Web Directory

» 3x+1@home
   Distributed mathematical project trying to find high stopping times for the Collatz conjecture.
   http://allprojectstats.com/collatz/

» ABC@home
   Distributed computing project for finding abc-triples related to the mathematical A+B=C, or ABC conjecture.
   http://abcathome.com/

» American Scientist: Collective Wisdom
   Article discusses the "early days" (pre-1998) of distributed computing projects, explains the basics of how they work and how to get them to work well, describes some early successes, and considers how CPU cycles may someday become a commodity to be bough
   http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/1998/2/collective-wisdom

» Boitho
   Boitho distributed crawler (BETA). Goal is to make a general internet search engine with a thumbnail picture of all the pages.
   http://www.boitho.com/dc/

» ClimatePrediction.Net
   Large-scale simulation where each participant is given one slightly different scenario to run. Those that successfully model past weather patterns will be more likely to accurately predict the future.
   http://www.climateprediction.net/

» Compute Against Cancer
   Corporate-sponsored project exploring cancer development, prevention and treatment. [Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME]
   http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/

» Computing Minimum Equal Sums of Like Power
   Includes client software download, computation records, and project description on its research into mathematical problems.
   http://euler.free.fr/

» Distributed Computing Arcana
   A forum for discussing SETI, RC5, F@H, G@H, the UD Cancer Project, and other distributed computing efforts.
   http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/122097561

» Distributed Computing Projects - infoAnarchy Wiki
   Long annotated list.
   http://www.infoanarchy.org/en/Distributed_Computing_Projects

» Distributed Proofreaders
   Founded to support the digitization of public domain books. Originally conceived to assist Project Gutenberg, Distributed Proofreaders is now the main source of PG e-books.
   http://www.pgdp.net/

» Distributed Proofreaders Europe
   Modeled after the Digital Proofreaders project, this variation focuses on digitization of works considered to be in the public domain in Europe.
   http://dp.rastko.net/

» Distributedcomputing.info
   Kirk Pearson's directory of current distributed computing projects as well as news articles and related materials.
   http://www.distributedcomputing.info/

» Einstein@Home
   Uses a computer's idle time to search for spinning neutron stars (also called pulsars) using data from the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors.
   http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

» Evolution@Home
   Distributed computing program for evolutionary biology.
   http://evolutionary-research.net

» GPU, a Global Processing Unit
   GPU is an Open Source Gnutella/Pastella client that allows users to share CPU-resources on a truly P2P based cluster. Applications include a Landscape Generator able to generate movies and an experimental Distributed Search Engine. The client is under dev
   http://gpu.sourceforge.net

» Globus Project
   Research project developing a software infrastructure for distributed computing on a world-wide scale.
   http://www.globus.org/

» Grid.org
   A distributed computing effort by the United Devices Global MetaProcessor with the participation of over 2 million PCs worldwide for cancer, anthrax, and smallpox research projects.
   http://www.grid.org/

» Gómez PEER Community
   Project pays select computer users to run a client that tests internet performance.
   http://www.gomezpeerzone.com/

» How to Join Distributed Computing Projects That Benefit Humanity
   An annotated directory of projects combined with commentary and illustrations or screenshots.
   http://www.hyper.net/dc-howto.html

» Legion: A Worldwide Virtual Computer
   Research project homed at the University of Virginia. An open specification and prototype for a worldwide virtual computer.
   http://legion.virginia.edu/

» Leiden Classical
   BOINC project, dedicated to general classical dynamics for any scientist or science student.
   http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/

» Majestic 12
   Distributed Computing Project aimed towards building the largest search engine index on the Internet using Distributed Crawlers.
   http://www.majestic12.co.uk

» Mobius
   Research project developing tools and middleware components to coherently share and manage data and metadata in a Grid or distributed computing environment.
   http://projectmobius.osu.edu

» Muon1 Optimisation Project
   Uses PC idle time to simulate and design a particle accelerator.
   http://www.stephenbrooks.org/muon1/

» NGrid
   NGrid is a .Net open source grid computing framework written in C#. NGrid provides a transparent multithread and garbage collected programming model for grid programming.
   http://ngrid.sourceforge.net

» Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Computing Project
   Project goal is a single run-time environment that ties together several networked supercomputers. Intended users are the community of scientists and engineers addressing "grand challenge" computations.
   http://www.csm.ornl.gov/cs/DistComp.html

» PCP@HOME
   A distributed project to find short Post Correspondence Problems with large shortest solutions.
   http://www.theory.informatik.uni-kassel.de/~stamer/pcp/pcpcontest_en.html

» Quite Advanced Distributed Parallel Zystem (QADPZ)
   The system allows the management/use of the computational power of idle computers in a network. Based on a client-master-slave architecture, using message based communication.
   http://qadpz.sourceforge.net

» Repository of Grid Research Projects
   News and resources on grid computing.
   http://www.enterthegrid.com/

» SDSC Matrix Project for P2P Grid Workflows
   The SDSC Matrix Project performs research and open-sourced development to deliver the grid workflow protocols and workflow language descriptions necessary to build a peer-to- peer infrastructure for Grid Workflow Management Systems.
   http://www.npaci.edu/DICE/SRB/matrix/

» SZTAKI Desktop Grid
   Currently searches for generalized binary number systems.
   http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/

» Search for Fermat Number Dividers
   Screensaver program tries to find divisors of Fermat numbers.
   http://www.fermatsearch.org/

» Similarity Matrix of Proteins (SIMAP)
   SIMAP is a public database of pre-calculated protein similarities that plays a key role in many bioinformatics methods. It contains about all currently published protein sequences and is continuously updated.
   http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/

» The ChessBrain Network
   Distributed network chess experiment. Intends to create a single playing program using donated time.
   http://www.chessbrain.net

» The DBGlobe Project
   Aims at developing novel data management techniques to deal with the challenge of global computing.
   http://softsys.cs.uoi.gr/dbglobe/index1.html

» The EON Project
   Software for the long time scale simulation of solids. From University of Washington Chemistry Department.
   http://eon.cm.utexas.edu/

» The Hunting of the Snark Project
   Explores distributed file sharing through BitTorrent and experiments with the GNU Compiler for Java. It also produces a regular BitTorrent client, torrent creator and tracker program.
   http://www.klomp.org/snark/

» The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Computing Grid
   Place to find the grid middleware developed for the future Large Hydron Collider in CERN.
   http://lcg.web.cern.ch/LCG/

» The NorduGrid Project
   Research and Development collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the free Grid middleware known as the Advance Resource Connector (ARC). News, documentation, downloads, and background information.
   http://www.nordugrid.org

» The Virtual Laboratory Project
   Engaged in research, design, and development of Grid technologies that help in solving large-scale compute and data intensive science applications in the area of molecular biology.
   http://www.gridbus.org/vlab/

» World Community Grid
   Mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Currently supporting the Human Proteome Folding project to provide scientists with data that predicts the shape of a very large number of human proteins.
   http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

» XGrid@Stanford
   Project of a postdoctoral fellow in Brian Kobilka's lab, in the Molecular and Cellular Physiology department, Stanford University running large calculations, the purpose being to modelize the conformational changes of the beta 2 adrenergic receptor and ha
   http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~cparnot/xgrid-stanford/