Michigan State University (MSU) student Jonathan Brier is
heading up the Mid-Michigan BOINC (pronounced “boink”) effort to help scientists and researchers access unused computing capacity.
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
(BOINC) is an international program that allows researchers to use unused space on individual computers to aid in complex, time-consuming data processing.
People who agree to participate in BOINC let researchers
use their unused computer space to process complicated formulas and research. BOINC’s activities do not interfere with the
computer’s functions and are secure.
Brier, 20, says he got involved in BOINC because he wants
to help researchers achieve their goals more quickly.
“The average computer user only uses 10 to 15 percent of
its processor capacity,” Brier says. “BOINC just uses resources that normally
go to waste.”
Brier is trying to get more students and Mid-Michigan
residents to participate in the project.
Source: Jonathan Brier, Michigan State University
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