CS 6990
Topics in Computer Science
Bioinformatics
Course Syllabus
Syllabus for CS 6990 for Fall 2003
Course Schedule
Schedule of class assignments and presentations (updated periodically)
Academic Honesty
The Computer Science Departmental Policy Regarding Professional Conduct (academic honesty; required reading for all students)
Add/Drop Policy
The Mississippi State University Add/Drop Policy
Textbooks
Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis
by David W. Mount
Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
by James Tisdall
Useful links
Citeseer
NCBI: National Center for Biotechnology Information
EBI: European Bioinformatics Institute
EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
NCBI ORF Finder
GeneCards at DKFZ
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
ExPASy Molecular Biology Server
Citeseer
Forsdyke Laboratory Bioinformatics
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics On-Line Lectures
Powerpoint slides with illustrations
Introduction
Global Sequence Alignment Example
Sequence Alignment Examples
Introduction to Phylogenetic Systematics by Dr. Mark Fishbein
BLAST
Sequence Alignment Statistics
Steven Salzberg's Notes on Markov Models
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Figures 3 and 4
Figures 5
Figures 6
Homework Sets
Homework 1
Due August 27, 2003
Homework 2
Due September 10, 2003
Homework 3
Due September 22, 2003
Homework 4
Due October 1, 2003
Homework 5
Due October 8, 2003
Practice Perl
Exam 3
Term Project
IEEE template
Project Descriptions
Due December 3, 2003