I'm pretty sure it will be on the existing WCG platform, presumably as a new sub-project. You may have to change your preferences on any existing account.

That is really interesting news Richard, and to be honest a bit surprising. But it is Covid-19 research they will host not Seti. before anyone misreads it. Second question. Can you join this as an existing member of WCG or do you sign in via this new Scripps link?

I've just been talking with a couple of the guys from World Community Grid. They're gearing up to host this project on the WCG platform:

https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2020/20200401-OpenPandemics-covid19.html

They're in the middle of "capacity planning" - expecting anything up to 10x their normal volume of work, what with SETI closing and everything. In spite of that, they might have some Beta apps in a couple of weeks, and maybe full production in a couple of months. Expected to be CPU only - WCG can handle GPUs and would be willing to host GPU apps - but it's up to Scripps to do the basic scientific programming, then WCG adapt it for the BOINC platform.

Sadly WCG doesn't make WU for covid-19...

Not in the short term, at any rate.

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I've already switched to Rosetta@Home and respect the work they're doing. I just today (2020-03-31) read the recommendation to run Science United so I took another look at their site, but, as this is my computer and I pay the bill for the electricity I'll choose the projects to run. I didn't like the socialist nature of SU deciding for me and don't like the haughty attitude towards SETI's way of running a project, and I don't care for the "dumbing down" attitude of the user interface. I'm not in a competition with other users, but I do like to see a record of my progress, and I'm glad to see folks with more resources doing more work towards a common goal.
Craig

For those wanting to do Covid-19 tasks, use Rosetta@home if you still want to use the BOINC umbrella. I would say 75%-100% of tasks I am pulling are Covid-19 related. It should be noted that Rosetta is RAM intensive and can use up to 2GB RAM per CPU job. Unfortunately, the project does not support GPUs.

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The Lick Observatory was in danger of being shut down, like Arecibo and other older astrononomical observatories, in order to save money needed by new telescopes like the JWST. Now it looks like they found a useful job for it. On the latest CERN Courier there is an article about the works in progress on the Extremely Large Telescope of the Eurpean Southern Observatory on the Atacama Highland in Chile. It has a 30 meters main mirror and should be completed by 2025.
Tullio

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Took a look at their website, seems interesting but over my head as always.

What little I could glean (guess?) from it, seems like it's almost looking for light sources?

Would it be fair to say it's almost like training a telescope at the sky as a plane flies over ahead with it's navigation lights and that's what they are looking for? Horribly oversimplified, but best I can think of

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Historian for the Defunct Riviera Hotel and Casino, Former Classic Seti@home user for Team Art Bell. Greetings from the High Desert!

I have no connection with UC Berkeley and don't know its intentions. But on the Berkeley Online Newsletter which I receive there is an article on a very ambitious project together with San Diego UC, Harvard U and Caltech to start a search for ETI in the optical range using a network of telescopes with 80 mirrors each. It is called PANOSETI and the first two telescopes are installed at Lick Observatory.
Tullio

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Small gadget on desktop maybe more comfortable no? BTW, I just post information. Use it or not is your decide

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Why use an app when there's a perfectly good website to checkout the numbers?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Or does it warn you if you catch it?

Cheers.

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It's noticeable that the co-operation between BL and SaH has been terminated, for the time being at least

I agree with Richard. All of our contributions over 20 years really shouldn't have been sidelined in the way that they have been. It's almost as if people are saying OK, you kids have had some fun, time for the big boys to take over, If that is the case, I for one am damn angry. And I can just imagine how Eric K feels, and his good Lady.

been a cruncher on and off since 1999. Sorry to see its over.......that is all.

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Don't forget, there is already an over-arching Berkeley SETI Research Center, which includes SETI@Home but a whole lot more besides.

Thank you for the link. There aren't any other Distributed Computing projects hidden in there?

Depends whether you count Breakthrough Listen...

It's noticeable that the co-operation between BL and SaH has been terminated, for the time being at least - no more BLC tapes being added to the SSP. On one level, that makes sense - the purpose of the hibernation is to free up resources for the 20-year analysis, and we don't yet have 20 years of comparable BLC records. But on the other hand, I think it's on the record that the SaH algorithm provides the most sensitive signal processing of all the SETI projects. The others are more "never mind the quality, feel the width". It would be good to find a way of injecting the SaH signal processing technology into the other data sources, irrespective of whether it's done at the telescope, in the lab, or 'at home'.

I will switch to rosetta@home the 1st of april, glad that new wu comes laten on seti@home.
In June i will celebrate 5 years of crunching for seti@home, it will not be the case.

Don't forget, there is already an over-arching Berkeley SETI Research Center, which includes SETI@Home but a whole lot more besides.

Thank you for the link. There aren't any other Distributed Computing projects hidden in there?

Tom

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"I owe", "I owe", "Its off to work I go" (from a bumper sticker on a smallish Mercedes Benz)
(on the back of a Semi Tractor) "If you can read this bumper sticker, I've LOST MY TRAILER!"

Or just attach directly to Rosetta@home. ;-)

Cheers.

+1

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"I owe", "I owe", "Its off to work I go" (from a bumper sticker on a smallish Mercedes Benz)
(on the back of a Semi Tractor) "If you can read this bumper sticker, I've LOST MY TRAILER!"

Sadly WCG doesn't make WU for covid-19...

That is exactly what I am going to do when one of my machines finishes the existing SETI work. My other machine will keep running SETI until April 1st.

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