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Title: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on July 06, 2020, 03:05:34 AM
This project now requires consent to export stat's. Default is "No". You must check the box in your project profile.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: NudgeyNR on July 06, 2020, 02:20:41 PM
Thanks Dataman. Much appreciated.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on July 08, 2020, 12:28:25 AM
MLC now has "test" Windows wu's. You must enable test app's in your profile to get them. Mine seem to work OK.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Mike Mitchell on July 08, 2020, 11:38:09 AM
Hi Dataman, I can't find the "enable test app's" option. Where should I look?
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dingo on July 08, 2020, 01:54:28 PM
Quote from: Mike Mitchell on July 08, 2020, 11:38:09 AM
Hi Dataman, I can't find the "enable test app's" option. Where should I look?

Looks like they are on the main Application screen now so should download now ??  https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/apps.php

:yes they download and run on Windows 10 64 bit
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dingo on July 18, 2020, 08:31:09 PM
Message from the project:

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MLC@Home: MLC@Home and CORAL
Exciting news!

MLC@Home is now a project of the The Cognition, Robotics, and Learning (CORAL ) lab at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

This brings many benefits, not the least of which is lab space to run equipment, new ideas for research to conduct, and a place to collaborate with other researchers who may not be members of the BOINC community. Most importantly, being backed by a university research lab provides some assurance to you, our volunteers, that this project has both academic merit and a purpose beyond a single researcher and their goals. Over the next few days I'll be updating our website to reflect the new affiliation.

As always, please see our main website, https://www.mlcathome.org for details on the current research, or join us by attaching your BOINC client to this URL: https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/

Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on September 21, 2020, 12:40:36 AM
MLC now has ARM support. I did some testing on my RPi's. They run fine on a RPi 4 with 8GB and with 4GB RAM. They sorta run on a RPi 3B+ but sometimes 1 thread waits for memory or the OS crashes. Below the 3B+ they almost immediately crash.

:greet
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on October 01, 2020, 11:25:10 PM
MLC now has RAC badges with credit badges soon to follow. Also an Early Adopter badge available for anyone who has credit by 10/08. Your chance to grab this one-time-only badge! B@A is in 4th spot.

https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/forum_thread.php?id=10

:gt
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on October 03, 2020, 01:01:23 AM
Credit badges are now live!  :cheer1:

Do not miss your chance to get an Early Adopter badge which is available for anyone who has a valid credit by 10/08. Snooze and you lose.  :wink
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Daniel on October 22, 2020, 10:36:40 PM
I just read that they are working on a GPU application ...

Quote from: pianoman (MLC@Home Admin)We spent some time last week gaining access to both Windows and Linux machines with CUDA, so hopefully GPU clients should be released to testing this week.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on October 23, 2020, 12:11:24 AM
Quote from: Daniel on October 22, 2020, 10:36:40 PM
I just read that they are working on a GPU application ...

Quote from: pianoman (MLC@Home Admin)We spent some time last week gaining access to both Windows and Linux machines with CUDA, so hopefully GPU clients should be released to testing this week.

Yes, they ordered/received one or more nVidia GPU's last week for testing and planned to have some wu's to test this week. I have been watching my "MLC Preferences" to see when the "use GPU" checkbox appears.

:bloodshot
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on October 26, 2020, 01:19:06 AM
The "Use GPU" option has been added to MLC Preferences. Currently the default is Yes. I posted that it should be No. Will see if he changes it.

Test GPU wu's should be released today (Sunday here) or tomorrow. Should be interesting.

:wavey2:
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dingo on October 26, 2020, 09:05:18 AM
I will give it a try as well.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: NudgeyNR on October 26, 2020, 12:00:14 PM
MLC application list show 'Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU    9.70 (cuda) (beta test)    25 Oct 2020, 6:08:55 UTC'

Hopefully be able to get some soon.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Daniel on October 28, 2020, 09:23:15 PM
I received a few CUDA GPU test workunits today.

So far I've finished two of them and both completed & validated successfully.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: NudgeyNR on October 31, 2020, 02:52:34 PM
So far all the GPU wu's i have received have failed. Am trying them on GTX-750 on Linux.

'Machine Learning Dataset Generator (test) v9.72 (cuda_fermi) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'

Have not been able to get any more even though i have left the GPU available just for this project.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Daniel on October 31, 2020, 03:52:37 PM
I received 5 GPU workunits a few days ago.

4 completed successfully and 1 failed.

Mine were "Machine Learning Dataset Generator (test) v9.70 (cuda_fermi) windows_x86_64"

I haven't received any more since then.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on November 01, 2020, 02:27:32 AM
Both of you did better than me. I had 15 GPU's seeking them and did not get any. No GPU wu are available now as he rethinks how he is going to handle them.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: NudgeyNR on November 06, 2020, 07:23:57 AM
Have been receiving this message in the event logs.  :holy-moly

'MLC@Home   6/11/2020 7:13:09 AM   Message from server: Machine Learning Dataset Generator (test) needs 390625.00 MB RAM but only 7097.14 MB is available for use.'
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dingo on November 10, 2020, 08:57:15 AM
There are some MLC GPU tasks available  v:
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on November 11, 2020, 01:41:51 AM
Quote from: Dingo on November 10, 2020, 08:57:15 AM
There are some MLC GPU tasks available  v:
I am running 9 GPU's there. Windows = 100% success. Linux = 100% failure. I stopped the Linux GPU's until some changes are made. The heat is nice as it is -4.7C here this frosty morning.

:greet
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Dataman on November 24, 2020, 10:38:22 AM
GPU's are now working on Linux. They are being moved from test to production.
Title: Re: Project Update
Post by: Mick Lindsay on October 04, 2022, 10:26:32 AM
Well here is another project gone. Below is a small part of the post have read in the BOINC Manager notices.

MLC@Home: MLC@Home shutting down for now, and thank you!
MLC@Home Is shutting down
After over two years, some bumpy moments, and the tremendous support from our volunteers,
I, as MLC admin, am making the decision to shut down MLC@Home as a BOINC project for the
time being.