D de la Iglesia, R E Cachau, M García-Remesal, V Maojo
{"title":"Nanoinformatics knowledge infrastructures: bringing efficient information management to nanomedical research.","authors":"D de la Iglesia, R E Cachau, M García-Remesal, V Maojo","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014011","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nanotechnology represents an area of particular promise and significant opportunity across multiple scientific disciplines. Ongoing nanotechnology research ranges from the characterization of nanoparticles and nanomaterials to the analysis and processing of experimental data seeking correlations between nanoparticles and their functionalities and side effects. Due to their special properties, nanoparticles are suitable for cellular-level diagnostics and therapy, offering numerous applications in medicine, e.g. development of biomedical devices, tissue repair, drug delivery systems and biosensors. In nanomedicine, recent studies are producing large amounts of structural and property data, highlighting the role for computational approaches in information management. While <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> assays are expensive, the cost of computing is falling. Furthermore, improvements in the accuracy of computational methods (e.g. data mining, knowledge discovery, modeling and simulation) have enabled effective tools to automate the extraction, management and storage of these vast data volumes. Since this information is widely distributed, one major issue is how to locate and access data where it resides (which also poses data-sharing limitations). The novel discipline of nanoinformatics addresses the information challenges related to nanotechnology research. In this paper, we summarize the needs and challenges in the field and present an overview of extant initiatives and efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"014011"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053539/pdf/nihms581421.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32427093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sharon Gaheen, George W Hinkal, Stephanie A Morris, Michal Lijowski, Mervi Heiskanen, Juli D Klemm
{"title":"caNanoLab: data sharing to expedite the use of nanotechnology in biomedicine.","authors":"Sharon Gaheen, George W Hinkal, Stephanie A Morris, Michal Lijowski, Mervi Heiskanen, Juli D Klemm","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of nanotechnology in biomedicine involves the engineering of nanomaterials to act as therapeutic carriers, targeting agents and diagnostic imaging devices. The application of nanotechnology in cancer aims to transform early detection, targeted therapeutics and cancer prevention and control. To assist in expediting and validating the use of nanomaterials in biomedicine, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, in collaboration with the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer (Alliance), has developed a data sharing portal called caNanoLab. caNanoLab provides access to experimental and literature curated data from the NCI Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, the Alliance and the greater cancer nanotechnology community.</p>","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"014010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32787250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What makes computational open source software libraries successful","authors":"W. Bangerth, T. Heister","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015010","url":null,"abstract":"Software is the backbone of scientific computing. Yet, while we regularly publish detailed accounts about the results of scientific software, and while there is a general sense of which numerical methods work well, our community is largely unaware of best practices in writing the large-scale, open source scientific software upon which our discipline rests. This is particularly apparent in the commonly held view that writing successful software packages is largely the result of simply 'being a good programmer' when in fact there are many other factors involved, for example the social skill of community building. In this paper, we consider what we have found to be the necessary ingredients for successful scientific software projects and, in particular, for software libraries upon which the vast majority of scientific codes are built today. In particular, we discuss the roles of code, documentation, communities, project management and licenses. We also briefly comment on the impact on academic careers of engaging in software projects.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"015010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60596708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Particle refining and coarsening method for smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations","authors":"Y. Huang, O. Nydal, B. Yao, Z. Tian","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015009","url":null,"abstract":"A particle refining and coarsening method for smoothed particle hydrodynamics is presented and applied to fluid mechanics. This method enables the particles to be refined or coarsened until a proper resolution of particle density for the geometry is achieved, which leads to a higher efficiency despite using a smaller number of particles in the whole simulation domain. The performance of this method is studied through some examples of shear cavities.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"015009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60597171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Guzan, K. Mills, Vijay Gupta, D. Murry, C. Scheier, Daphne Willis, M. Ostraat
{"title":"Integration of data: the Nanomaterial Registry project and data curation","authors":"K. Guzan, K. Mills, Vijay Gupta, D. Murry, C. Scheier, Daphne Willis, M. Ostraat","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014007","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the use of nanomaterials in multiple fields of applied science and technology, there is a need for accelerated understanding of any potential implications of using these unique and promising materials. There is a multitude of research data that, if integrated, can be leveraged to drive toward a better understanding. Integration can be achieved by applying nanoinformatics concepts. The Nanomaterial Registry is using applied minimal information about nanomaterials to support a robust data curation process in order to promote integration across a diverse data set. This paper describes the evolution of the curation methodology used in the Nanomaterial Registry project as well as the current procedure that is used. Some of the lessons learned about curation of nanomaterial data are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"014007"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60596917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Massively parallel conjugate heat transfer methods relying on large eddy simulation applied to an aeronautical combustor","authors":"S. Jaure, F. Duchaine, G. Staffelbach, L. Gicquel","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015008","url":null,"abstract":"Optimizing gas turbines is a complex multi-physical and multi-component problem that has long been based on expensive experiments. Today, computer simulation can reduce design process costs and is acknowledged as a promising path for optimization. However, performing such computations using high-fidelity methods such as a large eddy simulation (LES) on gas turbines is challenging. Nevertheless, such simulations become accessible for specific components of gas turbines. These stand-alone simulations face a new challenge: to improve the quality of the results, new physics must be introduced. Therefore, an efficient massively parallel coupling methodology is investigated. The flow solver modeling relies on the LES code AVBP which has already been ported on massively parallel architectures. The conduction solver is based on the same data structure and thus shares its scalability. Accurately coupling these solvers while maintaining their scalability is challenging and is the actual objective of this work. To obtain such goals, a methodology is proposed and different key issues to code the coupling are addressed: convergence, stability, parallel geometry mapping, transfers and interpolation. This methodology is then applied to a real burner configuration, hence demonstrating the possibilities and limitations of the solution.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"015008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60597137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Riviere, C. Scoglio, F. Sahneh, N. Monteiro-Riviere
{"title":"Computational approaches and metrics required for formulating biologically realistic nanomaterial pharmacokinetic models","authors":"J. Riviere, C. Scoglio, F. Sahneh, N. Monteiro-Riviere","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014005","url":null,"abstract":"The field of nanomaterial pharmacokinetics is in its infancy, with major advances largely restricted by a lack of biologically relevant metrics, fundamental differences between particles and small molecules of organic chemicals and drugs relative to biological processes involved in disposition, a scarcity of sufficiently rich and characterized in vivo data and a lack of computational approaches to integrating nanomaterial properties to biological endpoints. A central concept that links nanomaterial properties to biological disposition, in addition to their colloidal properties, is the tendency to form a biocorona which modulates biological interactions including cellular uptake and biodistribution. Pharmacokinetic models must take this crucial process into consideration to accurately predict in vivo disposition, especially when extrapolating from laboratory animals to humans since allometric principles may not be applicable. The dynamics of corona formation, which modulates biological interactions including cellular uptake and biodistribution, is thereby a crucial process involved in the rate and extent of biodisposition. The challenge will be to develop a quantitative metric that characterizes a nanoparticle's surface adsorption forces that are important for predicting biocorona dynamics. These types of integrative quantitative approaches discussed in this paper for the dynamics of corona formation must be developed before realistic engineered nanomaterial risk assessment can be accomplished.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"014005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/014005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60596904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Humble, A. McCaskey, R. Bennink, J. Billings, E. D'Azevedo, Blair D. Sullivan, Christine Klymko, H. Seddiqi
{"title":"An integrated programming and development environment for adiabatic quantum optimization","authors":"T. Humble, A. McCaskey, R. Bennink, J. Billings, E. D'Azevedo, Blair D. Sullivan, Christine Klymko, H. Seddiqi","doi":"10.1088/1749-4680/7/1/015006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4680/7/1/015006","url":null,"abstract":"Adiabatic quantum computing is a promising route to the computational power afforded by quantum information processing. The recent availability of adiabatic hardware has raised challenging questions about how to evaluate adiabatic quantum optimization (AQO) programs. Processor behavior depends on multiple steps to synthesize an adiabatic quantum program, which are each highly tunable. We present an integrated programming and development environment for AQO called Jade Adiabatic Development Environment (JADE) that provides control over all the steps taken during program synthesis. JADE captures the workflow needed to rigorously specify the AQO algorithm while allowing a variety of problem types, programming techniques, and processor configurations. We have also integrated JADE with a quantum simulation engine that enables program profiling using numerical calculation. The computational engine supports plug-ins for simulation methodologies tailored to various metrics and computing resources. We present the design, integration, and deployment of JADE and discuss its potential use for benchmarking AQO programs by the quantum computer science community.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"25 1","pages":"015006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4680/7/1/015006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60595743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy conservation tests of a coupled kinetic plasma–kinetic neutral transport code","authors":"D. Stotler, C. Chang, G. Park, S. Ku","doi":"10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015006","url":null,"abstract":"An approach to coupling two kinetic particle codes for the simulation of neutral–plasma interactions in magnetic fusion devices is described. The behavior of the neutral atoms and molecules is modeled with a Monte Carlo code. The plasma species are simulated with a particle-in-cell code that integrates the guiding center equations of motion and computes a self-consistent electric field. The coupling algorithm is designed to conserve mass in the neutral–plasma exchanges to statistical accuracy. Although energy is not fully conserved due to the velocity dependence of the charge exchange cross section and the kinetic character of both species, the impact of this non-conservation on the overall simulation is negligible.","PeriodicalId":89345,"journal":{"name":"Computational science & discovery","volume":"6 1","pages":"015006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60597064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}