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SUMMARY:WeObserve online course 'Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference'
DESCRIPTION:WeObserve invites you to take part on its updated second Massive Open Online Course entitled ‘Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference’ \n\nAfter a very interesting and successful first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last November\, WeObserve together with the FutureLearn platform organize a second run of its online course\, starting on 5th of October 2020. The course will last four weeks with flexible hours of study and is addressing everyone interested in citizen science or citizen observatories who is keen on designing a citizen science project. \nWithin the course\, the participants will discover how to lead a citizen science project\, including the best practices for community buildings\, how to identify the most pressing questions for your community\, and tupos on data collection and interpretation. Furthermore\, the learners will find out how to use their findings for educational purposes so as to create a positive change in the environment and their local area. For the learners that took part in the first run of the course\, this final and updated run is a great opportunity to explore new topics\, including new resources and open source downloadable tools. To register to the course\, please visit here. To find out more information about the WeObserve Massive Online Courses visit the page here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/weobserve-online-course-citizen-science-projects-how-to-make-a-difference/
CATEGORIES:Events,WO events
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SUMMARY:Roadshow event No. 2 (Barcelona)
DESCRIPTION:Date: 16 October 2020 \nLocation: online event  \nAgenda: \n10-10.10h. Welcome and introduction \n10.10-10.40h. Setting the scene – the Tordera river & Storm Gloria \n10.40-11.10h. Demonstration of a citizen observatory: overview of the citizen observatory of water (Alto Adriatico Water Authority) \n11.10-11.55h. Group work  \n11.55h-12.45h. Plenary discussion on CO implementation: social and technological dimensions \n12.45-13.00h. Recap and closing of the Roadshow event \nDuring the Barcelona Roadshow event\, the specific situation of the Tordera river during and after storm Gloria was considered to demonstrate the potential and practical implementation of a citizen observatory for flood risk management. In January 2020\, storm Gloria had affected Eastern Spain badly with high winds and heavy rains. The storm caused coastal flooding and heavy damages in the Tordera river basin. It lasted 4-5 days and generated 19-23mm of precipitation which in many regions is half of what it rains in a year. According to civil protection workers\, there was a lack of civil protection planning and this resulted in the situation being difficult to control. Infrastructure was affected such as roads\, rail network high voltage towers\, the desalination plant of the area\, and campsites. During the Roadshow event\, we discussed the potential of Citizen Observatories in the context of flood risk management and what elements come into play when implementing a Citizen Observatory. The 16 participants included regional policymakers and disaster managers.  \nIn the Breakout Room entitled ‘ In what ways could a CO help you address your info needs during a flood?’\, it was highlighted that a citizen observatory could have an amplifying effect in the community to alert and inform citizens with reliable and consolidated  information\, avoiding scattered sources. The power of social media channels could be used to spread information and reach more people. Citizen observatories were also perceived to play in planning\, presenting a complementary source\, while maintaining the role of the official administration. Finally\, the Agència Catalana de l’Aigua (ACA) will launch a project called AGORA\, to set up a citizen observatory that will inform participants about the main landmarks in a flood episode. In this way\, people would be able to monitor specific spots and obtain real-time data. Regarding the question ‘What (else) would you like to get out of a citizen observatory (from a technological and/or social perspective)?\, participants deemed it important to have information beyond actual protection plans. For example\, early warnings\, alert sensors (to anticipate effects by the hour)\, set up warnings downstream\, automatic systems of sirens or lights to translate alerts into real alerts to whoever needs them.  According to the current regulation\, “The citizen has the right to be informed of the risk he has”. Citizen Observatories were seen to help raise awareness of floods in general and of vulnerable areas in particular\, while also counterbalancing fake news. In the third Breakout Room\, participants discussed challenging aspects of implementing a citizen observatory. The quality and the veracity of collected information were mentioned as main challenges. In some cases\, the information may not be reliable or/and it could be fictitious. To prevent that\, control systems were deemed necessary. The discussion also pointed to potentially low levels of participation and engagement\, issues with use of technology and training participants\, and awareness-raising as further challenging aspects. The consensus emerging during the plenary session was that thanks to the citizen observatories\, it is possible to have improved access to people who can contribute to reducing risk and vulnerability.  \nWatch the video here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/roadshow-event-test-barcelona/
LOCATION:online\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Weobserve roadshows
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SUMMARY:How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is organised by the H2020 REINFORCE project\, aiming to give an overview of the first of the project’s Large Scale Citizen Science demonstrators which are the key vehicles that the project will utilise in order to bring frontier science and society together\, showcasing the issue that the citizens will be asked to help in solving\, how this activity will be performed relying on Zooniverse resources and technologies\, and how the sonification of data will allow to widen the spectrum of people potentially involved. \nIn REINFORCE\, the citizen science activities will support the optimization of the Virgo detector\, allowing citizens to learn the basics of GW detection techniques\, and how the noise signals and GW signals look. One of the innovative aspects of the project is that it aims to include diverse and underrepresented groups in science\, by providing them with tools to overcome specific barriers\, such as the sonification of data for visually-impaired people. \nMore details about the event can be found here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/how-to-help-scientists-in-the-gravitational-wave-noise-hunt-2/
CATEGORIES:COs events
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SUMMARY:How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
DESCRIPTION:The sensitivity of Gravitational Waves detectors is limited by several types of noise\, called glitches\, whose presence affects the quality of the data. The glitches can have various origins\, having a stationary nature (e.g. a noise signal with a stable frequency) or being transient on various timescales. In order to optimize and run the interferometers it is fundamental to identify the sources of noise and reduce or eliminate its origin.\nIn this framework\, citizen scientists can play a fundamental role by looking at chunks of data and identify the presence of noise\, creating the basis to train machine learning algorithms that will automatically recognize and isolate noise in GW data\, thus providing a monitoring of the noise with an unprecedented detail. Citizen scientists’ support will be crucial also to isolate astrophysical signals that cannot easily be modeled with the general relativity equations\, and whose shape is unknown\, such as supernovae ones.\nIn REINFORCE\, the citizen science activities will support the optimization of the Virgo detector\, allowing citizens to learn the basics of GW detection techniques\, and how the noise signals and GW signals look. One of the innovative aspects of the project is that it aims to include diverse and underrepresented groups in science\, by providing them with tools to overcome specific barriers\, such as the sonification of data for visually-impaired people.\nThe webinar aims to give an overview of the first of REINFORCE Large Scale Citizen Science demonstrators which are the key vehicles that the project will utilise in order to bring frontier science and society together\, showcasing the issue that the citizens will be asked to help in solving\, how this activity will be performed relying on Zooniverse resources and technologies\, and how the sonification of data will allow to widen the spectrum of people potentially involved. \nTo register to the webinar\, please visit here. See below the agenda of the webinar. \nAGENDA \n15:00-15:05 – Welcome – Chris Lintott (Zooniverse)\n15:05-15:12 – Broad overview – Stavros Katsanevas (EGO\, Project Coordinator)\n15:12-15:25 – REINFORCE Gravitational Wave Noise Hunting Demonstrator – Massimiliano Razzano (University of Pisa\, WP3 leader)\n15:25-15:40 – The use of sonification in REINFORCE – Beatriz Garcia (CONICET)\n15:40-15:50 – Virgo and international GW network – Julia Casanueva (Virgo)\n15:50-15:55 – Introduction to the European Gravitational Observatory – Francesca Spagnuolo (EGO\, EU Program Coordinator)\n15:55-16:05 – GW and Citizen Science for education – Emmanuel Chaniotakis (EA)\n16:05-16:15 – Q&A and wrap-up
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/how-to-help-scientists-in-the-gravitational-wave-noise-hunt/
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