Citizen scientists have the potential to expand scientific research. The virtual research assistant called VERA empowers citizen scientists to engage in environmental science in two ways. First, it auto- matically generates simulations based on the conceptual models of eco- logical phenomena for repeated testing and feedback. Second, it leverages the Encyclopedia of Life biodiversity knowledgebase to support the pro- cess of model construction and revision.
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An S., Bates R., Hammock J., Rugaber S., Goel A. (2018) VERA: Popularizing Science Through AI. In: Penstein Rosé C. et al. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10948. Springer, Cham
