Dataset Classification

The open data of the CMS experiment includes several thousand simulation datasets. To make this data searchable, category tags are assigned to each dataset describing the type of physical process it contains. In the open data sample to be released next, there are hundreds of datasets without assigned categories. A correct assignment requires knowledge of the particular physics process and can be tedious to verify because of the large variety of different processes present. The goal of this project is to create a game that allows CMS physicists to contribute to the work of category assignment in an entertaining way (as opposed to going through a long list of dataset names). The game GUI would pop up a yet uncategorized dataset and ask the gamer to assign it into a category (or propose a new one). Additionally, administrators will have a Dashboard that will show statistics of the labeled dataset. These statistics are computed taking into account the reliability of the player.