Biography
Jonathan Barker graduated from UCL with a degree and PhD in pure mathematics, then spent several years working as a research assistant in cross-disciplinary fields including image processing and bioinformatics. In 1999 he was awarded a training fellowship in bioinformatics by the MRC, joining Janet Thornton's research group at UCL and later the EBI. In 2005 he left research and joined the systems group at EBI. Among various roles, Jonathan leads the networking team.
Abstract
High throughput UDP based data transmission for Bioinformatics
The talk will outline some of the technical challenges faced by EBI as a consequence of the current "explosion" in biological data volumes. In particular, the challenge of reliably transferring huge quantities of data to and from major partners and smaller labs. We will consider one family of solutions: UDP-based data transfer protocols, and look at the technical implementations in use at EBI today.
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