Title :
The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure to Feed the World
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
As plant biology becomes a data-driven science, new computing technologies are needed to address many formidable challenges. The iPlant Collaborative provides cyberinfrastructure for researchers and developers to collaborate in creating better tools, workflows, algorithms, and ontologies.
Keywords :
biology computing; botany; cyberinfrastructure; iPlant collaborative; plant biology; Collaboration; Computational modeling; DNA; Genomics; High performance computing; Plants (biology); High-performance computing; Multitier systems; Plant science; System architecture; iPlant Collective;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2011.297