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Reflections from the Human Computation Institute Team about the Citizen Science for Health 2025 Conference

Photo caption for featured image: The Human Computation Institute team in Stoos, Switzerland, before the conference — taking in mountain air and big ideas. From left: Ravish Dussaruth, Gretė Vaičaitytė, Caroline Nickerson, Maggie Lane, Luca Michelucci, Pietro Michelucci -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why we went to Zurich At the Human Computation Institute (HCI) [https:

The Humans of Stall Catchers

Congrats to *Dr.* Mohammad Haft-Javaherian for successfully defending his PhD thesis! 🎓

Big congratulations to DR Mohammad Haft-Javaherian, whose place in the annals of EyesOnALZ & Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] is secured by his many technical contributions, including notably his automated approach to finding vessel segments that alleviated a key analytic bottleneck in Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] preprocessing! See Mohammad&

Stall Catchers

What's the new multicolor bar on Stall Catchers?

Hello hello ! Here to share and explain an exciting update on the main Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] interface.. :) The new "tribar" You might have noticed a progress bar like this right at the top right of the screen: We call it a "tribar" :) Why? because

Megathon

Early peek at the #Megathon research result 📈 📊

As you know, as of Monday this week, we completed the first pass [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/megathon-results] of the Megathon dataset analysis, which allows us to take a peek at your answers and, as promised, provide a preliminary research result! However, let me start with the reminder that all

Megathon

The #Megathon leaderboards -- who made it to the top ?! 🏆

As promised, here come the Megathon leaderboards! Catch up on the full results of the Megathon weekend here [http://blog.eyesonalz.com/megathon-results]. * Austral/Asian Megathon * Megathon "golden hour" * Megathon weekend * Monday student Megathon extension challenge ---Austral/Asian Megathon 2019-04-13 6:00 to 2019-04-13 8:00 UTCCatchers: All

Megathon

The #Megathon results // Dataset 100% analyzed !!!

Megathon. Citizen Science Day 2019. Thousands of catchers turn up to single-handedly complete the amount of research that would have taken months in the lab... Yep -- we did it! Never before have we done so much work in a single event, and if the "megaton" glitchy blast*

Megathon

Class is in session!! We have Dickson County High School joining Stall Catchers today :)

Did you think the Megathon fun was over? No such luck! 😛 Those who couldn't join during the weekend, for example Dickson County High School students from Dickson, Tennessee, are doing their part today. 💜 So the challenge is back on, and so is the progress bar! Can you get

Megathon

#Megathon interim update & leaderboards -- 4.5 hours left! 😱

Only a few hours left in the Megathon, and nd we're steadily reaching our goal -- complete an entire dataset 🤩 Over 60% done now -- come help us [http://stallcatchers.com] in the final push! 💪 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the leading catchers so far: These guys can be

Stall Catchers

T̷h̶e̸ ̵#Megathon fun is extended until Sunday 11.59pm !! (n̴o̵ ̷r̴e̴a̷s̸o̷n̸.. 😳)

Better have too many eyes searching for a cure, than too few, right? 😜 Well, that's exactly what happened in the Megathon today (a record 1253 people played!), and despite all our best preparations and scaling up the servers (and moving them to dynamic Microsoft Azure systems), our database

Megathon

The Megathon is LIVE! 🏁

... DRUMS ... And we're off! ✦ All you have to do to participate is play the game RIGHT NOW here [http://stallcatchers.com]. 📹 Follow the live stream on Facebook here [http://bit.ly/MegathonLIVE]. (Facebook account not required -- anyone can stream it without logging in.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy resources: * "

Megathon

📻 Stall Catchers #Megathon & Citizen Science Day on Science Friday!

Stall Catchers & the Megathon were featured on Science Friday radio show today!! 🤩 Catch up on the segment, featuring our own Pietro Michelucci and Chris Schaffer, here: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy Megathon resources: * Megathon info & sign up: megathon.us [http://megathon.us] * Citizen Science Day resources [https://scistarter.org/citizen-science-day] * * "

Stall Catchers

Pre-#Megathon event at Belleville!

Here I am again, bringing more pre-Megathon [https://blog.hcinst.org/literally-everything-megathon/] news 😍 one of our colleagues of the Citizen Science Day librarians working group, Chris Santos-Lang, organized a pre-Megathon meetup in his library in Belleville (WI) last week, with great success!! Here it is in Chris' own words:

Stall Catchers

#LeadersBlossom -- Cherry Blossom Princess catchers! 🌸

Looks like we're in for many pleasant surprises in the lead-up to the Megathon [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/literally-everything-megathon/] on Saturday! And I am here to share one of them... A couple days ago, our rock-star colleague from SciStarter [http://scistarter.org], Caroline Nickerson, presented Stall Catchers [http:

Megathon

Thursday Night League #7 -- Results!

Congrats to christiane, the absolute rock star of Thursday Night League! See you next Thursday in THE LAST practice league before the Megathon [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/literally-everything-megathon/]! Catchers: #####Teams:Read more about the challenge & how to participate here [https://blog.hcinst.org/thursday-night-league/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy Megathon resources: * Megathon

Megathon

Literally everything you need to know about the #Megathon... 👇

Whether you're a Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] regular, or tried it once and never came back until now -- we hope you'll hear this call and help complete one year worth of research in a single hour... Join thousands in the Megathon [http://megathon.us]

Megathon

Thursday Night League #6 -- Results!

See you next Thursday, second to last before the Megathon [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/megathon/]!~, April 4, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com]! Catchers: #####Teams:Read more about the challenge & how to participate here [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/thursday-night-league/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy Megathon resources: * Megathon info & sign

Microsoft

Are you from Seattle / Redmond area, WA? Participate in the #Megathon headquarters LIVE!

If you're local to Redmond / Seattle area, you have an exclusive chance to participate in the #Megathon at it's headquarters! → RSVP here [bit.ly/RedmondRSVP] ← The FREE event starts 10.30 AM PT on April 13 at the Microsoft Redmond Campus, Memphis Room, Building 92! The

Stall Catchers

🎥 Lecture: the role of reduced blood flow in Alzheimer's & the Stall Catchers game

Last Friday, Pietro gave a talk at Cornell University alongside our biomedical collaborators Nozomi & Chris. The lecture covers the aspects of the science behind Stall Catchers, i.e. the role of stalls and reduced blood flow in the brain in Alzheimer's, as well as the inception and

Stall Catchers

What better time to announce #Megathon @ Lituanicon if not on... #TolkienReadingDay! 😜🚀

Fantastic news! (no pun intended) Stall Catchers has been invited to be present at the long running Lithuania's fantasy convention -- Lituanicon [https://www.facebook.com/lituanicon/] !! 🚀 I was pleasantly surprised to be approached by one of the event's organizers, and a fellow science communicator / fantasy

Megathon

🎥 Megathon Trailer -- share share share!

We hope you're as excited about the upcoming Megathon [http://megathon.us] as we are. Less than three weeks to go!! And if not, this video should change your mind! 😜 Please share and invite others to join this important cause on April 13 💜 Handy Megathon resources: * Megathon info

Challenges

Thursday Night League #5 -- Results!

Maricopa County Library District still has the monopoly, ha! See you next Thursday, March 28, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com]! Catchers: #####Teams:Read more about the challenge & how to participate here [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/thursday-night-league/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy Megathon resources: * Megathon info & sign up: megathon.

Stall Catchers

Last but not least... #RavenclawPrideDay! Double points to the Ravenclaw team on Stall Catchers for the next day!

Ravenclaw!! Today (March 23) is your day! > Fun fact: We are not aware of any Ravenclaws on our Stall Catchers team!! But surely there are many Ravenclaw catchers?! Stall Catchers trivia For this great occasion, everyone who plays for the Ravenclaw team in Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] will

Challenges

It's #GryffindorPrideDay! Gryffindors of Stall Catchers claim double points!

Today is the day of the Gryffindors!! > Fun fact: Egle (um -- me), co-creator of Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com], is an officially sorted Gryffindor 😜 Stall Catchers trivia If you would like to join the Gryffindor team on Stall Catchers to claim double points, just click this link [https:

Challenges

It's #SlytherinPrideDay! Join the Slytherin team on Stall Catchers for double points!

It's Slytherin's turn to claim the double points today! > Fun fact: Caroline from SciStarter, who is helping us organize the Megathon [https://blog.eyesonalz.com/megathon/], is an officially sorted Slytherin 😜 Stall Catchers trivia If you would like to join Slytherin, just click this link

Challenges

It's #HufflepuffPrideDay! Double points to the Hufflepuff team on Stall Catchers next 24hrs!

Congratulations fellow Hufflepuffs -- today (March 20) is a day for celebrating YOU! > Fun fact: Our lead, Pietro, is actually an officially sorted Hufflepuff 😜 Stall Catchers trivia For this great occasion, everyone who plays for the Hufflepuff team in Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com] will get double points for

Challenges

Thursday Night League #4 -- Results!

Whoa, looks like Maricopa County Library District seems to be monopolizing the Thursday Night League!! Other teams better shape up soon ... ;) See you next Thursday, March 21, 7pm PT, on Stall Catchers [http://stallcatchers.com]! Catchers: #####Teams:Read more about the challenge & how to participate here [https://blog.eyesonalz.