| Kirk Pearson 2005-09-19, 8:46 pm |
| The following updates are from the distributedcomputing.info website
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ ). These updates cover public distributed
computing projects (projects in which anyone can participate).
August 28, 2005
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net launched a new
( http://www.climateprediction.net/science/s-cycle.php ) sulphur cycle
experiment on August 26, "to identify the effects of sulphate aerosol on
the global climate system [the 'global dimming' effect] and the sensitivity
of the model to perturbing sulphur cycle parameters." This project adds
two phases to the three of the original experiment. Participants whose
systems aren't powerful enough to run this experiment will continue to
receive standard three-phase work units.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#setiboinc ) SETI@home
BOINC is still offline, but may be back online soon after the weekend
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#lhcathome ) LHC@home is
distributing new work units again as of August 26
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...tml#minimalsums ) Minimal
Equal Sums of Like Powers project server is still offline. The project
coordinator will post a message on the project site when the server is
back online.
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#0508-2 ) news article:
A Conversation with David Anderson: The director of SETI@home discusses his
work and the volunteer computing movement
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050825 ) news article:
the U.S.'s National Science Foundation will award a US$150 million grant
to expand TeraGrid, and Britain's Department of Trade and Industry will
spend US$1.8 million to promote commercial grid computing
--
Kirk Pearson, editor of http://distributedcomputing.info (news and
information about public distributed computing projects)
"Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug." -- John Lithgow
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