COSC 460 Bioinformatics and Genomic Data Science
This course introduces Computer Science students to bioinformatics, the scientific discipline at the
intersection of Computer Science and Molecular Biology/Genetics. It aims to make sense at Big Data generated in biotechnology, first and foremost sequential data such as DNA and protein sequences. A central focus of this course is to bridge the gap between existing algorithms to the development of the next generation bioinformatics tools by understanding the algorithmic underpinnings incl. computational complexity, common data representations and file formats as well as state of the art storage strategies. The course will cover common sequence analysis techniques, phylogeny, common data formats and storage techniques and cutting edge topics such as CRISPR and Deep Learning.