BMI-203: Biocomputing Algorithms, Spring 2008 - 3 units

Class: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3-5pm
Room: Genentech Hall S271 (Mission Bay campus)

Week Date Topic Lecturer Assignment
1 April 1 Course overview
Complexity theory and Sorting
Jain 1
1 April 3 Paper presentation Student -
2 April 8 Graph theory and Searching Jain -
2 April 10 Paper presentation Student -
3 April 15 Clustering Pegg 2
3 April 17 Paper presentation Student -
4 April 22 Dynamic Programming Jain -
4 April 24 Paper presentation Student -
5 April 29 Optimization I: Overview and Global Methods Jain 3
5 May 1 Paper presentation Student -
6 May 6 Optimization II: Local Methods Jain -
6 May 8 Paper presentation Student -
7 May 13 Parameter Estimation and Machine Learning Jain Final Project
7 May 15 Paper presentation Student -
8 May 20 Probabilistic models I: Hidden Markov Models Pegg 4
8 May 22 Paper presentation Student -
9 May 27 Probabilistic models II: Phylogenetic Trees and Matrices Pegg -
9 May 29 Paper presentation Student -
10 June 3 Final Topic TBD Pegg -

Final projects are due on Friday, June 6.

Homework assignments represent 40% of final course grade. They are due two weeks after being assigned (by midnight according to email timestamp).

Classroom participation represents 30%.

The final project represents 30%.



 

 

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