RESEARCH OF PREFERENCES OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE VOLUNTARY DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING

2 Jul 2014, 18:10
20m
407 (LIT JINR)

407

LIT JINR

Russia, 141980 Moscow region, Dubna, JINR
sectional reports Section 7 - Desktop grid technologies and volunteer computing Desktop grid technologies and volunteer computing

Speakers

Ilya Kurochkin (IITP RAS)Prof. Vladimir Yakimets (IITP RAS)

Description

The voluntary distributed computing unite hundreds thousands people worldwide. There are thousands associations (teams) of volunteers. Hundreds scientific groups use voluntary computing capacities for receiving results in various areas of science. However, the questions connected with motivation of volunteers, the reasons of a choice of projects, withdrawal from voluntary calculations practically weren't investigated. In this regard it was decided to carry out questioning which is made for the purpose of the help to new scientific projects. The main problems of the organization of works on projects were revealed and the actions necessary at deployment and maintenance of projects are defined.

Primary author

Ilya Kurochkin (IITP RAS)

Co-author

Prof. Vladimir Yakimets (IITP RAS)

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