Bio-Acoustic Observatory: Engaging Birdwatchers to Monitor Biodiversity by Collaboratively Collecting and Analysing Big Audio Data

该项目将研究如何众包收集和分析环境动物的声音（例如，鸟类，青蛙）。这将使生物声学观测站能够提供可扩展的，客观的和永久的环境记录，这是迄今为止不可能的。该项目将研究如何让观鸟者社区参与进来，通过新型互动工具扩展他们的在线消遣，以实现对大音频数据的协作分析，以及新型观鸟体验。成果将是：人机互动中物理/虚拟参与的新方法;分析大数据的新方法;新的经验证的生态监测技术和可持续知识生成社区的概念。

This project will research how to crowd-source the collection and analysis of environmental animal sounds (for example, birds, frogs). This will enable a bio-acoustic observatory which provides a scalable, objective and permanent record of the environment, something hitherto impossible. The project will investigate how to engage the community of birdwatchers to extend their pastime online with new kinds of interactive tools to enable collaborative analysis of big audio data, and new kinds of birding experiences. Outcomes will be: new approaches to physical/virtual engagement in human-computer interaction; new approaches to analysing big data; a new validated ecological monitoring technique and concepts for sustainable knowledge generation communities.