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Course INF280

Searching and Machine Learning

Course offered :

Number of credits 10
Course offered (semester) Autumn
Subject overlap I 181: 10 ECTS
Schedule Schedule
Reading list Reading list

Language of Instruction

English

Pre-requirements

At least 60 ECTS in computer science, preferably including some mathematics

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course the student can:

  • make programs that finds local and global alignments between biological sequences
  • describe how search in biological sequence databases is done and how statistical significance is calculated
  • make programs for machine learning with use of different approaches: candidate elimination, decision trees and artificial neural networks
  • explain how results from use of machine learning can be evaluated

Contact Information

studieveileder@ii.uib.no

Course offered (semester)

Autumn

Language of Instruction

English

Aim and Content

The course includes general methods for searching, string searching, different methods for aligning biological sequences and different machine learning approaches (e.g. neural networks). We emphasise the use of bioinformatics, and give also a brief introduction to molecular biology

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course the student can:

  • make programs that finds local and global alignments between biological sequences
  • describe how search in biological sequence databases is done and how statistical significance is calculated
  • make programs for machine learning with use of different approaches: candidate elimination, decision trees and artificial neural networks
  • explain how results from use of machine learning can be evaluated

Pre-requirements

At least 60 ECTS in computer science, preferably including some mathematics

Recommended previous knowledge

The course is based on INF101(Program development methodologies (Programming 2))

Subject Overlap

I 181: 10 ECTS

Compulsory Requirements

Exercises.

Compulsory assignments are valid two semesters, the semester of the approval and the following semester.

Assessment methods

Written exam. It is opportunity for grades on exercises, which can be included in the final grade. If less than 20 students are taking the course, it can be oral exam.

No aids allowed for oral exams, calculator for written exams.

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.

Contact Information

studieveileder@ii.uib.no