Panther Software and Research Company

Panther Software and Research Company / psr.com

Located in South Carolina (U.S.), the company mainly does software R&D (i.e., "services", not "retail products"). For now, we have chosen to use this web page to assist other worthwhile and interesting projects.

Volunteer opportunities

Distributed computing projects

SETI-at-home needs more volunteers! According to their Jan. 2, 2008 press release, "New and more sensitive receivers on the world's largest radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and better frequency coverage are generating 500 times more data for the project than before."

In addition to SETI@home, there are many other distributed computing projects looking for volunteers.

Avian flu: The Drug Design and Optimization Lab (www.D2OL.com) of The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases (a non-profit research institute) is searching for drugs that will help. [They have software for MS Windows, Apple Macintosh, Solaris, and Linux systems, either with or without a Java Virtual Machine.]
The All-sky pulsar search, named Einstein@Home, uses BOINC, and is searching for proof of gravity waves. [BOINC and E@H project software are available for MS Windows/x86, Mac OS/X (PPC and Intel), Linux/x86, and Solaris/SPARC.]
AIDS: FightAIDS@Home is now run by The (non-profit) Scripps Research Institute. [The project uses the World Community Grid and has software for MS Windows, Mac OS/X, and Linux/Intel.]
Mersenne.org is the home for GIMPS, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. On September 14, 2006, the 44th Mersenne prime was discovered by one of its volunteers.
For a good list of other projects, check http://www.distributedcomputing.info/projects.html. Another good list may be found by following the "other projects" link at the bottom of the mersenne.org home page.
If you're running Apple's Mac OS X (10.4 or later), you can donate your computer's spare CPU cycles with no software installation needed (since the Grid software comes with the O/S). Whether you're a CPU cycle donor or a scientist wishing to use OpenMacGrid, see Openmacgrid.

Non-computer opportunities in the U.S.

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Also: 02/2008 at Fortune.CNN.com: Ending software patents: Has the time come?

Many other companies, universities, and organizations around the world have the acronym P.S.R. and/or have an Internet domain name containing the string "psr". None of them have any affiliation with psr.com, which is solely in the U.S. For their domain names (if they have one), please refer to their publications or advertising.