Description
Discover how to streamline complex bioinformatics applications with parallel computing
This publication enables readers to handle more complex bioinformatics applications and larger and richer data sets. As the editor clearly shows, using powerful parallel computing tools can lead to significant breakthroughs in deciphering genomes, understanding genetic disease, designing customized drug therapies, and understanding evolution.
A broad range of bioinformatics applications is covered with demonstrations on how each one can be parallelized to improve performance and gain faster rates of computation. Current parallel computing techniques and technologies are examined, including distributed computing and grid computing. Readers are provided with a mixture of algorithms, experiments, and simulations that provide not only qualitative but also quantitative insights into the dynamic field of bioinformatics.
Parallel Computing for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology is a contributed work that serves as a repository of case studies, collectively demonstrating how parallel computing streamlines difficult problems in bioinformatics and produces better results. Each of the chapters is authored by an established expert in the field and carefully edited to ensure a consistent approach and high standard throughout the publication.
The work is organized into five parts:
* Algorithms and models
* Sequence analysis and microarrays
* Phylogenetics
* Protein folding
* Platforms and enabling technologies
Researchers, educators, and students in the field of bioinformatics will discover how high-performance computing can enable them to handle more complex data sets, gain deeper insights, and make new discoveries.
About the Author
ALBERT Y. ZOMAYA is the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking, School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, and Deputy Director for Information Technology of the Sydney University Biological Informatics and Technology Centre. Professor Zomaya has been the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing and has been awarded the IEEE Computer Society's Meritorious Service Award. He is an IEEE fellow.
Reviews
"...clearly written and understandable...researchers and students in the related areas will find the style and format familiar and the content valuable." (E-STREAMS, September 2007)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471718482
Author Albert Y. Zomaya
Format Hardback
Page Count 816
Imprint Wiley-Interscience
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 1282g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 160mm * 42mm
This publication enables readers to handle more complex bioinformatics applications and larger and richer data sets. As the editor clearly shows, using powerful parallel computing tools can lead to significant breakthroughs in deciphering genomes, understanding genetic disease, designing customized drug therapies, and understanding evolution.
A broad range of bioinformatics applications is covered with demonstrations on how each one can be parallelized to improve performance and gain faster rates of computation. Current parallel computing techniques and technologies are examined, including distributed computing and grid computing. Readers are provided with a mixture of algorithms, experiments, and simulations that provide not only qualitative but also quantitative insights into the dynamic field of bioinformatics.
Parallel Computing for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology is a contributed work that serves as a repository of case studies, collectively demonstrating how parallel computing streamlines difficult problems in bioinformatics and produces better results. Each of the chapters is authored by an established expert in the field and carefully edited to ensure a consistent approach and high standard throughout the publication.
The work is organized into five parts:
* Algorithms and models
* Sequence analysis and microarrays
* Phylogenetics
* Protein folding
* Platforms and enabling technologies
Researchers, educators, and students in the field of bioinformatics will discover how high-performance computing can enable them to handle more complex data sets, gain deeper insights, and make new discoveries.
About the Author
ALBERT Y. ZOMAYA is the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking, School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, and Deputy Director for Information Technology of the Sydney University Biological Informatics and Technology Centre. Professor Zomaya has been the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing and has been awarded the IEEE Computer Society's Meritorious Service Award. He is an IEEE fellow.
Reviews
"...clearly written and understandable...researchers and students in the related areas will find the style and format familiar and the content valuable." (E-STREAMS, September 2007)
"...a building block on computational biology concepts to help researchers and students work on more innovative ideas." (IEEE Distributed Systems Online, March 2007)
"...a good overview of the current state of computing in these areas." (CHOICE, November 2006)
"...this book presents researchers in computational biology, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, and computer science with the opportunity to explore this interdisciplinary research area..." (Computing Reviews.com, September 27, 2006)
Book Information
ISBN 9780471718482
Author Albert Y. Zomaya
Format Hardback
Page Count 816
Imprint Wiley-Interscience
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 1282g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 160mm * 42mm
