Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) astronomers are using the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) platform for their MilkyWay@Home project, which has built a volunteer base of computers that are being used to map the Milky Way. Each user participating in the project offers a percentage of their personal computer’s (PC’s) operating power, which is used to gather data about a very small section of the galaxy to map its shape, density, and movement. Using this data, great strides have been made to further the astrophysical goals of the project, says RPI’s Travis Desell. “This is really a unique opportunity to get people interested in science while also allowing us to create a strong computing resource for Rensselaer research,” Desell says. New collaboration projects are being developed include DNA@Home, which hopes to find gene regulations sites on human DNA. Biophysicists and chemists also are working on BOINC projects aimed at understanding protein folding and to design new drugs and materials.
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