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> This virus is just one and it is likely to get worse. We need to invest now into large scale computer simulation of vaccines or things will become much worse.
by Nbox9 6y ago
> This virus is just one and it is likely to get worse. We need to invest now into large scale computer simulation of vaccines or things will become much worse.
This seems like a logical leap to me. Yes we need to do something to make us less open to viral threats, but you don’t present any evidence that improved computer simulations can be a useful tool in helping develop/test vaccines faster.
- myrandomcomment 6y agoComputer simulation of biological systems has been something that has been in use for years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_biology https://a16z.com/2020/06/14/folding-at-home-supercomputer-protein-dynamics/ https://a16z.com/2020/06/14/folding-at-home-supercomputer-pr... https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/09/supercomputer-research-redesigns-drugs-without-the-side-effects/ https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/06/09/supercomputer-research-re... https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-anz/supercomputing-a-covid-19-vaccine/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-anz/supercomputing-a-covid-19-... https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/us/fastest-supercomputer-coronavirus-scn-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/us/fastest-supercomputer-coro... A simple search will yield months of reading. Just go to an HPC conference like SCinet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCinet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCinet) and you will see besides energy, nukes and AI biological research is a key use of the computing power.