How to discover a planet

Presentation by Javier de la Torre at Visualized Conference

Transcript

1. Javier de la Torre CEO at Vizzuality How to discover a planet
2. October 15th, 2012
3. Image credit: Haven Ciguee/Yale
5. Image credit: Dirk Terrell
9. so how is the NASA doing? 2,321 Planet Candidates | 105 confirmed Planets
10. http://kepler.nasa.gov 2,321 Planet Candidates | 105 confirmed Planets
11. Visualization by Jer Thorp: https://github.com/blprnt/Kepler-Visualization 1236 exoplanet candidates
12. so this is perfect? not at all...
13. so after 6 months of data crunching Kepler release the data there might be other things there...
14. algorithms finds what they have been trained to find there might be other things there...
15. What about showing every single light curve to a person? crowdsourcing - human computation
18. http://www.planethunters.org/floor_splash
24. http://www.keckobservatory.org/
25. Image credit: Haven Ciguee/Yale
31. Log of HMS Invincible,1914-12-08
34. May 1911
36. You can become a captain!
37. burials a http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk
41. 1 WEEK MISSION 450+ VOLUNTEERS 15,000+ BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATIONS
43. So, how do you get millions of boring tasks done? Paying... motivating them playing them
44. Number of return visits Unique Users the amazingly dedicated *
45. immediate reward potential reward a good project *
46. The things that actually motivate them The things you think motivate your users
47. Image credit: Haven Ciguee/Yale
49. May 1911
50. immediate reward potential reward a good project * Make it cool Make it fun Make it matter
51. This Weekend!
52. Javier de la Torre @jatorre jatorre@cartodb.com Thanks!