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ClickWorkers was a small NASA experimental project that uses public volunteers (nicknamed "clickworkers" on the site) for scientific tasks. Clickworkers are able to work when, and for however long they choose, doing routine analysis that would normally require months of work by scientists or graduate students. The web site and database were created and maintained by one engineer, Bob Kanefsky, and advised by two scientists, Nadine Barlow and Virginia Gulick.[1] The pilot study was sponsored by the NASA Ames Director's Discretionary Fund.
As of March 31, 2020, the Clickworkers volunteer program appears to be defunct. None of the links to the program are functional, as of that date.
- ^ Kanefsky, B.; Barlow, N. G.; Gulick, V. C. (2001-03-01). "Can Distributed Volunteers Accomplish Massive Data Analysis Tasks?". Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 1272. Bibcode:2001LPI....32.1272K.