After analysing the results from this Summer, the model has been found not very conclusive but still intriguing. The best result was found in the test number #464108. This solution allowed the model to evolve for some time with no mental activity extinction in a very irregular but interesting pattern. Maybe the general model using inhibition and excitation is not able to reach a periodic pattern but only a chaotic one. This is unexpected and, somehow, a drawback with respect to my expectations, but could allow us to tune the model to follow a real EEG. Despite of this, we are going to a new calculations phase with about 1000000 WUs to try. They are, somehow, special. They are designed to explore the upper limit of the network connectivity, and this implies that they are going to require more RAM, between 4 and 16 GB, so get prepared.
Ideologias@Home ends Phase II computations
Ideologias@Home Phase II computations have been completed after more than two weeks thanks to all volunteers, giving as a result more than 700.000 WU processed. Now begins the analysis phase, when all there results have to be examined. We hope we will be able to create a new model, more accurate and refined, to be tested in the Phase III of the project, perhaps in Autumn.
We start today the phase II of Ideologias@Home
After minor fixes, we continue our calculations today. The WUs of this second phase increase the required CPU time due to a higher number of iterations (now 15 minutes), and they reach a quite broader range of the solution space.
Neurona@Home starts today
Today we start operations with a batch of 1000 WU. We will use this to test the worker and check everything runs smoothly. Volunteers willing to help can ask for an invitation code once they have checked the requirements to participate in the project.
Report giving details about what is Ideologias@Home already available
Some people have requested more information about what is being crunched and what is Ideologias@Home about. For them I have written a small report available in
Ideologias@Home is now open to all volunteers
Starting today we enable account creation for all users. As we are still in Beta phase, please note that the project may be stopped from time to time.
Ideologias@Home inaugurates new status web page
Ideologias@Home inaugurates new status web page:
http://falua.cesfelipesegundo.com/Ideologias/server_status_detailed.php
It is an adaptation from Einstein@Home and quite more exhaustive than the default one:
http://falua.cesfelipesegundo.com/Ideologias/server_status.php
Ideologias@Home beta phase starts today
After some late fixes we have started accepting volunteers today using invitation code, so as to process a new batch of 10.000 workunits.
Multilanguage configuration of the web site
We have prepared our web site so it can be read in several languages (Spanish, English and German so far). We need translators willing to help us to translate from Spanish/English to English/German, or any other we are offered.
Ideologias@Home in-house testing
We are in Alpha testing phase before launching the Ideologias@Home project. We hope we’ll give the Go Ahead to the Beta phase in a week or so.