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

志愿者计算(VC)利用拥有联网PC的志愿者的计算资源来解决科学中的基本问题。不幸的是，以白人男性为主的志愿者并不能代表普通人群，他们的参与通常只是贡献闲置的计算资源。科学发现所显示的好处以及吸引更多人参与的机会推动了这个项目？S对风险投资系统进行了根本性的变革。这项工作将建立ExScience TecH，这是一个互动的、易于使用的风险投资系统，用于探索科学、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，ExScience Tech将帮助科学发现，即使它培养了更多了解科学和参与其中的公民。在任天堂Wii遥控器和休闲游戏等技术的支持下，ExScience Tech将帮助志愿者发现科学是多么有价值和令人兴奋。智力价值：这个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VC项目，建立由不同志愿者组成的包容性社区，并通过对接@Home，一个旨在设计乳腺癌和艾滋病毒新药的VC项目，增加向科学家提供的科学成果。更广泛的影响：ExScience Tech将通过一个已建立的致力于信息技术多样性的本科生计算课程网络进行分发。国家妇女和信息技术中心(NCWIT)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.