<s>
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
platform	O
which	O
allows	O
internet	O
users	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
scientific	O
research	O
by	O
donating	O
unused	O
computer	B-General_Concept
cycles	I-General_Concept
to	O
run	O
scientific	O
simulations	O
and	O
other	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
platform	O
was	O
restarted	O
by	O
the	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
Foundation	O
and	O
the	O
Spanish	O
National	O
Research	O
Council	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
screen	O
existing	O
drugs	O
for	O
antiviral	O
activity	O
against	O
Severe	O
acute	O
respiratory	O
syndrome	O
coronavirus	O
2	O
,	O
the	O
causative	O
agent	O
of	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Spain	O
with	O
the	O
cooperation	O
of	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Biocomputation	O
and	O
Physics	O
of	O
Complex	O
Systems	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Zaragoza	O
,	O
CIEMAT	O
,	O
CETA-CIEMAT	O
,	O
the	O
Spanish	O
National	O
Research	O
Council	O
(	O
CSIC	O
)	O
and	O
RedIris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
a	O
European	O
counterpart	O
to	O
the	O
successful	O
United	O
States-based	O
SETI	B-Application
@home	I-Application
and	O
Berkeley	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
Infrastructure	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
Computing	I-Operating_System
(	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
)	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
 '	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Zaragoza-based	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
project	O
Zivis	O
,	O
began	O
operation	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
itself	O
started	O
operating	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zivis	O
project	O
was	O
a	O
local	O
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
application	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
ayuntamiento	O
(	O
city	O
council	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Zaragoza	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
larger-scale	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
infrastructure	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
calculating	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
nuclear	O
fusion	O
research	O
,	O
protein	O
folding	O
and	O
materials	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
platform	O
was	O
extended	O
to	O
Portugal	O
following	O
an	O
agreement	O
signed	O
by	O
the	O
governments	O
of	O
both	O
countries	O
during	O
the	O
Luso-Spanish	O
Summit	O
held	O
in	O
Zamora	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
Portuguese	O
institutions	O
subsequently	O
affiliated	O
themselves	O
with	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Science	O
,	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Neuroscience	O
and	O
Cell	O
Biology	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Coimbra	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
LIP	O
experimental	O
high-energy	O
physics	O
laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
project	O
was	O
launched	O
to	O
support	O
researchers	O
efforts	O
to	O
fight	O
Coronavirus	O
disease	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
inception	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
had	O
3,000	O
registered	O
users	O
hosting	O
its	O
various	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
917	O
active	O
users	O
and	O
2375	O
active	O
hosts	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
inception	O
of	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
was	O
intended	O
to	O
run	O
indefinitely	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
several	O
simultaneous	O
applications	O
belonging	O
to	O
different	O
scientific	O
disciplines	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
World	B-Operating_System
Community	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
encompassed	O
eight	O
different	O
active	O
projects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
projects	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
completed	O
or	O
discontinued	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2020	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
knowledge	O
of	O
these	O
transitions	O
is	O
important	O
not	O
only	O
from	O
a	O
theoretical	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
but	O
also	O
may	O
help	O
develop	O
many	O
fields	O
of	O
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
magnetic	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
superconducting	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IberNet	O
:	O
let	O
's	O
research	O
inside	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
:	O
with	O
this	O
project	O
,	O
researchers	O
sought	O
to	O
study	O
and	O
represent	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
Ibercivis	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
social	O
network	O
and	O
try	O
to	O
export	O
their	O
conclusions	O
to	O
other	O
social	O
networks	O
,	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
the	O
study	O
and	O
prediction	O
of	O
the	O
dynamics	O
of	O
a	O
mass	O
social	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
these	O
purposes	O
,	O
both	O
actual	O
radioactive	O
materials	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
seeds	O
or	O
injectable	O
material	O
)	O
and	O
complex	O
equipment	O
that	O
generates	O
photon	B-Application
beams	O
and	O
electrons	O
can	O
be	O
utilised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticalidad	O
:	O
electron	O
transport	O
in	O
disordered	O
systems	O
with	O
fractal	B-Application
properties	O
:	O
the	O
Criticalidad	O
project	O
helps	O
Mexican	O
investigators	O
understand	O
the	O
properties	O
and	O
effects	O
of	O
fractality	O
in	O
the	O
transport	O
of	O
electrons	O
through	O
disordered	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
Anderson	O
transition	O
.	O
</s>
