Got a computer? Then you are at the right place. We are a group of
dedicated computing project team that is currently involved with
Stanford's Folding@Home
project. Distributed computing involves the use of hundreds, thousands
of computers to utilize their processing power to achieve a goal that
may not be feasible on a single computer alone in a short time. There
are many distributed computer projects out there and we encourage you
to get involve and pick one of your interest. This place will be a good
place for you to start.
What is Folding@Home
Folding@Home is a distributed computing project by the Pande Group
with the Chemistry Department of Stanford University. Their goal is to
study and understand protein folding, protein misfolding, protein
aggregation and how it affects the protein biochemical function. When
protein misfold, it is believed to results in many well-known diseases
such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE) and Parkinson's just to name a few
well know diseases.
Using wide distributed computing power, they
are able to use computational method to simulate the folding of protein
and to study it, which will no doubt take a much longer time without the
use of widescale computing power.
Our Goal
So where do we come in? Many of you are no doubt familiar with the few
diseases mentioned above and some may have family members and friends
who have those diseases. It will be great if we can do something to
help. That is exactly what we are doing. We are getting involved by
using our computer processing power to help in this project. At the
same time, we are having fun doing so, making friends and being able to
form a community where we can get together and discuss things that
interest us.
How do I get involved?
It is really easy to get started. Download the client from Stanford's Folding@Home site and then head on to our 'Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)' for more information on how to get set up easily. We hope to see you onboard soon.
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