Name that Neutrino: Citizen Science Meets Machine Learning at IceCube

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located in Antarctica, is designed to detect high-energy neutrinos, which can advance our understanding of astrophysical phenomena. The Name that Neutrino project integrates citizen science and machine learning to classify simulated events from the IceCube detector. Name that Neutrino has participation from thousands of volunteers and the project is available in six different languages. Our first launch in 2023 resulted in over 170,000 classifications and those results yielded insights into the classification capabilities of citizen scientists and how they could inform and work with our current machine learning algorithm. The results also established a basis for the second launch that began in September 2024 which aims to provide better training for volunteers and better event selection for more accurate citizen classifications. Free educational materials will be presented so that Name that Neutrino can be used in high school and undergraduate courses.