Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Expanding Volunteer Computing — NSF Award to University of Texas at San Antonio (TX, $203,817)
Volunteer computing (VC) uses donated computing time consumer devices such as home computers and smartphones to do scientific computing. It has been shown that VC can provide greater computing power, at lower cost, than conventional approaches such as organizational computing centers and commercial clouds. BOINC is the
| Award title | Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Expanding Volunteer Computing |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2039142 |
| Awardee | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| City | SAN ANTONIO |
| State | TX |
| Amount obligated | $203,817 |
| Principal investigator | Ritu Arora |
| Program | Software Institutes |
| Start date | 06/17/2020 |
| Abstract | Volunteer computing (VC) uses donated computing time consumer devices such as home computers and smartphones to do scientific computing. It has been shown that VC can provide greater computing power, at lower cost, than conventional approaches such as organizational computing centers and commercial clouds. BOINC is the most common software framework for VC. Essentially, donors of computing time simply have to load BOINC on their computer or smartphone, and then register to donate at the BOINC we |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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