Research Catalog

Title

Catalyzing inquiry at the interface of computing and biology / John C. Wooley and Herbert S. Lin, editors ; Committee on Frontiers at the Interface of Computing and Biology, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Frontiers at the Interface of Computing and Biology.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Wooley, John C.
• Lin, Herbert.

Description

xx, 443 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Alternative Title

Computing and biology

Subject

• Bioinformatics
• Computational biology
• Biology > Data processing
• Computational Biology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the Internet.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. 21st century biology -- 3. On the nature of biological data -- 4. Computational tools -- 5. Computational modeling and simulation as enablers for biological discovery -- 6. A computational and engineering view of biology -- 7. Cyberinfrastructure and data acquisition -- 8. Biological inspiration for computing -- 9. Illustrative problem domains at the interface of computing and biology -- 10. Culture and research infrastructure -- 11. Conclusions and recommendations -- App. A. The secrets of life : a mathematician's introduction to molecular biology -- App. B. Challenge problems in bioinformatics and computational biology from other reports.

ISBN

030909612X

LCCN

2005936580

OCLC

• ocm62771910
• SCSB-5267020

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries