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Progress
of development of the software framework behind evolution@home
Several
rounds of the design-implementation cycle have lead to an overall
design roadmap that governs current development of EEPSLION.
- Implementation
of the largely automated analysis software keeping
track of the number of repeated computations for each parameter
combination. The corresponding modules will allow to regularly
compose a run-file collection for the web that contains
only the most up to date files even after many participants
have send in results. Currently this is done in a very rough
way manually.
- Implementation
of a better high score generating module based on
a database.
- Redesign of
the simulator user interface: Yes, it will eventually
get a graphical user interface and automated get-new-run-files
and email-results functions. Yes, we know you would rather
have this today than tomorrow, but more than the foundation
has to be laid before a roof can be added.
Obviously, the
transition to a fully automated mode of operation for evolution@home
requires that the complexities of step 1 and 3 are mastered
somehow. Currently we are working on a prototyptic implementation
of a fully-automated scheduling system that should allow you
to forget about run-file composition and results-submission.
Unfortunately it is very difficult to give a reasonably accurate
roadmap for starting (or even completing) this transition,
but we hope that we will be able to come back with more details
on that some time this year.
At this stage it
makes little sense to list the features of the new software
that we work upon and those that are planned for the future,
as the one big feature that we work upon now is the transition
to fully automated global computing. The set of features planned
for the future is to give you maximal flexibility, ease of
use and freedom in your choice of commitment.
While working on
these goals the scientific investigation of the current simulators
model is being advanced too. The last months have been very
successful in terms of scientific analysis. Currently the
corresponding papers are being written up and peer-reviewed,
a process that usually takes its time. You will be informed
about all new papers with evolution@home results that appear
somewhere.
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