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The '''Berkeley Open System for Skill Aggregation''' ('''BOSSA''') is a [[software framework]] for [[distributed thinking]],<ref>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/workshop_07.ppt p.39 (September 6, 2007)</ref> using volunteers on the Internet to perform tasks that require human intelligence, knowledge, or cognitive skills. The project was started by [[David P. Anderson]], of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], who also worked on the [[Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing]] and [[Stardust@home]].
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://bossa.berkeley.edu Official website]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1294758672634714266&hl=en Bossa: middleware for distributed thinking] (video)
* Anderson, David P. (September 10, 2008) [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/slides/bossa_intro.pdf Bossa: Middleware for Middleware for Volunteer Thinking]
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