MindModeling@Home

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Initial releaseMarch 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)
Development statusInactive
Operating system Cross-platform
Platform BOINC
Average performance1,800 GFLOPS, [1]
Active users1,900
Total users8,600
Active hosts2,800
Total hosts24,500
Website mindmodeling.org

MindModeling@Home [2] is a non-profit, volunteer computing research project for the advancement of cognitive science. MindModeling@Home is hosted by Wright State University and the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Contents

In BOINC, it is in the area of Cognitive Science and category called Cognitive science and artificial intelligence. [3] It can only operate on a 64-bit operating system, preferably on a computer with multiple cores, running a Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux operating system. This project is not compatible with mobile devices, unlike other projects on BOINC.

Research focus

Problems

Scientific results

  1. Godwin H.J., Walenchok S. et al. Faster than the speed of rejection: Object identification processes during visual search for multiple targets. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 41-4, (2016). [11]
  2. Moore L. R., Gunzelmann G. An interpolation approach for fitting computationally intensive models. Cognitive Systems Research 19, (2014). [12]
  3. Moore L.R. Cognitive model exploration and optimization: a new challenge for computational science. Comput Math Organ Theory 17, 296–313. (2011). [13]
  4. Moore L.R., Kopala M., Mielke T. et al. Simultaneous performance exploration and optimized search with volunteer computing. 19th ACM International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, (2010). [14]
  5. Harris J., Gluck K.A., Moore L.R. MindModeling@Home. . . and Anywhere Else You Have Idle Processors. 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, (2009). [15]
  6. Gluck K., Scheutz M. Combinatorics meets processing power: Large-scale computational resources for BRIMS. 16th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, BRIMS. 1. 73-83. (2007). [16]

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References

  1. ↑ de Zutter W. "MindModeling@Home: Credit overview". boincstats.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  2. ↑ Moore, L. Richard; Kopala, Matthew; Mielke, Thomas; Krusmark, Michael; Gluck, Kevin A. (2010-06-21). "Simultaneous performance exploration and optimized search with volunteer computing". Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing. HPDC '10. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 312–315. doi:10.1145/1851476.1851518. ISBN   978-1-60558-942-8. S2CID   18679055. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Choosing BOINC projects". boinc.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Projects Overview". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. ↑ "MindModeling@Home - BOINC". boinc.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  6. ↑ "Hails and Farewells". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. ↑ "Project status". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  8. ↑ "Read our rules and policies". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  9. ↑ "MindModeling@Home (Beta)". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  10. ↑ "When will mindmodeling@home be out of beta". mindmodeling.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  11. ↑ Godwin, Hayward J.; Walenchok, Stephen C.; Houpt, Joseph W.; Hout, Michael C.; Goldinger, Stephen D. (August 2015). "Faster than the speed of rejection: Object identification processes during visual search for multiple targets". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 41 (4): 1007–1020. doi:10.1037/xhp0000036. ISSN   1939-1277. PMC   4516661 . PMID   25938253.
  12. ↑ Richard Moore, L.; Gunzelmann, Glenn (2014-09-01). "An interpolation approach for fitting computationally intensive models". Cognitive Systems Research. 29–30: 53–65. doi:10.1016/j.cogsys.2013.09.001. ISSN   1389-0417. S2CID   26656979.
  13. ↑ Moore, L. Richard (2011-09-01). "Cognitive model exploration and optimization: a new challenge for computational science". Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. 17 (3): 296–313. doi:10.1007/s10588-011-9092-8. ISSN   1572-9346. S2CID   7767242.
  14. ↑ Moore, L. Richard; Kopala, Matthew; Mielke, Thomas; Krusmark, Michael; Gluck, Kevin A. (2010-06-21). "Simultaneous performance exploration and optimized search with volunteer computing". Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing. HPDC '10. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 312–315. doi:10.1145/1851476.1851518. ISBN   978-1-60558-942-8. S2CID   18679055.
  15. ↑ "Mindmodeling@Home. . . and Anywhere Else You Have Idle Processors".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ↑ "ACT-R » Publications » Combinatorics meets processing power: larger-scale computational resources for BRIMS" . Retrieved 2022-10-09.


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