For my software engineering class, we essentially spend the entire semester working on a project requested by a client. We constantly keep in contact with the client and also adhere to various software engineering principles and methodologies. Our project is called ‘iFold’. The problem is that our chemistry department has software to analyze protein data and generate images and movies of proteins, but this could take anywhere from 15 minutes to 15 months. The issue is multiplied when people all over the world are trying to access the software and get denied because the queue is full.
So our goal is to provide a nice interface for these outside scientists to see the queue as well as submit jobs, etc. In addition, we have to develop our own little web server to handle the transactions coming in and going out of the visualization software. You can access our admin site here.
