Editing Predictor@home

{{Infobox distributed computing project|screenshot=Predictor.png|screenshot_size=270px|platform=[[BOINC]]|status=Completed}}{{Short description|BOINC based volunteer computing project to predict protein structure}}

'''Predictor@home''' was a [[volunteer computing]] project that used [[BOINC]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://boincstats.com/stats/team_stats.php?pr=pah&st=0
| title = BOINC: Predictor@home Team Stats
| publisher = BOINC
| date = 13 April 2022
| accessdate = 14 April 2022
| archive-date = 27 March 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327103557/http://boincstats.com/stats/team_stats.php?pr=pah&st=0
| url-status = live
}}</ref> software to [[protein structure prediction|predict protein structure]] from protein sequence in the context of the 6th biannual [[CASP]], or Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction. A major goal of the project was the testing and evaluating of new algorithms to predict both known and unknown protein structures.<ref name="unitedboinc">{{cite web
| url = http://www.unitedboinc.com/en/projects/34-projects/74-predictor-at-home
| title = Predictor@home
| publisher = United BOINC
| accessdate = 2011-09-21
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110924085436/http://www.unitedboinc.com/en/projects/34-projects/74-predictor-at-home
| archive-date = 2011-09-24
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

Predictor@home was complementary to [[Folding@home]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Folding@Home
| title = Folding@Home Project
| date = 2011-08-25
| accessdate = 2011-09-21
| archive-date = 2012-04-02
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402182321/http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Folding@Home
| url-status = live
}}</ref> Whereas the latter aims to study the dynamics of [[protein folding]], Predictor@home aimed to specify what the final [[tertiary structure]] will be.<ref name="unitedboinc"/> Also, the two projects differ significantly in the infrastructure they use. The project used BOINC software, whereas Folding@home maintains its own software completely outside of BOINC.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-highperformance
 |title       = High Performance FAQ
 |author      = Pande Group
 |publisher   = [[Stanford University]]
 |format      = FAQ
 |date        = 2010-05-13
 |accessdate  = 2011-09-21
 |url-status  = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120819053557/http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-highperformance
 |archivedate = 2012-08-19
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1164&start=135#p137893
| title = Re: Answers to: Reasons for not using F@H
| author = 7im
| date = 2010-04-02
| accessdate = 2011-09-05
| archive-date = 2021-08-24
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210824183611/https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1164&start=135#p137893
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

However, for a time, Predictor@home competed with other BOINC protein structure prediction projects, such as [[Rosetta@home]]. Each uses different methods of rapidly and reliably predicting the final tertiary structure.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_about.php
 |title       = What is Rosetta@home
 |date        = 2009-04-08
 |accessdate  = 2011-09-21
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080913093155/http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_about.php
 |archivedate = 2008-09-13
}}</ref>

Predictor@home is currently inactive.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Project_list#Biology_and_Medicine
| title = BOINC Project list
| date = 2011-06-17
| accessdate = 2011-09-21
| archive-date = 2008-09-08
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080908070538/http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Project_list#Biology_and_Medicine
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=4329
| title = Cafe Rosetta: Predictor@home
| date = 2008-08-23
| accessdate = 2011-09-21
| archive-date = 2012-03-23
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120323001230/http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=4329
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

==History==
Predictor@home holds the distinction of being the first independent BOINC project to be launched. The project was set up and run by [[Michela Taufer]] at [[Scripps Research|The Scripps Research Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOINC in Retrospect |url=https://continuum-hypothesis.com/boinc_history.php#startup |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=continuum-hypothesis.com |language=en}}</ref>

On September 6, 2006, Predictor@home was temporarily taken off line, with no new work units being sent out. In May, 2008, the project reverted to [[Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha|Alpha]] status while experimenting with new methods.

Over the summer of 2008, the project servers were moved to the [[University of Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://team.macnn.com/index.php?topic=predictor
| title = Predictor has finished moving to Michigan
| publisher = Team MacNN
| date = 2008-02-16
| accessdate = 2011-09-21
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111206170012/http://team.macnn.com/index.php?topic=predictor
| archive-date = 2011-12-06
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-08 |title=Predictor@Home |url=http://predictor.chem.lsa.umich.edu/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108120407/http://predictor.chem.lsa.umich.edu/ |archive-date=2008-11-08 }}</ref> and as of December 2008, the project had not sent out any work for some months. BOINC stats sites were unable to obtain updated [[XML]] data, as this had been suspended by the project team.

On June 10, 2009, the Predictor@home web site and forums were shut down.

==See also==
* [[List of volunteer computing projects]]
* [[Rosetta@home]]
* [[Similarity Matrix of Proteins|SIMAP]]
* [[Grid computing]]
* [[Protein structure prediction]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)]

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