and human operated control systems.The broader impacts of this project include: 1) establishing a technology-based avenue for enhancing local community citizenry and engagement; 2) developing citizen based environmental monitoring platforms that could provide life-saving advantages; 3) leveraging interactive robotics, environmental awareness, and citizen science to foster interest and engagement in STEM fields among the general public and K-12 students; 4) fostering multidisciplinary thinking among NYU-Poly students; 5) promoting the awareness of citizen science capabilities among researchers; and 6) integrating research components in outreach programs. This project has the potential of transforming the field of dynamical systems through the integration of collective human intelligence in the design and adaption of engineered architectures. Similarly, it may transform thinking on social peer production systems to incorporate real-time mobile interactive machines and task co-execution.

该项目为分析和设计由社会互动的志愿者和共同执行分布式任务的机器组成的同行生产系统奠定了基础。设想的实施针对的是布鲁克林污染严重的Gowanus运河的公民科学环境控制所提供的独特的科学和社会领域。拟议的“布鲁克林亚特兰蒂斯”公民科学系统由一组具有无线功能的移动测量浮标组成，由志愿者使用基于网络的对等生产系统进行控制。通过将动力系统理论、海洋机器人和技术中介的社会参与相结合，该项目将开发：1)复杂系统的模型，包括人和机器的网络，重点是技术中介的社会参与系统；2)同行生产系统的设计指南，以加强对公民科学项目的参与；和3)结合移动机器人传感器网络和人类控制系统的自然环境实时监测和危险检测的网络-人类基础设施。该项目的更广泛的影响包括：1)建立以技术为基础的途径，以提高当地社区的公民和参与度；2)开发基于公民的环境监测平台，可以提供拯救生命的优势；3)利用互动机器人、环境意识和公民科学，培养普通公众和K-12学生对STEM领域的兴趣和参与；4)培养纽约大学理工学院学生的多学科思维；5)促进研究人员的公民科学能力意识；以及6)将研究部分纳入外展计划。这个项目有可能通过在工程建筑的设计和适应中整合人类集体智慧来改变动力系统领域。同样，它可能会改变人们对社交同行生产系统的看法，将实时移动交互机器和任务协同执行纳入其中。

项目成果

The Influence of Social Information and Self-expertise on Emergent Task Allocation in Virtual Groups

社会信息和自我专业知识对虚拟群体紧急任务分配的影响

• DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00016
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Nakayama, Shinnosuke;Diner, David;Holland, Jacob G.;Bloch, Guy;Porfiri, Maurizio;Nov, Oded
• 通讯作者: Nov, Oded

Bring them aboard: Rewarding participation in technology-mediated citizen science projects

• DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.017
• 发表时间: 2018-12-01
• 期刊: COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
• 影响因子: 9.9
• 作者: Cappa, Francesco;Laut, Jeffrey;Giustiniano, Luca
• 通讯作者: Giustiniano, Luca