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Efficient data compression and transmission are crucial in space missions due to restricted resources, such as bandwidth and storage capacity. This requires efficient data-compression methods that ...

Current trends in HTS data generation indicate that storage, transmission and bandwidth costs will soon surpass the costs of sequencing and become the main bottleneck in genomics as well as in the ...

Data compression has a wide array of computing applications. Additionally, data compression plays an integral role in streamlined organizational functionality and the timely transfer of data. Files ...

[In our Three-Minute Tech series, we tell you everything you really need to know about a technology in three minutes or less.] The day may come when increased storage capacities and unfettered ...

With more and more embedded systems being connected, sending state information from one machine to another has become more common. However, sending large packets of data around on the network can be ...

Image compression is an essential technique for efficient transmission and storage of images. The demands for transmission and storage of multimedia data are increasing exponentially. A gray scale ...