Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Big data in small places

http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n1/full/nbt.2079.html?WT.ec_id=NBT-201201

* Daniel MacLean1
* & Sophien Kamoun1

DOI:
doi:10.1038/nbt.2079

Published online
09 January 2012

Dealing with big data sets can be abstracted into three main tasks: we must be able to manage, understand and analyze. 'Managing' is to carry out the computer science–based transfer and storage of data. 'Understanding' implies a clear knowledge of the biological context and caveats of the data as well as the functioning and limitations of the methods. And 'analyzing' refers to the application of the various bioinformatics methods to specific biological questions and data. Our support model distributes labor between bioinformaticians and bench scientists to optimize the delivery of these three tasks.

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