<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
research	O
project	O
that	O
used	O
volunteer	O
Internet-connected	O
computers	O
to	O
carry	O
out	O
research	O
in	O
astronomy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
had	O
two	O
projects	O
,	O
Sourcefinder	O
and	O
POGS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
Sourcefinder	O
aimed	O
to	O
test	O
and	O
refine	O
automatic	O
radio	O
sourcefinding	O
algorithms	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
radio	O
galaxy	O
surveys	O
using	O
the	O
Australian	O
Square	O
Kilometre	O
Array	O
Pathfinder	O
and	O
the	O
Square	O
Kilometre	O
Array	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
used	O
Spectral	O
Energy	O
Distribution	O
fitting	O
to	O
calculate	O
characteristics	O
of	O
many	O
galaxies	O
using	O
images	O
taken	O
by	O
the	O
Pan-STARRS	O
PS1	O
optical	O
telescope	O
in	O
Hawaii	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
Sourcefinder	O
project	O
was	O
introduced	O
publicly	O
on	O
13	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
operating	O
on	O
a	O
Java-based	O
user	O
platform	O
,	O
processing	O
data	O
using	O
new	O
distributed	O
computing	O
software	O
called	O
Nereus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
celebrated	O
its	O
first	O
birthday	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
project	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
Australian	O
based	O
project	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
well	O
established	O
volunteer	O
computing	O
platform	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
recast	O
"	O
POGS	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
backronym	O
for	O
"	O
Pan-STARRS	B-Operating_System
Optical	I-Operating_System
Galaxy	I-Operating_System
Survey	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
project	O
is	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
Sourcefinder	O
project	O
is	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
volunteer	O
computing	O
software	O
runs	O
continuously	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
while	O
a	O
user	O
works	O
,	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
any	O
processor	O
time	O
that	O
would	O
otherwise	O
be	O
unused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
projects	O
which	O
utilise	O
the	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
Project	O
Management	O
software	O
platform	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
volunteer	O
computing	O
projects	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
volunteer	O
downloads	O
the	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
Manager	O
software	O
and	O
elects	O
to	O
join	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
project	O
,	O
work	O
units	O
are	O
requested	O
automatically	O
by	O
the	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
completion	O
of	O
a	O
work	O
unit	O
,	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
processing	O
are	O
automatically	O
transmitted	O
back	O
to	O
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
the	O
work	O
done	O
;	O
and	O
further	O
work	O
is	O
requested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
Sourcefinder	O
,	O
before	O
its	O
closure	O
in	O
early	O
2014	O
to	O
undergo	O
redevelopment	O
,	O
used	O
a	O
Java-based	O
custom	O
software	O
either	O
via	O
a	O
browser	O
or	O
installed	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
Sourcefinder	O
was	O
redeveloped	O
to	O
use	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
and	O
VirtualBox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
POGS	I-Operating_System
project	O
utilised	O
CPUs	B-Device
but	O
did	O
not	O
utilise	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
(	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
June	O
2013	O
a	O
paper	O
entitled	O
"	O
A	O
BOINC	B-Operating_System
based	O
,	O
citizen-science	O
project	O
for	O
pixel	O
Spectral	O
Energy	O
Distribution	O
fitting	O
of	O
resolved	O
galaxies	O
in	O
multi-wavelength	O
surveys	O
"	O
was	O
submitted	O
for	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
theSkyNet	B-Operating_System
has	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
may	O
expand	O
to	O
include	O
other	O
projects	O
processing	O
data	O
from	O
new	O
sources	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Murchison	O
Widefield	O
Array	O
telescope	O
in	O
Western	O
Australia	O
and	O
perhaps	O
even	O
the	O
Square	O
Kilometre	O
Array	O
.	O
</s>
