A Geek's Guide to Colleges
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:28
in Astronomy & Space
A. Find "Them" University of California at Berkeley Where: Berkeley, Calif. Department: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) SETI@home taps the power of thousands of ordinary PCs over the Web to create, in effect, one of the most powerful supercomputers anywhere. It analyzes data from radio telescopes looking for signals from intelligent life. Berkeley students help improve the search algorithms and refine the software that ties all the computers together. seti.berkeley.edu read more