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Karl Podesta | kpodesta at computing dot dcu dot ie | Ph: +353 1 700 8449 | (a photo) Research Postgraduate, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland (2002-2005) Supervisors: Dr. Martin Crane, Prof. Heather Ruskin |
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Note: Since Nov 2005, I am not a student anymore. If you are interested in my work, please contact me at: < kpodesta at redbrick.dcu.ie >I am currently a research assistant in the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology. My area of interest is how parallel computing is used in both Bioinformatics (analysis of biological data) and Biocomputation (software modelling of biological systems). Biological data typically constitutes sequences of amino acids or proteins. Models of biological systems involve randomised, statistical methods. The size and complexity associated with both of these is massive. So massive in fact, that high performance computers (clusters, supercomputers, Grids) are a necessity for a number of different, existing analyses. The cheapest and most commonly used form of high performance computer is a cluster. Clusters can be built from commodity computers, connected together over a standard or advanced network (e.g. A Beowulf cluster), and some of them are among the fastest dedicated computers in the world. To be put to best use for applications in cellular biotechnology, we need to understand not only the biological problem we are trying to solve, but how it can be best implemented on clusters of existing computers using existing software - a reasonably wide spectrum of understanding. Publications K. Podesta, M. Crane, H.J. Ruskin. "A sequence-focused parallelisation of EMBOSS on a cluster of workstations ". Accepted for presentation at International Conference on Computational Science & its Applications (ICCSA '04), Assisi, Italy, May 2004. Publication in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Presentations Nov 2003 - "The Biologist does not compute", IAHPC (Irish Association for High Performance Computing), meeting @ DCU, November 2003 Apr 2003 - "Biology meets the Supercomputer", Postgraduate Seminar, School of Computing, DCU. 17th April 2003. Mar 2003 - "Grid Computing in DCU", SEM-NET, DCU Semester Forum on Networking, March 2003. Nov 2002 - "Parallel Analysis of Fischlar Digital Video", IAHPC (Irish Association for High Performance Computing), meeting @ UCD, November 2002 Interests
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