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#CrowdCloudLIVE After each episode's WORLD premiere in April, show host, producer, and people seen on the show participated in post-premiere roundtable discussions. Viewers like you listened in, asked questions, and were able to dive deeper into the power of Citizen Science.
Watch the recorded Facebook Live events now. Discover more about how Citizen Science is revolutionizing the ways we gather, analyze, and utilize the data that fuels scientific research, discovery, and community action.
Nama Budhathoki is Executive Director and Founder of Kathmandu Living Labs, a non-profit civic technology innovation group in Nepal. Nama’s focus is on using emerging technologies to solve pressing problems in society. He specializes in open data and crowdsourced mapping. Nama has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and a Master of Science in Geographic Information Science and Technology. He earned his Doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with focus on Crowdsourcing, Online Communities, and Open Data. Nama has experience working for government, non-profit and academic sectors. Prior to establishing Kathmandu Living Labs, Nama worked as a consultant at the World Bank. His favorite thing about mapping is engaging young people and harnessing their local knowledge.
