Biostatistics & Medical Informatics 576
Computer Sciences 576
Introduction to Bioinformatics (Fall 2012)

General Course Information Course overview Syllabus, Readings, Lecture Notes Schedule Homework Assignments

General Course Information Instructor: Sushmita Roy email: sroy@biostat.wisc.edu office: 6749 Medical Sciences Center office hours: 11:00-12:00 Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 Thursday, or by appointment TA: Jaclyn Beck email: jaclynb@cs.wisc.edu office: 1309 Computer Sciences office hours: 2-4 Tuesday, 1-2 Friday, or by appointment Meeting Time and Location: 9:30-10:45 Tuesday and Thursday 2255 Engineering Hall Mailing list: compsci576-1-f12 Prerequisite: CS 367 Introduction to Data Structures, or equivalent. Readings: required text: Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. R. Durbin, S. Eddy, A. Krogh, and G. Mitchison. Cambridge University Press, 1998. (errata for the first edition) other readings from the primary literature Midterm Exam: Tuesday, Nov 6th, In class Final Exam:Tuesday, December 18, 12:25-2:25 pm, CS 1325