Distributed Computing

BOINC@Australia

Australians who want to participate in BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) and give a definite Aussie presence— this is your team! Australians worldwide are welcome and encouraged to join the #1 Aussie Alliance.

As the song goes: Come on Aussie, come on!

BOINC@AUSTRALIA has a team in all BOINC projects. I’m the founder of the team, and we’re proud to be the top-ranked group in Australia. While we’re mostly Aussies, anyone is welcome to join.

What is BOINC?

Download BOINC to donate your idle CPU/GPU cycles to world-class science.

BOINC is a program that runs in the background on your computer when you’re not using it. It lets you contribute to scientific (and some not-so-scientific) projects that aim to better humanity’s knowledge.

You can help calculate climate change, model proteins, search for neutron stars or cures to diseases—and even look for aliens (where it all began with SETI).

Why not put your computer’s idle time to good use?

Check out our community forum to ask questions, share tips, or just chat with fellow contributors.

BOINC and GPU Computing

Most computers have a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that handles 3D graphics. These GPUs are often much faster than your CPU—and BOINC can use them!

Some BOINC projects run 2x to 10x faster on a GPU. If your system supports it, we highly recommend enabling GPU computing.

Learn more about GPU computing here.

Join World Community Grid

Want to get started with a great project? Try World Community Grid, which offers a variety of research projects to choose from.

If you're already a member:
Click here to join the BOINC@AUSTRALIA team.

If you're new to World Community Grid:
Register here and the team will be selected for you automatically. Just download and install the software to get started.

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Team Progress

Statistics

Below are the stats for all the projects BOINC@AUSTRALIA participates in. We’re the #1 team in Australia and climbing toward the top 10 globally!

BOINC@Australia Logo

BOINC@Australia Stats

Surfers Paradise Radar (Zoom 12)

Note: Map time reflects your device’s clock.
Serfers Paradice is currently in Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10).

Radar Color Legend:
Very Light Rain   Light Rain   Moderate Rain   Heavy Rain   Very Heavy Rain   Intense Storms

Surfers Paradise Heat Map (Zoom 8)

Note: Map time reflects your device’s clock.
Serfers Paradice is currently in Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10).

Heat Map Legend:
< 0 °C   0–10 °C   10–20 °C   20–30 °C   30–35 °C   35–40 °C   > 40 °C