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Computational Bioinformatics - BINF3020
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Computer Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: COMP2011 or COMP2711 or COMP2911.
 
 
Fee Band: 5 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Algorithms and representations in DNA and protein sequence analysis: string matching and alignment, tree building methods, hidden Markov models and other statistical representations. Computational representations in systems biology including Boolean and Bayesian networks. Optimisation and machine learning approaches used in bioinformatics.

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