DNA chips and micro-arrays have emerged
over the last several years as powerful tools to measure the expression levels
of thousands of genes in a living cell or tissue. For the first time, these
techniques give a comprehensive picture of the levels of all genes
simultaneously. The challenge of understanding and using this data raises very
exciting and challenging mathematical problems. The course will deal with new
and emerging techniques for analyzing such data. Mathematical description of
problems and algorithms will be accompanied by examples of application to real
problems in biology and medicine.
The course requires no prior knowledge in biology. All background will be provided in the lectures.
The course is open to all graduate students in computer science. No prerequisites are needed beyond graduate standing in CS. Interested undergraduate students, as well as non-CS students, should contact the instructor.
As some of the cutting edge research
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