SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF
TEHNOLOGY
BIOINFORMATICS
FALL 2005
LECTURE NOTES
COURSE INFORMATION
OBJECTIVE
The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive coverage of
principles of bioinformatics, including various algorithms for
well-known applications.
INSTRUCTOR
Prof.
Yucel Altunbasak
Office:
GCATT-370
Phone:
404 385 1341
E-mail: yucel@ece.gatech.edu
Office
hours: Tuesdays 6-7PM in class.
TIME & LOCATION
Tuesday, Thursday, 04:35pm -
05:55 pm
Van Leer C341, Van Leer-Electrical
Eng
TEXTBOOK
Required Text: Biological sequence analysis: Probabilistic
models of proteins and nucleic acids, R. Durbin, S. Eddy, A. Krogh, and
G. Mitchison
HONOR CODE
Please uphold the academic honor code (see
http://www.gatech.edu/honor/). Violations will be reported to the
office of Vice-President for Student Services
GRADING
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Percentage
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Midterm
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30
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Final
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30
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Labs
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30
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Pop Quiz
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10
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Instructor
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10
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POP QUIZZES
We will have pop-quizzes time to time. They will not be announced
beforehand, and they may also be given at the beginning of the lectures.
EXPECTATIONS
You should be familiar with introductory probability and statistics
concepts. You are expected to have taken courses on linear algebra,
probability, random processes, and signal processing.
TENTATIVE OUTLINE
We
will follow the textbook closely.
