BOINC Powered Project
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[edit] General
Because the BOINC System in intended to be used primarily to assist in the processing of scientific data, a BOINC Powered Project is a scientific Project that has an application that is designed to run on the BOINC Client Software.
This is usually an undertaking to investigate some area of interest through intense research and includes all of the resources, models, Participants, Results and the infrastructure to support the effort. In the context of the BOINC Client Software we are speaking about a complete environment that includes things like a Project Web Site, Project Servers, a collection of source data (Work Units), a modeling application (Science Application), Result Data Files, along with interested Volunteer Participants that will donate their "Idle" CPU Time towards this investigation.
There are also non-scientific applications appearing for BOINC, like, for example, the BURP Project.
Thus, the Science Application is "powered" by the BOINC Client Software. Ok, it is a little lame ... but it does capture the essence, doesn't it?
[edit] Active BOINC Projects
These BOINC Powered Projects are in the production phase. They are considered reasonably stable and are doing valid science. Alpha and Beta Projects are less stable and not recommended for general Participation.
| Wiki Project Page | Project Web Site | Project Goal or Comments |
|---|---|---|
| ABC@Home | ABC@Home Web Site | This project will try to find abc triples related to the ABC conjecture. |
| BBC Climate Change Experiment | BBC Climate Change Experiment Web Site | Study of transient climate change model predictions.
As of 10.12.2006, this project is closed for new users. New users should join the main Climateprediction.net (CPDN) project instead. |
| Climateprediction.net (CPDN) | Climateprediction.net Web Site | Study of Climate Models to answer some of the important Climate Change Questions.
Note: Only works with Version 5.x.x or later of the BOINC Client Software. |
| Seasonal Attribution Project | Seasonal Attribution Project Web Site | High resolution variant of CPDN, taking a more in depth look at certain regional areas. As of December 2007, out of work again with no current plans of a 3rd. extension. |
| Einstein@Home | Einstein@Home Web Site | Search for gravitational waves to reveal the presence of neutron stars (pulsars). |
| Leiden Classical | Leiden Classical Web Site | Desktop Computer Grid dedicated to general Classical Dynamics for any scientist or science student. |
| LHC@Home | LHC@Home Web Site | Model and improve the design of the CERN, LHC particle accelerator. Has work infrequently. |
| MalariaControl.net | MalariaControl.net Project Web Site | The MalariaControl.net project is an application that makes use of network computing for stochastic modelling of the clinical epidemiology and natural history of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Also see: Africa@Home |
| Predictor@Home | Predictor@Home Web Site | Investigate protein behavior. As of February 2007 is beta-testing a new application. |
| Rosetta@Home | Rosetta@Home Web Site | Predict and design protein structures, and protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions using the Rosetta program. |
| SETI@Home | SETI@Home Web Site | Look for radio evidence of extraterrestrial life. |
| SIMAP@Home | SIMAP@Home Web Site | Study of protein similarities. Has work infrequently, check home page for more info. |
| SZTAKI Desktop Grid | SZTAKI Web Site | Hungarian project. This project is exploring a mathematical domain looking for solutions to a particular problem space. |
| World Community Grid | World Community Grid Web Site | Runs multiple sub-projects, users can choose which project(s) to run.
Note: Only works with Version 5.x.x or later of the BOINC Client Software. |
[edit] Projects, Science Applications, and Platforms
Below is a table of the known BOINC Powered Projects, their Science Applications vs. support by Platform.
| Project | Science Application | Operating System | Installed Memory-requirement (MB) | Disk Space Required (MB) | Process time (CPU dependant) | Download Size (MB) | Upload Size (MB) | Deadline (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC@Home | abc-finder | Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel | 104.91 | 48 | 0.5 h | 0.01 | 0.01 | 7 |
| BBC Climate Change Experiment | hadcm3l | Windows, Linux | 96.00 | 600 | 5 months | 0.02 | 5-6 (16x) | 347 |
| ClimatePrediction.net | hadam3 | Windows, Linux | 1464.85 | 1024 | 4 weeks | 13 | 30 | 180 |
| hadcm3l | Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel | 96.00 | 600 | 5 months | 0.02 | 5-6 (x16) | 347 | |
| hadsm3 | Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel | 61.1 | 573 | 3 weeks | 0.02 | 5-10 (x3) | 345 | |
| Seasonal Attribution Project | hadam3 | Windows, Linux | 256 (uses 430, recommended 1024) | 1024 | 4 weeks | 13 | 30 | 180 |
| Einstein@Home | einstein-S5R3 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Other(*3) | 57.22 | 96 | 24 h | 4-30 | 0.16 | 14-21 |
| Leiden Classical | Classical | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7 |
| trajtou-cu111 | Windows, Linux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| trajtou-pd110paw | Windows, Linux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| trajtou-pt111 | Windows, Linux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| LHC@Home | garfield | Windows, Linux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| sixtrack | Windows, Linux | 57.22 | 29 | 1-10 h | 0.024 | 0.034 | 4-8 | |
| MalariaControl.net | malariacontrol | Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel | 85.84 | 191 | 2h | 0.07 | ? | 3.5 |
| Prediction of Malaria Prevalence | Windows | ? | ? | 0,5 h | ? | ? | ? | |
| malariacontrol test version | Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Estimation of parameters of infection dynamics | Windows | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Rosetta@Home | rosetta | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 95.37 (recommended 256) | 96 | 3 h (by default, but configurable) | 2.8-4 | 0.02 | 10 |
| SETI@Home | astropulse | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Other(*4) | 256 | 128 | 5? days | 8 | ? | 14 |
| setiathome-enhanced | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Other(*1) | 31.00 | 32 | 1.5-36 h | 0.36 | 0.02 | 4.3-55.1 | |
| SIMAP@Home | Hmmer | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Other (*2) | 28.62 (peak 60+) | 48 | 3 h | 5.5 | 0.1 | 8 |
| simap | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Other(*2) | 95.37 | 96 | 1.5 h | 2 | 0.7-1.8 | 8 | |
| SZTAKI Desktop Grid | search | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 9.54 | 0.95 | 0.9 h | 0.01 | 0.01 | 10 |
| World Community Grid
(uses 'on the fly' up & download compression in BOINC v5.8.xx) | African-Climate@ Home | Windows, Linux | 512 ? | 1024 | 9 h | 77 | ? | 5 d |
| dddt (Discovering Dengue Drugs – Together) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 250 | 600 total, 50 available | 4-13 h | ? | ? | 14 | |
| faah (aids) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 119.21 (recommended 250) | 72 | 5-12 h | 0.1-0.2 | 0.3 | 9 | |
| hcc (cancer) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 95.37 (recommended 250) | 48 | 5-12 h | 0.1-0.2 | 0.3 | 9 | |
| HPF2 (Rosetta) | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 190.74 (recommended 250) | 96 | 2-24 h | 1.4 | 1.9 | 11 | |
| Project | Science Application | Operating System | Installed Memory-requirement (MB) | Disk Space Required (MB) | Process time (CPU dependant) | Download Size (MB) | Upload Size (MB) | Deadline (days) |
- Note on memory, this is computers total installed memory, but remember a little bit is always "lost" in bios so a computer needs more memory than noted in the table to get any work.
- Mac-support, projects marked Mac OS X (Not Intel) does not support Intel-Macs.
- Some projects do not provide Work Units for their projects continuously, but rather periodically (yellow) or in irregular intervals (red)
- Some projects have Tasks with various Process-times, these are marked yellow.
- SETI@Home Enhanced has various deadlines, depending on expected Process-times.
- LHC@Home also varies the deadline of Tasks, based on how time-critical they are.
- Einstein@Home uses Locality Scheduling, this means same large download is normally re-used for many Tasks.
- Process Times is for roughly a 2 GHz computer, and is by no means exact. Also, other things like cpu-type, cache-size and memory-speed can greatly influence Process Times, so same computer can perform better in one project while significantly worse in another. Still, the table should hopefully give a rough idea how a computer will perform in different projects.
- Other(*1) : SETI@Home Enhanced binaries are available for AIX, FreeBSD on several architectures, HPUX (PARISC+IA64), IRIX, Linux (Alpha, ARM, HP PARISC, IA64, MIPS, MIPS EL, PPC/Power, PS3,SPARC, zSeries), OpenBSD (i386, PPC/Power and x86_64), OS/2, NetBSD (i386, MIPS EL, PPC/Power), Solaris (SPARC, x86 and AMD64) via the BOINC Third Party Site.
- Other(*2) : SIMAP binaries are available at the SIMAP applications for i386 CPUs and UNIX Site. Binaries of the SIMAP app are available for AIX, FreeBSD i386, HPUX (PARISC and IA64), Linux (Alpha, HP PARISC, IA64, PPC/Power/PS3 and SPARC), NetBSD i386, OpenBSD i386, Solaris (SPARC and x86) and TRU64. The HMMER app is available for FreeBSD i386, HPUX (PARISC and IA64), Linux (HP PARISC, IA64, PPC/Power/PS3 and SPARC), Solaris (SPARC and x86).
- Other(*3) : Einstein@Home offers Windows, Linux x86, FreeBSD MacOS PPC and Intel optimized version via the Beta Testing Site. Irix, Solaris, Linux Alpha,... applications are planed.
- Other(*4) : SETI@Home Astropulse binaries are available for FreeBSD i386, HPUX (PARISC), Linux (IA64, PPC/Power, PS3), MacOS (Intel and PPC), OpenBSD (i386), NetBSD (i386), Solaris (SPARC, x86 and AMD64) via the BOINC Third Party Site.
[edit] Other BOINC Projects
These BOINC Powered Projects are also available for general participation. Because these sites may not have information in the English language, unfortunately the most universal language in use (not my fault, honest!), we must caution that it may be difficult to get good information about the project.
| Project | Project Web Site | Project Goal or Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cell Computing | Cell Computing Web Site | Japanese; currently this Project requires nonstandard BOINC Client Software. |
[edit] Alpha Test/Beta Test Projects
These BOINC Powered Projects are potentially high-risk to your computer. Choose to Participate only if you are confident of your ability to cope with potential problems which may occur.
