Numerical and Symbolic Methods for Bioinformatics (2KV)

Course no.:	365.046
Lecturers:	Ulrich Bodenhofer
Times/locations:	Fri 10:15-11:45, HT 176G Additional lectures: Friday, January 14, 2011, 1:45-3:15pm, room KG712 Friday, January 21, 2011, 8:30-10:00am, room HT176G
Start:	Oct 8, 2010
Mode:	KV, 2h, weekly
Registration:	KUSSS

Motivation:

The aim of this bridge course is to deepen students' knowledge in basic mathematics and scientific computing.

Contents

The subjects are limited to the following areas that are essential for courses in the bioinformatics curriculum:

• Probability and statistics
• Linear algebra (matrices and linear equations)
• Calculus (derivatives and integrals)
• Non-linear equations and optimization

For all these subjects, we concentrate on the essentials, discussing both the basic mathematical background and computational methods. All computational examples are based on the scientific computing platform R. Students are further required to do homework, mainly based on R, too. The course starts with a short introduction to R. The distribution of course material, all assignments, submissions, markings, etc. are handled by means of JKU Moodle.

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