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Facilitating Bioinformatic Research with Mobile Cloud

Authors:
Jinhui Yao
Jingyu Zhang
Shiping Chen
Chen Wang
David Levy

Keywords: cloud computing; accountability; service orieanted architecture; mobile cloud.

Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a concept of mobile-cloud by combining mobile and cloud together in a bioinformatic research application scenario. A mobile-cloud framework is developed, which facilitates the use of mobile devices to manipulate and interact with the scientific workflows running in the Cloud. In this framework, an independent trusted accountability service is used to provide data provenance and enforce compliance among the participants of a bioinformatic workflow. We have implemented a prototype which allows the bioinformatic workflow design and participation using mobile devices. We prove the concept of mobile-cloud with the prototype and conducted performance evaluation for the significant points of the bioinformatic workflow.

Pages: 161 to 166

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: September 25, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-153-3

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from September 25, 2011 to September 30, 2011