Stall Catchers Libuše worked with us and then wrote about it in her new book! Libuše Vepřek came to the Human Computation Institute to study Stall Catchers. Libuše introduced herself to the Stall Catchers community in 2022 through this blog post - so if you
Citizen Science Badges Stall Catchers has a Girl Scouts Patch! It doesn’t get more official than this: the Stall Catchers citizen science project now has it’s very own Girl Scouts patch! (scroll down to watch the video) (I’
Alzheimers Stroke data in Stall Catchers! It turns out that we can use Stall Catchers not only for Alzheimer's research, but also for stroke research! And if you're familiar with Stall Catchers, you might notice that
Stall Catchers The First Annual “Stalling Summit” What happens when world class Alzheimer’s researchers and stroke researchers put their heads together to help each other? Among other things, they turn to Stall Catchers with some new
Challenges Double Points for Alzheimer's Awareness Month In recognition of Alzheimer's Awareness Month (September 2022), we are doubling points in Stall Catchers for NINE one-hour time slots during the last three days of the month.
Stall Catchers Farewell, Eglė (No, she's not dead - she's just leaving.) It is with some measure of disbelief and a great sense of loss that I must convey the news that, after five
Stall Catchers The machines are coming! (but the humans are staying) 🤖🤝🧔 You might be familiar with the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians to “First do no harm”. My colleagues and I have adopted our own version of this: “First use no
Dream Catchers Early peek at the #Dreamathon research results 📈 📊 We just took a first peek at the image labels you provided during the Dreamathon and wanted to circle back with some preliminary results! But first, some participation stats... 259
Stall Catchers Improved speeds in Stall Catchers! Here's how and why... Anyone who has played Stall Catchers recently might have noticed things slowing down. And thank goodness you told us, because that gave us a chance to fix it! It’s
Stall Catchers Behind the scenes: developing new data pipelines in Stall Catchers Have you been wondering what's happening behind the scenes in Stall Catchers? There haven't been too many interface updates recently, but you might have noticed some changes regarding how the
The Humans of Stall Catchers Remembering Steve Johanson Life takes you to unexpected places – one of which, for me, was a block party in a Boston suburb. This is where I met the perfect couple – Steve and Judy
Science Science of Stall Catchers: Our new Magic Number 🔮✨ Ever wonder how we get reliable crowd answers in Stall Catchers? Well, there's a special kind of magic for that! Our goal with Stall Catchers is to use crowd power
Science We're looking for an "effective treatment" for Alzheimer's. What does that mean? What do we mean by "Effective Treatment"? I was talking with EyesOnALZ colleague Lisa Gusman today, who has created some amazing educational videos for Stall Catchers, like this
Double Points for World Science Day We're giving out double points in Stall Catchers for World Science Day if you'll help us reach our goal of 1000 vessels annotated for the day! This would be equivalent
Gryffindor wins the 2017 Hogwarts House Challenge! If you're not a Harry Potter fan, you might want to read this blog post to see what the fuss is all about! (Since we don't track the point competition
Each Stall is a Golden Snitch! Besides being home to the Alzheimer's research lab at Cornell where the Stall Catchers data comes from, downtown Ithaca, New York (USA) also happens to transform each year, for one
Stall Catchers #Catchathon Teams (updated) If you haven't heard yet about the upcoming International Stall Catchers #Catchathon, read all about it here! Want to participate? Sign up here! Help us reach (or exceed!) our goal
Stall Catchers We want to buy you pizza! (...or baklava, falafels, empanadas, whatever!) As you may know, especially if you are already part of our "Catchers" community, StallCatchers from EyesOnALZ is an online puzzle-game – similar to
#LongestDay Challenge Standings Check back here for the latest standings for the #LongestDay Challenge (Ends at 8pm U.S. Eastern Time, June 21, 2017). Final Team Standings Congratulations to team "MA/NH Staff to END ALZ" for annotating the most vessels (2,889 - which
The Crowd & The Cloud Double Points and Enhanced Leaderboard! Double Points for the #LongestDay On June 17, our dear friends Steve and Judy Johanson (featured in the public television documentary The Crowd and The Cloud) invited us to bring
Stall Catchers CrushALZ Daily: Day 17 home team advantage ;) At the end of Day 17 of #CrushALZ, CitSci Gamers blinks just long enough for Middle School STEM to steal back the overall lead, and EyesOnALZ makes a cameo in the daily leader spot. To catch up on previous #CrushALZ updates, including the latest
Stall Catchers Why aren't we using machines instead of humans to catch stalls? Updated, 26 Dec 2018: This issue does not stand still! For most recent updates, see this forum thread. A common, and reasonable question that we are frequently asked is "
