SBIR Phase I: HIVbase, Data Integration Software to Support the Study of Chronic Viruses

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将支持软件的开发，名为HIVbase，它将使临床研究人员管理数据的方式现代化。对于需要最大化其收集信息价值的研究人员，我们将提供一种产品，该产品包含将多个不同数据源集成到自动化高维仓库中的独特应用程序，用于执行遗传和临床研究项目中常见的重复任务的应用程序，以及易于使用的应用程序。人类免疫缺陷病毒的研究人员拥有大量的研究信息，这些信息的格式对用户不利，充斥着错误的电子表格，过时的数据库，包含数千个单独文件的目录，甚至是纸质记录。艾滋病科学家从未获得过如此多的信息。我们将利用当前的技术进步，并将包含几个新应用程序的程序组合在一起：蛋白质鉴定工具，以消除重复的序列编辑，基于特定遗传属性创建用户定义搜索的能力，以及与外部合作者有效共享信息的能力。该项目的成果将在卫生（艾滋病毒）和数据挖掘领域产生广泛影响。卫生服务提供者现在可以更迅速地获得更完整的数据。其他字段将能够使用此应用程序以有序和可靠的方式向其服务提供者提供信息。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will support the development of software, designated HIVbase, which will modernize the way that clinical researchers manage their data. For researchers that need to maximize the value of their collected information, we will offer a product that contains unique applications for integrating multiple sources of disparate data into an automated high-dimensional warehouse, applications that perform repetitious tasks common to genetic and clinical research projects, and applications that are easy to use. Investigators of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus have an unsurpassed amount of research information in user-hostile formats, error-filled spreadsheets, out-dated databases, directories containing thousands of individual files and even paper records. Never before has so much informational power been available to HIV scientists. We will exploit current technological advances and put together a program containing several novel applications: protein identification tools to eliminate repetitious sequence editing, the ability to create user-defined searches based on specific genetic attributes, and the ability to efficiently share information with outside collaborators. The outcome of this project will have broad implication in the health (HIV) and data mining areas. Health service providers will now have access to more complete data in a more expeditious way. Other fields will be able to use this application to make information available in an ordered and reliable fashion to its service providers.