| Start Date: | 4/22/2015 | Start Time: | 9:00 AM |
| End Date: | 4/22/2015 | End Time: | 12:30 PM |
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Event Description
In partnership with Drexel University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society and the ExCITe Center, this event will workshop digital projects and their platforms to improve accessibility and empower citizen scientists over coffee and brunch.
SciStarter.com is a Philly start-up with international reach featuring 1,000 citizen science projects in need of help from the public. TheAsthmaFiles.org is a collaborative ethnographic research project designed to advance understanding and efforts to address environmental public health challenges around the world. Both platforms will benefit from enhanced cyberinfrastructure to make it easier for people to participate in citizen science, track their contributions, connect with others, and more.
At this event, representatives from the programs will present an overview and describe their cyber infrastructure challenges. Learn about the projects
then weigh in during the hands-on workshop designed to enhance the platforms and improve the experience for participants.
Building Digital Infrastructures, Empowering Citizen Scientists is part of Philly Tech Week 2015, presented by Comcast and co-sponsored by Drexel University's Center for Science, Technology and Society and the ExCITe Center.
Register and see the complete schedule here. |
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Location:
ExCITe Center, Suite 100, 3401 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Special Features:
Free Food |
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