CS-5045
Computation for the Life Sciences
Fall 2003
Quick Info
The course developes the background needed by graduate students
pursuing the bioinformatics option or the Ph.D. in Genetics,
Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology but not having a computer
sceince background. Fundamentals of computer science discussed and
practiced include Linux, data, and the importance of command line
interface; the Perl programming language; program design,
implementation, and testing; basic data structures, algorithms, and
algorithm analysis.
We shall use the following text:
- Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics.
James Tisdall, O'Reilly, 2001.;
- A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms.
2nd edition. Clifford A. Shaffer, Prentice Hall, 2001.
If you have questions, come and see me in 632 McBryde
every Monday 10-12. If you cannot make it,
please send me e-mail to arrange for a mutual aggreeable time.
For detailed information please consult the syllabus
(
PDF).
Homework
Please check the
list of assignments.
asandu@mtu.edu (Adrian Sandu)
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~asandu/Courses/CS5045/CS5045.html