Making sense of fossils and artefacts: a review of best practices for the design of a successful workflow for machine learning-assisted citizen science projects
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Historically, the extensive involvement of citizen scientists in palaeontology and archaeology has resulted in many discoveries and insights. More recently, machine learning has emerged as a broadly applicable tool for analysing large datasets of fossils and artefacts. In the digital age, citizen science (CS) and machine learning (ML) prove to be mutually beneficial, and a combined CS-ML approach is increasingly successful in areas such as biodiversity research. Ever-dropping computational costs and the smartphone revolution have put ML tools in the hands of citizen scientists with the potential to generate high-quality data, create new insights from large datasets and elevate public engagement. However, without an integrated approach, new CS-ML projects may not realise the full scientific and public engagement potential. Furthermore, object-based data gathering of fossils and artefacts comes with different requirements for successful CS-ML approaches than observation-based data gathering in biodiversity monitoring. In this review we investigate best practices and common pitfalls in this new interdisciplinary field in order to formulate a workflow to guide future palaeontological and archaeological projects. Our CS-ML workflow is subdivided in four project phases: (I) preparation, (II) execution, (III) implementation and (IV) reiteration. To reach the objectives and manage the challenges for different subject domains (CS tasks, ML development, research, stakeholder engagement and app/infrastructure development), tasks are formulated and allocated to different roles in the project. We also provide an outline for an integrated online CS platform which will help reach a project's full scientific and public engagement potential. Finally, to illustrate the implementation of our CS-ML approach in practice and showcase differences with more commonly available biodiversity CS-ML approaches, we discuss the LegaSea project in which fossils and artefacts from sand nourishments in the western Netherlands are studied.
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- Making sense of fossils and artefacts: a review of best practices for the design of a successful workflow for machine learning-assisted citizen science projects
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- 13/02/2025
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- PeerJ
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center pays non établi dans la noticeInstitution
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Utrecht University Department of Earth Sciences pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Leiden University pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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National Museum of Antiquities pays non établi dans la noticeInstitution
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Observation International pays non établi dans la noticeOrganisation à but non lucratif
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Netherlands Forensic Institute pays non établi dans la noticeStructure de recherche
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Natural History Museum Rotterdam pays non établi dans la noticeInstitution
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University of Groningen Groningen Institute of Archaeology pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Maastricht University pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Faculty of Archaeology pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Department of Earth Sciences — Utrecht University et Leiden University, avec 8 autres affiliations.
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