A study on a massively parallel molecular computing system

• Project/Area Number: 19700282
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Bioinformatics/Life informatics
• Research Institution: Sendai National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: HIRATSUKA Masahiko Sendai National College of Technology, 情報通信工学科, 准教授 (80331966)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
• Keywords: 計算機システム / 生体生命情報学 / 分子コンピューティング

Research Abstract

近年、VLSI(超大規模集積回路)システムの大規模並列化に伴い、配線の複雑さに起因する性能限界が深刻な問題になっている。本研究代表者は配線に制限されない高並列集積システムの実現を目的として、生体の細胞内部に存在する高密度な反応回路網の原理に着目し、生体分子の分子識別能力に基づく無配線分子コンピューティングシステムのモデルを提案すると共に、実験を通してその基本原理を実証した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Toward biomolecular computers using reaction-diffusion dynamics (2009)
  • Author(s): M. Hiratsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki, T. Higuchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation 1(採録決定)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Shortest path search using a reaction-diffusion processor (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Hiratsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki and T. Higuchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Unconventional Computing Vol.4, No.2 Pages: 113-123
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Shortest path search, using a reaction-diffusion processor (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Hiratsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki, T. Higuchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Unconventional Computing 4 Pages: 113-123
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Shortest path search using a reaction-diffusion processor (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Hiratsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki, T. Higuchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Unconventional Computing Vol.4 Pages: 113-124
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Toward biomolecular computers using reaction-diffusion dynamics
  • Author(s): M. Hiratsuka, K. Ito, T. Aoki and T. Higuchi
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation (採録決定) Pages: 2009-2009
  • Peer Reviewed