COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE

癌症中心的计算科学(CS)小组利用跨学科思维的力量 通过在可访问的合作环境中与理论家、实验者和软件工程师合作 实验者。通过CS，癌症中心成员将先进的计算技术应用于 在复杂的数据集中发现隐藏的秩序，并破译生物语言。CS是专职的 到算法的开发和实现，以及可视化工具的应用，关系 数据库和高性能计算设施，以了解复杂的生物学 流程。业务包括六个职能服务交付领域；应用程序开发 (APRS)、统计与分析(SA)、高性能计算(HPC)、集群管理系统 (CMS)和癌症生物信息网格(CaBIG)，它们都得到了软件质量保证的支持 (SQA)组。所有CS功能小组访问相同的支持工具，包括一项专门的工作 管理体系和相关过程标准，包括软件配置管理 和软件开发生命周期实践。通过CS，癌症中心成员访问发现 否则他们将很难使用的工具和计算系统。综合服务信息 开发了支持整个科学事务处的流程和数据管理职能的系统 并由CS维护。由生物学家、统计学家、数学家、计算机组成的各式各样的联盟 科学家和数据库专家对这一努力至关重要。CS，占用1,044平方英尺的交互 研究实验室4单元和46号楼的空间，雇用了6名软件工程师，1名软件 配置管理工程师、一名高性能计算专家和一名caBIG联络员 由一名高级软件工程师以及三名生物统计师/生物信息学家和分析师管理 向生物信息学经理汇报。共同项目负责人Carol Bult博士和Gary Churchill博士负责监督 运营从1999年开始的一个全职员工(FTE)发展到一个 2005年有14个全职员工。Bult博士和Churchill博士与癌症中心的用户和服务人员沟通，以 确保以最有效、最具成本效益和最新的技术方式满足研究需求。

The Cancer Center's Computational Sciences (CS) group leverages the power of interdisciplinary thinking by partnering theorists, experimentalists and software engineers in a cooperative atmosphere accessible to experimentalists. Through CS, Cancer Center members apply advanced computational techniques to discover the hidden order in complex data sets and to decipher the languages of biology. CS is dedicated to the development and implementation of algorithms, and the application of visualization tools, relational databases and high-performance computing facilities to the understanding of complex biological processes. The operation comprises six functional service delivery areas; Applications Development (APRS), Statistics & Analysis (SA), High Performance Computing (HPC), Colony Management Systems (CMS) and Cancer Bioinformatics Grid (caBIG) which are all supported by the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) group. All CS functional groups access the same support tools including a dedicated Work Management System and associated process standards, including Software Configuration Management and Software Development Life Cycle practices. Through CS, Cancer Center members access discovery tools and compute systems they would otherwise struggle to employ. The Integrated Services Information System, supporting process and data management functions across the Scientific Services, was developed and is maintained by CS. A diverse consortium of biologists, statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists and database specialists are essential to this effort. CS, which occupies 1,044 ft2 of interactive space in Research Laboratory Unit 4 and Building 46, employs six software engineers, one software configuration management engineer, one high-performance computing specialist, and a caBIG liaison all managed by a Senior Software Engineer as well as three biostatistician/bioinformaticists and analysts reporting to a bioinformaticist manager. Co-Project Leaders Drs. Carol Bult and Gary Churchill oversee this operation which has grown from its inception in 1999 from one full time employee (FTE) to a department of 14 FTEs in 2005. Drs. Bult and Churchill communicate with the Cancer Center users and Service staff to ensure that research needs are met in the most efficient, cost-effective and technically current manner.