{"id":5431,"date":"2015-06-04T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2015-04-24T08:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:03:49","slug":"data-and-computations-bandwidth-compute-power-algorithms-collaboration-turbocharge-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/data-and-computations-bandwidth-compute-power-algorithms-collaboration-turbocharge-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Data and Computations: (Bandwidth + Compute Power + Algorithms + Collaboration) = Turbocharged Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The process of research can often be laboriously slow, often taking many years to even mark small steps forward. \u00a0But new technology is increasingly being applied by researchers work to greatly speed up the research process. \u00a0Increased bandwidth and compute capacity, advanced algorithms, and greater collaboration are all working to accelerate research.<\/p>\n

One example of how technology is assisting researchers is agricultural research at Clemson University.<\/p>\n

Alex Feltus<\/a>, associate professor of genetics and biochemistry at Clemson University,\u00a0commented how advanced hardware and software is helping him to perform his agricultural research. \u00a0Feltus uses supercomputers<\/a>\u00a0to identify traits of plants that include biomass production and disease resistance\u00a0by analyzing genetic material .<\/p>\n

Feltus said that<\/a>\u00a0“all crops are very, very complex. For instance, there are 55,000 genes in rice. We\u2019re trying to understand the genes and their pathways and how they are combining and interacting. You can\u2019t examine this level of complexity without using a supercomputer. \u00a0Most agricultural traits in plants are controlled not just by one gene but by many. \u00a0We\u2019re trying to find the complexity \u2018sweet spot,\u2019 the balance between being too reductionist and too holistic.”<\/p>\n

Feltus\u00a0said that<\/a> “of course we need bigger boxes, but we also need faster ways to put stuff into them. \u00a0There is a serious data transfer bottleneck at the network-hard-drive interface. Thus, we need faster, reasonably priced storage that can keep up with the advanced networks such as the Internet2 Network.”<\/p>\n

Feltus also commented on how technology has improved researcher collaboration too. \u00a0He said that\u00a0“a key aspect is the side of cyberinfrastructure that can’t be coded: personal relationships. \u00a0Recently, my collaboration with network and storage researchers and engineers has opened my eyes to innovative possibilities that will impact my research via the human network.”<\/p>\n

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The process of research can often be laboriously slow, often taking many years to even mark small steps forward. \u00a0But new technology is increasingly being applied by researchers work to greatly speed up the research process. \u00a0Increased bandwidth and compute…<\/span><\/p>\n

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