Boinc Project Descriptions and Links -- N thru Z

Nano-Hive@Home
? Project Status: BETA ? Open for processing. Limited work available.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client
? WU Processing Time: n/a
? WU Expiration Time: n/a
? Project Description: Accurately simulate nanosystems too large to be calculated via normal means, and thereby enable further scientific study in the field of nanotechnology -- the understanding and manipulation of matter at the molecular level.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows (plans for Linux, MAC OS X and Solaris)

Pirates@Home
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing, permanent test-bed with limited work.
? Account Creation: Create on the site. Need an invitation code from the devs to create a new account.
? WU Processing Time: 9.9 seconds
? WU Expiration Time:
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 500
? Points Per Day: 697
? Project Description: Originally the test-bed for Einstein@Home, Pirates is now a test-bed for new BOINC projects. Current project is Interactions in Understanding the Universe (I2U2).
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, MAC OSX

Predictor@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing Project is sending wu?s sporadically as of APR 07.
? Account Creation: Account creation via BOINC Manager.
? WU Processing Time: 60.3 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 5 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 200
? Points Per Day: 367
? Project Description: Testing and evaluating new algorithms and methods of protein structure prediction.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, MAC

PrimeGrid
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 13.75 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 7 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 60
? Points Per Day: 402
? Project Description: PrimeGrid is generating a public prime number database and is using it to factorize the number in the RSA Factoring Challenge -- trying to split the 193-digit number into two factors that multiplied form the original number, and also testing PerlBOINC.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows

Project Neuron
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Account creation closed.
? Project Description: Record, observe and understand BOINC activity and data with a view to developing metrics that will determine the quality/reliability/dependability of particular BOINC projects.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

Proteins@home
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site. Requires an invitation code.
? WU Processing Time: n/a
? WU Expiration Time: n/a
? Project Description: Predict protein structure and function, for understanding protein evolution, and for designing new proteins.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows

QMC@Home
? Project Status: BETA ? Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 999 minutes (16.65 hours)
? WU Expiration Time: 18 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 25
? Points Per Day: 428
? Project Description: A project designed to develop the Quantum Monte Carlo calculation method for general use in Quantum Chemistry to predict molecular structure and reactivity, basic research in support of both chemistry and life sciences.
? Message boards: no comment.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

RALPH@Home
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing. Permanent ALPHA, limited work available.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 90.8 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 4 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 20
? Points Per Day: 655
? Project Description: Rosetta ALPHA (RALPH), permanent ALPHA test for the Rosetta@Home project.
? Message boards: good interaction, activity dependent on new upgrades being tested.
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, MAC OSX/Intel

Rectilinear Crossing Number
? Project Status: BETA ? Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 30 seconds to 50 hours (average 2.6 minutes)
? WU Expiration Time: 10 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 1000
? Points Per Day: 736
? Project Description: Determine least number of crossings a straight-edge drawing of the complete graph on top of a set of n points in the plane obtains. If there are a specific number of points on a graph, and straight lines are drawn between all of the points, what arrangement of the points will provide the lowest number of crossed lines?
? Message boards: no comment.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

Renderfarm@home
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing. Limited work available.
? Account Creation: Create in the client.
? WU Processing Time:
? WU Expiration Time:
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 70
? Points Per Day:
? Project Description: Use distributed computing to render complex POV-ray animations.
? Message boards: no comment.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

Riesel Sieve
? Project Status: ALPHA -- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 26 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 6 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 150
? Points Per Day: 405
? Project Description: Implement the prime testing software used by the Riesel Sieve Project under the BOINC system. The project's goal is to prove that 509203 is the smallest odd k where for every n >= 1, k*2^n-1 is composite.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows

Rosetta@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 3 hours
? WU Expiration Time: 14 days (shortens to 7 during CASP run-up)
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 100
? Points Per Day: 565 (using the truXoft optimized client)
? Project Description: Determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer's.
? Message boards: very active, good project participation.
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, MAC OS X/Intel

Seasonal Attribution
? Project Status: Open for processing. No new workunits as of NOV 06.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client
? WU Processing Time: 401 hours (16.7 days)
? WU Expiration Time: 345 days
? Project Description: Determine the extent to which extreme weather events are attributable to human-induced climate change. NOTE: Very high system requirements.
? Message boards: very low key, good project participation.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

Seti@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: varies, 2-6 hours
? WU Expiration Time: 14 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 100
? Points Per Day: 288
? Project Description: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using radio astronomy.
? Message boards: very active with very limited project participation.
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, Linux-64, MAC OS X, MAC OS X/Intel, SPARC/Solaris

Seti@Home Beta
? Project Status: BETA -- Open for processing. Permanent BETA.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 125 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 54 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 47
? Points Per Day: 477
? Project Description: Beta test for the Seti@Home project.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, Linux-64, MAC OS X, MAC OS X/Intel, SPARC/Solaris

SIMAP@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing. Periodic batches of workunits.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 71.4 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 10 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 250
? Points Per Day: 267
? Project Description: Create a public database of pre-calculated protein similarities for use in many bioinformatics methods and studies.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, Linux-64, MAC OS X, Mac OS X/Intel

Spinhenge@home
? Project Status: BETA ? Open for processing.. Limited work available.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time:
? WU Expiration Time:
? Project Description: Study statistical computations for spin dynamics to determine methods of making molecular magnetic materials for nano-technology.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows (plans for Linux)

SZTAKI Desktop Grid
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 252 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 10 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 500
? Points Per Day: 181
? Project Description: Search for generalized binary number systems.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows, Linux, MAC OS X

TANPAKU (English version of the site is here.)
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on the site.
? WU Processing Time: 12.2 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 24 hours
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 500
? Points Per Day: 127
? Project Description: Japanese protein prediction project. Similar science and goals to Rosetta@home.
? Message boards: predominantly in Japanese.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

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? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 4 hours
? WU Expiration Time: 14 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day):
? Points Per Day:
? Project Description: The Minouche Research Laboratories Distributed Rainbow Table Generator. Cryptographic testing of MD5 and SHA1 encryptions. No quorum, credits are fixed based on wu type.
? Message boards: Sporadic, with project participation
? Clients for: Windows and LINUX

?Fluids@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 108.3 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 7 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 10
? Points Per Day: 292
? Project Description: Simulation of two-phase fluid behavior in microgravity and microfluidics problems to design better satellite propellant management devices and address two-phase flow in microchannel and MEMS devices.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows

VTU@Home
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 44 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 7 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 500
? Points Per Day: 214
? Project Description: The aim of the project is to count the quantity of prime numbers in a large interval. The worst possible known algorithm is used in order to utilize lot of computing hours and many work units to test the BOINC system and study the client API.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

WEP-M+2
? Project Status: ALPHA-- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or via BOINC.
? WU Processing Time: unkown
? WU Expiration Time: unknown
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): unlisted
? Points Per Day: unknown
? Project Description: Find factors for Mersenne prime plus two numbers.
? Message boards: none.
? Clients for: Linux, MAC

World Community Grid
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on the site.
? WU Processing Time: 352 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 7 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): unlisted
? Points Per Day: 247
? Project Description: Runs the FightAids project to find better treatments for AIDS patients, the Help Defeat Cancer Project, and the Human Proteome Folding project to predict the shape and folding characteristics of human proteins.
? Message boards: no comment
? Clients for: Windows (BOINC), Windows, Linux, MAC (stand alone)

XtremLab
? Project Status: Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: 9.7 minutes
? WU Expiration Time: 6 days
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): 200
? Points Per Day: 382
? Project Description: Measure resources available on personal computers involved in grid computing to improve computing efficiency.
? Message boards: no comment.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux

ZIVIS
? Project Status: BETA-- Open for processing.
? Account Creation: Create on site or in the client.
? WU Processing Time: unkown
? WU Expiration Time: unknown
? WU Quota (per CPU per day): unknown
? Points Per Day: unknown
? Project Description: Nuclear fusion reactions and containment issues in support of fustion ractor research. Jointly run by City of Zaragoza and several Spanish labs and institutes. Website in Spanish.
? Message boards: no comment.
? Clients for: Windows and Linux