A recent report from the NIH on biomedical computing may be of
interest.
Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative
http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/060399.htm
"The biomedical community is increasingly taking advantage of the
power of computing, both to manage and analyze data, and to
model biological processes. The working group should investigate
the needs of NIH-supported investigators for computing resources,
including hardware, software, networking, algorithms, and training.
It should take into account efforts to create a national information
infrastructure, and look at working with other agencies (particularly
NSF and DOE) to ensure that the research needs of the NIH-
funded community are met. "
"It should also investigate the impediments biologists face in
utilizing high-end computing, such as a paucity of researchers
with cross-disciplinary skills. The panel should consider both
today's unmet needs and the growing requirements over the next
five years (a reasonable horizon for extrapolating the advances in
the rapidly changing fields of computing and computational
biology). "
Frank Norman National Institute for Medical Research
Acting Librarian The Ridgeway, Mill Hill
London NW7 1AA, UK
tel 0208 959 3666 ext 2380 email [log in to unmask]
fax 0208 913 8534 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/personal/Frank
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