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Socializing BOINC

                                              ˜      ´
                                 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez

                                    University of Extremadura


                                    September 1, 2010




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Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)           Socializing BOINC      September 1, 2010   1 / 24
1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions




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Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   2 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



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Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   3 / 24
Social Networks




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Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   4 / 24
Flickr




                                     40 Million of users at the end of
                                     2009.




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC         September 1, 2010   5 / 24
Twitter




                                     75 Million of users at the end of
                                     2009.




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC         September 1, 2010   6 / 24
Facebook




                                    More than 500
                                    Million of users.




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   7 / 24
First Efforts




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   8 / 24
First efforts




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   9 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   10 / 24
Harnessing the power of sociability




Publishing automatically to Facebook, Twitter, etc.




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC    September 1, 2010   11 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   12 / 24
Integrating social networks in BOINC




     The goal:
             Promote updates and news in Twitter, Facebook, etc.
             Obtain more volunteers thanks to the “followers”.




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)     Socializing BOINC         September 1, 2010   13 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   14 / 24
Integrating Indenti.ca in Jarifa




Jarifa is a
system for grid computing on organizational resources, using BOINC.

Identi.ca is an
open source microblogging service similar to Twitter.




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC     September 1, 2010   15 / 24
Why Identi.ca?




                                           Open source!!!
                                           Updates automatically:
                                                     Twitter and
                                                     Facebook




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC                 September 1, 2010   16 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   17 / 24
A Real case




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   18 / 24
Identi.ca




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   19 / 24
Twitter




              ˜      ´
 Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   20 / 24
http://www.twitter.com/xtremadurathome
     http://identi.ca/extremadurathome




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Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   21 / 24
Outline


1   Background

2   Motivation

3   Proposal

4   Jarifa and social networks

5   Experiments & Results

6   Conclusions



             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC   September 1, 2010   22 / 24
Interacting with the community




     It is important to keep informed your users.
     Internet users have usually a profile in a social network.
     Thus, it is important to promote the BOINC community in those
     communities.




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)   Socializing BOINC      September 1, 2010   23 / 24
Questions

                                 daniellg@unex.es
                                 fcofdez@unex.es




                  Icons from Tango and Gnome Desktop projects (Creative Commons & GPL License)
                         Twitter Followme icon by Milos Mirkovic (Creative Commons Attribution)
                                             Opensocial icon by Google (C)




             ˜      ´
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX)                  Socializing BOINC                       September 1, 2010   24 / 24

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Socializing BOINC

  • 1. Socializing BOINC ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez University of Extremadura September 1, 2010 ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 1 / 24
  • 2. 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 2 / 24
  • 3. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 3 / 24
  • 4. Social Networks ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 4 / 24
  • 5. Flickr 40 Million of users at the end of 2009. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 5 / 24
  • 6. Twitter 75 Million of users at the end of 2009. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 6 / 24
  • 7. Facebook More than 500 Million of users. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 7 / 24
  • 8. First Efforts ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 8 / 24
  • 9. First efforts ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 9 / 24
  • 10. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 10 / 24
  • 11. Harnessing the power of sociability Publishing automatically to Facebook, Twitter, etc. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 11 / 24
  • 12. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 12 / 24
  • 13. Integrating social networks in BOINC The goal: Promote updates and news in Twitter, Facebook, etc. Obtain more volunteers thanks to the “followers”. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 13 / 24
  • 14. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 14 / 24
  • 15. Integrating Indenti.ca in Jarifa Jarifa is a system for grid computing on organizational resources, using BOINC. Identi.ca is an open source microblogging service similar to Twitter. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 15 / 24
  • 16. Why Identi.ca? Open source!!! Updates automatically: Twitter and Facebook ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 16 / 24
  • 17. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 17 / 24
  • 18. A Real case ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 18 / 24
  • 19. Identi.ca ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 19 / 24
  • 20. Twitter ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 20 / 24
  • 21. http://www.twitter.com/xtremadurathome http://identi.ca/extremadurathome ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 21 / 24
  • 22. Outline 1 Background 2 Motivation 3 Proposal 4 Jarifa and social networks 5 Experiments & Results 6 Conclusions ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 22 / 24
  • 23. Interacting with the community It is important to keep informed your users. Internet users have usually a profile in a social network. Thus, it is important to promote the BOINC community in those communities. ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 23 / 24
  • 24. Questions daniellg@unex.es fcofdez@unex.es Icons from Tango and Gnome Desktop projects (Creative Commons & GPL License) Twitter Followme icon by Milos Mirkovic (Creative Commons Attribution) Opensocial icon by Google (C) ˜ ´ Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez (UEX) Socializing BOINC September 1, 2010 24 / 24