access to SETI@home data

Message boards : SETI@home Science : access to SETI@home data
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
Michael Zirngibel

Send message
Joined: 4 Aug 14
Posts: 3
Credit: 70,034
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1773069 - Posted: 21 Mar 2016, 17:31:51 UTC

hello everyone,

as the screensaver display data isn't the real thing, i was wondering if there are efforts planned to open the raw data sets (maybe pre- or post-computation) to the public, so that everyone can make use of the data, e.g. to write own software to search the data?

regards
michael
ID: 1773069 · Report as offensive
JLDun
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 21 Apr 06
Posts: 573
Credit: 196,101
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1773093 - Posted: 21 Mar 2016, 19:56:14 UTC - in response to Message 1773069.  
Last modified: 21 Mar 2016, 19:57:21 UTC

I suspect that since the data was "Sent To" UC-Berkeley (which S@H is a part of, considering it's being run out of their campus), the plans probably boil down to 'Process the data on our own'/'Have first crack at it', then release it to everyone to double check the work that has been done on it...


(Edited a spelling error.)
ID: 1773093 · Report as offensive
rob smith Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer moderator
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 7 Mar 03
Posts: 22158
Credit: 416,307,556
RAC: 380
United Kingdom
Message 1773211 - Posted: 22 Mar 2016, 7:53:08 UTC

The big issue, and it s HUGE issue is the size of the database at the core of SETI@Home. I can't remember the exact figures, but it is certainly a good few TByte. So transferring it is no trivial matter.

That said there is little to stop you taking a copy of every result you obtain and then doing some small scale analysis of your own. Just remember, a lot of time has already been spent in the collection and distribution of this data, and "those that be" in the project might take a dim view of your efforts.

If I were you, before doing anything substantive I would float your ideas past Eric Korpela, the project director and see what he has to say.
Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
ID: 1773211 · Report as offensive
Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 25 Dec 00
Posts: 30608
Credit: 53,134,872
RAC: 32
United States
Message 1773243 - Posted: 22 Mar 2016, 13:45:58 UTC

Before you even consider it, remember Seti@home doesn't necessarily "own" the raw data and Arecibo / Greenbank may insist on payment. Especially considering their funding shortfall.
ID: 1773243 · Report as offensive
Profile Bob DeWoody
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 May 10
Posts: 3387
Credit: 4,182,900
RAC: 10
United States
Message 1773244 - Posted: 22 Mar 2016, 13:52:19 UTC

I have a feeling that anyone with the skills to make a meaningful analysis of the raw data should already be employed by an organization that has the tools needed to do such a study. If I thought that I had such skills I wouldn't be sitting at home on the periphery of what could be the most important quest mankind has embarked on.
Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.
ID: 1773244 · Report as offensive
Michael Zirngibel

Send message
Joined: 4 Aug 14
Posts: 3
Credit: 70,034
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1773512 - Posted: 23 Mar 2016, 17:29:47 UTC

all good points, and all taken...thx guys
ID: 1773512 · Report as offensive
Michael Zirngibel

Send message
Joined: 4 Aug 14
Posts: 3
Credit: 70,034
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1773520 - Posted: 23 Mar 2016, 17:43:28 UTC
Last modified: 23 Mar 2016, 17:46:36 UTC

although... by accessing the data online, only the necessary amount of data would be transfered, or the data would stay onsite (regarding the legal stuff). bigdata analysts (and we should also consider this approach) are in huge demand these days, most of them working not on this task unfortunately.
just a thought...and it could also be a huge marketing thing (ccn report : seti data open for public,open source seti and so on, which could solve or at least help with the financial issues by raising the donations)

regards
michael
ID: 1773520 · Report as offensive
Profile janneseti
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 Oct 09
Posts: 14106
Credit: 655,366
RAC: 0
Sweden
Message 1774718 - Posted: 28 Mar 2016, 11:55:01 UTC - in response to Message 1773520.  

although... by accessing the data online, only the necessary amount of data would be transfered, or the data would stay onsite (regarding the legal stuff). bigdata analysts (and we should also consider this approach) are in huge demand these days, most of them working not on this task unfortunately.
just a thought...and it could also be a huge marketing thing (ccn report : seti data open for public,open source seti and so on, which could solve or at least help with the financial issues by raising the donations)
regards
michael

Matt Lebofsky on Hacking Your Job, and Managing SETI Data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJirUUTIiiE&feature=youtu.be
ID: 1774718 · Report as offensive

Message boards : SETI@home Science : access to SETI@home data


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.