Illinois bringing next-gen genomics computing to India, as featured in Current Science magazine
9/25/2013 IGB Communications
CSL researchers recently spoke in India on a next-generation computing project to allow the analysis of large amounts of genomic sequence data, as reported in the September 25 issue of Current Science.
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CSL Professor Ravishankar K. Iyer (ECE) and IGB Director Gene Robinson recently spoke in Bangalore, India, on a next-generation computing project to allow the analysis of large amounts of genomic sequence data, as reported in the September 25 issue of Current Science.
"The genomic data is doubling every 1.5 years," says Robinson. "The current methods are unable to handle large datasets. Therefore, a new technology framework is required."
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) of Mumbai, and its Bangalore-based center, the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), joined the Illinois members in proposing a next-generation scalable computing system. This system would "enable biologists to analyze huge genomics sequence data and foster a two-way relationship between computing and genomics." Illinois researchers are pursuing breakthroughs in this area through the CompGen initiative.
The meeting was organized by the ICTS at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, and was directed by Robinson and Iyer, along with R. K. Shyamasundar (TIFR), Spenta Wadia (ICTS–TIFR), and Vijay Chandru (Strand Life Sciences, Bangalore).