Video: “Citizen Science – Can Science Harness the Power of 7 Billion?”

The SETI Institute posts this video of a discussion at the SETICon2  event last summer of the potential of citizen science. Here is a the list of the panelists (See the Youtube caption for the full backgrounds):

  • Debra Ann Fischer – Debra Fischer is a professor of Astronomy at Yale University. Her research is centered on the detection and characterization of planets orbiting other stars.
  • Jon Richards – works on the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) software and hardware control systems.
  • Alex Hall – now the Senior Director of the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, a private race to the moon designed to enable commercial exploration of space while engaging the global public, Hall brings a wealth of experience in both the private and public sectors in USA and Europe to the X PRIZE Foundation. As the co-founder and former CEO of Airship Ventures …
  • Dan Werthimer – is co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project and directs other UC Berkeley SETI searches at radio, infrared and visible wavelengths, including the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations (SERENDIP).
  • Ariel Waldman – founder of Spacehack.org, a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, and the global coordinator of Science Hack Day…
  • ModeratorDane Glasgow, SETI Institute Trustee is a Vice President of Global Product Management at Ebay, and former Director of Program Management at Microsoft Live Search.