The WeFold gateway: Enabling large-scale science coopetition

Author

Crivelli, Silvia ; Dooley, Rion ; Holmes, Reid ; Mock, Stephen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comp. Sci., UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper describes the WeFold gateway that provides a social and technical environment for the first large-scale attempt at collaboration within the context of the Critical Assessment of techniques for protein Structure Prediction (CASP) competition. CASP is a biennial worldwide experiment created 20 years ago to advance the field of protein folding, one of the grand challenges in modern science. The WeFold experiment was started in CASP10 (the 10^th CASP) to bring together scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm online, share ideas and codes, and synergistically develop new methodologies. The goal is to positively shake up the field to stimulate breakthrough advances.

Keywords

bioinformatics; proteins; CASP competition; CASP10; WeFold gateway; critical assessment of technique; large-scale science competition; protein folding; protein structure prediction; Logic gates; Pipelines; Programmable logic arrays; Proteins; coopetition; gateway; protein folding; protein structure prediction pipelines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cluster Computing (CLUSTER), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Indianapolis, IN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLUSTER.2013.6702698

Filename

6702698