From access and integration to mining of secure genomic data sets across the grid

Sinnott, R.O. (2007) From access and integration to mining of secure genomic data sets across the grid. Future Generation Computer Systems, 23(3), pp. 447-456. (doi: 10.1016/j.future.2006.07.007)

Abstract

The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) funded BRIDGES project (Biomedical Research Informatics Delivered by Grid Enabled Services) has developed a Grid infrastructure to support cardiovascular research. This includes the provision of a compute Grid and a data Grid infrastructure with security at its heart. In this paper we focus on the BRIDGES data Grid. A primary aim of the BRIDGES data Grid is to help control the complexity in access to and integration of a myriad of genomic data sets through simple Grid based tools. We outline these tools, how they are delivered to the end user scientists. We also describe how these tools are to be extended in the BBSRC funded Grid Enabled Microarray Expression Profile Search (GEMEPS) to support a richer vocabulary of search capabilities to support mining of microarray data sets. As with BRIDGES, fine grain Grid security underpins GEMEPS.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Grid, security, microarray data
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sinnott, Professor Richard
• Authors: Sinnott, R.O.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: University Services > IT Services > Computing Service
• Journal Name: Future Generation Computer Systems
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0167-739X
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2007 Elsevier
• First Published: First published in Future Generation Computer Systems 23(3):447-456
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.