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- Title
Sputnik: ad hoc distributed computation.
- Authors
Völkel, Gunnar; Lausser, Ludwig; Schmid, Florian; Kraus, Johann M.; Kestler, Hans A.
- Abstract
Motivation: In bioinformatic applications, computationally demanding algorithms are often parallelized to speed up computation. Nevertheless, setting up computational environments for distributed computation is often tedious. Aim of this project were the lightweight ad hoc set up and fault-tolerant computation requiring only a Java runtime, no administrator rights, while utilizing all CPU cores most effectively. Results: The Sputnik framework provides ad hoc distributed computation on the Java Virtual Machine which uses all supplied CPU cores fully. It provides a graphical user interface for deployment setup and a web user interface displaying the current status of current computation jobs. Neither a permanent setup nor administrator privileges are required. We demonstrate the utility of our approach on feature selection of microarray data.
- Subjects
BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMATHEMATICS; ALGORITHMS; ALGEBRA; FAULT-tolerant computing
- Publication
Bioinformatics, 2015, Vol 31, Issue 8, p1298
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/btu818