Bioinformatics and Clouds

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Orientation
Research 
Abstract

We will explore the use of cloud computing technology for several labs in the Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in particular groups doing large scale phylogenetic inference and clustering of short sequence reads.

Intellectual Merit

Exploratory

Broader Impacts

We are in the process of installing a local cloud on the UO campus, and would like to get a head start on creating and using VMs.

Project Contact

Project Lead
John Conery (conery) 
Project Manager
John Conery (conery) 
Project Members
David Ozog, Tom Conlin, Chris Hoge, Nathan Dunn, William Voorhees, Raihan Masud, Elijah Hamovitz, Victor Hanson-Smith, Nafisa Chowdhury, Sohan Akolkar, Jason Sydes, Peter Batzel, Holly Arnold  

Resource Requirements

Hardware System
  • Not sure
 
Use of FutureGrid

testbed for evaluating feasibility of cloud

Scale of Use

A few VMs for experiments, 1 TB to test storage provisioning and access

Project Timeline

Submitted
10/26/2010 - 12:28 
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