Test4Theory

PROJECT

Url:http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory
Start date:
End date:
Infrastructure: BOINC

TEAM

Official team page:http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/test4theory/meet-team
Leader: Daniel Lombraña González



Main location: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

PROJECT DEFINITION

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Subject

> Physics (N/A)

Description

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

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.

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ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS

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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

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:
Interface
Data type to manipulate: other	interface enjoyment: not cool/attractive Interface usability: somewhat difficult to use	Member profiles::N/A Member profile elements:

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

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COMMUNITY

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

Other information about community:
Community led additions:

OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION

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

No Physics

N/A 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.

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

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

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N/A forum N/A Hack Days

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Low

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