Botnen A(1), Wang X(1), Jelliffe R(1), Thomas M(2), and Hoem N(1)
1) Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA; 2) San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, CA
A new research resource has been developed, allowing organizations with limited resources for program development to develop large and nonlinear non-parametric population models.
Until now the two main factors limiting the number of non-parametric population models have been the need for extensive computing resources, and the difficult user threshold for accessing such systems The current de facto standard for information exchange is the World Wide Web. Designing a WEB interface and a corresponding infrastructure to the computing resources eliminates both the need for setting up an individual computing resource and at the same time substantially reduces the high user threshold.
At present two WEB computing systems are being operated, one by the San Diego Supercomputing Center, the other by the LAPK group. Almost all users of the compute intensive programs provided by the LAPK group now use the WEB interfaces for interaction with these programs. In addition to the ease of use the systems developed also provides a high level of security and robustness.
Currently research groups from 7 countries use these systems. Additional systems will be deployed in several countries over the nest 12 months. Some of these systems will be connected to the present systems, while other will be restricted to in-house use.
Supported by NIH grant RR11526
Reference: PAGE 10 () Abstr 243 [www.page-meeting.org/?abstract=243]
Poster: poster