Potential Classes for Course Based Comp. Bio. MS

P. Alexander Burnham

• Classes I have Taken

  • Statistics

    • STAT201 - Statistical Computing - Abby Crocker - Intro to statistical programing and data manipulation in R
    • STAT223A - Applied Multivariate Analysis - Ruth Mickie (now unknown) - Tools and mathematics behind multivariate analysis (r-based)
    • STAT 211 - Statistical Methods I - Learn how to do pretty much every basic frequentists (parametric and nonparametric) test by hand (intermediate fundamentals course)

  • Complex Systems

    • CS206 - Evolutionary Robotics - Josh Bongard - Understand evolutionary principles in terms of neural networks and machine learning by creating evolutionary and genetic algorithms to evolve simulated robots to complete some task in a given environment (Python)
    • CS302 - Modeling Complex Systems - Laurent Herbert-Dufresne - Modeling natural and artificial systems using ODE, agent based and network frameworks in any language you want
    • MATH301 - Principles of Complex Systems - Peter Dodds - Calculus and Linear algebra heavy course. Goal to understand real complex systems mathematically through proofs and then modeling them (R or any other language)

  • Biology

    • Computational Biology - Obviously
    • Biol381B - Ecological Genomics - Steve Keller and Melissa Pespeni - Sheds light on the science and tools behind producing and handling genomic data
    • BIOL276 - Behavioral Ecology - Sara Helms-Cahan - Heavy in ecological and game theory models
    • BIOL271 - Evolution - Charles Goodnight - Heavy in theoretical evolution and the models contained therein.

• Classes I will take and can recommend

  • Complex Systems

    • CS352 - Evolutionary Computation - Maggie Eppstein - Modeling evolutionary mechanisms computational and mathematically (matlab)
    • MATH303 - Complex Networks - Peter Dodds - Modeling networks and using networks and machine learning to model systems or do tasks (proof-heavy)
    • CS287 - Data Science 1 - Jim Barrow - Principles of data science, manipulation, storage/management and analysis
    • CS254 - Machine Learning - Safwan Wshah - Using machine learning to do complex data manipulation tasks