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FIGURE 11.7
Uncinus service selection interface.
11.5 Case Studies
Using the prototype, a case study was carried out that demonstrates how
cloud platforms can simplify genomic drug discovery via access to cheap,
on-demand HPC facilities. An EXP-PAC (Church, Goscinski, and Lefèvre
2012) image was created, deployed, and exposed through our cloud frame-
work prototype. Using EXP-PAC, genetic cancer tumor data is analyzed and
annotated. These annotated data are used to create a gene expression profile.
The generated gene expression profile is an initial step in the identification of
the cancer subtype and possible treatment methods (Beltran and Rubin 2013).
11.5.1 Cloud Deployment
To deploy software as services using the HPCaaS model described, cloud
images must be created and then exposed through Uncinus. Cloud images
are derived from preexisting templates and stored by the cloud provider
(in this case, Amazon EC2). Each image is given a unique identifier by
Amazon, which is then published to Uncinus. On invoking the published
virtual machine service, Uncinus communicates with the Amazon cloud,
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