# Cosm (software)

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**Cosm** is a family of open [distributed computing](/source/Distributed_computing) software and protocols developed in 1995 led by Adam L. Beberg, and later developed by Mithral Inc. Cosm is a registered [trademark](/source/Trademark) of Mithral Inc.[1][2]

Early work on Cosm lead to Beberg co-founding [distributed.net](/source/Distributed.net), which was used for cryptographic and mathematical challenges beginning in 1997.[3][4] Beberg left the governing group of distributed.net in April 1999 to work on Cosm full-time.[5][6]

The Cosm Client-Server Software Development Kit (CS-SDK) for building [volunteer computing](/source/Volunteer_computing) projects, along with experience in gathering volunteers gained from distributed.net, was used as the initial software framework for the [Genome@home](/source/Genome@home) and [Folding@home](/source/Folding@home) projects at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University).[7] The project grew to over 400,000 simultaneous machines achieving 8 PFLOPS,[8] aiding in [protein folding](/source/Protein_folding) research.[9] The Cosm CS-SDK was also used for the first several years of the [eOn](/source/EOn) project.

Beberg worked towards a [Doctorate](/source/Doctorate) degree at Stanford from 2004 through 2011, using Cosm for his research.[10]

## See also

- [List of volunteer computing projects](/source/List_of_volunteer_computing_projects)
- [distributed.net](/source/Distributed.net)
- [Genome@home](/source/Genome@home)
- [Folding@home](/source/Folding@home)
- [Storage@home](/source/Storage@home)

## References

1. ["USPTO registration number 2734759"](https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=2734759&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch). [US Patent and Trademark Office](/source/US_Patent_and_Trademark_Office). July 8, 2003.

1. ["CTM 011483286"](https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/011483286). [European Union Intellectual Property Office](/source/European_Union_Intellectual_Property_Office). May 27, 2013.

1. ["distributed.net History & Timeline"](https://www.distributed.net/History). [distributed.net](/source/Distributed.net)

1. ["distributed.net Articles of Incorporation"](https://www.distributed.net/Articles). [distributed.net](/source/Distributed.net). July 2, 1997. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

1. David McNett (April 23, 1999). ["A look towards the future"](http://lists.distributed.net/hypermail/announce/0072.html). *Distributed.net mailing list*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/19991003201439/http://lists.distributed.net/hypermail/announce/0072.html) October 3, 1999 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

1. ["Innovators Under 35: Adam Beberg, 25"](http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=474), *MIT Technology Review*, 1999, retrieved October 28, 2016

1. ["Folding@home - About"](http://folding.stanford.edu/English/About). *Folding@home*. [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130425214422/http://folding.stanford.edu/English/About) April 25, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

1. Jesse Victors (November 10, 2011). ["Six Native PetaFLOPS"](https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20011#p198840). *Folding@home*. [phpBB](/source/PhpBB) Group. Retrieved June 3, 2012.

1. ["Stanford University: Protein Researchers Bring Mac Users into the Fold"](https://www.apple.com/science/profiles/stanford/). Apple. February 2002. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20040404085734/http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/stanford/) April 4, 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

1. ["Adam L. Beberg"](https://cs.stanford.edu/people/beberg/). *Researcher page*. Stanford University Computer Science Department. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.mithral.com/cosm/)

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