- The ChessBrain Network - http://www.chessbrain.net
Distributed network chess experiment. Intends to create a single playing program using donated time.
- Java Grid Project (jCluster Project) - http://www.mycgiserver.com/~jcluster
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 dynamic high availability system for hosting services.
- PCP@HOME - http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~pcp/pcpcontest_en.html
A distributed project to find short Post Correspondence Problems with large shortest solutions.
- Legion: A Worldwide Virtual Computer - http://legion.virginia.edu/
Research project homed at the University of Virginia. An open specification and prototype for a worldwide virtual computer.
- Globus Project - http://www.globus.org/
Research project developing a software infrastructure for distributed computing on a world-wide scale.
- The Virtual Laboratory Project - http://www.gridbus.org/vlab/
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.
- Distributed computing projects - http://koti.mbnet.fi/aquarius/links/link_distributedpower.html
Distributed computing projects links and short descriptions in English and in Finnish.
- The NorduGrid Project - http://www.nordugrid.org
The Grid middleware development and testbed deployment project in the Nordic countries
- Quite Advanced Distributed Parallel Zystem (QADPZ) - http://qadpz.sourceforge.net
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.
- GPU, a Global Processing Unit - http://gpu.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 development.
- The Hunting of the Snark Project - http://www.klomp.org/snark/
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.
- Grub - http://www.grub.org/
A distributed web-crawling project aiming to search and log into a database every webpage online.
- ClimatePrediction.Net - http://www.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.
- Distributed Proofreaders - http://www.pgdp.net/
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.
- SDSC Matrix Project for P2P Grid Workflows - http://www.npaci.edu/DICE/SRB/matrix/
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.
- Grid.org - http://www.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.
- American Scientist: Collective Wisdom - http://www.americanscientist.org/amsci/issues/Comsci98/compsci1998-03.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 bought, sold or traded.
- Evolution@Home - http://www.evolutionary-research.org/
Distributed computing program for evolutionary biology.
- MoneyBee - http://www.moneybee.net/
Generates stock forecasts by application of artificial intelligence with the aid of artificial neural networks.
- DevChannel - http://www.devchannel.org/
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.
- 12121 Search - http://12121.vocabulate.com/
Help this distributed computing project by donating CPU cycles to find primes of the form 121*2^N-1.
- NETI@home - http://www.neti.gatech.edu/
Open-source software package designed to run on end-user machines while collecting various statistics about Internet performance.
- XGrid@Stanford - http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~cparnot/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.
- Gómez PEER Community - http://peer.gomez.com/peernetwork/jsp/index.jsp
Project pays select computer users to run a client that tests internet performance.
- Mobius - http://projectmobius.osu.edu
Research project developing tools and middleware components to coherently share and manage data and metadata in a Grid or distributed computing environment.
- Distributed Computing Arcana - http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=frm&s=50009562&f=122097561
A forum for discussing SETI, RC5, F@H, G@H, the UD Cancer Project, and other distributed computing efforts.
- Compute Against Cancer - http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/
Corporate-sponsored project exploring cancer development, prevention and treatment. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME]
- Distributedcomputing.info - http://www.distributedcomputing.info/
Kirk Pearson's directory of current distributed computing projects as well as news articles and related materials.
- Distributed Proofreaders Europe - http://dp.rastko.net/
Modeled after the Digital Proofreaders project, this variation focuses on digitization of works considered to be in the public domain in Europe.
- World Community Grid - http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
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.
- The EON Project - http://eon.cm.utexas.edu/
Software for the long time scale simulation of solids. From University of Washington Chemistry Department.
- Distributed Hardware Evolution Project (DHEP) - http://dhep.dbestern.com/
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.
- Repdigit Prime Problems, The - http://www.freewebs.com/dries5/prime_problems.htm
Distributed Computing Project aimed towards finding prime numbers of the form n*k. This project uses the software Primeform to test workunits.
- Majestic 12 - http://www.majestic12.co.uk
Distributed Computing Project aimed towards building the largest search engine index on the Internet using Distributed Crawlers.
- The DBGlobe Project - http://softsys.cs.uoi.gr/dbglobe/index1.html
Aims at developing novel data management techniques to deal with the challenge of global computing.
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