What’s new in BOINC?
● Funding
● Integration projects
● Remote job and file management
● Android
● Scheduler
● GPU and multicore apps
● Client
● Plans
Didn’t start
● OpenID/OpenAuth support
● Remodel computing preferences
● BOINC in app stores (Windows, Apple)
Planned
● Automated build/test using Jenkins
– Server code release management
● Accelerated batch completion
● Apple iOS client
Science@home
● The “project ecosystem” hasn’t materialized
– Creating a project is too difficult, too risky
– Volunteers tend to be passive
– Marketing and PR: too many brands
● Umbrella projects: good, but not enough
● Single “brand” for volunteer computing
● Register for science areas rather than projects
● Facebook/Google login
● Use account-manager architecture
● How to allocate computing power?
– Involve the HPC, scientific funding communities