[Air-L] Ph.D. positions available: exploring networks of humans and machines in peer production settings

[Oded Nov]

Citizen Science uncovers Brooklyn Atlantis: exploring networks of
humans and machines in peer production settings

In this National Science Foundation-funded project we design and
implement peer production systems consisting of socially interacting
volunteers and underwater robots that jointly perform distributed
tasks.

The project focuses on cyber-enabled citizen science environmental
monitoring and control in the highly polluted Gowanus Canal in
Brooklyn, NY. The “Brooklyn Atlantis” citizen science system consists
of an array of mobile instrumented buoys for water monitoring with
wireless capabilities. The physical platform is operated by a
community of volunteers using an online peer production system tasked
with monitoring the environment. The project involves the integration
of dynamical systems theory, marine robotics, and technology-mediated
social participation.

We are looking for people with experience in one or more of the
following areas: robotics, human-robot interaction, human-computer
interaction, dynamical systems, social computing

Contact Oded Nov (Technology Management, onov at poly.edu) or Maurizio
Porfiri (Mechanical Engineering, mporfiri at poly.edu) for more details.