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Al Piskun: add Cislunar Orbit Stability Analyzer

2026-07-15T21:11:55Z

add Cislunar Orbit Stability Analyzer

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	==== Milestones and Results ====		==== Milestones and Results ====
	The Boolean Chains project reached a significant milestone in May 2025: the search space for N=15, L=21 was exhausted. Over the course of the project, '''37,444,981,252,103,000 chains were generated''', consuming 2,139 days of computing time.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=Boolean Chains project reaches milestone \|publisher=BOINC Central \|date=31 May 2025 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> The project was subsequently completed, with volunteers having supplied the equivalent of '''450 CPU-years''' of computing power.<ref name=central-news>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=BOINC Central project updates \|publisher=University of California, Berkeley \|date=24 March 2026 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref>		The Boolean Chains project reached a significant milestone in May 2025: the search space for N=15, L=21 was exhausted. Over the course of the project, '''37,444,981,252,103,000 chains were generated''', consuming 2,139 days of computing time.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=Boolean Chains project reaches milestone \|publisher=BOINC Central \|date=31 May 2025 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> The project was subsequently completed, with volunteers having supplied the equivalent of '''450 CPU-years''' of computing power.<ref name=central-news>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=BOINC Central project updates \|publisher=University of California, Berkeley \|date=24 March 2026 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref>

			=== Cislunar Orbit Stability Analyzer (completed) ===
			The '''Cislunar Orbit Stability Analyzer''' project studied the stability of orbits in the Earth/Moon system.<ref name=central-news/> The project was led by Lezhe Gao, an astrodynamics researcher at [[wikipedia:Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\|Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] specializing in cislunar mechanics. Like Boolean Chains, the project used the BUDA framework to run its computations across the BOINC Central volunteer network.<ref name=central-news/>

			==== Results ====
			The project has since been completed, and the research led to a scientific paper that was in peer review as of March 2026.<ref name=central-news/> The BOINC Central team noted that the project, like Boolean Chains, involved solving scaling challenges related to large job batches and multi-gigabyte output file downloads.<ref name=central-news/>

	== Technical Infrastructure ==		== Technical Infrastructure ==

Al Piskun: formatting

2026-06-09T12:21:21Z

formatting

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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
	BOINC Central gives scientists access to the power of volunteer computing without having to operate a BOINC server. It was publicly launched on '''26 November 2021'''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=Welcome to BOINC Central \|publisher=University of California, Berkeley \|date=26 November 2021 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> and is operated by the [[Wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley\|University of California, Berkeley]] BOINC project, under the direction of research scientist [[Wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]].		BOINC Central gives scientists access to the power of volunteer computing without having to operate a BOINC server. It was publicly launched on '''26 November 2021'''<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ \|title=Welcome to BOINC Central \|publisher=University of California, Berkeley \|date=26 November 2021 \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> and is operated by the [[Wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley\|University of California, Berkeley]] BOINC project, under the direction of research scientist [[Wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]].
	[[File:BOINC Manager Screenshot.jpg\|thumb\|The BOINC platform, which BOINC Central runs on, was originally developed to support SETI@home.]]		[[File:BOINC Manager Screenshot.jpg\|thumb\|The BOINC platform, which BOINC Central runs on, was originally developed to support SETI@home.\|514x514px]]
	The project is one of approximately 26 projects listed on BOINC's official roster as of early 2026.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing \|title=Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing \|publisher=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> Unlike other BOINC projects that serve a single research team, BOINC Central acts as a '''shared scientific computing service''' – a central hub where multiple independent scientists can submit workloads without having to build or maintain their own volunteer-computing infrastructure.		The project is one of approximately 26 projects listed on BOINC's official roster as of early 2026.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing \|title=Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing \|publisher=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> Unlike other BOINC projects that serve a single research team, BOINC Central acts as a '''shared scientific computing service''' – a central hub where multiple independent scientists can submit workloads without having to build or maintain their own volunteer-computing infrastructure.

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	== Technical Infrastructure ==		== Technical Infrastructure ==
			[[File:Cd20.png\|thumb\|AutoDock Vina is used for molecular docking and virtual drug screening.\|330x330px]]
	=== AutoDock Vina ===		=== AutoDock Vina ===
	~~[[File:Cd20.png\|thumb\|AutoDock Vina is used for molecular docking and virtual drug screening.]]~~
	[[Wikipedia:AutoDock Vina\|AutoDock Vina]] is an open-source program for molecular docking originally designed by Dr. Oleg Trott at the Molecular Graphics Lab (now the Center for Computational Structural Biology, CCSB) at [[Wikipedia:The Scripps Research Institute\|The Scripps Research Institute]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://vina.scripps.edu/ \|title=AutoDock Vina \|publisher=The Scripps Research Institute \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> It is one of the most widely used tools in computational drug discovery, allowing researchers to predict how small molecules (potential drug candidates) bind to protein receptors. AutoDock Vina achieves roughly a two-orders-of-magnitude speed increase over earlier versions while improving the accuracy of binding mode predictions, and leverages multithreading across CPU cores.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3041641/ \|title=AutoDock Vina: improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization and multithreading \|journal=Journal of Computational Chemistry \|year=2010 \|volume=31 \|pages=455–461 \|doi=10.1002/jcc.21334}}</ref>		[[Wikipedia:AutoDock Vina\|AutoDock Vina]] is an open-source program for molecular docking originally designed by Dr. Oleg Trott at the Molecular Graphics Lab (now the Center for Computational Structural Biology, CCSB) at [[Wikipedia:The Scripps Research Institute\|The Scripps Research Institute]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://vina.scripps.edu/ \|title=AutoDock Vina \|publisher=The Scripps Research Institute \|access-date=2026-05-18}}</ref> It is one of the most widely used tools in computational drug discovery, allowing researchers to predict how small molecules (potential drug candidates) bind to protein receptors. AutoDock Vina achieves roughly a two-orders-of-magnitude speed increase over earlier versions while improving the accuracy of binding mode predictions, and leverages multithreading across CPU cores.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3041641/ \|title=AutoDock Vina: improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization and multithreading \|journal=Journal of Computational Chemistry \|year=2010 \|volume=31 \|pages=455–461 \|doi=10.1002/jcc.21334}}</ref>

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	=== The BOINC Platform ===		=== The BOINC Platform ===
	~~[[File:BOINC logo.png\|thumb\|The BOINC logo. BOINC has been in development since 2002.]]~~
	BOINC (pronounced {{IPAc-en\|b\|ɔɪ\|ŋ\|k}}, rhyming with "oink") is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing developed at the [[Wikipedia:UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory\|UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory]]. As of 2021 it brought together 34,236 active participants employing 136,341 active computers worldwide, processing on average 20.164 [[Wikipedia:PetaFLOPS\|PetaFLOPS]] daily.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia/> It supports applications across medicine, molecular biology, mathematics, linguistics, climatology, environmental science, and astrophysics. BOINC Central is listed among the projects available to the Android BOINC mobile client.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia/>		BOINC (pronounced {{IPAc-en\|b\|ɔɪ\|ŋ\|k}}, rhyming with "oink") is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing developed at the [[Wikipedia:UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory\|UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory]]. As of 2021 it brought together 34,236 active participants employing 136,341 active computers worldwide, processing on average 20.164 [[Wikipedia:PetaFLOPS\|PetaFLOPS]] daily.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia/> It supports applications across medicine, molecular biology, mathematics, linguistics, climatology, environmental science, and astrophysics. BOINC Central is listed among the projects available to the Android BOINC mobile client.<ref name=boinc-wikipedia/>

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	== How to Participate ==		== How to Participate ==
			[[File:BOINC logo.png\|right\|frameless\|150x150px]]
	Volunteers can contribute computing power by:		Volunteers can contribute computing power by:
	# Downloading and installing the [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC client]		# Downloading and installing the [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC client]

Al Piskun: Infobox update with completed Boolean

2026-05-29T13:26:08Z

Infobox update with completed Boolean

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	\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}		\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}

	\| completed = No		\| completed = Boolean Chains
	\| discontinued =		\| discontinued =
	\| repository =		\| repository =

Al Piskun at 13:19, 29 May 2026

2026-05-29T13:19:33Z

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	\| license = Open-source software ([[wikipedia:GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])		\| license = Open-source software ([[wikipedia:GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])
	}}		}}

	~~[[File:{{#setmainimage:BOINC_central.png}}\|alt=BOINC Central\|center\|frameless]]~~

	[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ '''''BOINC Central'''''] is a BOINC project. A system for '''''[[Wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer computing]]''''', allowing people around the world to donate computing power to science research.		[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ '''''BOINC Central'''''] is a BOINC project. A system for '''''[[Wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|volunteer computing]]''''', allowing people around the world to donate computing power to science research.

Al Piskun at 15:07, 20 May 2026

2026-05-20T15:07:19Z

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	\| developer = [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]], [[wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley\|University of California, Berkeley]] Space Sciences Laboratory		\| developer = [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]], [[wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley\|University of California, Berkeley]] Space Sciences Laboratory
	\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}		\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}
	~~\| latest release date =~~
	~~\| operating system = Cross-platform (via [[BOINC]] client~~
	\| completed = No		\| completed = No
	\| discontinued =		\| discontinued =

Al Piskun at 14:58, 20 May 2026

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	* [[Rosetta@home]]		* [[Rosetta@home]]
	* [[World Community Grid]]		* [[World Community Grid]]

	~~== References ==~~
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
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	* [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/anderson/ David P. Anderson's homepage]		* [https://boinc.berkeley.edu/anderson/ David P. Anderson's homepage]
	* [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/BUDA-overview BUDA framework documentation]		* [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/BUDA-overview BUDA framework documentation]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:Volunteer computing]]		[[Category:Volunteer computing]]

Al Piskun at 14:57, 20 May 2026

2026-05-20T14:57:28Z

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	\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}
	\| license = [[Open-source software~~\|Open source]]~~ ([[GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])		\| license = Open-source software ([[wikipedia:GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])
	}}		}}

Al Piskun at 14:49, 20 May 2026

2026-05-20T14:49:44Z

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Al Piskun at 01:47, 20 May 2026

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	{{Infobox software		{{Infobox software
	\| name = BOINC Central		\| name = BOINC Central
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	\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}
	}}		}}
			[[File:{{#setmainimage:BOINC_central.png}}\|alt=BOINC Central\|center\|frameless]]
	[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ '''''BOINC Central'''''] is based on [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] – a system for '''''volunteer computing''''', allowing people around the world to donate computing power to science research.		[https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/ '''''BOINC Central'''''] is based on [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing\|BOINC]] – a system for '''''volunteer computing''''', allowing people around the world to donate computing power to science research.

Al Piskun at 17:36, 19 May 2026

2026-05-19T17:36:37Z

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	\| screenshot =		\| screenshot =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| developer = [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson]], [[University of California, Berkeley]] Space Sciences Laboratory		\| developer = [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]], [[wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley\|University of California, Berkeley]] Space Sciences Laboratory
	\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}		\| released = {{Start date and age\|2021\|11\|26}}
	\| latest release date =		\| latest release date =
	\| operating system = Cross-platform (via [[BOINC]] client)		\| operating system = Cross-platform (via [[BOINC]] client)
	\| platform = [[BOINC]], [[Docker (software)\|Docker]] (via [[#BUDA\|BUDA]])		\| platform = [[wikipedia:BOINC\|BOINC]], [[Docker (software)\|Docker]] (via [[#BUDA\|BUDA]])
	\| genre = [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing]]		\| genre = [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|Volunteer computing]]
	\| license = [[Open-source software\|Open source]] ([[GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])		\| license = [[Open-source software\|Open source]] ([[GNU Lesser General Public License\|LGPL]])
	\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}		\| website = {{URL\|https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/}}
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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==
	* [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing]]		* [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing]]
	* [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing]]		* [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing\|Volunteer computing]]
	* [[wikipedia:AutoDock Vina]]		* [[wikipedia:AutoDock VinaAutoDock Vina]]
	* [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson]]		* [[wikipedia:David P. Anderson\|David P. Anderson]]
	* [[SETI@home]]		* [[SETI@home]]
	* [[Einstein@Home]]		* [[Einstein@Home]]