Living Earth Simulator Project
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The Living Earth simulator is a proposed massive computer simulation system intended to simulate the interactions of all aspects of life, human economic activity, climate, and other physical processes on the planet Earth as part of the FuturICT project,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082|title=Earth project aims to 'simulate everything'|author=Gareth Morgan|publisher=BBC News|date=28 December 2010|accessdate=28 December 2010}} in response to the European FP7 "Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship" initiative.{{cite web|url=http://www.futurict.ethz.ch/FuturICT |accessdate=29 December 2010 |url-status=dead |title=FutureICT|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127020300/http://www.futurict.ethz.ch/FuturICT |archivedate=27 January 2011 }}
The Future and Emerging Technologies 'flagship' competition offered a 10-years, ~€1 billion funding to the winning teams; the competition attracted over 300 international teams.{{cite journal|last=Rockel|first=Nick|title=Project save the world|journal=Institutional Investor|date=May 2012|pages=21}}
The FuturICT project was not selected and thus the Living Earth Simulator was never developed. The two winners, announced as of March 2013, were Graphene and Human Brain.{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.com/news/research-prize-boost-for-europe-1.12316 |title= Research prize boost for Europe|author=Alison Abbott & Quirin Schiermeier|journal=nature|date=29 January 2013}}
References
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- {{cite web | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/hitchhikers-guide-pc-to-predict-crises/story-e6frg6so-1226213361377 | title='Hitchhiker's Guide' PC to predict crises | publisher=The Australian| date=4 December 2011 | accessdate=5 April 2012 | author=Leake, Jonathan}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/scientific-bid-to-trump-failed-economics/story-e6frg6so-1226213802506 | title=Scientific bid to trump 'failed' economics | publisher=The Australian | date=5 December 2011 | accessdate=5 April 2012 | author=Leake, Jonathan}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-machine-that-would-predict | title=The Machine That Would Predict the Future | publisher=Scientific American | date=December 2011 | accessdate=5 April 2012 | author=Weinberger, David}}
- {{cite web | url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/a-planetary-simulator-that-averts-crises/ | title=A 'Planetary Simulator' That Averts Crises | work=The New York Times | date=3 January 2011 | accessdate=5 April 2012 | author=Rudolf, John Collins}}
External links
- [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121227101651/http%3A//www.futurict.eu/the%2Dproject FuturICT website] (archived)
- {{cite web | url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/108025-living-earth-simulator-will-simulate-the-entire-world | title=Living Earth Simulator will simulate the entire world | publisher=Extreme Tech| date=6 December 2011 | accessdate=5 April 2012 | author=Anthony, Sebastian}}
- {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly8L6p_kRAE | title=Steven R. Bishop and Helen Susannah Moat speak about FuturICT - The Billion Europe Project: Leveraging New Technology for Social Advancement | date=18 April 2012 | accessdate=4 July 2012}}
- [http://www.getstats.org.uk/2013/02/28/can-we-really-model-society-scientists-think-we-can/ Can we really model society? scientists think we can]
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