Bioinformatics and Role of Software Engineers in it
Abstract
Bioinformatics is the application of computers in biological sciences. It is concerned with capturing, storing, graphically displaying, modeling and ultimately distributing biological information. It is becoming an essential tool in molecular biology as genome projects generate vast quantities of data.
The Human Genome Project has created the need for new kinds of scientific specialists who can be creative at the interface of biology and other disciplines, such as computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and the social sciences. As the popularity of genomic research increases, the demand for these specialists greatly exceeds the supply. In the past, the genome project has benefited immensely from the talents of non-biological scientists, and their participation in the future is likely to be even more crucial. Through this report I have tried to analyze the future requirements in development of advances technologies in this field and what role, we, as software engineers can play in development of these technologies.
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