New Generation Computing, 22(2004)97-110
Ohmsha, Ltd. and Springer-Verlag

Preface
Life Sciences and Cyberinfrastructure: Dual and Interacting Revolutions that will Drive Future Science

Peter W. ARZBERGER
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr, mc0043
La Jolla, CA 92093-0043 USA
parzberg@ucsd.edu
Abbas FARAZDEL
IBM Life Sciences
2455 South Road
MS P099, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 USA
farazdel@us.ibm.com
Akihiko KONAGAYA
RIKEN, Genomic Sciences Center
W-520, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama,
Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
konagaya@gsc.riken.go.jp
Larry ANG
Bioinformatics Institute
21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
12R, Level 3, Singapore 119612
Shinji SHIMOJO
Cybermedia Center and Biogrid, Osaka University
5-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 Japan
shimojo@cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp
Rick L. STEVENS
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439, USA
stevens@mcs.anl.gov

Received 21 September 2003
Revised manuscript received 30 November 2003

Abstract

Over the past quarter century, two revolutions, one in biomedicine, the other in computing and information technology leading to cyberinfrastructure, have made the largest advances and the most significant impacts on science, technology, and society. The interface between these areas is rich with opportunity for major advances. The Life Sciences Grid Research Group (LSG-RG) of the Global Grid Forum recognized the opportunities and needs to bring the communities together to ensure the cyberinfrastructure will be constructed for the benefit of science. This article gives an overview of the area, the activities of the LSG-RG, and the minisymposium organized by LSG-RG, and introduces the papers in this Special Issue of New Generation Computing.

Keywords:Life Sciences, Grid, Cyberinfrastructure, International Collaborations.

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