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Projects:

ABC@home

Distributed computing project for finding abc-triples related to the ABC conjecture.

http://abcathome.com/

Boitho

Boitho distributed crawler (BETA). Goal is to make a general internet search engine with a thumbnail picture of all the pages.

http://www.boitho.com/dc/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

The ChessBrain Network

Distributed network chess experiment. Intends to create a single playing program using donated time.

http://www.chessbrain.net

ClimatePrediction.Net

Large-scale simulation where each participant is given one slightly different scenario to run. Those that successfully model past weather patterns will be more likely to accurately predict the future.

http://www.climateprediction.net/

Compute Against Cancer

Corporate-sponsored project exploring cancer development, prevention and treatment. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME]

http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/

Computing Minimum Equal Sums of Like Power

Includes client software download, computation records, and project description on its research into mathematical problems.

http://euler.free.fr/

The DBGlobe Project

Aims at developing novel data management techniques to deal with the challenge of global computing.

http://softsys.cs.uoi.gr/dbglobe/index1.html

Distributed Computing Arcana

A forum for discussing SETI, RC5, F@H, G@H, the UD Cancer Project, and other distributed computing efforts.

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/122097561

Distributed Computing Over P2P Networks

Open framework that will allow P2P file sharing networks to make Distributed Parallel Computing.

http://www.geocities.com/tiagonmas/

Distributed computing projects

Distributed computing projects links and short descriptions in English and in Finnish.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/aquarius/links/link_distributedpower.html

Distributed Computing Projects - infoAnarchy Wiki

Long annotated list.

http://www.infoanarchy.org/en/Distributed_Computing_Projects

Distributed Proofreaders

Founded to support the digitization of public domain books. Originally conceived to assist Project Gutenberg, Distributed Proofreaders is now the main source of PG e-books.

http://www.pgdp.net/

Distributed Proofreaders Europe

Modeled after the Digital Proofreaders project, this variation focuses on digitization of works considered to be in the public domain in Europe.

http://dp.rastko.net/

Distributedcomputing.info

Kirk Pearson's directory of current distributed computing projects as well as news articles and related materials.

http://www.distributedcomputing.info/

Einstein@Home

Uses a computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors.

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

The EON Project

Software for the long time scale simulation of solids. From University of Washington Chemistry Department.

http://eon.cm.utexas.edu/

Evolution@Home

Distributed computing program for evolutionary biology.

http://evolutionary-research.net

Globus Project

Research project developing a software infrastructure for distributed computing on a world-wide scale.

http://www.globus.org/

Gómez PEER Community

Project pays select computer users to run a client that tests internet performance.

http://peer.gomez.com/

GPU, a Global Processing Unit

GPU is an Open Source Gnutella/Pastella client that allows users to share CPU-resources on a truly P2P based cluster. Applications include a Landscape Generator able to generate movies and an experimental Distributed Search Engine. The client is under development.

http://gpu.sourceforge.net

Grid.org

A distributed computing effort by the United Devices Global MetaProcessor with the participation of over 2 million PCs worldwide for cancer, anthrax, and smallpox research projects.

http://www.grid.org/

How to Join Distributed Computing Projects That Benefit Humanity

An annotated directory of projects combined with commentary and illustrations or screenshots.

http://www.hyper.net/dc-howto.html

The Hunting of the Snark Project

Explores distributed file sharing through BitTorrent and experiments with the GNU Compiler for Java. It also produces a regular BitTorrent client, torrent creator and tracker program.

http://www.klomp.org/snark/

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Computing Grid

Place to find the grid middleware developed for the future Large Hydron Collider in CERN.

http://lcg.web.cern.ch/LCG/

Legion: A Worldwide Virtual Computer

Research project homed at the University of Virginia. An open specification and prototype for a worldwide virtual computer.

http://legion.virginia.edu/

Leiden Classical

BOINC project, dedicated to general classical dynamics for any scientist or science student.

http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/

Majestic 12

Distributed Computing Project aimed towards building the largest search engine index on the Internet using Distributed Crawlers.

http://www.majestic12.co.uk

Mobius

Research project developing tools and middleware components to coherently share and manage data and metadata in a Grid or distributed computing environment.

http://projectmobius.osu.edu

MoneyBee

Generates stock forecasts by application of artificial intelligence with the aid of artificial neural networks.

http://www.moneybee.net/

Muon1 Optimisation Project

Uses PC idle time to simulate and design a particle accelerator.

http://www.stephenbrooks.org/muon1/

NETI@home

Open-source software package designed to run on end-user machines while collecting various statistics about Internet performance.

http://www.neti.gatech.edu/

NGrid

NGrid is a .Net open source grid computing framework written in C#. NGrid provides a transparent multithread and garbage collected programming model for grid programming.

http://ngrid.sourceforge.net

The NorduGrid Project

Research and Development collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the free Grid middleware known as the Advance Resource Connector (ARC). News, documentation, downloads, and background information.

http://www.nordugrid.org

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Computing Project

Project goal is a single run-time environment that ties together several networked supercomputers. Intended users are the community of scientists and engineers addressing "grand challenge" computations.

http://www.csm.ornl.gov/cs/DistComp.html

PCP@HOME

A distributed project to find short Post Correspondence Problems with large shortest solutions.

http://www.theory.informatik.uni-kassel.de/~stamer/pcp/pcpcontest_en.html

Power of Supercomputer on a Desktop

Grid computing analogy, meaning, capabilities, uses and limitations.

http://www.geocities.com/bhupeshreddy/grid.html

Quite Advanced Distributed Parallel Zystem (QADPZ)

The system allows the management/use of the computational power of idle computers in a network. Based on a client-master-slave architecture, using message based communication.

http://qadpz.sourceforge.net

Repdigit Prime Problems, The

Distributed Computing Project aimed towards finding prime numbers of the form n*k. This project uses the software Primeform to test workunits.

http://www.freewebs.com/dries5/prime_problems.htm

Repository of Grid Research Projects

News and resources on grid computing.

http://www.enterthegrid.com/

SDSC Matrix Project for P2P Grid Workflows

The SDSC Matrix Project performs research and open-sourced development to deliver the grid workflow protocols and workflow language descriptions necessary to build a peer-to- peer infrastructure for Grid Workflow Management Systems.

http://www.npaci.edu/DICE/SRB/matrix/

Search for Fermat Number Dividers

Screensaver program tries to find divisors of Fermat numbers.

http://www.fermatsearch.org/

Similarity Matrix of Proteins (SIMAP)

SIMAP is a public database of pre-calculated protein similarities that plays a key role in many bioinformatics methods. It contains about all currently published protein sequences and is continuously updated.

http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/

SZTAKI Desktop Grid

Currently searches for generalized binary number systems.

http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/

The Virtual Laboratory Project

Engaged in research, design, and development of Grid technologies that help in solving large-scale compute and data intensive science applications in the area of molecular biology.

http://www.gridbus.org/vlab/

World Community Grid

Mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Currently supporting the Human Proteome Folding project to provide scientists with data that predicts the shape of a very large number of human proteins.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

XGrid@Stanford

Project of a postdoctoral fellow in Brian Kobilka's lab, in the Molecular and Cellular Physiology department, Stanford University running large calculations, the purpose being to modelize the conformational changes of the beta 2 adrenergic receptor and have a better understanding of its pharmacology. Runs through Mac OSX-only software called XGrid. How to install and configure the software, news about the project, and a FAQ.

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~cparnot/xgrid-stanford/

3x+1@home

Distributed mathematical project trying to find high stopping times for the Collatz conjecture.

http://allprojectstats.com/collatz/

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