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Thund3rb1rd Send message Joined: 16 May 08 Posts: 9 Credit: 3,182,954 RAC: 174 |
I've read several posts lately that state the camb_legacy tasks are basically useless to the C@H project. If that's true, then why is C@H even messing with them? Why not kill them off completely? I receive both camb_legacy and camb_boinc2docker tasks but for some time now, I receive far more camb_legacy tasks than VM tasks. Which leads inevitably to questioning the value of volunteer computing for C@H at all? |
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Jonathan Send message Joined: 27 Sep 17 Posts: 190 Credit: 8,338,009 RAC: 3 |
If you want to turn off the legacy workunits, you can do that by editing your project preferences. |
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pls Send message Joined: 5 Nov 10 Posts: 3 Credit: 603,960 RAC: 0 |
I'm sure you realize that you didn't answer the question that was asked. Can we try that again, please. I'd also like to know. |
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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 17 Nov 14 Posts: 136 Credit: 5,413,463 RAC: 0 |
Good question, even though I do not do legacy. But I am not clear what good we are doing on BOINC2Docker either. Are the results being used currently? Are there any new publications? Or have all the basic questions been answered? There have not been any updates for a while. |
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Jonathan Send message Joined: 27 Sep 17 Posts: 190 Credit: 8,338,009 RAC: 3 |
Have you checked out the FAQ section, "What science is being done with Cosmology@Home?" That has a few answers. |
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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 17 Nov 14 Posts: 136 Credit: 5,413,463 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, I have seen it. But it only gives a general overview of the type of science done. They are using our PCs to calibrate the PICO code (whatever that is). It is all a very nice use of machine learning. But how calibrated do you have to get? Are any scientist still accessing their program, or has all the useful science already been done? Are we wasting our time and computer power? It would be interesting to know. |
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Jonathan Send message Joined: 27 Sep 17 Posts: 190 Credit: 8,338,009 RAC: 3 |
There is some info off of Marius's webpage. Link below. https://cosmicmar.com/research/ PICO is explained a bit at link below. https://sites.google.com/a/ucdavis.edu/pico/ Marius is about the only one I know of that might be able to explain or answer some of your questions but it is a bit rare to see him post. I really haven't seen anyone else from the project post and I don't know if Marius has any 'helpers' or it is pretty much just him running this at the moment. Hopefully, he will post sometime. |
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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 17 Nov 14 Posts: 136 Credit: 5,413,463 RAC: 0 |
Those are quite well written for the non-experts, and give us an idea of how are PCs are being used. But we need to get (at least) annual updates.
What has that helped him to accomplish?
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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 17 Nov 14 Posts: 136 Credit: 5,413,463 RAC: 0 |
I think these publications which cite PICO are more what I am looking for. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-ref_query?bibcode=2007ApJ...654....2F&refs=CITATIONS&db_key=AST It would help if Marius would pick out a significant one each year and explained it to us. |
