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| license              = [[wikipedia:GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-3.0-or-later]] (BOINC core components)
| license              = [[wikipedia:GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-3.0-or-later]] (BOINC core components)
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[[File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]], namesake of the [[wikipedia:Albert Einstein Institute|Albert Einstein Institute]].]]
[[File:BOINC logo.png|thumb|180x180px|The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] logo.]]


[https://albertathome.org '''''Albert@Home'''''] was a volunteer distributed computing project operating on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) platform.<ref>{{Cite web
[https://albertathome.org '''''Albert@Home'''''] was a volunteer distributed computing project operating on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) platform.<ref>{{Cite web
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== Methods ==
== Methods ==
[[File:BOINC logo.png|right|frameless|150x150px|The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] logo.]]
Albert@Home used the standard BOINC client-server architecture. Volunteers downloaded work units through the BOINC client manager, processed them locally using unused CPU or GPU resources, and returned completed results to project servers for validation.
Albert@Home used the standard BOINC client-server architecture. Volunteers downloaded work units through the BOINC client manager, processed them locally using unused CPU or GPU resources, and returned completed results to project servers for validation.


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== Relationship to Einstein@Home ==
== Relationship to Einstein@Home ==
[[File:LIGO Hanford aerial 05.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[wikipedia:LIGO|LIGO]] Hanford Observatory, part of the gravitational-wave research infrastructure supported by Einstein@Home.]]
[[File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]], namesake of the [[wikipedia:Albert Einstein Institute|Albert Einstein Institute]].]]Albert@Home operated as a direct pre-production mirror for [[wikipedia:Einstein@Home|Einstein@Home]]. Software and infrastructure changes were commonly tested on Albert@Home before deployment onto Einstein@Home production servers.
 
Albert@Home operated as a direct pre-production mirror for [[wikipedia:Einstein@Home|Einstein@Home]]. Software and infrastructure changes were commonly tested on Albert@Home before deployment onto Einstein@Home production servers.


Einstein@Home scientific applications analyze:
Einstein@Home scientific applications analyze:
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== Project team and sponsors ==
== Project team and sponsors ==
The project was operated by staff and researchers associated with the [[wikipedia:Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics|Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)]].<ref>{{Cite web
[[File:LIGO Hanford aerial 05.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[wikipedia:LIGO|LIGO]] Hanford Observatory, part of the gravitational-wave research infrastructure supported by Einstein@Home.]]The project was operated by staff and researchers associated with the [[wikipedia:Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics|Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)]].<ref>{{Cite web
  |title=Albert Einstein Institute
  |title=Albert Einstein Institute
  |url=https://www.aei.mpg.de/
  |url=https://www.aei.mpg.de/