Computational omics methods packaged as software have become essential to modern
biological research. The increasing dependence of scientists on these powerful software …

Recently, there has been growing interest in genome sequencing, driven by advances in
sequencing technology, in terms of both efficiency and affordability. These developments …

The development and progress of high-throughput sequencing technologies have
transformed the sequencing of DNA from a scientific research challenge to practice. With the …

Motivation Recent advancements in high-throughput sequencing technology have led to a
rapid growth of genomic data. Several lossless compression schemes have been proposed …

The MPEG-G standardization initiative is a coordinated international effort to specify a
compressed data format that enables large scale genomic data to be processed, transported …

Background Over the past few decades, the emergence and maturation of new technologies
have substantially reduced the cost of genome sequencing. As a result, the amount of …

Motivation: Next generation sequencing machines produce vast amounts of genomic data.
For the data to be useful, it is essential that it can be stored and manipulated efficiently. This …

Motivation The past decade has seen the introduction of new technologies that significantly
lowered the cost of genome sequencing. As a result, the amount of genomic data that must …

Background Due to the technological progress in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), the
amount of genomic data that is produced daily has seen a tremendous increase. This …

Previous studies on quality score compression can be classified into two main lines: lossy
schemes and lossless schemes. Lossy schemes enable a better management of …