Decoding Player Submissions: identifying the best answers without knowing the right answer
In a previous blog post, we mentioned that the core of optimizing DNA sequence alignment was finding...
08 July, 2020 Blog
We are a team of computer scientists and bioinformaticians based at the School of Computer Science at McGill University.
We develop artificial intelligence systems that combine the intuition of humans with the speed of computers to solve complex problems in biology and genomics. Our technology aims to tap into the vast reservoir of problem-solving skills acquired by video gamers while maintaining the entertaining experience. Our data and software are freely accessible.
current projects
Borderlands Science
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What we’ve been up to and what is coming for Borderlands Science
It has been two months since we launched the Borderlands Science project. Your participation has bee...
07 June, 2020 Blog -
BORDERLANDS SCIENCE UPDATE : A PEEK AT THE DATA
In our last blog post, we described high level ideas and answered commonly asked questions about how...
07 May, 2020 Blog
HOW IT WORKS
Our expertise
Intelligent systems
We design algorithms and machine learning frameworks to access the expertise of crowds of human users.
Game design
We advise the development of fun games for solving real scientific problems. We engage with professional game designers to guarantee the scientific integrity of the game while maximizing entertainment and UX.
Citizen science
We build partnerships with biomedical researchers to help them to engage large crowds of participants in solving complex scientific tasks through games.
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