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Archived Curricula Guide 2008–2009
Curricula Guide is archieved. Please refer to current Curricula Guides
BIOI2260 Introduction to computer science 5 ECTS
Organised by
Bioinformatics
Person in charge
Filip Ginter
Planned organizing times
Period(s) I II III IV
2008–2009 X

Learning outcomes

The course provides an overview of the most important concepts in computer science.

Contents

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.

Teaching methods

Teaching method Contact Online
Lectures 15 h 0 h

Lectures, exercises

Teaching language

English

Modes of study

Lectures, exercises, exam.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn

Study materials

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

lecture notes.

Further information

Organization responsible: Turku DIT

Belongs to following study modules

Institute of Medical Technology
Compulsory minor subject studies (Bioinformatics)
2008–2009
Teaching
Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.
Period I Period II Period III Period IV
BIOI2260 Introduction to computer science
Institute of Medical Technology