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Forum: FightAIDS@Home Phase 2
Thread: FightAIDS@Home, Phase 2 - Project Update, February 2019 |
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ErikaT
Former World Community Grid Admin USA Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Post Count: 912 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hello everyone,
You may have noticed that FAAH2 recently switched to a new type of work unit . The project's latest update, which you can read here, gives some background on why the research team decided to do this. You can also learn more about the project's newest team members. Thanks for supporting FightAIDS@Home! ErikaT |
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l_mckeon
Senior Cruncher Joined: Oct 20, 2007 Post Count: 439 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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So does this require a continuous internet connection to allow streaming?
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BladeD
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 28976 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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So does this require a continuous internet connection to allow streaming? I SAW NO MENTION OF streaming in that update.  |
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joergent
Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2005 Post Count: 2 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Isn't the time limit of 24 hours too short causing waste of computational time ?
I often see units with the state 'No reply' and another machine started on the same unit. |
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joergent
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I found another thread about this issue (without any responsible person from FightAIDS@Home2 joining in !).
As I don't want to waste computational and electrical power I am focusing on other projects now. FightAIDS@Home2 is hurting itself by this strategy. |
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nickoli
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Post Count: 167 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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This is cool! From the update:
----------------------------------------Previous Process: Multiple copies of a protein-ligand complex (the structure consisting of a drug candidate compound docked with a protein receptor) were sent out to many volunteers and are simulated with no interaction with one another. The collective information from all those simulations are combined during analysis at the very end. New Process: Asynchronous replica exchange allows information from the different copies to be shared and exchanged among all copies dynamically after the simulations. This process yields the correct equilibrium statistical physics needed for our analysis.  |
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Jim1348
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Post Count: 1066 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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It looks efficient to me. It allows the scientists to coordinate the work between machines the best way they can. That is not easy in distributed computing projects with long latencies (the time from when they send out a work unit until the time they receive the results). That is a lot harder with thousands of widely disbursed machines than if they were doing it in-house.
----------------------------------------I will be adding a Win7 machine to it when it finishes some long CPDN work. I have a couple of Ryzens on the other WCG projects, but they are Linux. So I will devote the Windows machine to FAH2 and MIP. That way, I can meet the deadlines with no problems. My machines run 24/7, and I would prefer short deadlines anyway. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Jim1348 at Mar 16, 2019 10:37:33 AM] |
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