Algorithms in Bioinformatics - Sequences
Announcements
- 25/09/11: The exam schedule is available.
- 23/09/11: Schedule and exercises for week 6 is available.
- 19/09/11: Information about exam questions and curriculum is available.
- 14/09/11: Description of mandatory project 2 is available.
- 14/09/11: Schedule and exercises for week 5 is available.
- 07/09/11: Schedule and exercises for week 4 is available.
- 30/08/11: Schedule and exercises for week 3 is available.
- 30/08/11: Description of mandatory project 1 is available.
- 24/08/11: Schedule and exercises for week 2 is available.
- 17/08/11: Schedule for week 1 is available.
- 17/06/11: Initial www-page ready.
About
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary area focusing on developing and utilizing algorithms and computer programs for analyzing biological data. Due to extremely efficient biotechnological methods for gathering biological data, the amount of available data grows much faster than the growth in available computational power. Making sense of the collected data thus requires efficient algorithmic and computational techniques.
This class covers central algorithmic problems and computational techniques for analysis of biological sequences. The class introduces the underlying biological questions and models, but concentrate on algorithmic problems and computational techniques in relation to comparison of two or more biological sequences; searching in sequence databases; gene structure prediction; and analysis of whole genomes.
Schedule
Lectures take place:
- Tuesday 13.15-16.00 in the lecture room DI-Nygaard-184.
First lecture is on Tuesday, August 23.
Check the weekly schedule for information about each lecture.
Literature
We will use research papers (that can be downloaded) and excerpts from text books (that will be handed out in class).
Exam and Projects
To participate in the final oral exam each student must complete all mandatory projects.
The final exam is an individual oral exam (20 min) which includes a presentation based on an exam question followed by a general discussion of related topics and mandatory projects.
List of exam question and curriculum.
The exam takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26 in Lecture Room 1111-100 (in the BiRC building) according to this exam schedule.
Lecturer
If you have any comments or questions related to the course, do not hesitate to me:
Christian Nørgaard Storm Pedersen
Office: 1110.325
Phone: +45 8942 3121
E-mail: cstorm [at] cs.au.dk