End of Project Reflection

It is hard to believe that this semester is coming to a close-- and that we have already wrapped up our grid computing service learning project!  The summary statistics document that our group ran the grid computing software for a total of 6 hours and during this time, we provided valuable RAM and processing power to the research of 'Project Say NO Schistosoma'.  

 

 The goal of 'Project Say NO Schistosoma' is to research various medications and the genome of the schistosoma parasitic worm in order to improve treatment for the disease as it affects some 240 million people worldwide.  This specific grid is the 20th grid aimed at humanitarian research launched by the World Community Grid project.  Below is the most up-to-date statistics of this grid and it's pretty amazing to see how much effort has been poured in to researching new treatments for the schistosoma parasite!

Although our personal contribution to this effort is miniscule in comparison to the larger scheme of the project-- we believe that every access to the grid helps, as each computer adds a little bit to help achieve an extraordinary effort in a manageable way.  We encourage the continued support of this grid project and plan to continue to run this program in hopes that our individual contribution will continue to add to the research that will one day make schistosoma a rare & easily managed condition, rather than a disease plaguing millions of individuals in third-world countries across the globe!