Using Cloud Computing for Scalable, Reproducible Experimentation

Whether it be data generated from genomic sequencers, telescopes, or other laboratory instruments, technology apparent in many scientific disciplines is generating data at rates never witnessed before. Scientists in the area of bioinformatics are among the many who perform inductive experiments and analyses on these data with the goal of answering scientific questions. These computationally demanding experiments and analyses have become a common occurrence, resulting in a shift in scientific discovery, and thus leading to the term