| The SERENDIP project is one of the world's most comprehensive searches for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. Werthimer will discuss the rationale behind the search for radio signals and present results from the recent 6 year SERENDIP sky survey at the world's largest radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. | Werthimer will also discuss UC Berkeley's two new optical seti programs, which search for pulsed and continuous laser signals from nearby stars. | Anderson will present and demonstrate the SETI@Home project. SETI@Home is an innovative screen saver program that will harness the spare power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected home computers around the world to crunch data from the SERENDIP sky survey. Scheduled to begin gathering data in December, 1998, the software will be available free in April, 1999 to anyone wishing to participate in the program. |