Cosm (software)

Cosm is a family of open distributed computing software and protocols developed in 1995 led by Adam L. Beberg, and later developed by Mithral Inc. Cosm is a registered trademark of Mithral Inc.[1][2]

Cosm
Original author(s)Adam Beberg
Developer(s)Mithral Inc.
Initial release1995
Written inC
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like
Available inEnglish
TypeDistributed computing
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitewww.mithral.com/cosm/

Early work on Cosm lead to Beberg co-founding Distributed.net, which was used for cryptographic and mathematical challenges beginning in 1997.[3][4]

Beberg left the governing group of Distributed.net in April 1999 to work on Cosm full-time.[5][6] The Cosm client-server software development kit (CS-SDK), along with experience in gathering volunteers gained from Distributed.net, was used as the initial software framework for the Genome@home and Folding@home projects at Stanford University.[7] The project grew to over 400,000 simultaneous machines achieving 8 PFLOPS,[8] aiding in protein folding research.[9] Bedberg worked on a Master's degree at Stanford from 2004 through 2011, using Cosm for his research.[10] It was also used for the first several years of the eOn project.

See also

References
  1. "USPTO registration number 2734759". US Patent and Trademark Office. July 8, 2003.
  2. "CTM 011483286". Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. May 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  3. "distributed.net History & Timeline". distributed.net.
  4. "distributed.net Articles of Incorporation". Distributed.net. July 2, 1997. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  5. David McNett (April 23, 1999). "A look towards the future". Distributed.net mailing list. Archived from the original on October 3, 1999. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  6. "Innovators Under 35: Adam Beberg, 25", MIT Technology Review, 1999, retrieved October 28, 2016
  7. Pande lab (March 26, 2012). "Folding@home - About". Folding@home. Stanford University. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  8. Jesse Victors (November 10, 2011). "Six Native PetaFLOPS". Folding@home. phpBB Group. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  9. "Stanford University: Protein Researchers Bring Mac Users into the Fold". Apple. February 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  10. "Adam L. Beberg". Researcher page. Stanford University Computer Science Department. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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