Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2019
Biology Master | ||||||
Elective Major Subject Areas | ||||||
Elective Major: Systems Biology | ||||||
Elective Compulsory Master Courses I: Computation | ||||||
Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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636-0702-00L | Statistical Models in Computational Biology | W | 6 credits | 2V + 1U + 2A | N. Beerenwinkel | |
Abstract | The course offers an introduction to graphical models and their application to complex biological systems. Graphical models combine a statistical methodology with efficient algorithms for inference in settings of high dimension and uncertainty. The unifying graphical model framework is developed and used to examine several classical and topical computational biology methods. | |||||
Objective | The goal of this course is to establish the common language of graphical models for applications in computational biology and to see this methodology at work for several real-world data sets. | |||||
Content | Graphical models are a marriage between probability theory and graph theory. They combine the notion of probabilities with efficient algorithms for inference among many random variables. Graphical models play an important role in computational biology, because they explicitly address two features that are inherent to biological systems: complexity and uncertainty. We will develop the basic theory and the common underlying formalism of graphical models and discuss several computational biology applications. Topics covered include conditional independence, Bayesian networks, Markov random fields, Gaussian graphical models, EM algorithm, junction tree algorithm, model selection, Dirichlet process mixture, causality, the pair hidden Markov model for sequence alignment, probabilistic phylogenetic models, phylo-HMMs, microarray experiments and gene regulatory networks, protein interaction networks, learning from perturbation experiments, time series data and dynamic Bayesian networks. Some of the biological applications will be explored in small data analysis problems as part of the exercises. | |||||
Lecture notes | no | |||||
Literature | - Airoldi EM (2007) Getting started in probabilistic graphical models. PLoS Comput Biol 3(12): e252. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030252 - Bishop CM. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. Springer, 2007. - Durbin R, Eddy S, Krogh A, Mitchinson G. Biological Sequence Analysis. Cambridge university Press, 2004 | |||||
401-0102-00L | Applied Multivariate Statistics | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | F. Sigrist | |
Abstract | Multivariate statistics analyzes data on several random variables simultaneously. This course introduces the basic concepts and provides an overview of classical and modern methods of multivariate statistics including visualization, dimension reduction, supervised and unsupervised learning for multivariate data. An emphasis is on applications and solving problems with the statistical software R. | |||||
Objective | After the course, you are able to: - describe the various methods and the concepts behind them - identify adequate methods for a given statistical problem - use the statistical software R to efficiently apply these methods - interpret the output of these methods | |||||
Content | Visualization, multivariate outliers, the multivariate normal distribution, dimension reduction, principal component analysis, multidimensional scaling, factor analysis, cluster analysis, classification, multivariate tests and multiple testing | |||||
Lecture notes | None | |||||
Literature | 1) "An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis with R" (2011) by Everitt and Hothorn 2) "An Introduction to Statistical Learning: With Applications in R" (2013) by Gareth, Witten, Hastie and Tibshirani Electronic versions (pdf) of both books can be downloaded for free from the ETH library. | |||||
Prerequisites / Notice | This course is targeted at students with a non-math background. Requirements: ========== 1) Introductory course in statistics (min: t-test, regression; ideal: conditional probability, multiple regression) 2) Good understanding of R (if you don't know R, it is recommended that you study chapters 1,2,3,4, and 5 of "Introductory Statistics with R" from Peter Dalgaard, which is freely available online from the ETH library) An alternative course with more emphasis on theory is 401-6102-00L "Multivariate Statistics" (only every second year). 401-0102-00L and 401-6102-00L are mutually exclusive. You can register for only one of these two courses. | |||||
227-0396-00L | EXCITE Interdisciplinary Summer School on Bio-Medical Imaging The school admits 60 MSc or PhD students with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering based on a selection process. Students have to apply for acceptance by April 22, 2019. To apply a curriculum vitae and an application letter need to be submitted. The notification of acceptance will be given by May 24, 2019. Further information can be found at: Link. | W | 4 credits | 6G | S. Kozerke, G. Csúcs, J. Klohs-Füchtemeier, S. F. Noerrelykke, M. P. Wolf | |
Abstract | Two-week summer school organized by EXCITE (Center for EXperimental & Clinical Imaging TEchnologies Zurich) on biological and medical imaging. The course covers X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging, ultrasound imaging, infrared and optical microscopy, electron microscopy, image processing and analysis. | |||||
Objective | Students understand basic concepts and implementations of biological and medical imaging. Based on relative advantages and limitations of each method they can identify preferred procedures and applications. Common foundations and conceptual differences of the methods can be explained. | |||||
Content | Two-week summer school on biological and medical imaging. The course covers concepts and implementations of X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging, ultrasound imaging, infrared and optical microscopy and electron microscopy. Multi-modal and multi-scale imaging and supporting technologies such as image analysis and modeling are discussed. Dedicated modules for physical and life scientists taking into account the various backgrounds are offered. | |||||
Lecture notes | Hand-outs, Web links | |||||
Prerequisites / Notice | The school admits 60 MSc or PhD students with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering based on a selection process. To apply a curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose and applicants references need to be submitted. Further information can be found at: Link |
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