Sequence squeeze: an open contest for sequence compression

GigaScience

Nick Lynch¹  Richard CG Holland² 

[1] Pistoia Alliance Inc, 401 Edgewater Pl., Ste. 600, Wakefield, MA, 01880, USA;Eagle Genomics Ltd, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK

关键词: Competition;    Pre-competitive;    Big data;    Open innovation;    Data compression;    Cloud computing;    Next-generation sequencing;   

Others  :  861646
DOI  :  10.1186/2047-217X-2-5

 received in 2013-03-04, accepted in 2013-04-15,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Next-generation sequencing machines produce large quantities of data which are becoming increasingly difficult to move between collaborating organisations or even store within a single organisation. Compressing the data to assist with this is vital, but existing techniques do not perform as well as might be expected. The need for a new compression technique was identified by the Pistoia Alliance who commissioned an open innovation contest to find one. The dynamic and interactive nature of the contest led to some novel algorithms and a high level of competition between participants.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Holland and Lynch; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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