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Signaling Diversity And Inclusion For Open Source Project Health, Georg J.P. Link
Signaling Diversity And Inclusion For Open Source Project Health, Georg J.P. Link
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Open source projects often consist of mostly white, male, and English-speaking software developers. For the past decade, women and people from minority backgrounds have sought to bring more diversity to open source projects and make them more inclusive. This presentation summarizes research findings of how projects signal diversity and inclusion to attract these people. A key finding is that signals for diversity and inclusion are wanted, but projects struggle to put them into practice. The presentation discusses implications for signaling theory and open source projects.
Engaging Users: Enabling Data Analysis, James M. Hopkins
Engaging Users: Enabling Data Analysis, James M. Hopkins
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
The challenge in many data collection/analysis efforts is that of engaging users to participate. The Juvenile Case Management System (JCMS) project is a solution to that challenge. JCMS is developed in a collaborative effort between the Juvenile Justice Institute (JJI), the Nebraska Crime Commission, and the Public Health Informatics Research Lab.
Information systems must engage their users to be effective. This research investigates engaging users to interact with information systems and improve data collection for analysis.
The JCMS platform provides a web-based, centralized, database system to users working across the state of Nebraska. By involving users in system and screen …
Enhancing The Citizen Scientist Experience Through Responsive Web Design, Sydney Lintner, Douglas Stahlnecker
Enhancing The Citizen Scientist Experience Through Responsive Web Design, Sydney Lintner, Douglas Stahlnecker
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Citizen science is currently employed in a variety of fields and has been enabling the collection of large swaths of data that would otherwise go uncollected. The Nebraska Watershed Network (NWN) utilizes citizen scientists to perform water tests, and currently, the results are written on postcards and then mailed to the NWN. We believe that using the proper technological tools will enhance the citizen scientist experience and the data collection process. We have developed a database and web application for the NWN that will allow citizen scientists to use their smartphones to enter their results immediately upon completing the tests …