Special Issue: High-Performance Computational Biology (Parallel Computing)

The special issue "High-Performance Computational Biology" of Parallel Computing (Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2008, Elsevier), edited by D.A. Bader and S. Aluru, is now avalaible :

• High-performance computational biology, David A. Bader, Srinivas Aluru, doi:10.1016/S0167-8191(08)00114-2.
• Exploring the viability of the Cell Broadband Engine for bioinformatics applications, Vipin Sachdeva, Michael Kistler, Evan Speight, Tzy-Hwa Kathy Tzeng, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.04.001.
• A graph-theoretic analysis of the human protein-interaction network using multicore parallel algorithms, David A. Bader, Kamesh Madduri, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.04.002.
• Performance characteristics of biomolecular simulations on high-end systems with multi-core processors, Sadaf R. Alam, Pratul K. Agarwal, Jeffrey S. Vetter, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.05.003.
• Biomolecular committor probability calculation enabled by processing in network storage, P. Brenner, J.M. Wozniak, D. Thain, A. Striegel, J.W. Peng, J.A. Izaguirre, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.08.001.
• RNAVLab: A virtual laboratory for studying RNA secondary structures based on grid computing technology, Michela Taufer, Ming-Ying Leung, Thamar Solorio, Abel Licon, David Mireles, Roberto Araiza, Kyle L. Johnson, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.08.002.
• Integrating FPGA acceleration into HMMer, Tim Oliver, Leow Yuan Yeow, Bertil Schmidt, doi:10.1016/j.parco.2008.08.003.

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