Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
{{Short description|Open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing}}
{{Infobox software
| name = BOINC
| logo = BOINC_logo.png
| logo size = 200px
| logo alt = BOINC logo
| screenshot = BOINC_Manager_Screenshot.jpg
| screenshot size = 280px
| screenshot alt = BOINC Manager Simple View
| caption = BOINC Manager Simple View
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| author =
| developer = University of California, Berkeley
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|04|10|df=yes}}
| discontinued =
| latest release version = [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.0.2] Windows
{{Start date and age|2024|5|30|df=yes}}
[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.0.2] macOS
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[https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc 8.0.2] Linux
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[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 8.0.2] Android
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| latest preview version = [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/releases/tag/client_release%2F8.0%2F8.0.4 8.0.4]
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2024|7|23|df=yes}}
| programming language = C++ (client/server)
PHP (project CMS)
| operating system = Windows
macOS
Linux
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| genre = Grid computing and volunteer computing
| license = LGPL-3.0-or-later{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/BOINC/boinc#license|title=BOINC License|website=GitHub|access-date=2021-07-27|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110205137/https://github.com/BOINC/boinc#license|url-status=live}}
Project licensing varies
| website = {{URL|1=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/}}
| standard =
| AsOf =
}}File:BOINCconproyectos.pngThe Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=2020-03-01 |title=BOINC: A Platform for Volunteer Computing |journal=Journal of Grid Computing |language=en |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=99–122 |doi=10.1007/s10723-019-09497-9 |s2cid=67877103 |issn=1572-9184 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1903.01699 }} (BOINC, pronounced {{IPAc-en|b|ɔɪ|ŋ|k}} – rhymes with "oink"{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATbET3g54|title= Rosetta@home|date= 7 January 2007|editor1-last= Gonzalez|editor1-first= Laura Lynn|website= YouTube|publisher= Rosetta@home|access-date= 26 August 2015|archive-date= 3 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150903080653/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATbET3g54|url-status= live}}) is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing (a type of distributed computing).{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/how-to/save-the-world-using-your-pc-or-phone/|title=Save the world using your PC or phone|work=CNET|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520183346/https://www.cnet.com/how-to/save-the-world-using-your-pc-or-phone/|url-status=live}} Developed originally to support SETI@home,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/aliens-on-your-packard-bell/527445/|title=A Brief History of SETI@Home|last=Scoles|first=Sarah|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523153545/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/aliens-on-your-packard-bell/527445/|url-status=live}} it became the platform for many other applications in areas as diverse as medicine, molecular biology, mathematics, linguistics, climatology, environmental science, and astrophysics, among others.{{Cite web |title=Projects - BOINC Projects |url=https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/Projects |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=boincsynergy.ca |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828222950/https://boincsynergy.ca/wiki/index.php/Projects |url-status=live }} The purpose of BOINC is to enable researchers to utilize processing resources of personal computers and other devices around the world.
BOINC development began with a group based at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, and led by David P. Anderson, who also led SETI@home. As a high-performance volunteer computing platform, BOINC brings together 34,236 active participants employing 136,341 active computers (hosts) worldwide, processing daily on average 20.164 PetaFLOPS {{as of|2021|November|16|lc=on}}{{Cite web|title=BOINC computing power|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/computing.php|access-date=2021-11-16|website=boinc.berkeley.edu|archive-date=2021-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116201046/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/computing.php|url-status=live}} (it would be the 21st largest processing capability in the world compared with an individual supercomputer).{{Cite web|title=TOP500 List - November 2021 {{!}} TOP500|url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.top500.org|archive-date=2022-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408175319/https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/|url-status=live}} The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds BOINC through awards SCI/0221529,[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0221529 Research and Infrastructure Development for Public-Resource Scientific Computing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119211256/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0221529 |date=2021-01-19 }}, The National Science Foundation SCI/0438443[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0438443 SCI: NMI Development for Public-Resource Computing and Storage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110182032/http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0438443 |date=2004-11-10 }}, The National Science Foundation and SCI/0721124.[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0721124 SDCI NMI Improvement: Middleware for Volunteer Computing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512182521/http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0721124 |date=2009-05-12 }}, The National Science Foundation Guinness World Records ranks BOINC as the largest computing grid in the world.{{Cite news |title = Largest computing grid |url = http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-computing-grid |website = Guinness World Records |access-date = 2016-01-04 |archive-date = 2018-06-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163142/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-computing-grid |url-status = live }}
BOINC code runs on various operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android,{{cite web |url = https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=318 |title = Put your Android device to work on World Community Grid! |date = July 22, 2013 |access-date = July 31, 2013 |archive-date = October 9, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131009022611/https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=318 |url-status = live }} Linux, and FreeBSD.{{cite web |url= https://people.freebsd.org/~pav/boinc.html |title= Manual sites of FreeBSD system |date= January 2, 2015 |access-date= April 23, 2015 |archive-date= January 17, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150117023911/http://people.freebsd.org/~pav/boinc.html |url-status= live }} BOINC is free software released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
History
BOINC was originally developed to manage the SETI@home project. David P. Anderson has said that he chose its name because he wanted something that was not "imposing", but rather "light, catchy, and maybe - like 'Unix' - a little risqué", so he "played around with various acronyms and settled on 'BOINC'".[https://continuum-hypothesis.com/boinc_history.php#origins The Name and Logo], by David P. Anderson, at Continuum-Hypothesis.com; published January 15, 2022; retrieved June 5, 2024
The original SETI client was a non-BOINC software exclusively for SETI@home. It was one of the first volunteer computing projects, and not designed with a high level of security. As a result, some participants in the project attempted to cheat the project to gain "credits", while others submitted entirely falsified work. BOINC was designed, in part, to combat these security breaches.{{cite web | last=Anderson | first=David P. | title=Public Computing: Reconnecting People to Science |date=November 2003 | url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/madrid.html | access-date= April 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515150048/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/madrid.html | archive-date=2007-05-15 | url-status=dead }}
The BOINC project started in February 2002, and its first version was released on April 10, 2002. The first BOINC-based project was Predictor@home, launched on June 9, 2004. In 2009, AQUA@home deployed multi-threaded CPU applications for the first time,{{cite journal |first1=Kamran |last1=Karimi |first2=Neil |last2=Dickson |first3=Firas |last3=Hamze | title = High-Performance Physics Simulations Using Multi-Core CPUs and GPGPUs in a Volunteer Computing Context | journal = International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications |volume=25 |pages=61–69 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1177/1094342010372928 |arxiv=1004.0023 |bibcode=2010arXiv1004.0023K |s2cid=14214535 }} followed by the first OpenCL application in 2010.
As of 15 August 2022, there are 33 projects on the official list.{{Cite web|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php|title=Choosing BOINC projects|website=BOINC|access-date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php|url-status=live}} There are also, however, BOINC projects not included on the official list. Each year, an international BOINC Workshop is hosted to increase collaboration among project administrators. In 2021, the workshop was hosted virtually.{{Cite web|title=2021 BOINC Workshop|url=https://www.boincworkshop.org/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=2021 BOINC Workshop|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914073303/https://www.boincworkshop.org/|url-status=live}}
While not affiliated with BOINC officially, there have been several independent projects that reward BOINC users for their participation, including Charity Engine (sweepstakes based on processing power with prizes funded by private entities who purchase computational time of CE users), Bitcoin Utopia (now defunct), and Gridcoin (a blockchain which mints coins based on processing power).
Design and structure
{{Main|BOINC client–server technology}}
BOINC is software that can exploit the unused CPU and GPU cycles on computer hardware to perform scientific computing. In 2008, BOINC's website announced that Nvidia had developed a language called CUDA that uses GPUs for scientific computing. With NVIDIA's assistance, several BOINC-based projects (e.g., MilkyWay@home. SETI@home) developed applications that run on NVIDIA GPUs using CUDA. BOINC added support for the ATI/AMD family of GPUs in October 2009. The GPU applications run from 2 to 10 times faster than the former CPU-only versions. GPU support (via OpenCL) was added for computers using macOS with AMD Radeon graphic cards, with the current BOINC client supporting OpenCL on Windows, Linux, and macOS. GPU support is also provided for Intel GPUs.{{Cite web|title=GPU computing - BOINC|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/GPU_computing|access-date=2021-09-14|website=boinc.berkeley.edu|archive-date=2021-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803104847/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/GPU_computing|url-status=live}}
BOINC consists of a server system and client software that communicate to process and distribute work units and return results.
=Mobile application=
A BOINC app also exists for Android, allowing every person owning an Android device – smartphone, tablet and/or Kindle – to share their unused computing power. The user is allowed to select the research projects they want to support, if it is in the app's available project list.
By default, the application will allow computing only when the device is connected to a WiFi network, is being charged, and the battery has a charge of at least 90%.{{cite web |author= |date=12 April 2018 |title=Android FAQ |url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Android_FAQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205444/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Android_FAQ |archive-date=28 June 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 |website=BOINC |publisher=UC Berkeley}} Some of these settings can be changed to users needs. Not all BOINC projects are available{{cite web |title=Projects |url=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320102821/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |archive-date=2011-03-20 |access-date=2018-01-27 |website=BOINC}} and some of the projects are not compatible with all versions of Android operating system or availability of work is intermittent. Currently available projects are Asteroids@home, Einstein@Home, LHC@home, Moo! Wrapper, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid and {{ill|Yoyo@home|ru}}. As of September 2021, the most recent version of the mobile application can only be downloaded from the BOINC website or the F-Droid repository as the official Google Play store does not allow downloading and running executables not signed by the app developer and each BOINC project has their own executable files.
=User interfaces=
BOINC can be controlled remotely by remote procedure calls (RPC), from the command line, and from a BOINC Manager. BOINC Manager currently has two "views": the Advanced View and the Simplified GUI. The Grid View was removed in the 6.6.x clients as it was redundant. The appearance (skin) of the Simplified GUI is user-customizable, in that users can create their own designs.
=Account managers=
A BOINC Account Manager is an application that manages multiple BOINC project accounts across multiple computers (CPUs) and operating systems. Account managers were designed for people who are new to BOINC or have several computers participating in several projects. The account manager concept was conceived and developed jointly by GridRepublic and BOINC. Current and past account managers include:
- BAM! (BOINC Account Manager) (The first publicly available Account Manager, released for public use on May 30, 2006)
- GridRepublic (Follows the ideas of simplicity and neatness in account management)
- Charity Engine (Non-profit account manager for hire, uses prize draws and continuous charity fundraising to motivate people to join the grid)
- Science United (An account manager designed to make BOINC easier to use which automatically selects vetted BOINC projects for users based on desired research areas such as "medicine" or "physics"){{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=September 2021 |title=Globally Scheduling Volunteer Computing |journal=Future Internet |language=en |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=229 |doi=10.3390/fi13090229 |issn=1999-5903|doi-access=free }}
- Dazzler (Open-source Account Manager, to ease institutional management resources)
=Credit system=
{{Main|BOINC Credit System}}
- The BOINC Credit System is designed to avoid bad hardware and cheating by validating results before granting credit.
- The credit management system helps to ensure that users are returning results which are both statistically and scientifically accurate.
- Online volunteer computing is a complicated and variable mix of long-term users, retiring users and new users with different personal aspirations.
Projects
BOINC is used by many groups and individuals. Some BOINC projects are based at universities and research labs while others are independent areas of research or interest.{{Cite web |title=Choosing BOINC projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live }}
=Active=
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|+ Active Projects that have a Wikipedia page |
| Project Name
!Publications ! Launched !Status !Operating System !GPU App ! Sponsor ! Category ! Research Focus |
|---|
| climateprediction.net
| 2003-12-09 |{{No}} | Improve climate prediction models. Sub-project: Seasonal Attribution Project. |
| Einstein@Home
| 2005-02-19 |Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=einsteinathome.org |archive-date=2022-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822201354/https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php |url-status=live }} | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Max Planck Institute | Search for pulsars using radio signals and gravitational wave data |
| {{ill|Gerasim@Home|ru}}
|2007-02-10 | {{No}} |{{ill|Southwest State University (Russia)|ru|Юго-Западный государственный университет}} |Multiple applications |Research in discrete mathematics and logic control systems |
| GoofyxGrid@Home
| |2016 | | |{{No}} |Independent |Mathematics |Mathematically implement the Infinite monkey theorem |
| GPUGRID.net
|2007-12-05 | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: cyan; color: black;" | NVIDIA GPU only |Barcelona Biomedical Research Park |Perform full-atom molecular simulations of proteins on Nvidia GPUs for biomedical research |
| LHC@home
| 2004-01-09 |Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android, FreeBSD{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=lhcathome.cern.ch |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827160610/https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/apps.php |url-status=live }} |{{No}} | CERN | Physics | Help construct and test the Large Hadron Collider and search for fundamental particles |
| MilkyWay@home
| 2007-07-07 |{{No}} | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Astronomy | Create a simulation of the Milky Way galaxy using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
| PrimeGrid
|2005-06-12 | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |Independent |Search for primes such as Generalized Fermat primes, 321 primes, Sierpiński numbers, Cullen-Woodall primes, Proth prime, and Sophie Germain primes. Subprojects include Seventeen or Bust, Riesel Sieve, and AP27 Search. |
| {{ill|RALPH@Home|fr}}
|Rosetta@home |2006-02-15 |Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://ralph.bakerlab.org/apps.php |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=ralph.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2022-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104095324/https://ralph.bakerlab.org/apps.php |url-status=live }} | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |Molecular biology |Test project for Rosetta@home |
| Rosetta@home
| 2005-10-06 |Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/apps.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=boinc.bakerlab.org |archive-date=2016-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314201835/https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/apps.php |url-status=live }} |{{No}} | Molecular biology | Protein structure prediction for disease research |
| {{ill|Tn-grid|it}}
|2013-12-19 |{{No}} |Currently deploying gene@home work to expand gene networks |
| World Community Grid
|2004-11-16 |Windows, Linux, ARM, macOS, Android{{Cite web |title=Choosing BOINC projects |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=boinc.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2018-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072445/https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php |url-status=live }} | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |Multiple applications |Subprojects: Open Pandemics - COVID-19. Clean Energy Project, GO Drug Search for Leishmaniasis, Fight Against Malaria, Computing for Clean Water, Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together, OpenZika, Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy, Help Defeat Cancer, Help Conquer Cancer, Help Fight Childhood Cancer, Smash Childhood Cancer, Human Proteome Folding Project, Uncovering Genome Mysteries, FightAIDS@Home, Let's outsmart Ebola together, Mapping Cancer Markers, Help Stop TB. |
| {{ill|Yoyo@home|ru}}
|2007-07-19 |Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, ARM, Solaris, Sony Playstation 3{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.rechenkraft.net |archive-date=2022-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724120125/https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/apps.php |url-status=live }} | {{No}} |Independent |Multiple applications |Using the BOINC Wrapper with existing volunteer projects |
=Completed=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 80%; width: auto;"
|+ Completed Projects that have a Wikipedia page !Project Name !Publications !Launched !Status !Operating System !GPU app !Sponsor !Category !Research Focus |
| ABC@Home
|2006-11-21 | | |{{No}} |Mathematical Institute of Leiden University |Mathematics |Find triples of the ABC conjecture |
| AQUA@home
|2008-12-10 | | | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |Predict the performance of Quantum computers |
| Artificial Intelligence System
| | | | |{{No}} |Intelligence Realm Inc |Simulate the brain using Hodgkin–Huxley models via an artificial neural network |
| Big and Ugly Rendering Project (BURP)
|2004-06-17 | | |{{No}} |Independent |Rendering (computer graphics) |Use BOINC infrastructure with Blender (software) to render animated videos |
| {{ill|Collatz Conjecture project|de|Collatz Conjecture}}
| style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |Independent |Mathematics |Study the unsolved Collatz conjecture{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Collatz Conjecture |url=http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/ |access-date=2012-01-13 |archive-date=2017-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204131813/http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{ill|Correlizer|ru}}
| | |{{No}} | |Biology |Examining genome organization |
| Cosmology@Home
| 2007-06-26 |{{No}} | Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris | Develop simulations that best describe The Universe |
| Docking@Home
| | |{{No}} |Molecular biology |Use the CHARMM program to model protein-ligand docking. The goal was the development of pharmaceutical drugs. |
| {{ill|EDGeS@Home|ru}}
|2009-10 | | |{{No}} |MTA SZTAKI Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems |Multiple applications |Support of scientific applications developed by the EGEE and EDGeS community |
| eOn
| | | |{{No}} |University of Texas at Austin |Theoretical chemistry techniques to solve problems in condensed matter physics and materials science |
| Evolution@Home
| | | |{{No}} | |Improve understanding of evolutionary processes |
| FreeHAL
| |2006 | | |{{No}} |Independent |Artificial intelligence |Compute information for software to imitate human conversation |
| HashClash
|2005-11-24 | | |{{No}} |Eindhoven University of Technology |Cryptography |Find collisions in the MD5 hash algorithm |
| Ibercivis
|2008-06-22 | | |{{No}} |Zaragoza, CETA-CIEMAT, CSIC, Coimbra |Multiple applications |Research in physics, material science and biomedicines |
| Leiden Classical
|2005-05-12 | | |{{No}} |Chemistry |Classical mechanics for students and scientists |
| Malaria Control Project
|2006-12-19 | | |{{No}} |Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |Model Diseases |Stochastic modelling of clinical epidemiology and the natural history of Plasmodium falciparum malaria |
| MindModeling@Home
|2007-07-07 |{{No}} |University of Dayton Research Institute and Wright State University |Making cognitive models of the human mind |
| uFluids@Home
|2005-09-19 | | |{{No}} |Physics, Aeronautics |A computer simulation of two-phase flow behavior in microgravity and micro fluidics |
| OProject@Home
|2012-08-13 | | |{{No}} |Olin Library, Rollins College |Mathematics |Algorithm analysis. The library is open and available in the Code.google.com SVN repository. |
| orbit@home
|2008-04-03 | | |{{No}} |Astronomy |Monitor near-earth asteroids |
| {{ill|Pirates@home|es}}
| |2004-06-02 | | |{{No}} 2 Spy Hill Research |Software testing |Mission 1: Test BOINC software and help to develop Einstein@Home screensaver{{Cite web |date=2005-03-14 |title=Pirates@Home |url=http://pirates.vassar.edu:80/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050314084847/http://pirates.vassar.edu:80/ |archive-date=2005-03-14 }} Mission 2: Develop forum software for Interactions in Understanding the Universe{{Cite web |title=I2U2 |url=http://i2u2.spy-hill.net/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=i2u2.spy-hill.net |archive-date=2018-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219110024/http://i2u2.spy-hill.net/ |url-status=live }} |
| POEM@Home
|2007-13-11 | | |{{No}} |Molecular biology |Model Protein folding using Anfinsen's dogma |
| Predictor@home
|2004-05-04 | | |{{No}} |The Scripps Research Institute |Molecular biology |Test new methods of protein structure prediction and algorithms in the context of the Sixth Biannual CASP{{Cite web |date=2004-06-03 |title=CASP6 Home page |url=http://predictioncenter.llnl.gov/casp6/Casp6.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603231740/http://predictioncenter.llnl.gov/casp6/Casp6.html |archive-date=2004-06-03 }} experiment |
| proteins@home
|2006-09-15 | | |{{No}} |Contribute to a better understanding of many diseases and pathologies and to progress in Medicine and Technology |
| QMC@Home
|2006-03-03 | | |{{No}} |Chemistry |Study the structure and reactivity of molecules using quantum chemistry and Monte Carlo techniques |
| Quake-Catcher Network
|2008-02-03 | | |{{No}} |Stanford University, then University of Southern California |Use accelerometers connected to personal computers and devices to detect earthquakes and to educate about seismology |
| Riesel Sieve
| | | | |{{No}} | |Mathematics |Prove that 509,203 is the smallest Riesel number by finding a prime of the form k × 2n − 1 for all odd k smaller than 509,203 |
| {{ill|SAT@home|ru}}
|2011-09 | | |{{No}} |Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |Mathematics |Solve discrete problems by reducing them to the problem of satisfiability of Boolean formulas |
| SETI@home
|1999-05-17 |Windows, Linux, macOS, Android{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=setiathome.berkeley.edu |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005061217/https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php |url-status=live }} | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |University of California, Berkeley |Astronomy |Analyzing radio frequencies from space to search for extraterrestrial life. Sub project: Astropulse |
| SETI@home beta
|see above |2006-01-12 | | | style="vertical-align:center;text-align:center; background: yellow; color: black;" | GPU CPU |University of California, Berkeley |Test project for SETI@home |
| SIMAP
|2006-04-26 | | |{{No}} |Molecular biology |Investigated protein similarities |
| SLinCA@Home
| |2010-09-14 | | |{{No}} |National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |Physics |Research in physics and materials science |
| Spinhenge@home
| | | |{{No}} |Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |Used genetic linkage analysis to find disease resistant genes |
| {{ill|TANPAKU|ja}}
| | |{{No}} |Molecular biology |Protein structure prediction using the Brownian dynamics method |
| The Lattice Project
| | |{{No}} |University of Maryland, College Park |Multiple applications |
| theSkyNet
|2011-09-13 | | |{{No}} |International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |Astronomy |Analysis of radio astronomy data from telescopes |
See also
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{{Commons}}
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- List of volunteer computing projects
- List of free and open-source Android applications
- List of grid computing projects
- List of citizen science projects
- List of crowdsourcing projects
- 3G Bridge
- Africa@home
- Citizen Cyberscience Centre
- distributed.net
- Folding@home
- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
- grid.org
- Gridcoin
- BOSSA
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References
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External links
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