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

这个项目为同侪生产系统的分析和设计奠定了基础，同侪生产系统由社会互动的志愿者和共同执行分布式任务的机器组成。设想的实施目标是通过在布鲁克林高度污染的Gowanus运河中进行网络公民科学环境控制，提供独特的科学和社会领域。拟议的“布鲁克林亚特兰蒂斯”公民科学系统由一系列移动仪器浮标组成，这些浮标具有无线功能，由志愿者使用基于网络的同行生产系统控制。通过动力系统理论、海洋机器人和技术介导的社会参与的整合，该项目将发展：1)一个复杂系统的模型，包括以技术介导的社会参与系统为重点的人与机器网络；2)同伴生产系统的设计指南，以增强公民科学项目的参与；3)结合移动机器人传感器网络和人工操作控制系统，构建用于自然环境实时监测和危害检测的网络-人基础设施。该项目的更广泛影响包括：1)建立一个以技术为基础的途径，以加强当地社区公民和参与；2)开发基于公民的环境监测平台，提供救生优势；3)利用互动机器人、环境意识和公民科学，培养公众和K-12学生对STEM领域的兴趣和参与；4)培养学生的多学科思维；5)提高科研人员的公民科学能力意识；6)在拓展项目中整合研究成分。这个项目有潜力通过在工程建筑的设计和适应中整合集体人类智慧来改变动力系统领域。同样，它可能会改变对社会对等生产系统的思考，将实时移动交互机器和任务协同执行结合起来。

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.