Translational Biomedical Informatics in the Cloud: Present and Future
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in BioMed Research International
- Vol. 2013, 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/658925
Abstract
Next generation sequencing and other high-throughput experimental techniques of recent decades have driven the exponential growth in publicly available molecular and clinical data. This information explosion has prepared the ground for the development of translational bioinformatics. The scale and dimensionality of data, however, pose obvious challenges in data mining, storage, and integration. In this paper we demonstrated the utility and promise of cloud computing for tackling the big data problems. We also outline our vision that cloud computing could be an enabling tool to facilitate translational bioinformatics research.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
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