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= Welcome to MOLGENIS Computational Framework (MCF) =
== What is MCF ? ==

MOLGENIS Computational Framework is a framework for bioinformatics which enables data and computational workflow management in a distributed computational environment. The system was developed as a part of [http://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/Proteomics_data_management_and_analysis Netherlands Bioinformatics for Proteomics Platform].

== Why MCF ? ==

High-throughput bioinformatics research is complex and requires the combination of multiple experimental approaches each producing large amounts of diverse data. The analysis and evaluation of these data are equally complex requiring specific integrations of various software components into complex workflows.

We provide functionality for bioinformaticians to specify the workflow of commands with simple interfaces, while at the same time scale up to hundreds of jobs to get the terabytes of genetic data processed by recent methods.

== How does it work? ==

Our data management is built on [http://www.molgenis.org Molgenis]. The system can support several back-ends. It comes with the default [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartDefault MCF back-end] built on the [http://www.gridgainsystems.com/ GridGain], which can be easily replaced with another cloud or grid computational infrastructure, such as [http://www.nbpp.nl Data Analysis Framework (DAF)].
The MCF can be used as the complete product, or the parts of MCF can be re-used separately.

* The MCF architecture can be found at [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartArchitecture Architecture]
* The code examples can be found at [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartExamples Examples]
* The set-up information can be found at [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartSetup Installation]
* Our collaborations and usages of MCF can be found at [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/ComputeStartOnline Collaborations]  
 

== Who is behind MCF ? ==

MCF is created in the [http://www.molgenis.org/wiki/GccStart Genomics Coordination Center] team. 

People:

[http://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/User:George George Byelas]
[http://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/User:ishtiaq Ishtiaq Ahmad]
[http://wiki.nbic.nl/index.php/User:Mswertz Morris Swertz]