21. An Introduction to Citizen Science for Digital Twins of the Ocean
21. An Introduction to Citizen Science for Digital Twins of the Ocean
Digital twins of the environment need large volumes of data and often combine diverse data from a variety of sources. While citizen science has been mentioned as a potential data source for digital twins, the full potential of citizen science in this context has yet to be fully realised. The ILIAD project aims to explore the potential for citizen science to contribute to creating digital twins of the ocean and how citizen scientists and citizens can benefit from digital twins.
TIMECODES:
- 00:00-09:00 - Welcome and introduction to ILIAD Claire Laudy
- 09:10-22:32 - A brief introduction to citizen science, Stephen Parkinson, Earthwatch
- 23:35-42:49 - Transforming data-scraping to environmental citizen science data pools. Georgios Sylaios, DUTH
- 49:50-56:50 Citizen science applications in harbour areas, the case of Varna. Miroslav Markov, Technical University of Varna
The Iliad Digital Twin of the Ocean is an EU-funded project that builds on two decades of investments in policies and infrastructures for the blue economy and aims to establish an interoperable, data-intensive, and cost-effective Digital Twin of the Ocean.
Groundstation.Space is one of the Iliad consortium partners.