Choosing BOINC projects
BOINC is used by many volunteer computing projects. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by private groups or individuals. You can participate in any number of these projects.
In deciding whether to participate in a project, read its web site and think about:
- Does the project clearly describe its goals? Are these goals important and beneficial?
- Has the project published results in peer-reviewed journals or conferences? See A list of scientific publications of BOINC projects.
- Do you trust the project to use proper security practices?
- Who owns the results of the computation? Will they be freely available? Will they belong to a company?
The following projects are known to us at BOINC, and we believe that their descriptions are accurate.
| Name Mouse over for details; click to visit web site | Category | Area | Sponsor | Supported platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | Cognitive science and artificial intelligence | Artificial Intelligence | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) |    Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Astronomy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |   Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Astronomy | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |   Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Astronomy | University of Warsaw |  Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Astrophysics | Charles University in Prague |  Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Astrophysics | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (USA), Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Hanover (Germany) |  Details |
| [email protected] | Biology and Medicine | Biology | University of Washington | Details |
| Ibercivis BOINC | Biology and Medicine | Biomedicine | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifica | Details |
| Climateprediction.net | Earth Sciences | Climate study | Oxford University | Details |
| [email protected] | Cognitive science and artificial intelligence | Cognitive Science | University of Dayton and Wright State University | Details |
| [email protected] | Mathematics, computing, and games | Computer engineering | Southwest State University (Russia) | Details |
| iThena | Mathematics, computing, and games | Computer science | Independent | Details |
| Moo! Wrapper | Mathematics, computing, and games | Cryptography and combinatorics | Independent | Details |
| [email protected] | Distributed sensing | Environmental research | BOINC Poland Foundation | Details |
| [email protected] | Mathematics, computing, and games | Factorization of large integers | California State University Fullerton | Details |
| [email protected] | Mathematics, computing, and games | Games | Independent | Details |
| Amicable Numbers | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| Collatz Conjecture | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| [email protected] | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Arizona State University, school of Mathematics | Details |
| ODLK | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| ODLK1 | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| PrimeGrid | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| RakeSearch | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences | Details |
| SRBase | Mathematics, computing, and games | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| [email protected] | Multiple applications | Mathematics | Independent | Details |
| World Community Grid | Multiple applications | Medical, environmental and other humanitarian research | IBM Corporate Citizenship | Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Molecular Chemistry | Université Anger | Details |
| RNA World | Biology and Medicine | Molecular biology | Rechenkraft.net e.V. | Details |
| Citizen Science Grid | Multiple applications | Molecular biology, Computer Science | University of North Dakota | Details |
| GPUGrid.net | Biology and Medicine | Molecular simulations of proteins | Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) | Details |
| [email protected] | Multiple applications | Multiple scientific areas | Texas Advanced Computing Center | Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Nanoscience | Purdue University | Details |
| [email protected] | Physical Science | Physics | CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) | Details |
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