UCLA: California Bird Atlas calls for public help to map breeding birds. “This first annual California Bird Atlas Big Weekend is an intensive event in which thousands of people will log bird observations and submit them to the world’s largest ornithology database. Scientists will study the information submitted to understand how and where birds live in a dynamic world.”

I'm not turning up results searching, so I'm turning to some old fashioned #crowdsourcing / #lazyweb :

Has anyone done a degree of rigorous testing on accuracy of open data sets for malicious open-source packages? Even just a random sample of GHSA or OSV malware flags assessed for accuracy would be helpful.

If it has both precision and recall data, bonus points! But I'll take what I can get.

Iowa State University: Integrating ‘citizen science’ with experimental data helps uncover how plants adapt. “Led in part by Iowa State University agronomy professor Jianming Yu, the research team identified the genetic basis for adaptative responses that help explain the contradictory flowering-time trends. But the framework – wringing useful insight from ‘citizen science,’ in this case […]

A (slightly edited) interview "Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing" by JT Long in Smart Meetings Magazine.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2019/04/qa-with-adrian-segar-on-crowdsourcing

#meetings #EventDesign #interview #SmartMeetings #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

Spotted in my RSS feeds: Bike Rack Map. It’s a worldwide crowdsourced map of places to park bikes.

Kansas Reflector: Buzzing to volunteer? Kansas looks for help with Great Plains Bumble Bee Atlas. “The Great Plains Bumble Bee Atlas is a community science project, and this year’s mission relies on volunteers to survey prairie land, largely in western Kansas, where sampling isn’t as developed as other parts of the state.”

WCMH: Central Ohio resident launches innovative national missing persons platform. “A central Ohio man has created a national missing persons database with a social media-style design that allows users to swipe through cases and enables law enforcement to issue local alerts.”

Programm der lernOS Convention 2026

Es sind nur noch drei Wochen bis zur lernOS Convention und wer noch auf die Burg nach Nürnberg kommen will, muss sich beeilen, es gibt nur noch 10 freie Plätze. Beim AI Crowdsourcing 2026 wurden 27 praxiserprobte KI-Anwendungsfälle eingereicht, die ihr bis zum 22. Juni ausprobieren und bewerten könnt. Und einen Workhack gibt es in diesem KCLO natürlich auch wieder.

KEEP CALM & […]

#crowdsourcing #ics #loscon26 #outlook #teams

https://cogneon.de/?p=67456

How do you crowdsource a conference program in real time? I explain, using the 2017 Haute Dokimazo #unconference in Austin, TX as an example.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/08/crowdsource-conference-program-2

#EventDesign #TheThreeQuestions #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

CBC: New project aims to preserve Halifax’s skateboard history in public archive. “The Halifax Skate Archives will track the local evolution of the sport from the 1970s up to 2020. The project is a joint effort between Dalhousie University, the Halifax Skateboard Association, Pro Skateboards and Snowboards, and the Halifax Municipal Archives.”