[ANN] myGrid Selects Cerebra Inference Engine

Hope this isn't too commercial for this list :-).

		- Peter

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myGRID SELECTS NETWORK INFERENCE'S CEREBRA INFERENCE ENGINE TO DRIVE
PROJECT

Life sciences effort breaks new ground with creation 
of an open grid service architecture 

London - 29 January 2003 - e-Science research project, myGrid, has
selected Network Inference as an industrial partner to provide its
Cerebra Inference Engine to drive the development of a new open grid
service architecture, producing a virtual laboratory workbench for the
life sciences community.

The architecture will create a collaborative and supportive environment
that allows geographically distributed scientists to implement long-term
research projects using complex distributed resources. 

The Cerebra Inference Engine will enable the grid to process data based
on semantics, allowing the scientists to identify the available
resources and services in their field. This will provide for a dynamic
environment where resources can be exchanged to maintain the integrity
of the workbench as new resources become available or existing resources
become redundant.
Commenting on the use of the Cerebra Inference Engine, Professor Carole
Goble, University of Manchester, says: "The Cerebra Inference Engine's
ability to identify services and organise them into classifications
through very rich descriptions and to give meaning to these descriptions
is impressive.  This technology means we are able to scale our solutions
and better able to meet the stringent performance criteria of a virtual
laboratory workbench."

Jon Matonis, CEO, Network Inference, added: "The myGrid project is a
great opportunity for the life sciences world to experience the very
real benefits that Network Inference can bring to this community.  The
Cerebra Inference Engine is ideal for improving the speed and quality of
pharmaceutical and life science research including drug discovery, gene
research, and bio-medical informatics. "

More...The particular focus of myGrid is on data-intensive e-Science and
the provision of a distributed environment that supports the in silico
experimental process - enabling clients to seamlessly link together
databases and analytical tools using process flows, extract relevant
information from free texts, and harness available computational
resources for CPU-intensive tasks.
MyGrid's industrial collaborators include AstraZeneca (London: AZN),
GlaxoSmithKline (London:GSK), GeneticXchange, Merck KgaA (NYSE:MRK), SUN
Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Epistemics Ltd.

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Note for editors:

myGrid
The myGrid project is an EPSRC-funded collaboration between the
University of Manchester (UK), the University of Newcastle (UK), the
University of Nottingham (UK), the University of Sheffield (UK), the
University of Southampton (UK), IT-Innovation (UK), and EMBL European
Bioinformatics Institute. Industrial collaborators include: AstraZeneca,
GlaxoSmithKline, GeneticXchange, Merck KGaA, SUN Microsystems, IBM,
Epistemics Ltd., and Network Inference.

Network Inference
Network Inference develops and sells software that allows applications,
across the extended enterprise, to share data through semantic
integration, providing a shared frame of reference for computers to
communicate with each other.  The company's Cerebra product portfolio is
based on technology resulting from 13 years of research at the
University of Manchester.  Network Inference is backed by Nokia Venture
Partners and is based in London, England with a subsidiary in the US.
For more information visit: www.networkinference.com.

For more information please contact:
Kate Hartley/Malini Majithia
Carrot Communications
Tel: +44 20 7953 4010
e-mail: kate.hartley@carrotcomms.co.uk or
malini.majithia@carrotcomms.co.uk

Received on Wednesday, 29 January 2003 11:22:24 UTC