INSTIL invites research results from scientists who have invested significant efforts in the design and development of ICT-based tools, software, serious games, eScience applications and solutions to engage the general public in science. With this perspective, the workshop will focus on various aspects of citizen (e)science activities and initiatives, from the dissemination of science up to the active participation of citizens and stakeholders in the scientific process by co-designing and co-developing new tools, networks and systems to observe, validate, elaborate, and extract knowledge from data and models.  

The general goal of the workshop is to act as a community venue to convey multidisciplinary experiences in exploring ICT solutions to raise awareness, engage and empower citizens and stakeholders in science with concrete eScience tools. The workshop will be primarily focusing on the domains of climate, climate changes and environmental related topics, but experiences from other domains are welcome as well. 

Submission Guidelines

Held n conjunction with eScience 2024, INSTIL contribution will be published in the conference proceedings at IEEE Computer Society Press, USA. For this workshop we solicit the contributions as Full Papers (6 to 10 pages), presenting previously unpublished research achievements or citizen eScience experiences and solutions. Submitted papers should use the IEEE 8.5×11 manuscript guidelines: double-column text using single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5×11-inch pages. All submissions will be single-blind peer reviewed. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

List of Topics

• Novel citizen science ICT solutions, serious games, and more to involve general public in science,
• Citizen engagement through ICT technologies providing easy access to scientific knowledge,
• Co-design & co-development of ICT tools to engage public in the scientific processes,
•  Citizen science initiatives and tools going beyond data collection and bringing educational aspect back in the focus of citizen science, 
• Challenges and lessons learned in infrastructures and tools developed to engage citizens and stakeholders,
• Data infrastructure and pipeline in the framework of citizen science projects.

Committees

Program Committee

• Antonella Passani, T6 Ecosystems
• Muhammad Adnan, Universiteit Hasselt
• Gefion Thuermer, King’s College London
• Carlo Cintolesi, University Of Bologna
• Diana Di Luccio, University of Naples “Parthenope”
• Anna Molter, University College Dublin
• Laura Esbrì Corbella, the University of Barcelona

Organizing committee

• Antonella Galizia, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies – CNR
• Raffaele Montella, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy
• Ulrike Falk, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• Joy Ommer, KAJO s.r.o.

More info

Pls visit the INSTIL 2024 site, link