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Volunteer Computing Games

Processor 3. Processor 2. Processor 1. Volunteer Computing Games. A volunteer computing game is a casual game which is an implementation of a volunteer (distributed) algorithm The idea is to use casual online video games to solve real problems. Charles Cusack Computer Science

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Volunteer Computing Games

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  1. Processor 3 Processor 2 Processor 1 Volunteer Computing Games A volunteer computing game is a casual game which is an implementation of a volunteer (distributed) algorithm The idea is to use casual online video games to solve real problems Charles Cusack Computer Science cusack@hope.edu (616) 395-7271 Photograph Education Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Nebraska—Lincoln M.S., Computer Science, University of Nebraska—Lincoln M.S., Discrete Mathematics, Michigan Tech B.S., Pure Mathematics, Michigan Tech Areas of Expertise Algorithms, Graph Theory, Combinatorics How do you turn something like this… Grants and Awards HHMI Faculty Development Grant for Interdisciplinary Research into something like these Recent Publications and Presentations Charles Cusack, Chris Martens, Priyanshu Mutreja, “Volunteer Computing Using Casual Games,” presented at Future Play 2006 International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, London, Ontario, Canada, Oct 10-12, 2006. Published in Conference Proceedings. Gretchen C. Foley, Charles A. Cusack, “Computer-Assisted Analysis of Music in George Perle’s System of Twelve-Tone Tonality,” Computer Music Journal, 30 (2006) No 3, pp. 53-66. Diner Dash 2 Bejeweled The goals include increasing participation in volunteer computing and harnessing human insight into various sorts of problems Acknowledgements: HHMI and NSF

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