Lu Li Forrest Lin Naran Bayanbat Michael Ortiz Vignan Pattamatta

Enable individuals to capture useful scientific data with the sensors on WP7

 Idea Synthesis  myScience  Value proposition  Needfinding  Benchmarking  Architecture  v1 demo  Future directions  v2 and v3

 Similar Interfaces  Small scale

 Pushed for scale  Lack of scientific impact  Phone limitations (no passive data collection)

myScience FeasibilityScale Scientific Impact

Master app for citizen science

Cost of deployment ~= 0 Piggyback on existing active user community Store and compute on the cloud for free scientists users Contribute to science research Choose from a list of diverse projects Earn points/achievements

The Great Sunflower Project - Crowdsourced pollinator service registered users - Web form iNaturalist - Conservation biology (presence model) - iPhone app exists

 High development and deployment costs  Hard to maintain and support the app  Hard to build a user community  Making the app discoverable  Hard to generate value from data!  Authentication

How does a scientist create an app?  Hire an expert  Translation tools: Appcelerator  Frameworks: ODK, EpiCollect

BuildBuild a data collection form or survey; CollectCollect data on phone and send to a server; AggregateAggregate the data on a server and extract it EpiCollect

Custom features CostProgrammingScalabilityUsers Do it yourselfHigh HardLowHard TranslatorMedium EasyLowHard FrameworkLow Not needed!MediumHard myScienceMediumFreeNot needed!HighEasy, many

ARCHITECTURE

PHP Website Specify Required Data Generate Project Cloud Project Cloud Services (like authentication, map, etc) Cloud Services (like authentication, map, etc) Store Manage Compute Windows Azure Platform Get Data View/Download Data Download Project Contribute Data

Local DatabaseLocal serverPhone

Cloud DatabaseLocal serverPhone

Cloud DatabaseCloud servicePhone

SQL Azure ADO.Net Entity Framework Data Layer Direct access to DataLayer Host WCF service to expose data Web Layer Consume data through WCF service Phone Layer

 Project creation and deployment  Basic game mechanics: profiles, points  Submit data: GPS, timestamp, text fields  Monitor data

 User-side  more customizable profile  report queue  Scientist-side  support image and audio recording  Improved drag and drop app builder  Timeline  1-2 weeks

 User-side  game mechanics  integrate with other existing systems  Scientist-side  visual customization  video support  spam filtration tool  Timeline:  6 weeks

 We’d love to hear your feedback!