[open-science-dev] Citizen Cyberscience Hackday

Wed Feb 15 13:07:54 UTC 2012

Dear all (Jenny, tks for the email),

I´ve added a "Table Transcription" issue  on github (issue
#53<https://github.com/citizen-cyberscience-centre/pybossa/issues/53>)
gathering all the infos on the project this faar.
I also tryed the "Add your own
challenge<http://cybersciencesummit.org/portfolio/add-your-own/>"
link, but the page says: "Just let us know and we’ll get it posted here".
So Daniel, Rufus or Jenny, if you think it is suitable, please do that (or
forward the request to the person who can do that). If that does not make
it into the website, please lets try to create a group of interested people
in the beggining of the hackfest.

Btw, Nigini, Jey and I can participate in the hackfest remotelly from
Brasil. I´m only going to be able to participate on Friday. But Nigini is
available on Saturday as well. We will follow the schedulle on the website,
please let us know of any changes/ dalays).

regards
Lucas

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> On 14 February 2012 14:01, Lucas Ferreira Mation <lucasmation at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > as I said in the other email tread I have a "challenge" for the hackday.
> > Using PyBossa to create a Table-Transcription platoform for extracting
> data
> > from tables in scanned pages. This would be a general platform, but one
> use
> > is to extract historical data on demography, heath and crime in XIX
> Brazil.
>
> We're on it :-)
>
> > We already worked a little bit on the Berlin-hackfest last year, and also
> > there has been some development in Brasil. Using all that it is possible
> > that a working solution could emerge from the hackday.
>
> My big plan is to work to upgrade data digitizer to be a proper table
> transcription system.
>
> Can I suggest you boot an issue on the issue tracker where we can
> discuss and plan this work:
>
> <https://github.com/citizen-cyberscience-centre/pybossa/issues>
>
> Rufus
>
> > I saw in the program that the hackdays start friday the 17th in the
> aftenoo,
> > is that correct? If so I could participate remotelly in the hackday.
> >
> > In any case, let me know if there is interest in developing this in the
> > HackFest.
> >
> > regards
> > Lucas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> If anyone can make it to London on Saturday 18th Feb the Citizen
> >> Cyberscience Summit is hosting a hackday
> >> http://cybersciencesummit.org/35-2/the-hackday/ featuring multiple
> >> challenges http://cybersciencesummit.org/challenges/ including one
> focused
> >> around PyBOSSA which was developed by OKFN folk:
> >>
> >> ---------------
> >>
> >> Create your own volunteer thinking project with
> >> PyBossa
> http://cybersciencesummit.org/portfolio/create-your-own-volunteer-thinking-project-with-pybossa/
> >>
> >> Develop volunteer thinking projects based on the new open source PyBossa
> >> platform that the Citizen Cyberscience Centre has developed with the
> Open
> >> Knowledge Foundation.Do you have a project where you need human
> >> collaboration? Humans are very capable of reading handwritting,
> identifying
> >> objects in pictures, doing transcriptions, thinking in 3D,
> collaborating,
> >> etc. For instance, if we ask a person if he can see a human in a photo
> it
> >> will be easy to answer, but it could be complicated for an algorithm.
> >> ________
> >>
> >> Another suggested challenge encourages non-coders to add information on
> >> citizen cyberscience projects to Data Hub so strong OKFN involvement
> would
> >> be fantastic to see!
> >>
> >> "How many citizen cyberscientists are there in the world?"
> >> Participants in this challenge will  hunt down and enter relevant data
> >> about the numbers of citizen cyberscientists participating in various
> >> projects, in an effort to quantify the level of citizen cyberscience
> >> worldwide. Data will be stored and visualized using OKFN's DataHub. The
> >> core challenge of gathering and entering data is suitable for
> participants
> >> who are not major league hackers. For participants with relevant
> software
> >> skills, the work can extend to developing ways of automating data
> collection
> >> from sites that publish citizen cyberscience stats regularly (eg
> >> BOINCstats).
> >> ------------
> >>
> >> Do you have ideas for further challenges? Send them to the list and
> we'll
> >> forward them to the summit team.
> >>
> >> You can register for the hackday and the rest of what looks set to be a
> >> fantastic event here: http://cybersciencesummit.org/register-2/ - drop
> me a
> >> line if you're going and especially if you have experience with
> CKAN/DataHub
> >> and would be willing to assist with the challenges!
> >>
> >> Best wishes
> >>
> >> Jenny
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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