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OProject@Home

OProject@Home
Developer(s)Lukasz Swierczewski
Initial releaseAugust 13, 2012 (2012-08-13)
Development statusActive
Written inANSI C / C++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, Android
PlatformCross-platform
Available inEnglish
Average performance543.5 GFLOPS [1]
Total users2,243
Total hosts1,778
Websiteoproject.goldbach.pl

OProject@Home is a volunteer distributed computing[2] project running on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) and is based on a dedicated library OLib[3]. The project is directed by Lukasz Swierczewski, IT student at the College of Computer Science and Business Administration in Lomza, Computer Science and Automation Institute.

OProject@Home has several subprojects:

  • Shor's Algorithm
  • Shor's Algorithm DP
  • GSCE-SV
  • ALX
  • Weird Engine

Shor's Algorithm and Shor's Algorithm DP are the main subprojects of OProject@Home. Their subject is to test quantum algorithm (e.g. Shor's algorithm) of quantum computing.

GSCE-SV and ALX are additive subprojects. GSCE-SV verifies the correctness of Goldbach's conjecture.

Also ALX is Non-CPU-intensive (nci) subproject and has applications even for ARM CPU running on Android or Linux. It is a development sub-project for of artificial intelligence and computer networks.

Map of sea surface temperature of 1 January 1982 generated by OProject@Home.

Subproject Weird Engine calculates the weird numbers (sequence A006037 in the OEIS). Numbers are available in the project database. According to the OEIS it is the largest publicly available database of such numbers[4].

These ongoing work on the application analyzing status of water on Earth. OProject@Home uses data from NASA and NOAA satellites. Analyzed data are taken from devices AVHRR and AMSR that are used to measure the Earth's radiation predominantly in the infrared. Based on the information is easy to calculate the sea surface temperature and ice concentration at any point on Earth. This information will enable to perform the analysis and simulations climate[5][6].

The subprojects are running on the platform OProject@Home are important to science because they concern the difficult and unsolved problems. This applies to both physics and theoretical mathematics and even the climate. For example, Goldbach's conjecture is a problem that has not been resolved for more than 250 years. It is not even clear whether the problem can be solved. We do not know the answer to the question whether there are any odd weird numbers. All calculated weird numbers are even. Much controversy also raises climate change and global warming. Project in the future is to effectively analyze the entire Earth to predict the probability of various possible threats to people. Such systems can warn against natural disasters such as hurricanes or cyclones that may arise in the future[7][8]. Thanks to the project, each user of the Internet can help you develop a science. Just on computer to install special software that will perform in the background scientific operations. These calculations are not noticeable to the user during normal work.

The project has many goals. The main is to try to solve problems and storing the best results of the algorithms. A side effect is the development of high-performance algorithms and their implementations. The source code of the programs are open and available in the SVN repository on Google Code. All project results of the are available. Project is not limited to the currently analyzed problems. Most likely, in the future, new applications will be deployed. However, it now works on the stabilization and development of existing software. The system is very young, it is difficult to predict its future.

The project was officially launched on 13 August 2012. As of 9 October 2012, over 2243 volunteers with over 1779 hosts have participated in the project[9]. The Oproject has 9th place between all BOINC projects by the amount of new hosts after well-known WCG, SETI, MilkyWay, Collatz Conjecture, PrimeGrid projects despite the project hasn't yet GPU clients unlike all specified above projects[10]. September 30, 2012 he released the news about the launch OProject@Home in BOINC official website[11]. The same day, the project has been added to the overall list of distributed systems.

OProject@Home also has its own channel on YouTube[12]. Presented are there videos in HD quality showing sea surface temperature changes.

See also

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References

  1. ^ "OProject@Home: Credit overview". de Zutter W., boincstats.com. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Swierczewski, Lukasz (October 4, 2012). "The Distributed Computing Model Based on The Capabilities of The Internet". arXiv.org Cornell University Library. arXiv:1210.1593 [cs.NI]. {{cite arXiv}}: Unknown parameter |publisher= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Swierczewski, Lukasz (June 7, 2012). "Simulation of Grover's algorithm on parallel computers with shared memory and using the Olib library". Proceedings, LVEE 2012 Conference, 7-10 June, 2012, Grodno. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  4. ^ "Weird numbers". oeis.org. October 21, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  5. ^ European plant phenology and climate as seen in a 20-year AVHRR land-surface parameter dataset, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 25, Issue 17, 2004, May 26, 2003
  6. ^ The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), NASDA's contribution to the EOS for global energy and water cycle studies, Journals & Magazines, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, February, 2003 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Impact of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit measurements on hurricane prediction, Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2416–2432., 2002
  8. ^ Impacts of Ocean–Atmosphere Coupling on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change and Ocean Prediction in the Australian Region, Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2074–2091., 2010
  9. ^ OProject@Home, Project Stats box
  10. ^ "Project stats info". boincstats.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  11. ^ "OProject@Home launches". boinc.berkeley.edu. September 30, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  12. ^ "OProject@Home Canal". youtube.com. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
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