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Improving the Productivity of Volunteer Computing by Using the Most Effective Task Retrieval Policies

This work presents the results of simulating different task retrieval policies for clients under realistic conditions, including clients running on computers with one single-core CPU, clients running with multi-core CPUs, and clients run on computers that are put into a power save mode by environmentally conscious owners.
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Integrating Role-Playing Games into Computer Science Courses as a Pedagogical Tool

This qualitative study explored 78 undergraduate students' experiences with a role-playing game infused into two computer science courses and identified personalized learning, deepened content understandings, and enhanced collaboration skills as three areas that supported student learning and engagement.
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Improving the Productivity of Volunteer Computing

Increasing the amount of work completed by volunteer computing projects with task distribution policies

  • David M. TothD. Finkel
  • Computer Science, Psychology
    IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and…
  • 14 April 2008
Simulation of two different task retrieval policies showed that clients that retrieve one task at a time complete more tasks than clients that retrieves multiple tasks at once and buffer them.
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Energy-Efficient Virtual Screening with ARM-CPU-Based Computers

This work tested a cluster of ODROID-XU3 Lite computers with ARM CPUs and compared its performance to a server with x64 CPUs to find a more sustainable solution for performing virtual screening with AutoDock Vina which uses less electricity than computers using typical x64 CPU.
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The Micro-Cluster Showcase: 7 Inexpensive Beowulf Clusters for Teaching PDC

This special session, six cluster designers will bring and demonstrate micro-clusters they have built using inexpensive single-board computers (SBCs) and describe how they have used their clusters to provide their students with hands-on experience using the shared-memory, distributed- memory, and heterogeneous computing paradigms.
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A Portable Cluster for Each Student

  • David M. Toth
  • Computer Science, Education
    IEEE International Parallel & Distributed…
  • 19 May 2014
A parts list, information, and microSD card images are provided to make a small, affordable compute cluster that each student in a parallel computing course can purchase in lieu of a textbook so each student has their own private compute cluster.
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Budget Beowulfs: A Showcase of Inexpensive Clusters for Teaching PDC

This special session, several PDC educators will bring, present, and demonstrate their innovative Beowulf clusters; each designed and built using a different inexpensive multiprocessor board.
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A Comparison of Techniques for Distributing File-based Tasks for Public-Resource Computing

This work proposes a method of distributing tasks and compares the waste it produces to the waste created by the other currently used techniques, focusing on file-based tasks that require clients to download data files to perform the tasks.

Increasing Participation in Volunteer Computing

It is found that the likelihood of people participating in such projects was not affected by how these projects were described, and the participation in volunteer computing must increase to allow volunteer computing to remain a viable way to solve large problems.
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