Visualization and Bio-informatics
Breakout
Chair: Julian Gallop
Scribe: Stephen Pickles
SDMIV NeSC/ESI Thursday
24/10/2002
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Julian Gallop
Neil Hanlon
Ela Hunt
Matt Neilson
Stephen Pickles
SDMIV NeSC/ESI Thursday
24/10/2002
Visualization Challenges
• Single chromosome map solved - tools exist today
• Comparison of genomes
– Not solved; Too many lines in limited screen realestate, perceptual bottlenecks, …
• Visualization and exploration of large (eg.
phylogenetic) trees
• Polymer docking
• Generally, existing tools insufficiently interactive
– Cf. clickable CGI-generated GIFs
SDMIV NeSC/ESI Thursday
24/10/2002
Computing infrastructure
challenges
• Babel of different data types and formats
• Data volumes exploding
• Data dimensionality growing
• Image data captured at source (eg. cellular datasets)
Escalating issues of
• Data storage
• Data transfer
• Metadata
• Public access
• Interoperability of tools
SDMIV NeSC/ESI Thursday
24/10/2002
Computing infrastructure –
ingredients of a solution
• XML? Configuration language(s) for many
datatypes in biology
– Sequence, protein structure,…
• Interoperable tools
– Simplicity, ease of use
• Workflow
• Policies on data sharing supported by
funding bodies
SDMIV NeSC/ESI Thursday
24/10/2002