From volunteer computing to volunteer thinking

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From volunteer computing to volunteer thinking

• François Grey
• CERN

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You are here
Mont Blanc, 4810 m
Geneva airport
CERN
LHC tunnel
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15 million gigabytes a year
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A global grid of 100,000 CPUs
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SETI_at_home gt500,000 CPUs
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Folding_at_home gt1 petaflop
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LHC_at_home gt3000 CPU-years
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BOINC keep the volunteers happy
Cool screensaver
Message boards
Credit for processing
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Spot the computers
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GalaxyZoo classify galaxies
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Herbaria_at_home digitize 19th century plant
archives
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Africa_at_home empower African scientists
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AfricaMap cartography from satellite images
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The voice of one volunteer
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Future plans