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Milkyway@Home

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Abstract

Milkyway@Home uses the BOINC platform to harness volunteered computing resources, creating a highly accurate three dimensional model of the Milky Way galaxy using data gathered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This project enables research in both astroinformatics and computer science

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https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_index.php

Site

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/

Cite this work

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

  • (2024), "Milkyway@Home," https://sciencegateways.org/resources/milkywayhome.

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Tags

  1. 3D
  2. algorithm
  3. astroinformatics
  4. asynchronous
  5. BOINC
  6. galaxy
  7. genetic
  8. heterogeneous
  9. milkyway
  10. newton
  11. tails
  12. tidal