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Can Distributed Volunteers Accomplish Massive Data Analysis Tasks?The science community is accustomed to interacting with the public for two main purposes: outreach to adults (since they are the patrons upon whose good will future funding will depend), and education for children (since they are the reservoir from which the next generation's talent must be drawn). We suggest that a third relationship can now be fruitful, one that has been little used until now - with the notable exception of the astronomy community. Astronomy has a long history of relying on non-professionals for some observations. Important contributions have been made by amateur astronomers in several areas of research including monitoring dust storms on Mars, timing asteroid occultations, and discovering comets. Note that three distinct contributions are being made by amateur astronomers: they supply their own instrumentation, provide access to observing sites around the Globe, and contribute their innate powers of perception.
Document ID
20010048412
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kanefsky, Bob
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Barlow, Nadine G.
(University of Central Florida Orlando, FL United States)
Gulick, Virginia C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Norvig, Peter
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2000
Subject Category
Social And Information Sciences (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 12, 2001
End Date: March 16, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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