636-0702-00L Statistical Models in Computational Biology
Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
Lecturers | N. Beerenwinkel |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Courses
Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
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636-0702-00 V | Statistical Models in Computational Biology Starts at 12:15. This course will be held online only via Zoom throughout the complete semester. The lecturers will communicate the exact lesson times of ONLINE courses. | 2 hrs |
| N. Beerenwinkel | |||
636-0702-00 U | Statistical Models in Computational Biology Starts at 14:15. The tutorial will be held online only via Zoom throughout the complete semester. The lecturers will communicate the exact lesson times of ONLINE courses. | 1 hrs |
| N. Beerenwinkel | |||
636-0702-00 A | Statistical Models in Computational Biology Project work, no fixed presence required. | 2 hrs | N. Beerenwinkel |
Catalogue data
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 |
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
ECTS credits | 6 credits |
Examiners | N. Beerenwinkel |
Type | session examination |
Language of examination | English |
Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Mode of examination | oral 20 minutes |
Additional information on mode of examination | Repetition possible only with re-enrollment, including projects. The final grade is 70% oral session examination and 30% project. The practical projects are an integral part (60 hours of work, 2 credits) of the course. The project has to be re-run in case of a repetition. |
This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding. |
Learning materials
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Groups
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Restrictions
There are no additional restrictions for the registration. |