Collaborative Research: SoCS - ExSciTecH: An Interactive, Easy-to-Use Volunteer Computing System to Explore Science, Technology, and Health

志愿者计算（VC）利用志愿者的计算资源与互联网连接的PC来解决科学中的基本问题。不幸的是，大多数白人男性志愿者并不代表一般人群，他们的参与通常只包括贡献闲置的计算资源。 科学发现的好处和广泛参与的机会激励了这个项目？这项工作将建立ExSciTecH，一个交互式的，易于使用的VC系统，以探索科学，技术和健康。该系统将激励和促进不同的志愿者将他们的智力和计算资源捐赠给风险投资项目。 因此，ExSciTecH将有助于科学发现，即使它发展了一个更科学的知情和参与公民。在任天堂Wii遥控器和休闲游戏等技术的支持下，ExSciTecH将帮助志愿者发现科学是多么有价值和令人兴奋。该项目旨在提高不同人群对计算机科学的兴趣和参与，特别是风险投资项目，建立由不同志愿者组成的包容性社区，并通过对接@Home，更广泛的影响：ExSciTecH将通过一个致力于信息技术多样性的大学生计算项目的既定网络进行分发。国家妇女和信息技术中心拥有促进和传播招募和留住不同人群的做法的经验和资源。

Volunteer Computing (VC) uses the computational resources of volunteers with Internet-connected PCs to address fundamental problems in science. Unfortunately, the largely white-male volunteers are not representative of the general population, and their involvement typically consists of nothing more than contributing idle computing resources. The demonstrated benefits to scientific discovery and the opportunity to engage a broad population motivate this project?s radical transformation of VC systems.This work will build ExSciTecH, an interactive, easy-to-use VC system to Explore Science, Technology, and Health. The system will motivate and facilitate diverse volunteers to donate their intellectual and computational resources to VC projects. As a result, ExSciTecH will aid scientific discovery even as it develops a more scientifically informed and engaged citizenry. Supported by technologies such as the Nintendo Wii Remote controller and casual gaming, ExSciTecH will help volunteers discover how rewarding and exciting science can be.Intellectual Merit: This project aims to increase the interest and participation of diverse populations in computer science in general and VC projects in particular, to build inclusive communities of diverse volunteers, and to increase the science delivered to scientists by Docking@Home, a VC project targeting the design of new drugs for breast cancer and HIV.Broader Impact: ExSciTecH will be distributed through an established network of undergraduate computing programs that are dedicated to diversity in information technology. The National Center for Women and IT (NCWIT) has experience and resources for promoting and distributing practices that recruit and retain diverse populations.