Editing World Community Grid (section)

==Active subprojects==

=== OpenPandemics - COVID-19 ===
On April 1, 2020, IBM announced '''OpenPandemics - COVID-19'''. The project aims to identify possible treatments for the [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]] (SARS-CoV-2) which is responsible for the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. WCG will partner with [[Scripps Research]], with whom it has partnered in the past, notably in [[FightAIDS@Home]] projects. The project runs on CPUs and GPUs and will also serve to create a "fast-response, open source tool that will help all scientists quickly search for treatments for future pandemics."<ref name="ibm.org"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42232|title=Coming Soon: OpenPandemics|date=2020-04-01|website=World Community Grid|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719061916/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42232|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42230|title=Questions about science and technology for OpenPandemics (launch TBA)|date=2020-04-01|website=World Community Grid|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2022-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905052754/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42230|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42231|title=Questions about work units and badges for OpenPandemics (launch TBA)|date=2020-04-01|website=World Community Grid|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719013838/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,42231|url-status=live}}</ref>

The project launched on May 14, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Help Stop COVID-19 and Future Pandemics in Their Tracks|url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=624|date=2020-05-14|website=World Community Grid|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=2020-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514172639/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=624|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Mapping Cancer Markers===
'''Mapping Cancer Markers''' (launched November 8, 2013). The project aims to identify the markers associated with various types of cancer, and is analyzing millions of data points collected from thousands of healthy and cancerous patient tissue samples. These include tissues with lung, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic and breast cancers. By comparing these different data points, researchers aim to identify patterns of markers for different cancers and correlate them with different outcomes, including responsiveness to various treatment options. The project is focusing on 4 types of cancer, with the first focus being on lung cancer, and will move on to ovarian cancer, prostate cancer and sarcoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/mcm1/overview.do|title=World Community Grid - Research - Mapping Cancer Markers|work=worldcommunitygrid.org|access-date=2013-11-16|archive-date=2014-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416191925/https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/mcm1/overview.do|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,36146_offset,0#445500|title=World Community Grid - View Thread - MCM1 Update|work=worldcommunitygrid.org|access-date=2014-04-15|archive-date=2022-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905052734/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,36146_offset,0#445500|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Africa Rainfall Project ===
The '''Africa Rainfall Project''' (launched October 2019) will use the computing power of World Community Grid, data from The Weather Company, and other data to improve rainfall modelling, which can help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa successfully raise their crops.<ref>“[https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=608 Announcing the Africa Rainfall Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203105739/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=608 |date=2019-12-03 }}”, World Community Grid. Retrieved, 30 Oct 2019.</ref>
The amount of RAM that can be involved in calculations is from 1 to 16 gigabytes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BOINC/comments/x9r5p5/20x_wcg_africa_rainfall_project_when_16gb_ram_is/ | title=20x WCG Africa Rainfall Project - when 16GB RAM is barely enough | date=9 September 2022 }}</ref>