Hi All!
Im a researcher working on a project looking at distributed computing projects. I'd absolutely love to get your expertise and input to a few questions I had:
Incentives:
-What makes participating in distributed computing projects appealing?
-What are the most common incentives that get participants to join? To stay? (e.g., teams can earn points is there more than just bragging rights? Cash incentives? Prizes? T-shirts? Etc.).
-Do any distributed computing projects have disincentives? That is, they punish participants somehow (e.g., if a user's bandwidth is too slow or if their connection is spotty, they get points removed)
Participants:
-What are the main reasons you see that participants joining?
-How do you find, entice, recruit, retain participants?
-What are the main reasons you find for participants leaving?
-How technically savvy do participants need to be? (are there technical requirements?)
Types of projects
-What are characteristics that make for a good distributed computing project? (e.g. can break it down into small pieces, can run in parallel, connection needs, etc.?)
Any other insights?
I really appreciate any answers you can provide. It would be tremendous help to get your insights and feedback.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
summima
Im a researcher working on a project looking at distributed computing projects. I'd absolutely love to get your expertise and input to a few questions I had:
Incentives:
-What makes participating in distributed computing projects appealing?
-What are the most common incentives that get participants to join? To stay? (e.g., teams can earn points is there more than just bragging rights? Cash incentives? Prizes? T-shirts? Etc.).
-Do any distributed computing projects have disincentives? That is, they punish participants somehow (e.g., if a user's bandwidth is too slow or if their connection is spotty, they get points removed)
Participants:
-What are the main reasons you see that participants joining?
-How do you find, entice, recruit, retain participants?
-What are the main reasons you find for participants leaving?
-How technically savvy do participants need to be? (are there technical requirements?)
Types of projects
-What are characteristics that make for a good distributed computing project? (e.g. can break it down into small pieces, can run in parallel, connection needs, etc.?)
Any other insights?
I really appreciate any answers you can provide. It would be tremendous help to get your insights and feedback.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
summima