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Osaamistavoitteet

The course targets students with biological background. The objective is to gain basic understanding of fundamental concepts in computer science to facilitate interdisciplinary communication in bioinformatics. The course also provides necessary background for the follow-up courses on algorithms in bioinformatics.

Sisältö

The course provides an overview of the most important concepts in computer science. Basic concepts in machine architecture and data representation are explained, followed by an introduction to essential data structures and operations over them. Further, some of the fundamentals of complexity and computability are presented, together with selected topics from artificial intelligence that are of relevance to bioinformatics.

Toteutustavat

Opetustapa	Paikalla	Verkossa
Luento-opetus	15 t	0 t

Lectures, exercises and assignments.

Opetuskieli

englanti

Arviointi

Numerolla 1-5.

Kirjallisuus/Oppimateriaali

Brookshear, J. Glenn: Computer Science: An overview, 2008, ISBN: 978-0321524034;

lecture notes.

Lisätietoja

Organization responsible: Department of Information Technology, University of Turku

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