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myScience. Lu Li Forrest Lin Naran Bayanbat Michael Ortiz Vignan Pattamatta. project goal. Enable individuals to capture useful scientific data with the sensors on WP7. agenda. Idea Synthesis myScience Value proposition Needfinding Benchmarking Architecture v1 demo
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myScience Lu Li Forrest Lin NaranBayanbat Michael Ortiz VignanPattamatta
project goal Enable individuals to capture useful scientific data with the sensors on WP7
agenda • Idea Synthesis • myScience • Value proposition • Needfinding • Benchmarking • Architecture • v1 demo • Future directions • v2 and v3
Insights • Similar Interfaces • Small scale
Brainstorming for scale • Pushed for scale • Lack of scientific impact • Phone limitations (no passive data collection)
myScience Master app for citizen science
myScience Master app for citizen science Cost of deployment ~= 0 Piggyback on existing active user community Store and compute on the cloud for free scientists Contribute to science research Choose from a list of diverse projects Earn points/achievements users
needfinding • The Great Sunflower Project • - Crowdsourced pollinator service • 10000 registered users • Web form iNaturalist - Conservation biology (presence model) - iPhone app exists
insights • High development and deployment costs • Hard to maintain and support the app • Hard to build a user community • Making the app discoverable • Hard to generate value from data! • Authentication
benchmarking How does a scientist create an app? • Hire an expert • Translation tools: Appcelerator • Frameworks: ODK, EpiCollect
benchmarking EpiCollect Build a data collection form or survey; Collectdata on phone and send to a server; Aggregate the data on a server and extract it
Windows Azure Platform Cloud Services (like authentication, map, etc) Store Manage Cloud Project Compute Generate Project Get Data Download Project PHP Website Contribute Data Specify Required Data View/Download Data
v1 demo • Project creation and deployment • Basic game mechanics: profiles, points • Submit data: GPS, timestamp, text fields • Monitor data
Future Directions – v2 • User-side • more customizable profile • report queue • Scientist-side • support image and audio recording • Improved drag and drop app builder • Timeline • 1-2 weeks
Future Directions – v3 • User-side • game mechanics • integrate with other existing systems • Scientist-side • visual customization • video support • spam filtration tool • Timeline: • 6 weeks
Q&A • We’d love to hear your feedback!