<s>
The	O
Quake-Catcher	B-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
initiative	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
use	O
computer-based	O
accelerometers	O
to	O
detect	O
earthquakes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
volunteer	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
platform	O
(	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
similar	O
to	O
SETI	B-Application
@home	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
project	O
scientist	O
Elizabeth	O
Cochran	O
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
Presidential	O
Early	O
Career	O
Award	O
from	O
US	O
President	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
in	O
large	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
her	O
founding	O
of	O
the	O
Quake-Catcher	B-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quake	B-Operating_System
Catcher	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
project	O
started	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
Caltech	O
,	O
and	O
joined	O
the	O
Southern	O
California	O
Earthquake	O
Center	O
(	O
SCEC	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Incorporated	O
Research	O
Institutions	O
for	O
Seismology	O
(	O
IRIS	O
)	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
