Performance Optimization in Parallel Bioinformatics (Paperback)

Paperback. The explosive growth of genomic and molecular data has transformed bioinformatics into one of the most computationally demanding scientific disciplines. This book presents advanced strategies for optimizing parallel computing to accelerate large-scale bioinformatics applications, with a focus on protein BLAST. It introduces a high-performance GPU-enabled cluster architecture that combines dynamic workload distribution, database fragmentation, CUDA-based GPU acceleration, and OpenMPI communication to deliver scalable and efficient sequence analysis. Through comprehensive performance evaluation using real-world biological datasets, the book demonstrates significant improvements in execution speed, scalability, and resource utilization compared with conventional BLAST implementations. Bridging theory and practical implementation, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, and HPC professionals seeking modern solutions for high-performance bioinformatics and next-generation computational biology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…