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The Future of Citizen Science Is in Apps
Citizen scientists Marine Voskanyan and Jyoti Prajapati say apps, machine learning, and A.I. are the keys to open science communities.
Yashaswini, a ninth-grade student from Hoskote, India, used MIT App Inventor to create the Unified Identity App (UIA)—a tool designed to track school dropouts and support their return to the classroom.
Over 1,300 participants from 86 countries and regions used AI tools to develop mobile apps addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in a six-week virtual event.
Citizen scientists Marine Voskanyan and Jyoti Prajapati say apps, machine learning, and A.I. are the keys to open science communities.