Contribuições à plataforma Boinc para computação voluntária em dispositivos móveis com android

Abstract

The use of computational resources for scientific research has become very common today, since it allows large calculations to be performed quickly, especially when compared to the time it would take for a human to perform them. BOINC is a middleware specialized for grid and volunteer computing that currently supports the most popular operating systems for desktop computers. However, the platform does not provide full support for Android, an operating system very popular on mobile devices, which are becoming an interesting alternative source of volunteers, due to the combination of two main factors: the increasing number of devices sold running the platform and the significant computing power reached by newly released devices. This project aims to continue the work on adding full Android support to BOINC by contributing to de development of two unimplemented features: the handling of interruptions to project computations caused by application package updates, and the addition of an option to allow the user to set whether he wants to store projects data on SD Cards or not. The task of handling the interruption caused by package updates was successful, being integrated into the project’s code. The support to SD cards was partially concluded, not integrated into the official repository yet.