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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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 |
mohavewolfpup Send message Joined: 20 Oct 18 Posts: 32 Credit: 3,666,574 RAC: 24 |
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 Historian for the Defunct Riviera Hotel and Casino, Former Classic Seti@home user for Team Art Bell. Greetings from the High Desert! |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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 |
Buckeye4LF Send message Joined: 19 Jun 00 Posts: 173 Credit: 54,916,209 RAC: 833 |
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. |
Craig Send message Joined: 5 Feb 14 Posts: 2 Credit: 3,111,686 RAC: 17 |
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 |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
Sadly WCG doesn't make WU for covid-19...Not in the short term, at any rate. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
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. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
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. |
doublechaz Send message Joined: 17 Nov 00 Posts: 90 Credit: 76,455,865 RAC: 735 |
I'm putting most of my work towards Distributed.Net. They were up and running 2 years before Seti@home. They support CPU and GPU, and the resource footprint is microscopic, except of course the cycles. But it is about Crypto Freedom and research math. |
RichardET Send message Joined: 25 Oct 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 8,366,309 RAC: 12 |
Go with this: https://join.worldcommunitygrid.org/?recruiterId=1107060 |
klepel Send message Joined: 8 Jun 10 Posts: 17 Credit: 31,137,164 RAC: 41 |
The Italian based BOINC project tn-grid http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/ is doing gene extensions on SARS-CoV-2: http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/forum_thread.php?id=265&postid=1731#1731 CPU only, but it works great! |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I've read on the Berkeley Online Newsletter that on April 7 Nobel prizewinner Sam Perlmutter will host a TV conference in Berkeley on the problems of data processing posed by COVID-19. I intend to attend. Tullio |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
I've read on the Berkeley Online Newsletter that on April 7 Nobel prizewinner Sam Perlmutter will host a TV conference in Berkeley on the problems of data processing posed by COVID-19. I intend to attend.Sounds interesting, thanks ! Goes live in about 80 minutes (scheduyled for 1 pm pacific time, 15h utc, today) Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
The Jedi Alliance - ^WarHawk^ Send message Joined: 25 Jun 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 33,205,318 RAC: 77 |
I joined scienceunited.org... It appears as it's in its infancy (for breaking down projects and the credits you earn and whatnot) but so far I have WU from many projects...all my machines are plugging away |
The Jedi Alliance - ^WarHawk^ Send message Joined: 25 Jun 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 33,205,318 RAC: 77 |
So your posting for people to go to another "project" you're involved in called Science United? A little biased isn't it? scienceunited draws from MANY projects...supporting all of em together..it's automatic and each computer assists https://scienceunited.org/su_about.php |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3806 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
I've read on the Berkeley Online Newsletter that on April 7 Nobel prizewinner Saul Perlmutter will host a TV conference in Berkeley on the problems of data processing posed by COVID-19. I intend to attend. Fixed that for you I think. :^) |
Hartbeat Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 2 Credit: 10,818,054 RAC: 88 |
Seti is not closing for good it is simply being halted for the time being to clear 20 years worth of results. And then rethink how we proceed after that. The blunt facts are that if we haven't found anything in 20 years "For whatever reason",, stop after 20 years wile not finding something…… What do y mean everyone stoped serching the Higgs-Boson after 20 years ??? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
stop after 20 years wile not finding something…… What do y mean everyone stoped serching the Higgs-Boson after 20 years ???I think you'll find that they build new accelerators, built new detectors, upgraded the new accelerator... They didn't just go on using the same tools, again and again and again. They paused the old experiment, improved it, tried again - and found it in the end. |
Hartbeat Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 2 Credit: 10,818,054 RAC: 88 |
stop after 20 years wile not finding something…… What do y mean everyone stoped serching the Higgs-Boson after 20 years ???I think you'll find that they build new accelerators, built new detectors, upgraded the new accelerator... i know, i just mean, to stop it because there isnt found anything in 20 years, is no reason. to rethink how to serch is a good Point to go on |
Thomas Rackovan Send message Joined: 25 Apr 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 2,027,216 RAC: 5 |
Is SETI@Home done, or just for now? Joined Science United this morning, but liked the idea of SETI work. |
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