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Remote optimization of an ultra-cold atoms experiment by experts and citizen scientists
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posted on 2023-06-12, 07:30 authored by Robert Heck, Oana Vuculescu, Jens Jakob Sørensen, Jonathan Zoller, Morten G Andreasen, Mark Bason, Poul Ejlertsen, Ottø Eliasson, Pinja Haikka, Jens S Lausten, Lærke L Nielsen, Andrew Mao, Romain Müller, Mario Napolitano, Mads K Pedersen, Aske R Thorsen, Carsten Bergenholtz, Tommaso Calarco, Simone Montangero, Jacob F ShersonWe introduce a novel remote interface to control and optimize the experimental production of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and find improved solutions using two distinct implementations. First, a team of theoreticians employed a Remote version of their dCRAB optimization algorithm (RedCRAB), and second a gamified interface allowed 600 citizen scientists from around the world to participate in real-time optimization. Quantitative studies of player search behavior demonstrated that they collectively engage in a combination of local and global search. This form of adaptive search prevents premature convergence by the explorative behavior of low-performing players while high-performing players locally refine their solutions. In addition, many successful citizen science games have relied on a problem representation that directly engaged the visual or experiential intuition of the players. Here we demonstrate that citizen scientists can also be successful in an entirely abstract problem visualization. This gives encouragement that a much wider range of challenges could potentially be open to gamification in the future.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesISSN
0027-8424Publisher
National Academy of SciencesExternal DOI
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48Volume
115Article number
E11231-E11237Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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- Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications
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2018-11-26First Open Access (FOA) Date
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