Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Lea Shell, Sep 24, 2018
Put Artificial Intelligence to work for you in these five projects. Need a little help identifying that mysterious bug you found? Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help! AI is transforming how citizen science gets done: from IDing species to crunching through massive amounts of data. Still…AI is only part of the solution. Your help is needed … Read more “The future is here: Artificial Intelligence meets Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science, Featured Projects
By Jenna Lang, Jan 18, 2014
We’re shuffling science into the language department as we explore citizen science projects about words. Explore the science of words by checking out these projects, fit for lovers of literature and armchair museum curators! Investigating Word Modalities Help determine whether certain words are associated with sight and sound. Complete an online questionnaire, assessing the “sensory … Read more “The Science of Words”
Categories: Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Lily Bui, Jul 17, 2013
Imagine trying to uncover the meaning behind all the words in the English language. Well, that’s what dictionaries are for, right? Not quite. According to Joshua Hartshorne, the director of MIT’s Games With Words, our current understanding of any word is simply based on its relationship with other words. That’s precisely the problem. To provide … Read more “Games With Words: Play On”
Categories: Citizen Science
