CSCI 460 - Algorithms in Bioinformatics (3 credits)

(Prereq: Senior level status or permission of the instructor) (Coreq: basic knowledge of Linear Algebra in Calculus. Solid background in Programming, Data Structures, and design of Algorithms.) Introduction to the main algorithms used in Data Mining of Genomic sequences and evaluation of gene expression data from Micro Arrays. Topics include Dynamic programming, Hidden Markov Models, Support Vector Machines, Clustering algorithms, and Singular Valve Decomposition. Offered as needed.