This is done with the same BitTorrent system you used to download the data in the first place: you don’t need to install anything more. In a nutshell, you can redistribute the data you downloaded from Rawseeds simply by not shutting down the BitTorrent client after the download is complete. Of course you also need to avoid deleting or moving the downloaded files: you can copy them elsewhere, or uncompress them and then move the uncompressed files. It is very important that you help us by doing this: here you can read why and how.

If you are not sure of what BitTorrent is or why do you need it to get Rawseeds’ datasets, please take a look to our brief BitTorrent HOWTO for Rawseeds users.

Finally, the most useful thing you can do to help Rawseeds is to take an old PC and set it up to act as a seed for some – or all – of Rawseeds’ data files. For this, you only have to perform a very quick and straightforward setup, and then forget the PC in a dusty corner (or something like that). Read here to learn how to do this.

Thank you for your help!

]]> http://www.rawseeds.org/home/2009/05/20/contributing-with-a-little-of-your-bandwidth/feed/ 0 http://www.rawseeds.org/home/2007/12/15/how-you-can-contribute/ http://www.rawseeds.org/home/2007/12/15/how-you-can-contribute/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:58 +0000 http://www.jeia.it/rawseeds/home/2007/12/15/how-you-can-contribute/ Rawseeds’ Benchmarking Toolkit includes a set of Benchmark Problems, i.e., problems based on one of our datasets, and a number of Benchmark Solutions for them. For more details, please read here.

A Benchmark Solution is, in a nutshell, an algorithm used to solve one of Rawseeds’ Benchmark Problems, together with its output and some additional information (such as the values of the rating methodologies associated to the BP when applied to the output of the BS). To know what is a BS in practice, and what information you should include in your own, please see this document, also included into the description of each rating methodology.

The BSs that Rawseeds will initially publish are developed by the project and based on state-of-the-art algorithms; but (here is the important bit) you are invited to add your own BSs. To do that, it is sufficient that you put your algorithms in the form of solutions to specific BPs, and submit them to Rawseeds.
To submit a new Benchmark Solution for publication, use the “Got a solution?” form on the page of the Benchmark Problem that your BS is targeted to. You need to be a registered user to use the form: if you aren’t, you can register by going to Rawseeds’ forum, clicking on “Sign In” and then on “Apply for membership” (or go directly to this page).

There are many reasons why publishing your results in the form of BSs is good for you, either if you are a researcher or a company. If you are a company, you are probably worrying about how this can coexist with the protection of your intellectual property: well, don’t. We devised specific solutions for this issue, exactly to avoid excluding companies from the benefits of publishing their results in the form of Benchmark Solutions. Rawseeds lets you publish your achievements without jeopardizing your investments… or reducing your contribution to a scant press release.

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