Description

Shodor Abstract:

This module explores the inner workings of the BLAST similarity search tool, considering the algorithm and the impact of various search conditions and settings on performance. Various approaches to parallelizing the computation and their performance impacts are considered. Benchmarking of the mpiBLAST parallel code is carried out at different scales.

Subject:

Computing and Information, Education, Life Science

Level:

Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Career / Technical

Material Type:

Full Course, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan

Author:

Aaron Weeden, Jeff Krause, Jennifer Houchins, Michael Ly

Provider:

Shodor

Provider Set:

CSERD: Computational Science Education Reference Desk

Date Added:

10/30/2014