Bi7440 Scientific computing in biology and biomedicine

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Eva Gelnarová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:50 F01B1/709
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to introduce to the students development, actual situation and supposed trends in the new area of computational science / scientific computing for biology and biomedicine.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology (data, information, knowlegde, uncertainty, fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, computer, software, hardware, communication, internet)
  • Scientific computing and computational science (scientific computing, computational simulation, classification of scientific computing)
  • Short history of scientific computing/computational science (development in abroad, development in the Czech Republic)
  • Short overview of technologies for scientific computing in biology and biomedicine
  • The most used biological databasis and data format in bioinformatics
  • Scientific computing in biomedicine
  • Scientific computing with using Maple
  • Articical inteligence and inteligent agents
  • Data mining
  • Machine learning
Literature
  • GANDER, Walter and Jiří HŘEBÍČEK. Solving Problems in Scientific Computing Using Maple and MATLAB. čtvrté. Heidelberg: Springer, 2004, 476 pp. Mathematics. ISBN 3-540-21127-6. URL info
Assessment methods
Lectures are presented every week of semester. Several homeworks is requested. Course is closed by the defense of teal project and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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