BOINC Radio
112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBOINC Radio is a participatory podcast hosted on the BOINC Network Discord server (linked below). This means you, listener, help guide the direction of each episode!
Every Friday at 4pm EST your friendly hosts bring topics for everyone to discuss. Topics can range from BOINC, science, and distributed computing news to network theory to interesting anecdotes.
To participate, all you need to do is join the BOINC Network Discord server and take part in the live recording every Friday at 4pm EST.
If you can't join the live recordings, feel free to reach out on discord with your ideas and we will do our best to integrate your suggestions or thoughts into a future episode.
Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the show! Each episode is uploaded 1-3 days after the live recording session.
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Episodes
What Isn't BOINC
January 21, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MBWe discuss distributed computing platforms that are not BOINC. |4:30|SiDock@Home| |5:25|PrimeGrid| |6:45|iThena| |8:00|New Primes| |9:30|Kryptos@Home| |11:00|Not BOINC|
What is BOINC?
January 10, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 28.7 MB|2:00|What is BOINC| |3:15|BOINC vs. other computing platforms| |6:30|The reason for BOINC| |7:45|BOINC as a community| |13:00|[SRBase New Year goals](https://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=26348)| |15:00|[Mapping Cancer Markers](https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=678)| |16:40|[MLC@Home Resolutions](https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/forum_thread.php?id=154)| |19:00|[New badges from Milkyway@Home](https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/foru...
The Social Network
December 21, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 34.1 MB05:30|MLC@Home 06:45|WCG: Microbiome Immunity Project 09:15|WCG: Openpandemics 11:40|Yoyo@Home| 14:00|SiDock@Home 15:55|WCG: Smash Childhood Cancer 18:00|The Social Side of BOINC 30:45|Gaming While Crunching
OS Wars
December 18, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 38.1 MB03:15 | MLC@Home 05:00 | Minecraft@Home 06:45 | WCG: Africa Rainfall 08:50 | Primegrid 09:50| Rosetta@Home 11:30 | OS Wars
Leyline
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBWe discuss the LeyLine project with Jeremey Dela Rosa and Jonathan Martin 03:15|SRBase 04:15|Mapping Cancer Markers 05:40|Primegrid 06:30|SETI@Home 07:45|New BOINC.Network website 10:00|LeyLine Leyline website: https://leyline.gg Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Leylinenp https://www.instagram.com/leylinenp/ https://twitter.com/leylinenp Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpkN677OYWy2XqVKgoxJLg Leyline launch video: https://youtu.be/07UNTo37amU
Incentivized Crunching
November 29, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 49.8 MBWe introduce incentivized crunching in preparation for our discussion with LeyLine next week! 02:50|Open Pandemics 06:00|Smash Childhood Cancer 07:00|Mapping Cancer Markers 09:15|SRBase 10:00|MLC@Home 12:30|PrimeGrid 14:10|GPUGrid 15:10|Asteroids@Home 15:50|Universe@Home 16:30|Gamification vs. Social Networks vs. Incentivized Crunching 18:00|The costs of contributing to BOINC 20:00|Covering the costs of crunching 22:30|User adoption and retention 23:30|Different implementations...
Is Gamification Actually Beneficial?
November 17, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 39.5 MB03:45|Africa Rainfall Project 04:45|Virtual BOINC Workshop 06:45|DENIS@Home 08:45|Numberfields@Home 14:30|Gamification 24:20|How to make BOINC more secure 31:50|The social network 33:00|Back to cheating 35:45|The power of social networks
Dang you Craig!
November 11, 2020 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBNews and some telescope talk |Time|Subject| |---|---| |03:15|Virtual BOINC Workshop| |04:50|SR-Base| |07:00|Rosetta@Home| |07:30|Minecraft@Home| |09:45|WCG: Africa Rainfall| |10:45|SETI@Home| |11:35|Super rushed rest of the episode because Craig broke|
Gatekeepers in Science
November 03, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 38.8 MB5:00 | Primegrid News 6:45 | Open Pandemics News 9:15 | SRBase News 10:40 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 12:00 | Smash Childhood Cancer 17:00 | Henrietta Lacks and Gatekeepers of Science https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks
RNAWorld
October 30, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 19.2 MBDelta introduces us to the BOINC project, RNAWorld
Rakesearch
October 28, 2020 13:00 - 15 minutes - 16.6 MBDelta introduces us to the BOINC project, Rakesearch.
Emerging BOINC Projects
October 23, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 34.4 MBLinks: https://quchempedia.univ-angers.fr/athome/forum_thread.php?id=122#1107 https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01820 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=652 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=653 https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=651 http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5180 http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5183
Evil Science
October 03, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 40.3 MBWe discuss evil science and BOINC security. 3:50 | BOINC Workshop News 5:10 | Foldit news 7:00 | Rakesearch News 8:15 | Shoutout to Ian 8:45 | WCG News 9:55 | SRBase News 11:00 | Evil Science BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
BOINC Stats
September 27, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 43.7 MB4:20 | Smash Childhood Cancer Update 6:16 | Open Pandemics Update 7:00 | Mapping Cancer Markers Projects Update 9:45 | Primegrid Update 11:00 | Rosetta@Home Update 14:30 | RNA World Update 15:10 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 16:30 | BOINC Stats David Baker Video ItsFOSS Article BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Science Education
September 22, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 32.3 MBWe discuss that global state of science education and how BOINC can help. 3:15 - Minecraft@home News 5:00 - FightAids@Home News 6:00 - OpenPandemics News 7:20 - AfricaRainfall News 8:20 - Help Stop TB News 9:35 - TN-Grid News 12:00 - Science Communication 25:30 - Delta's Developer Update BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Minecraft@Home
September 18, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 20.5 MBDelta introduces us to Minecraft@Home
News Flash
September 13, 2020 13:00 - 13 minutes - 13.1 MB3:00 | GPU Grid News 4:15 | Africa Rainfall News 5:30 | MLC@Home News 8:45 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 9:45 | PrimeGrid News 11:00 | BOINC in Guiness Book of World Records (2011) Virtual BOINC Workshop BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512
GoofyXGrid
September 10, 2020 13:00 - 18 minutes - 20.7 MBDelta introduces us to the project GoofyXGrid
BOINC Lingo
September 09, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes - 39.5 MBWe discuss BOINC lingo 2:15 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 5:20 | Microbiome Immunity Project News 7:15 | Thor Challenge 9:00 | NFS@Home News 10:40 | Rakesearch News 11:20 | BOINC Lingo Virtual BOINC Workshop BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Virtual BOINC Workshop!
September 01, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 28.3 MBNews including a call for help in organizing the virtual BOINC workshop! 4:15 - Smash Childhood Cancer news 7:30 - Other WCG news 8:30 - GPU Grid news 10:45 - Virtual BOINC Workshop 18:00 - Delta's Development Update 24:00 - Rig of the Week Virtual BOINC Workshop BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
BOINC Development and Memories
August 24, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 46.6 MBDelta discusses what it's like to develop for BOINC and we share some BOINC memories. 3:15 - Africa Rainfall Update 4:30 - Open Pandemics Update 12:00 - Minecraft@home update 13:15 - Delta discussing developing with BOINC 22:45 - Memories from BOINC 28:30 - BOINC's codebase is super old 34:45 - More memories 42:30 - Rig of the Week BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Nanohub
August 14, 2020 13:00 - 15 minutes - 27 MBThis week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project NanoHub.
BOINC as a permissionless network and community
August 10, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 37.5 MB3:00 | Virtual BOINC Workshop 5:15 | 5th THOR Challenge 8:00 | Main discussion We discuss BOINC as a permissionless network and community based off the image at the tweet below. 5th Thor Challenge Tweet BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
GDPR and Data Dignity
August 07, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 48.4 MBWe discuss some WCG News, GPUGrid News, and GDPR -- how it affects BOINC and how it relates to the concept of data dignity. 7:30 - GPU Grid News 12:30 - WCG News 18:30 - GDPR Relevant Links WCG News GPU Grid News Homomorphic Encryption BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
We're Baaaaaack!
July 26, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 55.4 MBWCG News QuChemPedia Publication GitHub Archive Program Minecraft@Home Minecraft@Home Discord
QuChemPedia
July 13, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project QuChemPedia.
New BOINC Projects!
July 07, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 47.5 MBWe talk about 2 new BOINC projects and an operating system built for BOINC! Relevant Links FightAIDS@Home News MLC@Home Minecraft@Home Minecraft@Home Discord BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
TN-Grid
July 03, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project TN-Grid
Potential Good and Bad of BOINC
June 20, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 43.2 MBWe explore the potential benefits and dangerous of an open future.
LHC@Home
June 12, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project LHC@Home.
BOINC Bustin
June 10, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 69.2 MBWe bust BOINC myths! Rig of the Week BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
The Social Side of BOINC
June 01, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 43.5 MBWe discuss the social side of BOINC -- education, science communication, science participation, incentives, and gamification.
BOINC Results and Validation
May 23, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 78 MBWe discuss how BOINC projects come to their conclusions. We give an overview of several projects and the tangible (and intangible) results they have produced.
BOINC in Business
May 18, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 79.1 MBWe discuss WCG's new project Open Pandemics, the new BOINC project Ibercivis@Home, GPUGrid, the BOINC Pentathalon, and how BOINC could develop a business side. Relevant Links Open Pandemics Ibercivis BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
BOINC Hardware
May 12, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 67.7 MBWe discuss the BOINC Workshop, BOINC Pentathlon, WCG's Open Pandemics, and answer the questions: Will BOINC destroy my hardware? and Why do some projects use CPUs and others use GPUS? Relevant Links BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Folding@Home and Open Access
May 02, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 51.8 MBWe discuss Folding@Home and the magical world of Open Access. Relevant Links BOINC Pentathlon Folding@Home Designer Bounty Folding@Home Open Access Folding@Home Discord BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
News Day
April 30, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 39.2 MBWe discuss the BOINC workshop, entities contributing their idle servers to BOINC, COVID19 projects, and salt. AdventureSci LHC@Home Post Electrostatic Particles Materials Mimicking Gemstones BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Rosetta@Home
April 28, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week Delta introduces us to the BOINC project Rosetta@Home. https://i.imgur.com/mVixlBI.gif
Platforms On Which We BOINC
April 25, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBWe discuss DreamLab, COVID19 Projects, the BOINC update, and all the platforms on which we can BOINC, from Android to Windows to iOS. Relevant Links Open Pandemics Screensaver BOINC 7.16 Release Notes BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
News Flash!
April 13, 2020 13:00 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBThis abbreviated episode contains some news! BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
Einstein@Home
April 09, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week Delta introduces us to Einstein@Home
COVID19 Projects! Rosetta@Home, WCG, TACC, TN-Grid, GPUGrid
April 04, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 55.4 MBThis week we discuss all the BOINC projects directly or indirectly working on COVID-19. Relevant Links Rosetta@Home Post Open Pandemics Announcement TACC Announcement TN-Grid Science GPUGrid Post BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
COVID19, WCG, How to Contribute, SETI@Home Tribute PT. 4
March 31, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 60.9 MBThis week we talk about BOINC and COVID19, some WCG news, and how to contribute to BOINC. We also complete our 4 part tribute to SETI@Home.
Rosetta@Home, COVID19, and Tribute to SETI@Home Part 3: The Science of SETI@Home
March 21, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 49.6 MBThis week we discuss Rosetta@Home and their work combating the novel corona virus. We also continue with part 3 of our part tribute to SETI@Home by discussing the science behind the project. Relevant Links 2020 BOINC Workshop Rosetta@Home TN-Grid Post on COVID19 BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork
MilkyWay@Home
March 19, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 14.2 MBThis week Delta introduces us to MilkyWay@Home
Tribute to SETI@Home Part 2: The History of SETI@Home
March 14, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 58.1 MBThis week, in part 2 of our 4 part tribute, we discuss the history of SETI@Home: What inspired it? Where did it come from? Who helped it get off the ground? How did it evolve over time? Where might it go in the future? Relevant Links 2020 BOINC Workshop Smash Childhood Cancer Team Announces New Principal Investigator and New Project Targets Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, it’s not Because They’ve Discovered Aliens BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twi...
Tribute to SETI@Home Part 1
March 10, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 46.2 MBThis week, in part 1 of our 4 part tribute, we discuss SETI@Home: what it means, where it's going, and what we love about the project. Relevant Links Early research on existing drug compounds via supercomputing could combat coronavirus BOINCNetwork Discord BOINC Projects page Twitter: @thejringo Twitter: @delta_1512 Twitter: @BOINCNetwork