..::Special Topics Course::.. Spring 2022 Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology CS499/599 BB499/599 Time: TR 2:00-3:20 pm Professor: David Hendrix Location: Covell Hall 221 Office: ALS2077A, Phone: 737-6224 Email: david.hendrix@oregonstate.edu<mailto:david.hendrix@oregonstate.edu> [cid:image002.jpg@01D82A67.90C3AA90]Description: Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology will provide an introduction to numerous algorithms for studying biological sequences. [cid:image004.png@01D82A67.90C3AA90] Topics will include: Dynamic Programming: Edit distance, longest common substring, Smith Waterman, Needleman Wunsch, Viterbi Algorithm, Motif Finding Algorithms: Expectation Maximization, Gibb's Sampling, RNA Secondary Structure Prediction: Nussinov and Zucker Algorithm, Pattern Matching, Suffix Trees, Hidden Markov Models, K-means clustering, Phylogenetic Trees, Assembly problems Prerequisite: Computational/Algorithmic experience, CS325 recommended David Hendrix is an Assistant Professor in BB and EECS who has worked on analysis of RNA structure, genomics, DNA motif finding, microRNA discovery and long noncoding RNAs. Questions? Contact David Hendrix at david.hendrix@oregonstate.edu<mailto:david.hendrix@oregonstate.edu>