Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS)

Duke University, Durham NC

Investigators

Abstract

The Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (ISDS) at Duke University will purchase high-speed computing equipment to be dedicated to support of several linked projects in statistical and computational methodology for bioinformatics. Specific research projects involve stochastic modeling of biomolecular sequence and structure, models and computation for large-scale functional genomics, and statistical modeling for gene characterization studies. The grant will provide high-throughput networking equipment, high-speed numerical servers, a file server, and a high-throughput ethernet switch and connectors. This equipment, together with desktop machines providing platforms for local, non-numerically intensive computations, will provide a numerical/file server cluster for the three faculty investigators, post-doctoral associates and graduate students working on the proposed bioinformatics projects.