Volunteer Computing

• Enable non-expert users to join a metacomputer by themselves

• Minimal setup requirements mean:

  • Maximum participation
  • Very large NOWs very easily!

• Non-Java examples

  • distributed.net’s Bovine RC5
  • SETI@home
  • Problems: still not easy enough, risk of Trojan horses

• Java-based volunteer computing

  • “one-click computing”, minimal or no setup required
  • platform independent
  • secure

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