The course reviews common applications of text mining methods in the biomedical domain from a user perspective. The objective is to become acquainted with this relatively new research area within bioinformatics.
Contents
Literature and ontology resources, text retrieval, information extraction, adaptation of text mining to the biomedical domain.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
2 h
0 h
Independent work
40 h
0 h
Self-study based course with moderated discussion on Moodle.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Oral exam
In
English
Examination type dependent on student's activity during the course.
Evaluation
Pass/fail.
Study materials
Ananiadou, Sophia - McNaught, John: Text mining for biology and biomedicine, 2005, ISBN: 978-1580539845
Further information
Organization responsible: Department of Information Technology, University of Turku