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

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

» Center for Distributed Computing - Distributed computing projects directory.

» The ChessBrain Network - Distributed network chess experiment. Intends to create a single playing program using donated time.

» 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.

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

» Computing Minimum Equal Sums of Like Power - Includes client software download, computation records, and project description on its research into mathematical problems.

» The DBGlobe Project - Aims at developing novel data management techniques to deal with the challenge of global computing.

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

» Distributed Computing Over P2P Networks - Open framework that will allow P2P file sharing networks to make Distributed Parallel Computing.

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

» Distributed Computing Projects - infoAnarchy Wiki - Long annotated list.

» 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.

» 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.

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

» 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.

» The EON Project - Software for the long time scale simulation of solids. From University of Washington Chemistry Department.

» Evolution@Home - Distributed computing program for evolutionary biology.

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

» Gómez PEER Community - Project pays select computer users to run a client that tests internet performance.

» 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.

» 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.

» How to Join Distributed Computing Projects That Benefit Humanity - An annotated directory of projects combined with commentary and illustrations or screenshots.

» 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.

» The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Computing Grid - Place to find the grid middleware developed for the future Large Hydron Collider in CERN.

» Legion: A Worldwide Virtual Computer - Research project homed at the University of Virginia. An open specification and prototype for a worldwide virtual computer.

» Leiden Classical - BOINC project, dedicated to general classical dynamics for any scientist or science student.

» Majestic 12 - Distributed Computing Project aimed towards building the largest search engine index on the Internet using Distributed Crawlers.

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

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

» Muon1 Optimisation Project - Uses PC idle time to simulate and design a particle accelerator.

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

» 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.

» The NorduGrid Project - The Grid middleware development and testbed deployment project in the Nordic countries

» 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.

» PCP@HOME - A distributed project to find short Post Correspondence Problems with large shortest solutions.

» Power of Supercomputer on a Desktop - Grid computing analogy, meaning, capabilities, uses and limitations.

» 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.

» 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.

» Repository of Grid Research Projects - News and resources on grid computing.

» 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.

» 12121 Search - Help this distributed computing project by donating CPU cycles to find primes of the form 121*2^N-1.

» Search for Fermat Number Dividers - Screensaver program tries to find divisors of Fermat numbers.

» 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.

» SZTAKI Desktop Grid - Currently searches for generalized binary number systems.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» 3x+1@home - Distributed mathematical project trying to find high stopping times for the Collatz conjecture.

» American Scientist: Collective Wisdom - Article discusses the "early days" (pre-1998) of distributed computing projects, explains the basics of how they work and how to get them to work well, describes some early successes, and considers how CPU cycles may someday become a commodity to be bought, sold or traded. (March, 1998)

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