Citizen Science and Outreach Resources

Submitted by crhiggs on Sun, 05/18/2025 - 11:40

In this session, we will share the Rubin Citsci team's scientist-facing resources for Citizen Science projects and their connection with Zooniverse. The EPO team will also highlight resources that the Education and Public Outreach team has developed which may be of interest and use to members of the Rubin community to use in their own outreach efforts.

Agenda:

Introduction to CitSci with Rubin (Clare Higgs) 15 min
Rubin Comet Catchers (Colin Chandler) 20 min
Galaxy Zoo and beyond: ML enabled citizen science(Chris Lintott) 25 min
Citsci Q & A /Discussion 10 min
Outreach Resources (Stephanie Deppe) 10 min
Education Resources (Ardis Herrold) 5 min
Q & A 5 min

Lead or Chair for this Session:

Clare Higgs

Category:

EPO

In-kind

Science

Location:

Madera

Timeblock:

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Day:

Monday

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