BOINC Radio: Recent Episodes
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BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast hosted on the BOINC Network Discord server (linked below). This means you, listener, help guide the direction of each episode!
Every Friday at 4pm EST your friendly hosts bring topics for everyone to discuss. Topics can range from BOINC, science, and distributed computing news to network theory to interesting anecdotes.
To participate, all you need to do is join the BOINC Network Discord server and take part in the live recording every Friday at 4pm EST.
If you can't join the live recordings, feel free to reach out on discord with your ideas and we will do our best to integrate your suggestions or thoughts into a future episode.
Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the show! Each episode is uploaded 1-3 days after the live recording session.
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Join us for the very last BOINC Radio where we go through all the events, news and good times we've had over the last couple years!
Get a life... With the BOINC radio! Learn about Alife@home and the rise and fall of early machine learning research.
Join us on the BOINC radio where we talk about Wanless, the elusive number theory project finding factors to super massive numbers!
Join us on another episode of the BOINC radio to learn about the Moo Wrapper BOINC project!
Join us on another episode of the BOINC radio where we talk about some tips that you can use to improve your BOINC experience!
Join us for the review of day 2 of the BOINC Workshop 2023! You can put BOINC on a Suzuki!
BOINC on Suzuki cars? Join us for a summary of what happened during the BOINC Workshop day 1!
Join us for the BOINC Radio where we are reviewing the rest of the BOINC Census analysis.
Join us for another episode of the BOINC Radio where we get to see the results of the 2022 BOINC Census!
Join us for another episode of the BOINC Radio where we talk about what other platforms like BOINC exist out there!
Join us for the very first episode of the BOINC Radio for 2023! We're also streaming on YouTube and Twitter now!
Get a digest of all the BOINC news and stories that captivated the community over 2022 and what things we will all be watching in the BOINC community come 2023!
Join Delta to get digest of all the BOINC news over the last few weeks and get a taste of the thanksgiving special drink!
Join Delta with his new beverage and a whole lot of BOINC news! The BOINC Census 2022 is now live! You can participate https://app.fillout.com/flow/esDGuRswWfus (here)
Learn everything about the BOINC project Amicable Numbers and check out the most strangest drink that Delta has ever drank!
Learn all about the iThena BOINC project and get a taste of Delta's new weekly beverage!
The SCI Website: https://thesciencecommons.org/ (https://thesciencecommons.org/) The SCI Discord: https://discord.gg/BXdPnxQjpv (https://discord.gg/BXdPnxQjpv) Some more details on how the grant works: https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/x88150/help_boinc_gridcoin_desci_and_reconnecting_the/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/gridcoin/comments/x88150/help_boinc_gridcoin_desci_and_reconnecting_the/) The grant -- Donate Here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/7335/the-science-commons-initiative (https://gitcoin.co/grants/7335/the-science-commons-initiative) Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPkZUcAdtE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPkZUcAdtE)
Get your weekly dose of BOINC news and learn how project funding affects scientific project outcomes.
Learn all about the BOINC project DENIS@home on this episode of the Project Brief. Interested in electrophysiology or the science of anatomy? This is the project for you!
Join us on this episode of the BOINC Radio to learn how energy cost and access affects how people crunch.
Join us as we review some beverages and talk about the latest news in the BOINC Network. BOINC version 7.20 has been released and we discuss the changes in this episode of the BOINC Radio
Want to know who's crunching on BOINC? You'd be surprised with the results! Join us on this episode of the BOINC radio to figure out the results and importance of a BOINC-wide survey on the demographics of its users.
Join Delta in a discussion about using big data and compute services to host BOINC projects. We explore different services such as AWS and how it might benefit projects. And as usual, we review a brand new beverage!
Join Delta for a brand new beverage and a brand new BOINC project! Learn about the LODA BOINC project on this episode of the BOINC Radio!
An old episode that we found in the archives. Delta reviews (hopefully) the last set of Oak milk and reads out the news this episode.
An old episode of the Project Brief that we found in the archives! Numberfields is a BOINC project and you can read more on their https://numberfields.asu.edu/NumberFields/ (official project page)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357510448_Incentivizing_Energy_Efficiency_and_Carbon_Neutrality_in_Distributed_Computing_Via_Cryptocurrency_Mechanism_Design
researchgate.net/publication/357510448_Incentivizing_Energy_Efficiency_and_Carbon_Neutrality_in_Distributed_Computing_Via_Cryptocurrency_Mechanism_Design
We discuss the private parts of BOINC! |2:30|Open Pandemics| |4:00|MLC@Home| |5:00|BOINC Workshop| |5:30|MLC@Home Discord| |6:30|iThena| |7:30|SiDock| |9:00|The Private Parts of BOINC|
We discuss running BOINc on VPS. |Time|Subject| |---|---| |2:30|Microbiome Immunity Project| |4:30|FIRE!| |6:45|Einstein@home| |7:45|MLC@Home| |10:15|Africa Rainfall Project| |12:30|SRBase| |12:45|iThena| |13:00|Minecraft@Home| |13:15|BOINC+VPS| |29:00|Rig of the week|
We are joined by Jeremey from Leyline for an update on the project! https://www.leyline.gg/ (https://www.leyline.gg/) https://discord.gg/zsGWmcEX (https://discord.gg/zsGWmcEX) https://www.facebook.com/Leylinenp (https://www.facebook.com/Leylinenp) https://www.instagram.com/leylinenp/ (https://www.instagram.com/leylinenp/) https://twitter.com/leylinenp (https://twitter.com/leylinenp) | 3:30 | SETI@Home | | 5:10 | Smash Childhood Cancer | | 7:00 | MLC@Home | | 9:00 | LeyLine |
News Flash! |2:20|Microbiome Immunity Project| |5:30|MineCraft@Home| |9:30|MLC@Home| |12:15|SiDock| |13:00|BOINC on Android!|
We discuss the BOINC GUI |5:00|BOINC Projects Call| |8:20|NumberFields@Home| |9:00|MLC@Home| |10:30|The BOINC GUI|
We discuss the power of sensor BOINC projects! |2:45|SiDock| |3:50|SETI@Home| |6:00|Minecraft@Home| |8:20|TACC| |9:15|MLC@Home| |12:30|Sensor Projects| |33:00|Cruncher of the Week|
We discuss distributed computing platforms that are not BOINC. |4:30|SiDock@Home| |5:25|PrimeGrid| |6:45|iThena| |8:00|New Primes| |9:30|Kryptos@Home| |11:00|Not BOINC|
|2:00|What is BOINC| |3:15|BOINC vs. other computing platforms| |6:30|The reason for BOINC| |7:45|BOINC as a community| |13:00|SRBase New Year goals| |15:00|Mapping Cancer Markers| |16:40|MLC@Home Resolutions| |19:00|New badges from Milkyway@Home |19:50|iThena Results| |21:35|SiDock Opensourced Application| |22:50|SiDock nearly completes first target| |23:30|SRBase gets bugged from Windows| |25:00|BOINC and Science in 2021|
05:30|MLC@Home 06:45|WCG: Microbiome Immunity Project 09:15|WCG: Openpandemics 11:40|Yoyo@Home| 14:00|SiDock@Home 15:55|WCG: Smash Childhood Cancer 18:00|The Social Side of BOINC 30:45|Gaming While Crunching
03:15 | MLC@Home 05:00 | Minecraft@Home 06:45 | WCG: Africa Rainfall 08:50 | Primegrid 09:50| Rosetta@Home 11:30 | OS Wars
We discuss the LeyLine project with Jeremey Dela Rosa and Jonathan Martin 03:15|SRBase 04:15|Mapping Cancer Markers 05:40|Primegrid 06:30|SETI@Home 07:45|New https://BOINC.Network (BOINC.Network) website 10:00|LeyLine Leyline website: https://leyline.gg (https://leyline.gg ) Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Leylinenp (https://www.facebook.com/Leylinenp) https://www.instagram.com/leylinenp/ (https://www.instagram.com/leylinenp/) https://twitter.com/leylinenp (https://twitter.com/leylinenp) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpkN677OYWy2XqVKgoxJLg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpkN677OYWy2XqVKgoxJLg) Leyline launch video: https://youtu.be/07UNTo37amU (https://youtu.be/07UNTo37amU)
We introduce incentivized crunching in preparation for our discussion with LeyLine next week! 02:50|Open Pandemics 06:00|Smash Childhood Cancer 07:00|Mapping Cancer Markers 09:15|SRBase 10:00|MLC@Home 12:30|PrimeGrid 14:10|GPUGrid 15:10|Asteroids@Home 15:50|Universe@Home 16:30|Gamification vs. Social Networks vs. Incentivized Crunching 18:00|The costs of contributing to BOINC 20:00|Covering the costs of crunching 22:30|User adoption and retention 23:30|Different implementations of incentivization mechanisms 31:00|Incentivizing major entities to do BOINC 33:30|Comments 36:20|Can there be incentivized crunching with fiat instead of crypto? 37:00|How does real money affect cheating? 41:45|Does incentivization need to be profitable? 44:30|Incentivization and hardware equality
03:45|Africa Rainfall Project 04:45|Virtual BOINC Workshop 06:45|DENIS@Home 08:45|Numberfields@Home 14:30|Gamification 24:20|How to make BOINC more secure 31:50|The social network 33:00|Back to cheating 35:45|The power of social networks
News and some telescope talk |Time|Subject| |---|---| |03:15|Virtual BOINC Workshop| |04:50|SR-Base| |07:00|Rosetta@Home| |07:30|Minecraft@Home| |09:45|WCG: Africa Rainfall| |10:45|SETI@Home| |11:35|Super rushed rest of the episode because Craig broke|
5:00 | Primegrid News 6:45 | https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=661 (Open Pandemics News) 9:15 | SRBase News 10:40 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 12:00 | Smash Childhood Cancer 17:00 | Henrietta Lacks and Gatekeepers of Science
https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks
We discuss BOINC news! |2:00|Virtual BOINC Workshop| |6:15|RakeSearch| |7:45|WCG - Help Stop TB| |10:30|SR Base| |12:15|WCG - OpenPandemics| |14:35|GPUGrid| |15:35|Einstein@Home| |16:50|TACC| |18:00|Rig of the Week| https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
Links: https://quchempedia.univ-angers.fr/athome/forum_thread.php?id=122#1107 https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01820 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=652 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=653 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=651 http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5180 http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5183
We discuss evil science and BOINC security. 3:50 | BOINC Workshop News 5:10 | Foldit news 7:00 | Rakesearch News 8:15 | Shoutout to Ian 8:45 | WCG News 9:55 | SRBase News 11:00 | Evil Science https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
4:20 | Smash Childhood Cancer Update 6:16 | Open Pandemics Update 7:00 | Mapping Cancer Markers Projects Update 9:45 | Primegrid Update 11:00 | Rosetta@Home Update 14:30 | RNA World Update 15:10 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 16:30 | BOINC Stats https://youtu.be/ODEIN5V3yLg (David Baker Video) https://itsfoss.com/boinc-setup/ (ItsFOSS Article)
https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss that global state of science education and how BOINC can help. 3:15 - Minecraft@home News 5:00 - FightAids@Home News 6:00 - OpenPandemics News 7:20 - AfricaRainfall News 8:20 - Help Stop TB News 9:35 - TN-Grid News 12:00 - Science Communication 25:30 - Delta's Developer Update https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
3:00 | GPU Grid News 4:15 | Africa Rainfall News 5:30 | MLC@Home News 8:45 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 9:45 | PrimeGrid News 11:00 | BOINC in Guiness Book of World Records (2011) https://boincworkshop.org/ (Virtual BOINC Workshop) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512)
We discuss BOINC lingo 2:15 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 5:20 | Microbiome Immunity Project News 7:15 | Thor Challenge 9:00 | NFS@Home News 10:40 | Rakesearch News 11:20 | BOINC Lingo https://boincworkshop.org/ (Virtual BOINC Workshop) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
News including a call for help in organizing the virtual BOINC workshop! 4:15 - Smash Childhood Cancer news 7:30 - Other WCG news 8:30 - GPU Grid news 10:45 - Virtual BOINC Workshop 18:00 - Delta's Development Update 24:00 - Rig of the Week https://boincworkshop.org/ (Virtual BOINC Workshop) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
Delta discusses what it's like to develop for BOINC and we share some BOINC memories. 3:15 - Africa Rainfall Update 4:30 - Open Pandemics Update 12:00 - Minecraft@home update 13:15 - Delta discussing developing with BOINC 22:45 - Memories from BOINC 28:30 - BOINC's codebase is super old 34:45 - More memories 42:30 - Rig of the Week https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
3:00 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 5:15 | 5th THOR Challenge 8:00 | Main discussion We discuss BOINC as a permissionless network and community based off the image at the tweet below. https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/challenge/viewTeamChallenge.do?challengeId=10187 (5th Thor Challenge) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork/status/1291732078099345409 (Tweet)
https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss some WCG News, GPUGrid News, and GDPR -- how it affects BOINC and how it relates to the concept of data dignity. 7:30 - GPU Grid News 12:30 - WCG News 18:30 - GDPR
Relevant Links https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=632 (WCG News) https://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5148 (GPU Grid News) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/ibm-completes-successful-field-trials-on-fully-homomorphic-encryption/ (Homomorphic Encryption) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=630 (WCG News) https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-36676/v1 (QuChemPedia Publication) https://archiveprogram.github.com/ (GitHub Archive Program) https://minecraftathome.com/minecrafthome (Minecraft@Home) https://discord.com/invite/Rk9vU3 (Minecraft@Home Discord)
We talk about 2 new BOINC projects and an operating system built for BOINC! Relevant Links https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=629 (FightAIDS@Home News) https://www.mlcathome.org/ (MLC@Home) https://minecraftathome.com/minecrafthome (Minecraft@Home) https://discord.com/invite/Rk9vU3 (Minecraft@Home Discord) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We bust BOINC myths! https://3speak.online/watch?v=shmoogleosukami/qcvwhwue (Rig of the Week) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss the social side of BOINC -- education, science communication, science participation, incentives, and gamification.
We discuss how BOINC projects come to their conclusions. We give an overview of several projects and the tangible (and intangible) results they have produced.
We discuss WCG's new project Open Pandemics, the new BOINC project Ibercivis@Home, GPUGrid, the BOINC Pentathalon, and how BOINC could develop a business side. Relevant Links https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=624&linkId=88632891 (Open Pandemics) https://boinc.ibercivis.es/ibercivis/index.php (Ibercivis) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss the BOINC Workshop, BOINC Pentathlon, WCG's Open Pandemics, and answer the questions: Will BOINC destroy my hardware? and Why do some projects use CPUs and others use GPUS? Relevant Links https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss Folding@Home and the magical world of Open Access. Relevant Links https://www.seti-germany.de/forum/content/1211-BOINC-Pentathlon-2020-Crunch-time-again%21?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter (BOINC Pentathlon ) https://twitter.com/foldingathome/status/1256288850672070662 (Folding@Home Designer Bounty) https://twitter.com/foldingathome/status/1255995706638241793 (Folding@Home Open Access) https://discord.gg/foldingathome (Folding@Home Discord) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss the BOINC workshop, entities contributing their idle servers to BOINC, COVID19 projects, and salt. https://twitter.com/adventuresci/status/1245010585445687296?s=20 (AdventureSci) https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=5407 (LHC@Home Post) https://phys.org/news/2020-04-electrostatic-particles-materials-mimicking-gemstones.html (Electrostatic Particles Materials Mimicking Gemstones)
https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project Rosetta@Home. https://i.imgur.com/mVixlBI.gif
We discuss DreamLab, COVID19 Projects, the BOINC update, and all the platforms on which we can BOINC, from Android to Windows to iOS. Relevant Links https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42232_offset,0?linkId=86786951#624169 (Open Pandemics Screensaver) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes_for_BOINC_7.16 (BOINC 7.16 Release Notes) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This abbreviated episode contains some news! https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week we discuss all the BOINC projects directly or indirectly working on COVID-19. Relevant Links https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=13702&postid=93154#93154 (Rosetta@Home Post) https://www.ibm.org/OpenPandemics (Open Pandemics Announcement) https://boinc.tacc.utexas.edu/forum_thread.php?id=44&postid=221#221 (TACC Announcement) https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/forum_thread.php?id=265 (TN-Grid Science) https://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5089 (GPUGrid Post) ï»ż https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week we talk about BOINC and COVID19, some WCG news, and how to contribute to BOINC. We also complete our 4 part tribute to SETI@Home.
This week we discuss Rosetta@Home and their work combating the novel corona virus. We also continue with part 3 of our part tribute to SETI@Home by discussing the science behind the project. Relevant Links https://www.rechenkraft.net/wiki/BOINC_Workshop_2020 (2020 BOINC Workshop) https://boinc.bakerlab.org/ (Rosetta@Home) https://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/forum_thread.php?id=265 (TN-Grid Post on COVID19) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week, in part 2 of our 4 part tribute, we discuss the history of SETI@Home: What inspired it? Where did it come from? Who helped it get off the ground? How did it evolve over time? Where might it go in the future? Relevant Links https://www.rechenkraft.net/wiki/BOINC_Workshop_2020 (2020 BOINC Workshop) https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=620 (Smash Childhood Cancer Team Announces New Principal Investigator and New Project Targets) https://www.universetoday.com/145317/setihome-is-on-pause-unfortunately-its-not-because-theyve-discovered-aliens/ (Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, itâs not Because Theyâve Discovered Aliens) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week, in part 1 of our 4 part tribute, we discuss SETI@Home: what it means, where it's going, and what we love about the project. Relevant Links https://phys.org/news/2020-03-early-drug-compounds-supercomputing-combat.html (Early research on existing drug compounds via supercomputing could combat coronavirus) https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week we discuss the discovery of an animal that does not use oxygen to survive! We also discuss the limits of distributed computed and BOINC. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/scientists-discover-first-known-non-oxygen-breathing-animal/ (Scientists Discover First-Known Non-Oxygen Breathing Animal)
This week we discuss a newly discovered potential antibiotic that seems to have woken an entire field of science to the power of computations! We also discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks to a browser-based BOINC project. ï»żhttps://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-identifies-new-antibiotic-0220 (Artificial Intelligence Yields New Antibiotic)
This week we discuss the good side of viruses and surprise each other with some very amicable valentines gifts.
This week we discuss virus and bacteria projects such as WCG's microbiome and stop TB projects. We also discuss the pros and cons of ASIC machines on BOINC.
This week we cover some BOINC FAQ and have a chat about gamification. Relevant Links https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC Projects page)
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This week we discuss a competition that involved BOINC, a high school, and microbiomes! We also discuss the BOINC roadmap and wishlist along with some science news including the world's fastest spinning object. Relevant Links https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=601&linkId=80763485 (Stockholm Science & Innovation School Competition Donates 25 Years of Computing Time to Cancer and Microbiome Research) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vy36Bvyj4MIqNpfqXHcIQ8xjpxuPpECgqul9BvStvis/edit (BOINC Roadmap/Wishlist) https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q1/light-powers-worlds-fastest-spinning-object.html (Light Powers World's Fastest Spinning Object) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mgn5/scientists-built-a-particle-accelerator-on-a-chip-smaller-than-a-human-hair (Scientists Built a Particle Accelerator Smaller Than a Human Hair on a Chip) https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/a-second-planet-was-found-by-closest-star-to-the-sun (A Second Planet Was Found by Closest Star to the Sun)
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This week we discuss CERN's 2019 round-up video, Einstein@home, how much BOINC will not destroy your computer, and more! Relevant Links https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/logo.php (BOINC Logo and Graphics) https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ (LHC@Home) https://einsteinathome.org/ (Einstein@Home) https://einsteinathome.org/science/discoveries (Einstein Discoveries) https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/wiki/will_boinc_kill_my_computer (Will BOINC Destroy My Computer?) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
This week we discuss the basics of distributed computing, BOINC, and BOINC projects. We are also joined by a BOINC project creator. Don't forget to follow us on twitter and join the discord for your chance to win a Primaboinca invite code! Relevant Links https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (BOINCNetwork Discord) http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ (BOINC main site) https://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php (BOINC projects list) https://github.com/BOINC/ (BOINC repo) https://twitter.com/thejringo (Twitter: @thejringo) https://twitter.com/delta_1512 (Twitter: @delta_1512) https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (Twitter: @BOINCNetwork)
We discuss news coming from WCG and Primegrid, SETI@Home's funding drive, the new project quchempedia, and some other things, including an invite code giveaway for PrimaBOINCa thanks to listener flashfire42! For your shot at earning the invite code, follow https://twitter.com/BOINCNetwork (@BOINCNetwork) on twitter, join the BOINCNetwork https://discord.gg/wPRafUq (Discord) server, and mention that you're interested in an invite to the PrimaBOINCa project. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the show! Links https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=614 (OpenZika is finished) PrimeGrid https://discord.gg/N2mCaQz (Discord) PrimeGrid https://twitter.com/PrimeGrid (Twitter) https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_donate.php (SETI@Home Fall/Winter funding drive) https://quchempedia.univ-angers.fr/athome/about.php (QuChempedia) https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/12/10/double-eureka-breakthroughs-could-lead-to-quantum-fm-radio-and-the-end-of-noise/ ("Quantum 'FM' Radio")