Cloud Platforms

Concerns and Challenges of Cloud Platforms for Bioinformatics, the Law and other Social Sciences

Bioinformatics traditionally concerns applying computational approaches for the management and the exploitation of large volumes of biomedical data that continues to expand in size and in distribution. Although the application of cloud computing in biomedical areas is still preliminary, an increasing number of biomedical applications rely on the Cloud for processing large datasets. this topic aims investigating the extent to which cloud technology offers a viable platform for developing and deploying applications that support users in searching and integrating information offered by bioinformatics resources. The chapter outlines the basic features that such computing applications should exhibit and the challenging issues they deal with. The architecture and the functionality of the cloud-based environments are presented to stress how cloud platforms could offer added-value service components and flexibility that make their adoption attractive for bioinformatics.[1]

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Notes and References

1. Nicoletta Dessì, Barbara Pes, “Concerns and Challenges of Cloud Platforms for Bioinformatics” (Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 4th Edition, Information Resources Management Association, 2018)