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| Vote for CPU tie-breaker Jan. '12 |
| Einstein |
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| Number Fields |
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LanDroid
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 Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:54 am Post subject: VOTE: Tie-breaker Jan. '12 / Einstein Vs. Number Fields |
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With three votes each, it's another smack down - here are the two contestants.
Einstein
KWSN currently in 18th place, but should pass the University of Wisconsin later today. Stomp Factor is low, doesn't appear we'll pass anyone else in a month, but these GPU projects are hard to predict, don't know how high production will run if everyone stomps on it. And that's part of the attraction of voting for this one - CPU and GPU PotM's could both crunch the same project as Einstein is evidently still worthwhile for CPU's...
This project currently searches for pulsars in data from the giant Arecibo radio telescope. 16 have been found so far. This project also searches for Einstein gravitational-wave emissions from spinning neutron stars. So far this has not been successful and I get the impression it's less of a priority than pulsars - perhaps someone can verify that.
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
Number Fields
KWSN is currently in 9th place. Stomp Factor is low to medium, looks like we might pass 2 or 3 teams in a month.
This is a math project, therefore over my head:
| Quote: | NumberFields@home searches for fields with special properties. The primary application of this research is in the realm of algebraic number theory. Number theorists can mine the data for interesting patterns to help them formulate conjectures about number fields. Ultimately, this research will lead to a deeper understanding of the profound properties of numbers, the basic building blocks of all mathematics.
http://stat.la.asu.edu/NumberFields/
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The Knighty NI
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Plomos
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Voted. As to the gravitational wave thing being less emphasized, its not necessarily less important, rather gravitational waves are invisible waves that have never been directly discovered so its more of a long shot to find some. Whereas the pulsars we know are there. Looks like sir Einstein is going to win this one
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