Kevin Berry's Computing Research
Distributed and Grid Computing from the Browser
12/10/09 Update
Research paper published, as well a reverse-hashing proof of concept.
Unfortunately, the day after I publish my research, its already a bit dated...
Crowd Computing. A javascript library to use visitors to your website to do background processing. Also, Google's web socket javascript implementation for their chromium browser. Ajax and Json no longer necessary?
9/23/09 Update
I have narrowed down my reserch from "Cloud computing" to "grid computing". Grid computing involves using a WAN (internet) to distribute a problem that needs lots of processing power over many computers. There are a few grid computing applications today that donate a user's "spare cpu cycles" to processing a problem. One example is Folding@home, which uses many nodes to "fold" proteins and find cures for diseases. A task this large would be next to impossible by using a dedicated machine. Instead, much more work can be accomplished by using a massive grid of nodes to take the bulk of the processing power.
9/19/09 Update
More coming soon.. I need to narrow down my research. Cloud computing is a pretty broad term, so I need to figure out exactly what I'm going to do still.
| date | description | status |
|---|---|---|
| 9/1/09 | Project website | Completed |
| 9/14/09 | Paper Summary | Completed |
| 9/14/09 | Topic Selection | Completed |
| 9/23/09 | Topic modified to Grid Computing. Broad bibliography included. | Completed |
| 9/24/09 | Research summary revised | Completed |
| 10/12/09 | Annotated Bibliography | Completed |
| 11/10/09 | Literature Survey | Completed |
| 12/09/09 | Final Literature Survey | Completed |
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Email: kevin.berry@villanova.edu
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