News
A Few Small Sets
July 21 2010 15:29:08
A small set of workunits was distributed to a handful of volunteers this afternoon, and we'd like to thank you for your computations. Another small job may shortly follow.
We're currently in the phase of migration and refactoring. The migration is nearly complete, but there is still much work to be done for refactoring the system. As such, the flow of WUs and jobs will not be continuous until the new system is rolled-out. We greatly appreciate everyone sticking with the project, and the contributions to the current running model, as well as the many models in the past, has helped out our lab immensely.
-Tom
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Changes
December 15 2009 17:45:08
As it has been several monthes since my last news post, I will attempt to address some of the growing concerns relating to the current state of this project. On the development side, the team is working hard to expand our IT infrastructure and implement new technologies that will allow for a more reliable and robust system. We're also taking great strides to develop a new backend portal for our modelers to make our project easier-to-use and include more features. What does this mean for our volunteers? A more reliable system with quicker debug times and plenty of available work. What does this mean for our project? Advances in cognitive modeling at a much faster pace and grander scale than ever before.
Unfortunately, there is also some bad news. We are currently unable to host our MidModeling servers under the same agreement that we've been operating, and we will need to find a new home. We've got several options under way and should be hosting/serving MindModeling.org again sometime in early 2010. It is a setback, but it has also given us the time to make some necessary changess to our code and underlying architecture. Thanks for all your contributions and patience while we go through this period of readjustment.
-Tom
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin, English Naturalist
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MindModeling.org Banner Contest 2009!!
June 30 2009 09:45:08
While our researchers are preparing new models to run on MindModeling.org, the MM team has decided to take some time to update and make
improvements to the website. Part of this is the inclusion of a Mind Modeling banner that can be displayed at the top of our main webpage.
Instead of simply making the banner ourselves, we decided to open up the design to all of our volunteers and hold a contest to select the
best design. The banners will be voted on by the MindModeling team, and the winner will get to see their work displayed on MindModeling.org for at least the
next year. We will keep the contest open until the end of July, 2009.
Please submit all entries to our forum here: Banner Contest 2009 or
via email. If there are any questions or concerns, please let me know through email.
-Tom
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Daemon shutdown and DSST6 model
June 28 2009 09:08:08
Hello crunchers! A model that we submitted to the volunteers last week was recently aborted, but all the workunits were not purged from
the database. We're shutting down the server side daemons until all instances are removed. In the meantime, please abort any workunits
with the prefix DSST, because generally they will not work on volunteer machines. Thanks!
-Tom
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Database Migration Complete!
June 25 2009 15:08:08
Hello crunchers! MindModeling.org has completed it's database migration, run two small tasks within the last
couple of days, and is ready to submit large cognitive models to the volunteer community again. Our team and
contributers are expanding, our research is growing, and our models are getting more complex and
computationally intensive. We look forward to the active participation from our volunteers, and as always,
we appreciate your help! Good luck and happy crunching! (So say we all)
-Tom
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Status Update
June 5 2009 011:32:08
After many hours of configurations, builds, and reboots, the new Mind Modeling database is finally up! We're still configuring all our
authentication and networking scripts, so please be patient as we wrap up the final stages of the installation.
If you notice any abnormalities or inconsistencies with your account, please let me know and I will resolve the matter immediately.
-Tom
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Server Updates
May 25 2009 011:32:08
Hi folks, MindModeling.org will be experiencing updates over the next couple days which may result in the server being shut down for
extended periods of time. Please be patient and we will provide as much information as possible in regards to the status
of the site.
-Tom
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