| Happy New Year to All!!! Source: Milkyway@home mardi 31 décembre 2013 05:48 Friends, As we usher in the New Year, please be safe. Please do not drive and drink. On behalf of the Milkyway Staff... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Blurf |
| Badges Source: NFS@Home samedi 28 décembre 2013 04:02 I've updated to the latest BOINC server code, which now supports badges! Badges have been assigned to users and teams with the top 1%, 5%, and 25% recent average credit. These badge assignments will be updated daily. Thanks for your contributions! |
| Docking@Home ligand dataset available for download! Source: Docking@Home lundi 23 décembre 2013 23:37 The dataset of sampled ligands generated by Docking@Home with the help of our volunteers is now publicly available for download through this link! It is by far the largest public dataset of docked ligands that have been generated by volunteers’ desktops and laptops. Explore the results we have collected over the past years and share with us the exciting scientific findings with VMD or Chimera! Many thanks and happy holidays to our volunteers. All this would have not been possible without your help! |
| Papers' section updated Source: Docking@Home lundi 23 décembre 2013 22:37 We have updated our papers' section. Now this section also features our recent poster in SC13 and papers showcasing the efforts in efficient data analyses of Docking@Home datasets and investigating the gender differences in our volunteers. We also put together the presentation slides of both papers for you to read! This work could not have been possible without your help. Thank you!! |
| My Participation at the SpaceGeneration Congress and at the 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013 in Beijing Source: Constellation@Home mercredi 25 décembre 2013 23:41 Three current projects, which are conducted during my university research or as part of my volunteering work were selected as presentations during the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2013) in Beijing. The IAC is the most important, annual space congress organized by the International Astronautical Federation together with the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law. These papers deal about “TYCHO” diploma thesis at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) of the University of Stuttgart, about our "Distributed Groundstation Network (DGSN)“ project as part of my young academic group Constellation at the University of Stuttgart and about our experiences “SpaceUp unconferences” at the IRS and other cities. Immediately before the IAC, the SpaceGeneration Congress (SGC) by the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) takes place. The SGC is gathering aimed for students and young professionals and it offers workshops and discussions between participants and experts about space exploration, space law and further topics. I was eager to also attend SGC because my diploma thesis TYCHO was the winning concept for the OHB and SGAC Scholarship of SGC 2011. At the evening of 18.09, the SGC congress programme started with the delegates’ dinner in a traditional Chinese hotpot restaurant. where we participants were able to get to know each other us well as the Chinese culture. With the of the SGC on 19.09 our “Agency Working Group” stared working for three days on a novel concept about the topic “One day without Space Communication”. The results were a short and a long term campaign for the general public as the target group. The first result is a cost efficient t-shirt logo campaign which displays the “Evolution of Satellite Communication”. The second result encompasses a mobile game for smart phones and tablets, in which the gamer’s task is to play the disaster control manager in the broadest sense of Sim City. The gamer has to deal with the consequences of the collapse of satellite communication (such as broadcast, navigation, internet) and find solutions how to repair the infrastructure. During the closing meeting on the 21.09, all working groups presented their results and recommendations were given to several target organizations of each working group. 
DSC_1545 (Large) von SGAC Photo Gallery auf Flickr
978 von SGAC Photo Gallery auf Flickr
On Sunday 22.09, I participated during the “The Role of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Earth Observation in Disaster Management” workshop, an extra workshop organized by the YGNSS group of SGAC. During the workshop different application of GNSS and their benefits to disaster management were presented and we were taught in working with the ArcGIS software. The workshop expanded my knowledge, which I can well apply to our DGSN project.
GNSS and EO for Disaster Management Workshop Group Picture von SGAC Photo Gallery auf Flickr
IAC 2013 opened 23.09 and it opened with a breath-taking opening ceremony. Afterwards, I attended the first plenary sessions (Head of Agencies) and technical talks. I waited to especially see the first sessions during which I supposed to get information about the plans and objectives of the different space agencies. China as the host presented their achievements in space of the last years and the Chinese space agency CNSA implied future plans.
I presented the paper derived from my diploma thesis TYCHO und the title of ”TYCHO: demonstrator and operational satellite mission to Earth-Moon-libration point EML-4 for communication relay provision as a service” on 25.09. The reactions and following discussions based on my paper and presentation were very positive. The constructive criticism confirmed me, that I selected the right topic with zeitgeist as my research study. A person from Shackleton Energy asked about the data-rate of my communication satellite to see if such a relay satellite could support their automated water mining on the lunar surface. My 3D transfer animation received nice comments by a participant of the University of the Armed Forces Germany and he briefly explained a similar mission they are working on. A special honor for me is the selection of my paper among all papers of the SYMPOSIUM ON BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT for a peer-review of Acta Astronautica. This would not have been possible without my participation on location!
 TYCHO Youtube Video
On 27.09, I presented two papers about “SpaceUp unconferences: a 21st century global approach to space outreach” and about “Distributed Ground Station Network - a global system for tracking and communication with small satellites as an open service” (DGSN). The SpaceUp presentation sparked a constructive discussion about the classification of unconferences with respect to other unconventional outreach methods like “Science Slams”. Our purpose was to present our unconference and to get reactions like this from the scientific community. I really enjoyed presenting the advantages and how we dealt with the disadvantages of them. An additional highlight was that two organizations are interested in bringing a SpaceUp to their cities and asked for support. And we are really glad to provide help!
 SpaceUp Youtube video
As the final paper I presented our DGSN project. I was really excited about the content of the presentation “The ITU Radio Regulations - challenges for small satellites” By Mr. Matas (International Telecommunications Union, ITU), which he presented before me during the Small Satellite Operations Session. He described the challenges of frequency bands allocation for small satellites and explained why several previous projects about connecting ground stations via the internet and offer them to remote operators are stepping into the legal grey area. I picked up this topic and explained on his explanations how our concept works. I explained how we do not bend or break ITU regulations, but how we conform to their requirements. During my presentation the absolute necessity of such a grid and service was explained with experiences of the VERDE satellite, which was designed as part of the Small Satellite Project at the IRS. The presentation gained a public reaction by Mr. Matas, that his presentation was the best presentation during this day’s session. He also said that the concept of internet connected ground station would be the first that could work and is conform with respect to ITU regulations. The paper created interest by people from George Washington University (they wanted to forward it to friends at NASA) and the University of Würzburg. Additionally to the reactions about the infrastructure, several small and cube satellite groups expressed interest in using DGSN for tracking and communication with their satellites. You find our paper here on Slideshare.
 DGSN Youtube Video
During the days between my presentations I attended further sessions and discussions offered by IAC as well as cultural and social events in Beijing. The rich culture of the city and the country, the really delicious food, and mainly the Chinese hospitality was a personal gain I do not want to miss. I could just have achieved this by visiting Beijing and get a hands on experience.
All in all I provided my share to represent the young generation of space engineers, the academia of the University of Stuttgart and the project and research done by our groups during the most important international space congress. I am really thankful to have had this opportunity and it was made possible by a part scholarship by SGAC and the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI). If you want to know more just post your questions in this thread. This only gives you a rough overview of two weeks. You can also even support us attending such conferences or our projects by generously donating. You can watch all our Beijing videos here on Youtube. Thank you in advance,
Andreas |
| Best wishes for 2014 Source: SIMAP - Similarity Matrix of Proteins lundi 23 décembre 2013 08:51 The BOINCSIMAP team wishes all partipants a merry xmas and a happy new year. This year has been very successful for us. The number of users and collaborating projects was further increased. Big biological databases (e.g., GeneCards, eggNOG and STRING) have again made their new releases based on SIMAP data. We look forward to an interesting new year 2014. BOINCSIMAP will be extended to mobile devices and we also plan improving its calculation algorithm. Thank you for supporting our project and helping to keep the largest database of protein similarities and protein features up-to-date. Best regards The BOINCSIMAP team |
| Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2014! Source: Constellation@Home lundi 23 décembre 2013 21:09 Hello everybody, the Constellation team wishes you a merry Christmas with your family and friends and a happy new year 2014. Thank you all for your steady support during the last year. This is the best gift we could ask for. THANK YOU! 
merrychristmasandpeaceonearth von aerospaceresearch.net auf Flickr |
| Off on Holydays Source: GPUGrid vendredi 20 décembre 2013 12:04 Happy holidays everybody, we will be around but most of us are back for the new year. There should be enough workunits to crunch since then. gdf |
| Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower movie version released Source: BURP RenderFarming mercredi 18 décembre 2013 22:58 In 2008 the Blender Foundation created an open movie called Big Buck Bunny and released it and the source files for everyone to enjoy. For a while now, the BURP renderfarm has been working on an upgrade - a stereoscopic, high resolution and high frame rate rework of Big Buck Bunny, completely open in the same spirit as the original. Today you can watch the results for yourself: http://bbb3d.renderfarming.net You can post back comments in the Sunflower thread |
| 12-digit factor of P2203 has now been found by the project... Source: WEP-M+2 Project jeudi 19 décembre 2013 12:52 ...44500 times |
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