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E-Science: Promoting Public Engagement

E-Science: Promoting Public Engagement. Wei Wang Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. eScience. Public engagement Two issues Communication Computation. An Example in Health Care. WebMD. A patient may search for diseases with similar symptoms

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E-Science: Promoting Public Engagement

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  1. E-Science: Promoting Public Engagement Wei Wang Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2. eScience • Public engagement • Two issues • Communication • Computation

  3. An Example in Health Care WebMD • A patient may search for • diseases with similar symptoms • choices of treatment • expected prognoses • … • But may not replace the role of doctor Knowledge & Experience patient doctor

  4. Science • A non-scientist’s view of scientific data may be very different • Often carry a partial view Scientist General public

  5. E-Science Challenges • Communication between scientist and general public • How to better collect/interpret/use scientific data • Infrastructure to facilitate such communication Scientist General public

  6. Challenges Data Data • Data acquisition outpacesdata analysis • Computation becomes a growing bottleneck • Need better infrastructureand tools • Can we engage the public? Data Data Data Computation Discovery

  7. Public Engagement • How to make computation more enjoyable? • We’ve developed a generation • with fine-tuned reflexes • optimized to recognize fast-changing patterns • willing to do so for countless hours • willing to do it for FREE game

  8. XBOX Science (Leonard McMillan)

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