This category is for distributed computing projects. A distributed computing project is a coordinated attack on a particular computational problem, normally open to public participation through the Internet. The organization that wants to solve the problem writes software that divides up the problem into little pieces, then other people download the software and let it run on their computers when they're not doing anything else. A well-known example is SETI@Home, a search through radio signals looking for alien intelligence.
Software project investigating the possibilities in creating a distributed computer system - a so called grid - based on the distributed nature of Java and Jini. It is the intension to allow computer resources and data to be shared and to provide a dynami http://www.mycgiserver.com/~jcluster
Research project homed at the University of Virginia. An open specification and prototype for a worldwide virtual computer. http://legion.virginia.edu/
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/
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
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 dev http://gpu.sourceforge.net
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/
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/
LHC Computing Grid distribution site. Place to find the grid middleware devellop for the future Large Hydron Collider in CERN. http://cern.ch/grid-deployment/
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/
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/
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/
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
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 bough http://www.americanscientist.org/amsci/issues/Comsci98/compsci1998-03.html
A distributed computing development and knowledge community. Become involved in Open Source distributed computing projects. Read news, articles, papers, guided opinions, or participate in forums. http://www.devchannel.org/
Open-source software package designed to run on end-user machines while collecting various statistics about Internet performance. http://www.neti.gatech.edu/
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 ha http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~cparnot/xgrid-stanford/
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
Kirk Pearson's directory of current distributed computing projects as well as news articles and related materials. http://www.distributedcomputing.info/
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/
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/
Using a desktop's idle time, arrive at designs of self-diagnosing circuits superior to those produced by conventional design. FAQ, statistics, news, academic papers, forum, and source code. http://dhep.dbestern.com/
