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Learn to contribute to science using BOINC software

Important scientific projects need you!

After completing this challenge you will be able to participate in scientific projects which are working to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars and conduct other types of research all over the world. You will be able to contribute processing time on your PC or laptop, and through the message boards of the projects, you will have the chance to learn more about the research that is motivating these projects.

This challenge will show you how to download, install and run the software you need to enable you to join the volunteer computing projects that are supported by the open source platform, BOINC.

P Time it should take to complete:
1 hrs

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Wocon45 at Become a Citizen Scientist

posted message: My name is Victor and I am very new, as matter of fact I am less than 24 hours into the concept of being a citizen scientist. I am a third year Information Technology student at Sikkim Manipal University, I am interested in learning more and subsequently contributing to the body of knowledge.

30 Jun 2014 via courses.p2pu.org