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Course Catalog 2013-2014
SGN-50006 Introduction to Information Technology for Health and Biology, 3 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Ilkka Korhonen, Andre Sanches Ribeiro, Olli Yli-Harja
Lessons
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Requirements
Participation in the exercises and a final examination.
Learning outcomes
The course will provide an overview on applications of information technology for health and biology. The emphasis is on computational methods for processing, analyzing and modelling of health and biological data. After the course the student will be able to: - define what are Computational Systems Biology and Health Informatics and which subareas they cover. - describe what is the need to computational methods for health and biology. - describe some typical applications for information technology for health and biology, and their benefits. - list basic computational methods used in these disciplines and use specific ready-made computational tools. - produce a summary of one of the current research topics in these fields.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Defining the area of information technology for health and biology, key terminology, needs and benefits. | Current topics in computational methods in health informatics and systems biology research. | |
| 2. | Applications of signal processing in systems biology and health informatics, and their key benefits. | Examples of applications with key benefits. | |
| 3. | Models in systems biology (e.g. deterministic and stochastic models of cellular processes). | ||
| 4. | Mathematical and computational methods in sequence analysis and genomic expression analysis. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Points obtained from the requirements (exercises 40%, exam 60%). Participation in the exercises is required.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Lecture slides | Lecture notes for Introduction to information technology and health | Andre Ribeiro, Ilkka Korhonen, Olli Yliharja | English |
Additional information about prerequisites
The course exercises are mainly based on Matlab. Previous knowledge is recommended but it is not a requirement.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| In this course the student will learn to define what are Computational Systems Biology and Health Informatics and which subareas they cover. The student will also be able to list basic computational methods used in these disciplines and use existing computational tools. The student will be able to produce a summary of current research topics in these fields. |