Published 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

The fight against COVID-19: Running Folding@Home simulations on ATLAS resources

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M139PL (United Kingdom)
  • 2. University of Texas at Arlington, 701 South Nedderman Drive, Arlington, TX 76019 (United States)
  • 3. CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Meyrin (Switzerland)
  • 4. Deutsches Elektronen–Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg (Germany)

Description

Following the outbreak of the COVID–19 pandemic, the ATLAS experiment considered how it could most efficiently contribute using its distributed computing resources. After considering many suggestions, examining several potential projects and following the advice of the CERN COVID Task Force, it was decided to engage in the Folding@Home initiative, which provides payloads that perform protein folding simulations. This paper describes how ATLAS made a significant contribution to this project over the summer of 2020.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/05/epjconf_chep2021_02003.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5fe633e7513f4412bc58550f24a1623f

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
EPJ. Web of Conferences
Journal Volume
251
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2100-014X

Conference

Title
25. International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Acronym
CHEP 2021
Dates
17-21 May 2021
Place
Geneva (Switzerland)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53090952
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATLAS DETECTOR; CERN; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIMULATION