Test4Theory

1 PROJECT

Url:http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory
Start date: 2010/11/24
End date: Still open
Infrastructure: BOINC

2 TEAM

Official team page:http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory/meet-team
Leader: Peter Skands



Main location: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

3 PROJECT DEFINITION

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3.1 Subject

Natural sciences > Particle Physics (physics)

3.2 Description

The LHC@home 2.0 project Test4Theory allows users to participate in running simulations of high-energy particle physics using their home computers.

3.3 Purpose.

The results are submitted to a database which is used as a common resource by both experimental and theoretical scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Hopefully, these explanations can help give an idea of why the computing resources made available by volunteers in this way can be crucial for improving our understanding of what is really happening inside the beam pipe of the Large Hadron Collider.

3.4 .

4 ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS

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4.1 Tasks description.

In order to run the collision simulations you will need to install two key applications in your computer:

• VirtualBox
• BOINC client

Finally, you will have to attach your computer to the project

4.2 Interaction with system objects.

The only interactions are installing software and attaching the computer to the project.

Grey typology	Participation typology	Contribution type:
Computing: YES Thinking: NO Sensing: NO Gaming: NO	Crowdsourcing ☐ Distributed intelligence ☐ Participatory science ☐ Extreme citizen science ☐ Science outreach ☐	Data collection ☐ Data analysis ☐ Data interpretation ☐--------
Gaming
Genre:	Gaming elements: score boards
Interface
Data type to manipulate:	interface enjoyment: rather not cool/attractive Interface usability: somewhat difficult to use	Member profiles::minimal Member profile elements:

5 ABOUT GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK

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Guidance	Feedback on
Tutorial and documentation: SOMEWHAT Training sequence: NO Peer to peer guidance: SOMEWHAT	individual performance: YES collective performance: YES research progress: Somewhat

5.1 .

6 COMMUNITY

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Tools	News & Events
Communication: forum Social Network: N/A	Main news site: Frequency of project news updates: weekly Type of events: Hack Days Frequency of events :
Community description
Community size (volounteers based): Role: Interaction form: Has official community manager(s): yes Has team work N/A

Other information about community:
Community led additions:

7 OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION

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http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory/meet-team Daniel Lombraña González CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Yes Particle Physics Natural sciences physics The results are submitted to a database which is used as a common resource by both experimental and theoretical scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Hopefully, these explanations can help give an idea of why the computing resources made available by volunteers in this way can be crucial for improving our understanding of what is really happening inside the beam pipe of the Large Hadron Collider.

World-wide Test4Theory In order to run the collision simulations you will need to install two key applications in your computer:

• VirtualBox
• BOINC client

Finally, you will have to attach your computer to the project

Retributions are given through the BOINC interface, i.e. individual or group performance (??)

, other: Thinking: no Computing: yes Sensing: no Gaming: no score boards

The only interactions are installing software and attaching the computer to the project. rather not cool/attractive somewhat difficult to use somewhat somewhat no yes yes somewhat

minimal

yes forum N/A Hack Days

weekly

N/A

Low

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Crowd-sourced computing platform reaches one trillion events. Cian O'Luanaigh

http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2013/09/crowd-sourced-computing-platform-reaches-one-trillion-events

Cian O'Luanaigh, Crowd-sourced computing platform reaches one trillion events, CERN, Web page, 20 Sep 2013, retrieved Sept 24 2013