Galaxy CloudMan: A Gentle Introduction to Data Analysis on the Cloud

Galaxy is a data integration and analysis platform for life sciences research (http://galaxyproject.org).  Galaxy is open-source and web-based, with over 40 publicly accessible Galaxy servers and hundreds of private installations around the world.  Galaxy can also be run on computational cloud infrastructures using Galaxy CloudMan.

This talk will briefly introduce Galaxy, Galaxy CloudMan, and some basic cloud concepts.  We'll then show a live demonstration of how to

1. setup a Galaxy server on Amazon Web Services (one of several supported cloud infrastructure options) using CloudMan,
2. add a dynamically scalable compute cluster to perform analysis,
3. customize the server by adding new tools, and
4. then shut the server down.

All steps can be done through a web browser, without ever using a command line interface.

This talk complements the Galaxy for NGS Data Analysis hands-on computer demo on Tuesday, which will teach participants how to do analysis in the Galaxy framework.