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Started by WikiWill, February 20, 2009, 09:24:01 AM

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WikiWill


Milkyway@Home uses the BOINC platform to harness volunteered computing resources, creating a highly accurate three dimensional model of the Milky Way galaxy using data gathered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This project enables research in both astroinformatics and computer science.

In computer science, the project is investigating different optimization methods which are resilient to the fault-prone, heterogeneous and asynchronous nature of Internet computing; such as evolutionary and genetic algorithms, as well as asynchronous newton methods. While in astroinformatics, Milkyway@Home is generating highly accurate three dimensional models of the Sagittarius stream, which provides knowledge about how the Milky Way galaxy was formed and how tidal tails are created when galaxies merge.

Milkyway@Home is a joint effort between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's departments of Computer Science and Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy. Feel free to contact us via our forums, or email astro[at]cs.lists.rpi[dot]edu.

APPLICATIONS

MilkyWay@Home

Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   0.82 (ati14)   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.01   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.02 (opencl_amd_ati)   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.02 (opencl_nvidia)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   0.82 (ati14)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   1.01   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   1.02 (opencl_amd_ati)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   1.02 (opencl_nvidia)   
Mac OS X 10.3 or later running on Motorola PowerPC   1.01   
Mac OS 10.4 or later running on Intel   1.01   
FreeBSD running on amd64 CPU   0.90   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit   1.01   
FreeBSD running on amd64 CPU   1.00   
FreeBSD running on amd64 CPU

MilkyWay@Home N-Body Simulation

Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows (98 or later) running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.42   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.42 (mt)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit

Milkyway@Home Separation (Modified Fit)

Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.30 (opencl_amd_ati)   
Linux running on an Intel x86-compatible CPU   1.30 (opencl_nvidia)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   1.30 (opencl_amd_ati)   
Linux running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU   1.30 (opencl_nvidia)   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit   1.30   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit   1.30 (opencl_amd_ati)   
Mac OS X 10.5 running Intel 64bit   1.30 (opencl_nvidia)

Milkyway@Home can be found at http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/

URL to attach in BOINC is http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/

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