Ariel Waldman on new ways to collaborate in science and tech

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-05-27

Summary:

"Have you ever yearned to make a scientific discovery about space but felt hampered by, say, the lack of a PhD in astrophysics? Or maybe you can see better ways of designing tech, but how do you make that a reality? San Francisco-based Ariel Waldman can help, by enabling citizen science, where anyone with an interest and an internet connection can contribute online through collaborative websites, or in person through hackathons. 'I focus on creating ‘massively multi-player science’,' she explains. 'That means getting people without formal science backgrounds to actively contribute to science and, equally, getting scientists to engage in multi-disciplinary collaborations to produce serendipitous discoveries' ... Her time with NASA inspired Waldman to set up spacehack.org, an online directory of projects where people can contribute online to space exploration, perhaps by sourcing images of Mars for surface features, seeking out new exoplanets or spotting solar explosions ...' Waldman is also global director of Science Hack Day, which started in 2010. 'It’s a two-day, all-night event in which scientists, designers, developers and people from all different backgrounds get together in the same physical space to see what they can rapidly prototype in 24 consecutive hours,' she explains. 'The mission is really around getting people excited and making things with science.'  More than 50 Science Hack Days have now taken place around the world, including several in Ireland, where rocket scientist and engineer Dr David McKeown is a driving force of Science Hack Day Dublin ..."

Link:

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/2015/05/26/ariel-waldman-hacks-new-ways-to-collaborate-in-science-and-tech

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oa.new oa.comment oa.open_science oa.hackhathons oa.nasa oa.usa oa.crowd oa.lay

Date tagged:

05/27/2015, 08:15

Date published:

05/27/2015, 04:15