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Abaqus Abaqus is a software package for finite element analysis.
Discovery Studio is a life science modeling and simulation suite of
Accelrys - Discovery Studio
applications focused on optimizing the drug discovery process.
Materials Studio is a comprehensive materials modeling and simulation
Accelrys - Materials Studio application designed for scientists in chemicals and materials R&D as well
as pharmaceuticals development.
ANSYS is an engineering simulation software that offers a diverse set of
ANSYS
tools designed for engineering collaboration.
AspenTech has a broad footprint of process optimization solutions with
products spanning across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.
AspenTech
Enabling the creation and maintainence of sustainable best practices while
driving operational excellence.
AutoCAD is a 3D CAD design, drafting, modeling, architectural drawing,
AutoCAD
and engineering software..
Avizo is a 3D Analysis software for visualizing, manipulating, and
Avizo understanding scientific and industrial data. CAD design, drafting,
modeling, architectural drawing, and engineering software..
BWA (Burrows-Wheeler Aligner) is an efficient program that aligns
BWA relatively short nucleotide sequences against a long reference sequence
such as the human genome.
CUDA is NVIDIA?s parallel computing architecture that enables dramatic
CUDA increases in computing performance by harnessing the power of the GPU
(graphics processing unit).
Cadence provides front-to-back design tools and services for all aspects of
Cadence
semiconductor design.
The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is a repository of small
Cambridge Structural Database
molecule crystal structures.
CHEMCAD is a software tool for chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical,
CHEMCAD
mechanical, and environment process simulation.
ChemDraw is a molecule editor, and is part of the ChemOffice suite of
ChemDraw
programs.
ChemOffice is a powerful suite of software, consisting of ChemDraw,
Chem3D, ChemFinder and ChemACX for chemists, BioOffice, BioAssay,
ChemOffice
BioViz, and BioDraw for biologists, and Inventory, E-Notebook and The
Merck Index for scientists.
CHEMKIN-PRO is a software tool for solving complex chemical kinetics
CHEMKIN-PRO
problems.
CodonCode Aligner is a software for DNA sequence assembly, alignment,
CodonCode Aligner
contig editing, and mutation detection.
COMSOL Multiphysics is a finite element analysis, solver and simulation
COMSOL Multiphysics software for various physics and engineering applications, especially
coupled phenomena (multiphysics).
CoventorWare is comprised of four major modules that can be used
Coventor-CoventorWare individually to complement an existing design flow, or jointly to provide a
complete MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) design flow.
SEMulator3D emulates Silicon processing in software, allowing you to
Coventor-SEMulator3D
fabricate your device in a virtual 3D environment.
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GenVision is a genomic visualization software package that is fully
DNA Star - GenVision integrated with Lasergene and is designed to support easy generation of
publication quality graphics and maps.
Lasergene is a comprehensive DNA and protein sequence analysis
DNA Star - Lasergene
software suite.
SeqMan NGen allows life scientists to perform fast and accurate sequence
DNA Star - NGen
alignment and assembly.
Echoview is an advanced hydroacoustic data-processing application for
Echoview fisheries scientists and environmental managers who need to monitor and
understand aquatic environments.
EnSight is a powerful software package for the postprocessing,
EnSight
visualization, and animation of complex datasets.
FlowJo software reads flow cytometry data and facilitates complex data
FlowJo
analysis in a graphically intuitive way.
Gamma is a radar remote sensing software package and its objective is to
Gamma conduct research studies and to provide consulting and processing
services in the field of microwave remote sensing.
GaussView is a graphical user interface designed to help you prepare
GaussView input for submission to Gaussian and to examine graphically the output
that Gaussian produces.
Starting from the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, Gaussian
predicts the energies, molecular structures, vibrational frequencies, and
Gaussian
molecular properties of molecules and reactions in a wide variety of
chemical environments.
GeneSpring GX provides powerful, accessible statistical tools for fast
GeneSpring visualization and analysis of expression and genomic structural variation
data.
Geomagic Studio transforms 3D scan data and polygon meshes into
Geomagic Studio accurate 3D digital models for reverse engineering, product design, rapid
prototyping, and analysis.
Genscan is a general-purpose gene identification program which analyzes
GENSCAN genomic DNA sequences from a variety of organisms including human,
other vertebrates, invertebrates and plants.
GROMACS is a versatile package to perform molecular dynamics, i.e.
GROMACS simulate the Newtonian equations of motion for systems with hundreds to
millions of particles.
GSFLX is a Genome Sequencer system. It enables the sequencing of
GSFLX many sample types, including short DNA fragments, amplicons, shotgun
fragments and paired ends.
Hadoop develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed
Hadoop
computing.
HFSS HFSS is a simulation tool for 3D full-wave electromagnetic field simulation.
HyperChem is a sophisticated molecular modeling environment, featuring
HyperChem the ability to do quantum chemical calculations, molecular mechanics, and
dynamics calculations as well as 3D visualizations and animation.
HyperMesh is a high-performance finite element pre-processor that
HyperMesh provides a highly interactive and visual environment to analyze product
design performance.
I-DEAS is a computer-aided design software package that provides a
I-DEAS NX
model-based approach to the product development process.
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IDL is scientific programming language used across disciplines to create
IDL
meaningful visualizations out of complex numerical data.
IMSL Fortran Numerical Library is the standard for high performance
IMSL
computing commercial mathematics and statistics libraries
Intel® Professional Edition Compilers include advanced optimization
Intel Compilers features, multithreading capabilities, and support for Intel® processors and
compatible processors.
InterProScan is a tool that combines different protein signature recognition
InterProScan methods native to the InterPro? member databases into one resource with
look up of corresponding InterPro? and GO annotation..
LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics code, and an acronym for
LAMMPS
Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator.
LLG is a tool for designing micromagnetic structure in ferromagnetic films,
LLG Micromagnetics Simulator
on ferromagnetic surfaces, and in magnetic devices and materials.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment to develop
LabVIEW sophisticated measurement, test, and control systems using intuitive
graphical icons and wires that resemble a flowchart.
ANSYS Maxwell® is the premier electromagnetic field simulation software
for engineers tasked with designing and analyzing 3-D and 2-D
Maxwell
electromagnetic and electromechanical devices such as motors, actuators,
transformers, sensors and coils.
Medici is a 2D device simulator that models the electrical, thermal and
Medici
optical characteristics of semiconductor devices.
MIRA is a whole genome shotgun and EST sequence assembler for
MIRA
Sanger, 454, Solexa (Illumina) and PacBio data.
MODFLOW-SURFACT Flow is groundwater modeling software used to
MODFLOW
produce 3D finite-difference groundwater flow and transport models.
Molecular Modeling Pro provides features in PC-based molecular
Molecular Modeling Pro
modeling.
NAMD is a parallel, object-oriented molecular dynamics code designed for
NAMD
high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems.
NCBI-BLAST, (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) finds regions of local
similarity between sequences. The program compares nucleotide or
NCBI-BLAST & BLAST+
protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical
significance of matches.
NextGENe is a bioinformatics tool compatible with the Applied BioSystems
SOLiD? System, Roche Genome Sequencer FLX?, and Illumina
NextGENe
Genome® Analyzer and is designed in a biologist friendly Windows
environment.
NX-CAD from Siemens PLM Software is a computer-aided design software
NX-CAD package that provides a model-based approach to the product
development process.
NWChem aims to provide its users with computational chemistry tools that
are scalable both in their ability to treat large scientific computational
NWChem chemistry problems efficiently, and in their use of available parallel
computing resources from high-performance parallel supercomputers to
conventional workstation clusters.
SPSS (PASW) is a Predictive Analytics Software suite that includes tools
for data collection, modeling, statistical analyses, and deployment products
SPSS (PASW)
that integrate analytical results into decision making in business
processes.
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The PGI Compilers can be used to compile, debug, optimize, and profile
PGI Compilers
serial and parallel applications for x86 or x64 processor-based systems.
ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization
ParaView
application.
Parallels desktop for Mac is a software providing hardware virtualization for
Parallels
Macintosh computers with Intel processor.
PRIMER 6 is a collection of specialist routines for analyzing species or
PRIMER
sample abundance (biomass).
Prism is a powerful combination of biostatistics, curve fitting (nonlinear
Prism
regression) and scientific graphing in one comprehensive program.
QUANTUM-ESPRESSO is an integrated suite of computer codes for
QUANTUM-ESPRESSO
electronic-structure calculations and materials modeling at the nanoscale.
R R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
RSoft Design Group offers a full spectrum of photonic and network design
RSoft
automation products.
Schrödinger provides accurate, reliable, and high performance
Schrödinger computational technology to solve real-world problems in life science
research.
SAM (Sequence Alignment / Map) is a flexible generic format for storing
SAMtools nucleotide sequence alignment. SAMtools provide efficient utilities on
manipulating alignments in the SAM format.
SMS (TABS) is a software solution for efficiently managing the entire
SMS (TABS) surface water modeling process: from importing topographic and hydraulic
data to visualizing and analyzing solutions.
In Scientific WorkPlace, you can typeset complex technical documents
Scientific WorkPlace
with LaTeX, the industry standard for mathematics typesetting.
Sequencher Sequencher is a DNA sequence assembly and analysis software.
SigmaPlot is a scientific graphing and data analysis software package that
SigmaPlot produces high-quality graphs to facilitate data visualization, and offers
advanced statistical analysis tools.
SolidWorks SolidWorks is a 3D mechanical CAD (computer-aided design) program.
SonarX is a scientific echo sounder post processing tool working with
Sonar5
single and split beam echo sounders.
Statistica provides the most comprehensive array of data analysis, data
Statistica
management, data mining, and data visualization procedures.
Tanner EDA is the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and
Tanner EDA
verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
Tecplot 360 is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and numerical
Tecplot
simulation software package used in post-processing simulation results.
TopSpin is our software package for acquiring, processing and analyzing
TopSpin
NMR data.
TotalView is a GUI-based source code defect analysis tool that gives
TotalView unprecedented control over processes and thread execution and visibility
into program state and variables.
The goal of UNITE is to provide a robust, portable, and integrated
environment for the debugging and performance analysis of parallel MPI,
UNITE OpenMP, and hybrid MPI/OpenMP programs on high-performance
compute clusters. It consists of a set of well-accepted portable, mostly
open-source tools.
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VAMP/VASP is a package for performing ab-initio quantum-mechanical
VASP molecular dynamics (MD) using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis
set.
Velvet Velvet is a DNA sequence assembly and analysis software.
VisIt is a free interactive parallel visualization and graphical analysis tool
VisIt for viewing scientific data on Unix and PC platforms. VisIt was developed
to visualize and analyze the results of terascale simulations.
VMD is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and
VMD analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in
scripting.
WIEN2K allows to perform electronic structure calculations of solids using
WIEN2k
density functional theory (DFT).
XCrySDen is a crystalline and molecular structure visualisation program,
which aims at display of isosurfaces and contours, which can be
XCrySDen
superimposed on crystalline structures and interactively rotated and
manipulated.
Maple is an integrated mathematical software package that can be used to
Maple obtain symbolic and numerical solutions to a wide variety of mathematical
problems.
Mathematica is a fully integrated environment for technical computing,
Mathematica combining interactive calculation (both numeric and symbolic),
visualization tools, and a complete programming environment.
MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive
MATLAB environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis,
and numeric computation.
XV XV is a utility for displaying a variety of image formats.
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