Algebraic and Discrete Methods in Biology

Goals

The course gives an overview of some of the methods from computer algebra and computational logic that are applied to biological problems. It is split into four parts: applications of discrete mathematics in bioinformatics, applications of mathematical logic and automated reasoning in biology, application of difference equations in population dynamics, and, application of algebraic techniques for describing pattern formation in biological systems.

This course is intended for students of mathematics or bioinformatics who are interested on the mathematical modelling of biological processes. There is no particular prerequisite for the course.

Organization

Summer Semester 2011.

• Number: 326.007
• Title: Algebraic and Discrete Methods in Biology
• Lecturers: Stephan Dreiseitl, Tudor Jebelean, Lena Kartaschova, Nikolaj Popov
• Time: Thursday 13:45-15:15
• Place: HS 11
• Language: English
• First lecture: March 10

Registration

Please register for the course via the KUSSS system.

Literature

• Leah Edelstein-Keshet: Mathematical Models in Biology. SIAM, 2005.

Course Materials

• Slides:
  
  Lecture on March 10
  A link for the lecture on March 17, and slides for a talk related to this topic.
  A link for the lecture on March 24 on ROC analysis. Relevant are the PDFs at the bottom of the page, especially the Radiology 1982 and 1983 papers.
  Presentation about Applications of Rewriting Logic in Biology.
  Lectures on Logic
  Lecture on April 07
  Lecture on May 05
  Lecture on May 12
  Lecture on May 19
  Lecture on May 26
  Lecture on June 09
  Lecture on June 16
  
  

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