Introducing STRATOS: A cloud broker service

P Pawluk, B Simmons, M Smit, M Litoiu… - 2012 IEEE fifth …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a cloud broker service (STRATOS) which facilitates the deployment
and runtime management of cloud application topologies using cloud elements/services …

High-level synthesis for micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochips

Z Li, KYT Lai, PH Yu, TY Ho, K Chakrabarty… - Proceedings of the 53rd …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
A digital microfluidic biochip (DMFB) is an attractive technology platform for automating
laboratory procedures in biochemistry. However, today's DMFBs suffer from several …

Reactant minimization during sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips using skewed mixing trees

JD Huang, CH Liu, TW Chiang - Proceedings of the International …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Sample preparation is an indispensable process to biochemical reactions. Original reactants
are usually diluted to the solutions with desirable concentrations. Since the reactants, like …

A reagent-saving mixing algorithm for preparing multiple-target biochemical samples using digital microfluidics

YL Hsieh, TY Ho, K Chakrabarty - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in digital microfluidics have led to the promise of miniaturized laboratories,
with the associated advantages of high sensitivity and less human-induced errors. Front-end …

Reactant and waste minimization in multitarget sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips

JD Huang, CH Liu, HS Lin - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sample preparation is one of essential processes in biochemical reactions. Raw reactants
are diluted in this process to achieve given target concentrations. A bioassay may require …

A network-flow-based optimal sample preparation algorithm for digital microfluidic biochips

TA Dinh, S Yamashita, TY Ho - 2014 19th Asia and South …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sample preparation, which is a front-end process to produce droplets of the desired target
concentrations from input reagents, plays a pivotal role in every assay, laboratory, and …

On-chip sample preparation for multiple targets using digital microfluidics

D Mitra, S Roy, S Bhattacharjee… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many biochemical protocols, sample preparation is an extremely important step for mixing
multiple reagents in a given ratio. Dilution of a biochemical sample/reagent is the special …

Design and optimization of a cyberphysical digital-microfluidic biochip for the polymerase chain reaction

Y Luo, BB Bhattacharya, TY Ho… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The amount of DNA strands available in a biological sample is a major limitation for many
genomic bioanalyses. To amplify the traces of DNA strands, polymerase chain reaction …

Graph-based optimal reactant minimization for sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips

TW Chiang, CH Liu, JD Huang - 2013 International Symposium …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sample preparation is an essential step in biochemical reactions. Reactants must be diluted
to achieve given target concentrations in sample preparation. Since some reactants like …

Sample preparation for many-reactant bioassay on DMFBs using common dilution operation sharing

CH Liu, HH Chang, TC Liang… - 2013 IEEE/ACM …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sample preparation is an essential processing step in most biochemical applications.
Various reactants are mixed together to produce a solution with the target concentration …