{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2162041888","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","title":"Folding@home: Lessons from eight years of volunteer distributed computing","display_name":"Folding@home: Lessons from eight years of volunteer distributed computing","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2162041888","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","mag":"2162041888"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055337850","display_name":"Adam L. Beberg","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adam L. Beberg","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035434990","display_name":"Daniel L. Ensign","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniel L. Ensign","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chemistry Department, University of Stanford, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chemistry Department, University of Stanford, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006601977","display_name":"Guha Jayachandran","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guha Jayachandran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073390849","display_name":"Siraj Khaliq","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siraj Khaliq","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science Department, University of Stanford, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032418986","display_name":"Vijay S. Pande","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-1178"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vijay S. Pande","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chemistry Department, University of Stanford, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chemistry Department, University of Stanford, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":16.0302,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":245,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99269586,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"8"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11986","display_name":"Scientific Computing and Data Management","score":0.9962000250816345,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.9954000115394592,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/folding","display_name":"Folding (DSP implementation)","score":0.7635607719421387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7410279512405396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5913195013999939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/range","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","score":0.494417667388916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/architecture","display_name":"Architecture","score":0.47387930750846863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computational-science","display_name":"Computational science","score":0.3230156898498535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.12687060236930847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.11843717098236084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aerospace-engineering","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","score":0.07811257243156433}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776545253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5464292","display_name":"Folding (DSP implementation)","level":2,"score":0.7635607719421387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7410279512405396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5913195013999939},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204323151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905424","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","level":2,"score":0.494417667388916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.47387930750846863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C459310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117801","display_name":"Computational science","level":1,"score":0.3230156898498535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.12687060236930847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.11843717098236084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.07811257243156433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdps.2009.5160922","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.44999998807907104}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1673352269","https://openalex.org/W1898130445","https://openalex.org/W1969903391","https://openalex.org/W2019079366","https://openalex.org/W2021541427","https://openalex.org/W2025127982","https://openalex.org/W2038078635","https://openalex.org/W2140006448","https://openalex.org/W2140332639","https://openalex.org/W2142863519","https://openalex.org/W6637074867"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2588198209","https://openalex.org/W2610782116","https://openalex.org/W1909006023","https://openalex.org/W4205824991","https://openalex.org/W3200723557","https://openalex.org/W4312713546","https://openalex.org/W2362195430","https://openalex.org/W2347494122","https://openalex.org/W2567983276","https://openalex.org/W2802298219"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Accurate":[0],"simulation":[1],"of":[2,37,69,79],"biophysical":[3],"processes":[4],"requires":[5],"vast":[6],"computing":[7,13,44],"resources.":[8],"Folding@home":[9],"is":[10],"a":[11],"distributed":[12],"system":[14],"first":[15],"released":[16],"in":[17,34],"2000":[18],"to":[19,24,55],"provide":[20],"such":[21],"resources":[22],"needed":[23],"simulate":[25],"protein":[26],"folding":[27],"and":[28,51,59,67],"other":[29],"biomolecular":[30],"phenomena.":[31],"Now":[32],"operating":[33],"the":[35,65,77,80],"range":[36],"5":[38],"PetaFLOPS":[39],"sustained,":[40],"it":[41],"provides":[42],"more":[43],"power":[45],"than":[46],"can":[47],"typically":[48],"be":[49],"gathered":[50],"operated":[52],"locally":[53],"due":[54],"cost,":[56],"physical":[57],"space,":[58],"electrical/cooling":[60],"load.":[61],"This":[62],"paper":[63],"describes":[64],"architecture":[66],"operation":[68],"Folding@home,":[70],"along":[71],"with":[72],"some":[73],"lessons":[74],"learned":[75],"over":[76],"lifetime":[78],"project.":[81]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":27},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":24},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":20}],"updated_date":"2026-07-10T07:45:09.275182","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}