Instructor : Prof. Benny Chor (benny@cs.tau.ac.il),
Schreiber 329.
Teaching Assistant : Eyal Cohen (coheneyl@hotmail.com), Schreiber 223.
Where : Kaplun-Physics,
Room 319.
When : Wednesday
The workshop is open is open to all 3rd year Computer Science students, but
students of the bioinformatics track will have higher priority in registering.
The goal of this workshop is to provide experience with small scale, supervised research projects in bioinformatics. In the past, some of these projects have led to publication in conferences and journals. However this is obviously not a necessary for attaining a good grade.
The workshop will provide hands on experience in implementing various optimization techniques, developing statistical tools for analyzing biological data, and using public biological databases. Most (but not all) projects have both research and implementation aspects. We offer projects in various current subjects in computational biology.
Unlike other workshops, there will be about six to seven meetings with required participation by all students. These include (1) an introductory lecture, (2) proposed projects' descriptions, (3) brief description, by the students, of their chosen projects, (4) a lecture by the system staff, (5) mid-semester progress reports, by the students, (6-7) final report on the projects, by the students.
The workshop may also includes a lecture
on topics in software engineering, given by the Computer Science system staff, that are relevant for medium to large scale software
projects. Students are expected to utilize these tools and techniques in the
final projects and documentation.
An integral part of the workshop is presenting
an outline of the project, as well as the completed project, to all participants (not just the course staff). It is
mandatory to physically attend class during these entire parts of the workshop,
which are expected to take place on March 29th (outlines presentation) and
during the last three meetings (final projects presentation). Naturally,
your projects should be completed by then, and submitted no later than the last day of the semester.
Late
submissions may cause a grade penalty. Very late submissions (e.g. more
than 4 months after the end of the semester) may not be accepted at all
! If you think these deadlines are too strict, maybe you should consider a different workshop.
Projects will be performed in groups consisting of at most two students (if the
number of students is odd, one triplet may be
allowed).
During the first two weeks, each group must choose two preferred projects
and send them to Eyal (coheneyl@hotmail.com).
We will try to match choices with availability, but in case of collisions,
assignments will be based on the time at which the request reaches Eyal's mailbox.
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May. 14 |
Administratrivia. Brief description of topics. A talk describing a former project. |
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May. 21 |
Overview of Proposed
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