MPEG and ISO/TC 276/WG 5 have collected and evaluated the answers to the Genomic Information Compression and Storage joint Call for Proposals
At its 115th meeting, MPEG issued a Call for Proposals (CfP) for Genomic Information Compression and Storage in conjunction with the working group for standardisation of data processing and integration of the ISO Technical Committee for biotechnology...
MPEG issues Genomic Information Compression and Storage joint Call for Proposals in conjunction with ISO/TC 276/WG 5
While routine deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing in the doctor's office is still many years away, some large medical centers have begun to use sequencing to identify cancer and other diseases. The introduction of high-throughput DNA sequencing has led...
Genome compression progresses toward standardization
At its 114th meeting, MPEG has progressed its exploration of genome compression toward formal standardization. The 114th meeting included a seminar to collect additional perspectives on genome data standardization, and a review of technologies that had...
1st MPEG Workshop on Genomic Information Representation
A seminar on Genome Compression Standardization has been held on 23rd February 2016 during the 114th MPEG meeting in San Diego. The purpose of this seminar was twofold: to raise the awareness on the need of new approaches to genome compression for the...
MPEG explores new frontiers for coding technologies with Genome Compression
MPEG issues Call for Evidence (CfE) for Genome Compression and Storage At its 113th meeting, MPEG has taken its first formal step toward leveraging its compression expertise to code an entirely new kind of essential information, i.e. the single recipe that...
Seminar for Genome Compression Standardization planned for the 113th MPEG meeting
A public seminar on the Prospects on Genome Compression Standardization will be held on the 20th of October 2015 during the 113th MPEG meeting in Geneva. The purpose of this seminar is twofold: to raise the awareness on the need of new approaches to genome...