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  • Mobile Computing in Science

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  • Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are increasingly prevalent, offering ubiquitous internet access.
  • The life sciences generate vast amounts of data and services, many available as Web Services.
  • There is a growing need for mobile solutions to effectively utilize these life sciences applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a user-friendly, lightweight mobile client for accessing bioinformatics Web Services.
  • To address the challenges of mobile device limitations in handling scientific data and applications.
  • To facilitate location-independent access to computational resources in bioinformatics and biomedicine.

Main Methods:

  • Designed, implemented, and deployed a web-based mobile client.
  • The client supports browsing, parameter composition, invocation, and monitoring of Web Services.
  • Demonstrated functionality with a validation use case involving a registered workflow.

Main Results:

  • An easy-to-use, lightweight mobile client for bioinformatics Web Services has been successfully deployed.
  • The client effectively handles large datasets and manages workflow execution and monitoring.
  • The software is available on major app stores, with source code accessible on GitHub.

Conclusions:

  • Mobile devices offer significant potential for scientific applications in bioinformatics.
  • The developed client overcomes intrinsic mobile device limitations for bioinformatics tasks.
  • Its modular design allows for future expansion with new tools and data repositories.