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  • Distributed folding!

    As you all may have read here the Genome client merges with Folding so all our workunits in gahwill be lost(?) if we switch to the new client meaning we will have to compeat with teams that have been "folding for over a year now!

    What I sugest we do now is join a "new" project called Distributed Folding !

    Here is some info on the project!


    Project Goals

    Proteins have a vast number of folds, larger than we could hope to compute even with distributed computing. Usually only one fold is found in nature. The Distributed Folding Project aims to test our new protein folding algorithm. We want see if it can reproduce natural protein folds after making extremely large samples of many different folds.

    With your help, we will create the largest samples of protein folds ever computed. First we will make 1 Billion (1,000,000,000) folds for 5 small proteins, then we will try 10 Billion (10,000,000,000) for another 10 large proteins. By the end of our first phase, we hope to make over 100 Billion protein folds spanning 15 different proteins.


    How it works


    The screensaver software (or text client) makes proteins using our new, fast algorithm. You can see it working as it builds proteins on your monitor. Each structure looks completely different, and each one is only a single sample of an extremely enormous conformational space. After each protein, the software measures its size and shape, and tests it in different ways to generate statistics. It saves the best protein. After building a large set of proteins, it contacts the Distributed Folding server over the Internet. It uploads statistics about all the proteins it has made, and it updates your best protein on the server.

    See your best protein, how many protiens you've made in total, and the overall project statistics by selecting the "High-Flyers" option.

    Click on the "Science" link on the left to learn more about protein folding....

    Internet Access

    The statistics and protein upload amounts to approximately 200K of data uploaded to our sever approximately once every few hours. This should transfer in under 3 minutes even with the slowest kind of connection.

    The program detects when you are connected to the internet. If it cannot connect, it will work on the current set of proteins until it finishes the set. If it cannot connect and upload its protein statistics for an extended period of time, it will switch to a spinning cube, which indicates that the screensaver is idle.

    Warning messages may also be displayed on the client screen if network problems or other problems are encountered.

    The client will also check automatically for new versions of itself, and of new proteins to fold. When one becomes available, an update will be requested, and if you give permission, it will be automatically downloaded and installed.

    You may occasionally be required to reboot your machine after installing an update (you will be told when this is necessary), otherwise the new version of the client will then continue running without any further intervention. If for some reason the update cannot be downloaded or installed, you will be notified, and either the program will terminate, or it will continue and try again later.

    About the Software

    The Windows Screenaver Protein Builder features a 3-D interactive protein builder. You can rotate the protein with your mouse if you first click the button, then drag the mouse.

    The Text Client Protein Builder is much faster than the Windows Screensaver. If you want to contribute the most structures possible, use the Text Client. The Text Client shows an "abstract" ASCII folding protein. While it may not look like a true protein, it should still give you an idea of what is going on inside your computer. The Text Client does not interfere with the screensaver, and it may also be used through a Telnet session.

    Distributed Folding Project Privacy Policy

    The Distributed Folding Project server collects certain forms of information through standard Web logs for the purpose of site management. Of the information that Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (hereafter abbreviated as 'MSH') learns about you from running the Distributed Folding client, we store only the following: the domain name from which you access the Internet (such as "aol.com") and/or your IP address, and the date and time you access our site. This information is used to measure the number of people using the client and to help us ensure our server is able to handle the capacity of users accessing it. Any information which you enter upon registration, including at a minimum your E-mail address, password and organization, are stored in a database on our server. If you indicate that you are under 14 years of age, only your e-mail address, password and organization will be recorded; all other info will be discarded. MSH records this information only for interest, and so that aggregate percentages of, for example, participants residing in Canada, may be reported. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempt is made to further identify individual users or usage patterns, or to verify that any of the information entered upon registration is correct. MSH does not give, share, sell or transfer any personal information to a third party. When inquiries are E-mailed to us, MSH stores the question and the E-mail address information so that we may respond electronically. Unless otherwise required by statute, MSH does not identify publicly who sends questions or comments to us. MSH will not obtain information that will allow us to personally identify you when you participate in the project other than your E-mail address, unless you chose to provide such information to us. MSH does not forward your mail nor do we collect your name and E-mail address for any purpose other than to respond to your queries. MSH will only maintain the information pertaining to E-mailed questions or comments as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. All information in the registered user database will be destroyed on or by December 31, 2003. E-mail sent to trades@mshri.on.ca may be seen by a number of people who are responsible for answering questions. If the information specialist who answers the mail does not know the answer to your question, your query may be forwarded to another employee more experienced in that area. You should be aware that E-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. Therefore, if your communication contains sensitive or personal information, you may want to send it by postal mail (E-mail us if you require our mailing address).

    This page was adapted from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Web Privacy Statement.
    And some benchmarks from the program!

    EDIT: THIS TOPIC HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FOLDING AT HOME (FAH)!
    Last edited by Guru; 23 May 2002, 10:08.
    According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

  • #2
    This is not only limited to Windowz and Liux as oposite to the gah client!

    Supported OS:
    * Windows 98/ME/NT/2000
    * Linux 2.x and higher (Redhat 6.2) (gcc) Text Client
    * Linux 2.x and higher (Redhat 7.1) (Intel Compiler)
    * FreeBSD 4.5 and higher (Intel CPU)
    * IRIX 6.x (64-bit) Text Client
    * Solaris 2.8 and higher (32-bit) Text Client
    * Macintosh PowerPC-Linux 2.x
    * Macintosh PowerPC Darwin/OSX
    * Compaq-Alpha-Tru64 Text
    * HP-UX 11.0 (64-bit) Text Client
    * HP PA-RISC Linux 2.x
    * QNX RTOS v6 (Intel CPUs)

    More info!
    According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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    • #3
      Supported OS's

      Originally posted by Guru
      * Solaris 2.8 and higher (32-bit) Text Client
      * HP-UX 11.0 (64-bit) Text Client
      Great! Team 10045 here I come...

      Reards,
      lurqa

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      • #4
        Distributed folding is not the same as Folding at home!
        According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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        • #5
          Distributed folding is not the same as Folding at home!

          Originally posted by Guru
          Distributed folding is not the same as Folding at home!
          Jeez.. I just realized that.... No MatroxUsers team.

          (And fah.stanford.edu doesn't have any HP/Solaris clients.....)

          Regards,
          lurqa

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          • #6
            Re: Distributed folding is not the same as Folding at home!

            Originally posted by lurqa_MU


            Jeez.. I just realized that.... No MatroxUsers team.

            (And fah.stanford.edu doesn't have any HP/Solaris clients.....)

            Regards,
            lurqa
            Thats what I have been trying to say all along but no one is listening!

            I would much rather see that we switched to this project instead of FAH3!
            According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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            • #7
              Re: Re: Distributed folding is not the same as Folding at home!

              Originally posted by Guru

              I would much rather see that we switched to this project instead of FAH3!
              Agreed... Only problem is that our friends 'The Knights Who Say Ni!' are very much present in the highscore lists there

              Regards,
              lurqa

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              • #8
                Team_DGC is at the moment trying to figure out how to make a DF MURC team!
                According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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                • #9
                  More info over here http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33199
                  According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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