BMI-203

Introduction to Biocomputing Algorithms

Spring 2004 - 3 units

Lectures: Tuesdays 3-5pm Room: Genentech Hall S201 (Mission Bay campus)

Labs: Thursdays 3-5pm Room: Genentech Hall S201 (Mission Bay campus)

Instructors:

Conrad Huang

Ajay Jain

Scott Pegg

TA:

TBA

Course Coordinator:

Ajay Jain

Week	Date	Topic	Lecturer	Assignment
1	March 30	Course overview Complexity theory and Sorting	Jain	1
2	April 6	Graph theory and Searching	Jain	2
3	April 13	Dynamic Programming	Huang	3
4	April 20	Clustering	Pegg	4
5	April 27	Optimization I: Overview	Jain	5
6	May 4	Optimization II: Focus on Gradient-Based Methods	Jain	NA
7	May 11	Optimization III: Machine Learning	Jain	Final Project
8	May 18	Probabilistic models I: Hidden Markov Models	Pegg	6
9	May 25	Probabilistic models II: Phylogenetic Trees and Matrices	Pegg	7
10	June 1	Networks and Systems Biology	Pegg	None

Final projects are due on Friday, June 11. Homework assignments represent 75% of final course grade; final project 25%.