Tiger Nation: Empowering citizen scientists

Author

Mason, Aaron D. ; Michalakidis, Georgios ; Krause, Paul J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The ever-increasing availability of online data and the advances of today´s Web have enabled large-scale experimentation on data crowdsourcing and the effect of the individual on information extraction and knowledge generation. Tiger Nation, a project to promote preservation of the last remaining wild tigers in the world, utilises advanced technologies to unobtrusively track tigers and raise awareness as a participatory sensing exemplar. Through a tiger stripe recognition algorithm and gamification elements that complement the identification process, we have achieved higher levels of accuracy compared to the conventional means, as well as high levels of engagement from the community of users.

Keywords

Internet; ecology; identification; knowledge acquisition; outsourcing; project management; Tiger Nation; citizen scientists; data crowdsourcing; gamification elements; identification process; information extraction; knowledge generation; large-scale experimentation; online data; participatory sensing exemplar; tiger stripe recognition algorithm; tigers tracking; users community; wild tigers preservation; Cats; Communities; Ecosystems; Games; Humans; Proteins; Wildlife; citizen science; collaborative working; digital economy; digital ecosystems; participatory sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Ecosystems Technologies (DEST), 2012 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Campione d´Italia

ISSN

2150-4938

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1702-3

Electronic_ISBN

2150-4938

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEST.2012.6227943

Filename

6227943