Title :
Citizen Science [Guest editors´ introduction]
Author :
Memarsadeghi, Nargess
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Abstract :
In this introduction for the special issue on citizen science, the guest editor describes what is meant by citizen science and crowdsourcing projects as well as what their importance and impacts are. She also introduces some of the projects briefly and provides resources for accessing and learning more about citizen science projects.
Keywords :
Collaboration; Globalization; Research and development; Science - general; Scientific computing; Special issues and sections; FPCCS; STEM; citizen science; crowdsourcing; distributed computing; education; scientific computing;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2015.72
