TY - JOUR
T1 - Volunteer clouds and citizen cyberscience for LHC physics
AU - Sanchez, Carlos Aguado
AU - Blomer, Jakob
AU - Buncic, Predrag
AU - Ellis, John
AU - Grey, Francois
AU - Gonzalez, Daniel Lombrana
AU - Marquina, Miguel
AU - Schulz, Holger
AU - Segal, Ben
AU - Skands, Peter
AU - Weir, David
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Computing for the LHC, and for HEP more generally, is traditionally viewed as requiring specialized infrastructure and software environments, and therefore not compatible with the recent trend in "volunteer computing", where volunteers supply free processing time on ordinary PCs and laptops via standard Internet connections. In this paper, we demonstrate that with the use of virtual machine technology, at least some standard LHC computing tasks can be tackled with volunteer computing resources. Specifically, by presenting volunteer computing resources to HEP scientists as a "volunteer cloud", essentially identical to a Grid or dedicated cluster from a job submission perspective, LHC simulations can be processed effectively. This article outlines both the technical steps required for such a solution and the implications for LHC computing as well as for LHC public outreach and for participation by scientists from developing regions in LHC research.
AB - Computing for the LHC, and for HEP more generally, is traditionally viewed as requiring specialized infrastructure and software environments, and therefore not compatible with the recent trend in "volunteer computing", where volunteers supply free processing time on ordinary PCs and laptops via standard Internet connections. In this paper, we demonstrate that with the use of virtual machine technology, at least some standard LHC computing tasks can be tackled with volunteer computing resources. Specifically, by presenting volunteer computing resources to HEP scientists as a "volunteer cloud", essentially identical to a Grid or dedicated cluster from a job submission perspective, LHC simulations can be processed effectively. This article outlines both the technical steps required for such a solution and the implications for LHC computing as well as for LHC public outreach and for participation by scientists from developing regions in LHC research.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062022
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062022
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84863246228
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 331
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - PART 6
M1 - 62022
ER -