RESEARCH OF PREFERENCES OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE VOLUNTARY DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING IN RUSSIA

RESEARCH OF PREFERENCES OF PARTICIPANTS
OF THE VOLUNTARY DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
IN RUSSIA
Ilya KUROCHKIN, Prof. Vladimir YAKIMETS
Centre for distributed computing IITP RAS
ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ПРЕДПОЧТЕНИЙ УЧАСТНИКОВ
ДОБРОВОЛЬНЫХ РАСПРЕДЕЛЕННЫХ
ВЫЧИСЛЕНИЙ В РОССИИ
И.И. Курочкин, В.Н. Якимец
Центр распределенных вычислений ИППИ РАН
Questionnaire for crunchers
Sections
• experience of voluntary distributed computing
• Projects and interests
• National projects
• Common data about cruncher
• Identification (optional)
26 questions:
- 4 optional,
- 15 questions with ability to add another answer,
- 1 question with free form for answer.
=100%
>100%
Distribution of crunchers answers for days
140
120
Количество ответов
100
80
60
40
20
0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Дни
Age
5%
Младше 23
8%
23-30
31-50
Старше 50
36%
51%
Mean cruncher
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•
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Male (97%)
Age 23-50 years old (87%),
Has high(80%) technical education (55%),
has 1-2 computers (76%) and use BOINC platform (96%)
for render assistance to science(93%).
• Mean, that graphic view of results was serious
aspect(73%), but science content of project has priority
(89%).
• Want to has:
–
–
–
–
Detailed information about project (90%),
Popular science description (90%),
Project results (87%),
References to scientific articles(77%).
Demographics
3%
М
Ж
97%
Questionnaire of WCG
Questionnaire of WCG
Country (almost all from Russia)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
6
6
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Швейцария
Туркменистан
США
Молдавия
Литва
Киргизия
Израиль
International
Эстония
Латвия
Германия
Казахстан
Беларусь
Украина
Россия
551
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Education (quite half of crunchers have higher technical education)
7%
12%
14%
12%
Среднее
Среднее специальное
Высшее (технические науки)
Высшее (гуманитарные науки)
Высшее (естественные науки)
55%
Status (almost all are crunchers)
1%
Занимаюсь развитием проекта ДРВ
наблюдатель
3%
Основатель команды
3%
96%
Кранчер (участник)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
How many years you take part in
volunteer distributing computing?
17%
13%
Менее 1 года
1-3 года
3-7 лет
Более 7 лет
33%
37%
Attraction to volunteer distributing computing?
Sport,Спортивный
competitiveness
интерес
27%
Participationкinнаучным
scientificоткрытиям
discovery
Причастность
общения
Circle of Хороший
contacts,круг
friendship
I want to help
scientists
Хочуto
помочь
науке
51%
10%
93%
What subject of project you are computation?
National проекты
projects
Национальные
1%
Any
subject
Любая
тематика
17%
Астрономия
Astronomy
57%
Biology/Medicine
Биология/медицина
57%
Mathematics/Physics
Математика/физика
44%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
What capability for volunteer distributed computing you have?
7%
1-2 компьютера стандартной
конфигурации
(домашний/офисный)
Несколько компьютеров или 1
вычислительный сервер
17%
Много компьютеров или серверов
76%
Why you use BOINC?
2%
0%
2%
Самая распространенная
платформа для ДРВ
Мне посоветовали другие
кранчеры
О других платформах я не
слышал
36%
Не использую
56%
Folding@home
4%
Использую несколько
платформ
Are you interesting in competitions?
4%
Они не нужны
Мне все равно, я в них не
участвую
Они помогают увеличить
производительность проектов
48%
48%
Confidence-building measures of project
6%
Красивый и нестандартный дизайн сайта
65%
Ссылки на научные статьи
88%
Публикация результатов
45%
Обратная связь с разработчиками
90%
Подробная информация по проекту
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
What result of project you are interested in?
56%
Планы разработчиков на ближайшее будущее
55%
Ссылки на упоминание проекта в СМИ
77%
Ссылки на научные публикации
73%
Фотографии или изображения результатов (если такое возможно)
44%
Табличные формы
73%
Графики, гистограммы
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Confidence-building measures of project
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Any subject
Astronomy
Biology/medicine
Mathematics/Physics
Are you ready taking part in national project?
Да, безусловно
3%
Надо посмотреть цели и задачи
проекта
9%
На общих основаниях
34%
54%
Затрудняюсь ответить
Are you ready taking part in national project?
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
Yes, unconditionally
20
Depending on goals of project
0
On a universal basis
Mathematics/Physics
Biology/medicine
Astronomy
I don't know
Any subject
Under what conditions you will never begin to
consider the project
Subject
mismatch
Не
соответствует
тематике
0%
Not mine
favorite subject
Это не моя тематика проекта
32%
Commercial
project
Коммерческий
проект
45%
There
noпроекта
goals
Не сформулированы
цели are
и задачи
65%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Whether the cruncher who found the important solution,
the nominal certificate should give out?
7%
Обязательно! Это стимулирует
вычисления
Можно, но не обязательно
Достаточно упоминания на сайте
40%
53%
Councils to developers of the project
47%
Версии приложения для различных платформ
77%
Публиковать актуальные новости
57%
Следить за наличием новых заданий
81%
Понятное краткое описание проекта
53%
Отвечать на вопросы кранчеров
59%
Постоянная поддержка сайта
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Survey of preferences of crunchers
• Results of questionnaire
• Expert session, round-table with crunchers and
leaders of team
• Discussion on a science conferences
• Discussion on crunchers forum (boinc.ru and
other)
Reasons of discussion of results
• Promoting of voluntary calculations
• Opening of dynamics of development/degradation
of community of cruncher
• Increase of activity of cruncher
• Expansion of community (attraction of new
cruncher)
• Drawing attention to the social phenomenon
"cruncher"
• Development of interaction of cruncher, scientific
community and project managers
Offers on modification of system of charge of points
12%
Предложили вариант
Проигнорировали вопрос
88%
Opinions of cruncher on charge of points
За время
наработки
12%
Фиксированное
количество
баллов за
задание
25%
За выделенные
ресурсы
16%
Пропорционально
объему вычислений
47%
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Approaches to charge of points
(from the point of view of cruncher)
• In proportion to the volume of calculations
• The fixed number of points for 1 WU
• In proportion to the allocated resources (not only
computing)
• During calculation
• Input of QRB (Quick Return Bonus) to the main
system of charge of points
• Depending on nature of works of the project
(amount of the received results, volume of the
processed data, etc.)
Advantages of new system of charge of points
𝐶𝑆 = 𝑘 ∗ 𝑊𝑈𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡𝑦 + 𝑄𝑅𝐵
𝑄𝑅𝐵 = 75% 𝑖𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛 24 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
• Simplicity
• Correctly works with WU of various computing
complexity
• Bonus for quick return of results (QRB)
• Possibility of realization of konveerny
processing of big tasks
Introduction of new system of charge of
points
• On a cloud of a data-center of IITP RAS some test
projects on the basis of infrastructure of BOINC
are developed
• The modified system of charge of points is
introduced in the initial BOINC server code
• Two stages of testing are carried out:
– On the basis of the closed project
– On the open www.parlea.ru/prlprj project
• The modified software is established and
successfully functions in the NetMax@home
project
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Results
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Rating of projects
• Multiple parameter assessment of the project
• Determination of parameters on the basis:
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–
–
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Previous questionnaire
Round tables within scientific conferences
Poll of experts
Test poll
• The international questionnaire (in 4 languages:
RU EN DE FR)
• Roadmap of development of the project
Questionnaire of projects raiting
Multivariate estimation of volunteer
distributing computing project
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9.
Boldness of a plan, calls for krancher
Scientific component
Quality of scientific and popular scientific publications on a project
subject
Design of the site, design of the certificate, screensaver, etc.
Informational content of materials on the project site
Visualization of results (photo, video, infographics)
Convenience and quality of work of feedback (forums, chats, etc.)
Attraction and regulation of participation of a krancher in the project
(competitions, system of charge of points, prizes)
Organizational and technical difficulties of accession to the project
Thank you for attention
Centre for distributed computing
Institute for information transmission problems
of Russian Academy of Sciences
web:
distributed-computing.ru
e-mail:
qurochkin@gmail.com
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