Welcome to Bioinformatics in the Cloud Workshop’s documentation!

Cloud technologies are emerging as a critical tool in Bioinformatics analysis as datasets grow exponentially in number and size. However, the set of cloud technologies and concepts necessary to deploy Bioinformatics analysis is rapidly evolving and complex. This series of workshops will introduce the cloud analysis paradigm using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, cover some current strategies for deploying Bioinformatics data and applications for analysis, and give students some hands-on experience with these topics. The workshop will also highlight FireCloud, a scalable Bioinformatics cloud solution provided by the Broad Institute.

Note

Bioinformatics knowledge is not required, as the materials are intended to be sufficiently generic to allow users familiar with the prerequisite concepts to deploy their own applications in the cloud. The workshop simply uses a bioinformatics analysis as the use case for the hands-on materials.

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Prerequisites

This workshop is fairly technical. You will need a good understanding of the following to maximally benefit from the materials:

  • Ability to use linux/command line
  • Programming in python, Java, C/C++, or other comparable languages
  • General familiarity with how the linux operating system works

Attendees are expected to bring their own (preferrably Mac/Linux) laptops.

Time & Location

  • Session 1 - Cloud Concepts: Monday July 30th 2PM-5PM
  • Session 2 - Packaging and Deploying Applications: Wednesday August 1st 2PM-5PM
  • Session 3 - FireCloud Case Study: Thursday August 2nd 2PM-5PM

Location: Life Sciences and Engineering Building (LSEB) 103

Registration

Registration is now closed.

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