About the Authors
- Hamid Mohamadi
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Affiliations Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Intel Health and Life Sciences, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, US
- Benjamin P Vandervalk
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Affiliation Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Anthony Raymond
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Affiliation Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Shaun D Jackman
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Affiliations Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Justin Chu
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Affiliations Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Clay P Breshears
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Affiliation Intel Health and Life Sciences, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, US
- Inanc Birol
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* E-mail: ibirol@bcgsc.ca
Affiliations Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Competing Interests
Clay P. Breshears is employed by Intel Corporation, Health and Life Sciences group. Intel had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HM BV AR IB. Performed the experiments: HM BV AR. Analyzed the data: HM BV AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HM BV AR SJ JC CB IB. Wrote the paper: HM BV AR SJ JC CB IB. Designed the parallel and distributed algorithm: HM IB. Developed, implemented, and improved the software tool: HM BV AR JC CB. Modified the tool, performed the new experiments for revised version, and addressed the reviewers’ comments: HM BV IB.