Energy-Aware Optimization of DAWs in Bioinformatics (A02)

• Subject Area: Security and Dependability, Operating-, Communication- and Distributed Systems ; Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology ; Data Management, Data-Intensive Systems, Computer Science Methods in Business Informatics
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 414984028

DAWs in Bioinformatics can benefit enormously from workflow optimization, for instance by distributing computation for embarrassingly parallel problems. In the first phase of FONDA, we developed methods to rewrite a given workflow developed for an infrastructure A into one suitable for a target infrastructure B based on characteristics of the DAW and characteristics of the infrastructures. Recent years, however, showed that science also must focus on another optimization goal: Improving sustainability by reducing energy consumption. This subproject will lay the grounds for energy-reducing DAW optimization in Bioinformatics. We will characterize the energy-consumption behavior of Bioinformatics tools, research methods that estimate the energy consumption of a given DAW, and allow workflow steering based on individual preferences.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1404: FONDA - Foundations of Workflows for Large-Scale Scientific Data Analysis
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Ulf Leser; Professor Dr. Knut Reinert