Innovative computing models for Bioinformatics

Research Activity:
Bioinformatics is a highly interdisciplinary research field that on one hand uses sophisticated computer skills for understanding the structure and function of complex biological systems, and on the other hand is responsible for defining new architectures and ICT products derived from the observation of biological systems themselves (e.g. bio-inspired robotic systems). The purpose of this research area is to provide a broad spectrum of algorithmic, architectural and methodological expertise (e.g. definition of ontologies, methods of representation and workflow management, bio-inspired algorithms, and representation analysis of complex biological systems) that can actively contribute to the development of Bioinformatics in solving a broad class of computational problems involved. These problems range from solving problems of molecular biology (e.g. prediction of protein structure), the representation and understanding of complex biological systems (e.g. molecular interaction processes in the cells), the efficient allocation of a workflow environment for the realization of "in silico" Grid experiments.

Full title:
Innovative computational models for Bioinformatics

Project:
INT.P02 / Bioinformatics

Research Area code:
INT.P02.013 / Innovative computational methods for Bioinformatics

Research Units:

Integration of ontologies and programming techniques for the representation and management of workflows

Architectures and bio-inspired algorithms based on the principles of self-organization to control robots and machines

Institute responsible for the Research Area:
Institute of sciences and technologies of knowledge (ISTC)

Institute repsonisble for the Reserch Unit:

Activity start date:
2008

Forseen end date of activity :
2009

Status:
New proposal

SIGLA code:
2685