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Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)

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How do we infer which genes orchestrate various processes in the cell? How did humans migrate out of Africa and spread around the world? In this class, we will see that these two seemingly different questions can be addressed using similar algorithmic and machine learning techniques arising from the general problem of dividing data points into distinct clusters. In the first … [Read more...] about Genomic Data Science and Clustering (Bioinformatics V)

Explainable deep learning models for healthcare – CDSS 3

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This course will introduce the concepts of interpretability and explainability in machine learning applications. The learner will understand the difference between global, local, model-agnostic and model-specific explanations. State-of-the-art explainability methods such as Permutation Feature Importance (PFI), Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME) and SHapley … [Read more...] about Explainable deep learning models for healthcare – CDSS 3

Hacking COVID-19 Course 1: Identifying a Deadly Pathogen

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In this course, you will follow in the footsteps of the bioinformaticians investigating the COVID-19 outbreak by assembling the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Whether you’re new to the world of computational biology, or you’re a bioinformatics expert seeking to learn about its applications in the COVID-19 pandemic, or somewhere in between, this course is for you! As you go through this … [Read more...] about Hacking COVID-19 Course 1: Identifying a Deadly Pathogen

Finding Mutations in DNA and Proteins (Bioinformatics VI)

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In previous courses in the Specialization, we have discussed how to sequence and compare genomes. This course will cover advanced topics in finding mutations lurking within DNA and proteins. In the first half of the course, we would like to ask how an individual's genome differs from the "reference genome" of the species. Our goal is to take small fragments of DNA from the … [Read more...] about Finding Mutations in DNA and Proteins (Bioinformatics VI)