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Ghostdance BOINC Team
Ghostdance is a BOINC team created in memory of the late science
fiction author Jack
Haldeman.
What is BOINC? BOINC stands for "Berkeley Open Infrastructure
for Network Computing", it is a program that allows you to use your computer's
spare time (as a screensaver) to perform computations for a variety of
different scientific projects. If you are interested having a cool
screensaver and participating in one of these projects below, please
download the software here, and create an account using the links
below, then join Ghostdance (also with the links below). You can
choose which project below you would like to contribute to (you don't have
to contribute to all of them). After you join,
proudly display your Ghostdance statistics!
Here are the projects Ghostdance is currently participating in:
SETI@Home
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a SETI@Home account
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SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses
Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(SETI). |
Einstein@Home
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a Einstein@Home account
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Ghostdance Einstein@Home
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Einstein@Home is a program that uses your computer's
idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data
from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors. Einstein@Home is a World
Year of Physics 2005 project supported by the American Physical Society (APS)
and by a number of international organizations. |
FightAIDS@Home
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a FightAIDS@Home account
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Ghostdance FightAIDS@Home
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Prof. Arthur J. Olson's laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is studying
computational ways to design new anti-HIV drugs based on molecular structure.
It has been demonstrated repeatedly that the function of a molecule — a
substance made up of many atoms — is related to its three-dimensional shape.
Olson's target is HIV protease ("pro-tee-ace"), a key molecular machine of the
virus that when blocked stops the virus from maturing. These blockers, known as
"protease inhibitors", are thus a way of avoiding the onset of AIDS and
prolonging life. |
Predictor@Home
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a Predictor@Home account
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Ghostdance Predictor@Home
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Predictor@home is a world-community experiment and
effort to use distributed world-wide-web volunteer resources to assemble a
supercomputer able to predict protein structure from protein sequence. Our work
is aimed at testing and evaluating new algorithms and methods of protein
structure prediction. We recently performed such tests in the context of the
Sixth Biannual CASP (Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure
Prediction) experiment, and now need to continue this development and testing
with applications to real biological targets. Our goal is to utilize these
approaches together with the immense computer power that can be harnessed
through the internet and volunteers all over the world (you!) to address
critical biomedical questions of protein-related diseases. |
ClimatePrediction.net
Create a ClimatePrediction.net account
Join Ghostdance ClimatePrediction.net
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Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try
and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. To do this, we need
people around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they
have their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full
capacity. |
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