SI2-SSI: Advancing and Mobilizing Citizen Science Data through an Integrated Sustainable Cyber-Infrastructure

公民科学使公众参与科学。它通过让更多的人参与和接受新思想来推动科学的进步。最近的项目使用软件和应用程序来更有效地进行科学研究。然而，现有的公民科学软件和数据库是特别的、不可互操作的、非标准化的和孤立的，导致数据和软件竖井阻碍科学进步。该项目将开发新的软件，并为公民科学整合现有的软件、应用程序和数据-允许扩大软件和数据的发现、评估、探索、可视化、分析和重用。在这三个阶段，CitSci.org和CyberTracker两个平台的软件将被整合，并将建立新的软件，以整合和共享更多的软件和数据。该项目将：(1)扩大公民科学的包容性、可及性和覆盖面；(2)提高公民科学数据的价值和严谨性；(3)提高公民科学软件和数据的互操作性、可用性、可扩展性和可持续性；以及(4)动员数据以进行跨学科研究和元分析。这些成果使公民科学项目，如那些监测疾病爆发、收集生物多样性数据、监测街道坑坑洼洼、跟踪气候变化以及任何其他可能的主题的项目，通过共享软件变得更加可能、更有效和更有影响力，从而使社会受益。该项目将开发一个促进公民科学可构建和可重复使用的基础设施的网络支持框架(Cyber-Fabric)，以提高公民科学的覆盖面和复杂性，同时通过动员有良好记录的数据来促进科学研究、荟萃分析和决策支持，从而增加价值。在该项目的三个阶段，CitSci.org和CyberTracker两个平台的软件将通过为这些平台和其他平台开发API和可重复使用的软件库来整合和共享数据和软件。该项目将在四年内采用参与式设计和灵活的方法：(1)扩大公民科学的包容性、可及性和覆盖面；(2)提高公民科学软件和数据的价值和严谨性；(3)提高公民科学软件和数据的互操作性、可用性、可扩展性和可持续性；以及(4)动员数据，以便进行跨学科研究和元分析。这些成果通过共享软件和数据使公民科学项目和任何其他可能的主题变得更有可能、更有效、更有影响力，从而造福社会。采用Cyber-Fabric基础设施、软件和服务将允许任何拥有互联网或蜂窝连接的人，包括偏远、服务不足和国际社区的人，独立或作为团队为研究和监控做出贡献。该项目还得到了推进非正式STEM学习(AISL)计划的支持，该计划旨在促进对非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和发展的新方法和基于证据的理解。

Citizen science engages members of the public in science. It advances the progress of science by involving more people and embracing new ideas. Recent projects use software and apps to do science more efficiently. However, existing citizen science software and databases are ad hoc, non-interoperable, non-standardized, and isolated, resulting in data and software siloes that hamper scientific advancement. This project will develop new software and integrate existing software, apps, and data for citizen science - allowing expanded discovery, appraisal, exploration, visualization, analysis, and reuse of software and data. Over the three phases, the software of two platforms, CitSci.org and CyberTracker, will be integrated and new software will be built to integrate and share additional software and data. The project will: (1) broaden the inclusivity, accessibility, and reach of citizen science; (2) elevate the value and rigor of citizen science data; (3) improve interoperability, usability, scalability and sustainability of citizen science software and data; and (4) mobilize data to allow cross-disciplinary research and meta-analyses. These outcomes benefit society by making citizen science projects such as those that monitor disease outbreaks, collect biodiversity data, monitor street potholes, track climate change, and any number of other possible topics more possible, efficient, and impactful through shared software. The project will develop a cyber-enabled Framework for Advancing Buildable and Reusable Infrastructures for Citizen Science (Cyber-FABRICS) to elevate the reach and complexity of citizen science while adding value by mobilizing well-documented data to advance scientific research, meta-analyses, and decision support. Over the three phases of the project, the software of two platforms, CitSci.org and CyberTracker, will be integrated by developing APIs and reusable software libraries for these and other platforms to use to integrate and share data and software. Using participatory design and agile methods over four years, the project will: (1) broaden the inclusivity, accessibility, and reach of citizen science; (2) elevate the value and rigor of citizen science software and data; (3) improve interoperability, usability, scalability and sustainability of citizen science software and data; and (4) mobilize data to allow cross-disciplinary research and meta-analyses. These outcomes benefit society by making citizen science projects and any number of other possible topics more possible, efficient, and impactful through shared software and data. Adoption of Cyber-FABRICS infrastructure, software, and services will allow anyone with an Internet or cellular connection, including those in remote, underserved, and international communities, to contribute to research and monitoring, either independently or as a team. This project is also being supported by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments.