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UCSanDiegoX: Algorithms and Data Structures Capstone

Synthesize your knowledge of algorithms and biology to build your own software for solving a biological challenge.

Algorithms and Data Structures Capstone
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Algorithms and Data Structures Capstone

About this course

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Building a fully-fledged algorithm to assemble genomes from DNA fragments on a real dataset is an enormous challenge with major demand in the multi-billion dollar biotech industry.

In this capstone project, we will take the training wheels off and let you design your own optimized software program for genome sequencing.

This big data challenge will cover the entire MicroMasters program. After a brief introduction to the steps required to build a genome assembler, we will let you take steps on your own to start working with real data taken from a sequencing machine and see if you can design genome assembly software that can compete with popular software used in hundreds of sequencing labs around the world every day.

At a glance

  • Institution: UCSanDiegoX
  • Subject: Computer Science
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Prerequisites:

    Basic knowledge of:

    • at least one programming language: loops, arrays, stacks, recursion.
    • mathematics: proof by induction, proof by contradiction.
  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
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  • Associated skills:Big Data, Data Structures, Biology, Biotechnology, Algorithms

What you'll learn

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  • Graph algorithms
  • Algorithms for genome assembly
  • Algorithm optimization

Syllabus

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This big data challenge will cover the entire program. After a brief introduction to the steps required to build a genome assembler, we will let you take steps on your own to start working with real data taken from a sequencing machine and see if you can design genome assembly software that can compete with popular software used in hundreds of sequencing labs around the world every day.

Learner testimonials

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“I write software at a bioscience company, and my duties sometimes have me storing, querying, and organizing bioinformatics data. As a result of your course, I have a much better understanding of the underlying data and analyses. The course has helped me to excel in my job and impress my colleagues.”
-- Previous Student

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This course is part of Algorithms and Data Structures MicroMasters Program

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8 graduate-level courses
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