Reimplementation of Scientific Applications in a Massively Distributed Framework

United Devices Computer Science, 2001-02

Liaison(s): Jeffrey Lawson ’99
Advisor(s): Melissa O’Neill
Students(s): Steve DiVerdi (TL), Elmer Kim ’03, Aaron Namba, Megan Thorsen

United Devices (UD) provides distributed computing solutions to clients with a wide range of projects, with a focus on aiding bioinformatics research. UD has created the UD MetaProcessor platform, a robust, scalable, and extensible client and server solution for massively distributed computing. The Clinic team has been tasked with porting two existing single-machine bioinformatics applications to the MetaProcessor Platform.