| Project title: |
Disseminating Information about Human Evolution
Full title: The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program Database: Disseminating Information about Human Evolution to as Wide an Audience as Possible |
| Organization/ Company: |
Human Origins Program, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
| Contact person(s): |
Dr. Matthew Tocheri, Data Management Specialist, Human Origins Program
Robert Costello, National Outreach Program Manager, The Office of Education |
| Project description: | The project consists of the continued development and improvement of an interactive, web-based source of interdisciplinary information concerning the human fossil and environmental records. These data are to be presented in novel and informative ways to as wide a public audience as possible, including students at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels, as well as professional researchers. |
| What makes this assignment useful/interesting? | The project has many interesting challenges that range from optimizing database structure and data retrieval all the way to web display of relevant information. If successful, the project will have broad impacts to international research and educational communities that are interested in topics related to human evolution. |
| Prerequisite requirements: | Students should have reasonable knowledge in most, if not all, of the following languages and scripts: SQL, ASP.NET, Python, PHP, Java, Visual C++, XHTML, XML, CSS, Ajax, JavaScript, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, 3D, Maya, some video handling. |
| Other special requirements (hardware/software): | Dedicated machine for testing and development |
| Annet: |
This project is for the students:
Bente Halvorsen,
Audun Hodnefjell and
Lars Bjørkevoll
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