World Community Grid is pleased to report that we are releasing a new version of the research application which is utilized by our Say No to Schistasoma (SN2S), Drug Search for Leishmaniasis (DSFL), and GO - Fight Against Malaria (GFAM) projects. This new version has two major enhancements:

1. Corrects an issue that would sometimes cause work units to be reported as errors when a Windows computer was rebooted
2. Changes the data returned by the research application so that we can reduce the redundancy required to validate a work unit

Redundancy is one technique used by World Community Grid to verify that the results returned by your computer are valid. This technique accomplishes this by sending out two, or more, copies of each work unit and comparing the results to ensure that they match. However, for some research applications we can reduce the number of times that we that we send out multiple copies of a work unit by adding additional data returned by the research application and by using statistical sampling in order to ensure that the results returned are valid. This allows us to complete up to 80% more research with the same amount of contribution from our volunteers.

Minimizing redundancy involves taking the following actions:

* Start distributing the new version of the applications and monitoring them to make sure they are working correctly
* Modify the work units that are sent out so that the additional data, mentioned above, is returned
* Reduce the redundancy once returned results are validated

These steps will take a few days to complete. We will update this thread as each step is completed.

Thank you for your support,
The World Community Grid Support Team