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:: Spring 2011 ::

CSC 526, Spring 2011
Course Syllabus

:: Spring 2011 ::

Project

Assignments
: Assignment 1
: Assignment 2
: Assignment 3
: Assignment 4
: Assignment 5

:: Spring 2011 ::

Instructor:
Name: Leong Lee
Office: Petty 155
Office Hours:
: M,W: 5pm-6pm
: T,R: 9am-10am
: or by appointment

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Wk/Date   Topic   Reading   Resources   Remarks / Due / Exam
                 
1
1/10, Mon
  Introduction to bioinformatics
Perl programming
  Lesk, Ch. 1
Pierce, Perl, Ch. 1
  == self ==
:: my old Perl page ::
:: Notepad ++ ::
  You need to take notes for all algorithm-related topics !
                 
2
1/17
  Introduction to bioinformatics
Perl programming
  Lesk, Ch. 1, slides
Pierce, Perl, Ch. 2
  Week 1 & 2 slides (Blackboard)   1/17, Mon: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
                 
3
1/24
  Exhaustive Search
Perl programming
  Jones, Ch. 4
Pierce, Perl, Ch. 3, 4+
      Note: Submission dates to be confirmed during class
                 
4
1/31
  Genome organization and evolution
Perl programming
  Lesek, Ch. 2, slides
Pierce, Perl, Ch. 5
      Assignment 1 Due 1/31 Mon
(Blackboard "Assignments")
                 
5
2/7
  Greedy Algorithms
Perl programming
  Jones, Ch. 5
Pierce, Perl, Ch 6, 7
      Assignment 2 Due 2/7 Mon
(Blackboard "Assignments")
                 
6
2/14
  Scientific publications and archives
Archives and information retrieval
Perl programming
  Lesk, Ch. 3
Lesk, Ch. 4, slides
Pierce, Perl, Ch 8, 9, 10
      Assignment 3 Due 2/14 Mon
                 
7
2/21
  Protein Secondary Structure Prediction
Perl programming
  Leong, RT-RICO
      Note: Exam I - 2/21 Mon
                 
8
2/28
  Protein Secondary Structure Prediction
Perl programming
  Leong, RT-RICO
Pierce, Perl, Ch 10, 14, 18
      3/5 Sat: Instruction ends for Spring Break 1pm
Assignment 4 Due 3/2 Wed
                 
9
3/7
              Spring Break
                 
10
3/14
  Project topic selection
Perl programming
  Project specification
Pierce, Perl, Ch 20+, LWP & others
      3/14, Mon: Classes resume after Spring Break 8am
                 
11
3/21
  Alignments and phylogenetic trees (skip)
Dynamic Programming Algorithms
Project discussion
  Lesk, Ch 5
Jones, Ch. 6
  Protein with SS from PDB

ncbi BLAST URL API user's guide (html) (pdf)
  Assignment 5 Due 3/21 Mon
                 
12
3/28
  Project discussion           Project part I Due 3/30 Wed
                 
13
4/4
  Proteomics and systems biology
Project discussion
  Lesk, Ch 7
      Note: Exam II - 4/4 Mon
                 
14
4/11
  Project presentation           Project part II Due 4/11 Mon
                 
15
4/18
  Project presentation          

4/22, Fri: Spring Holiday

                 
16
4/25
  Project presentation           4/26, Tue: Follows Friday Schedule; last day of classes
                 
16, 17
Exam
  Final Exam - Wed, May 4, 3:30-6:30 P.M. - Project report submission + presentation   4/28-30, 5/2-4: Final Exams
Note: Project report