BP203: Foundations of Mathematical Biology, Fall 2002

 

 

The following is a first approximation of the schedule.

 

Lectures are Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00 to 3:30.

Review sessions are Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:00.

All classes are in S180.

 

 

 

Date     Topic                                                               Lecturer


9/19     Introduction                                                     Miller

9/24     Vectors, Matrices                                             Miller

9/25     Review                                                             TA

9/26     Coordinate systems                                         Miller

10/1     linear ODEÕs                                                   Miller 

10/2     Review                                                             TA

10/3     Complex numbers                                           Miller

10/8     Eigenvectors and values                                   Miller

10/9     Review                                                             TA

10/10   Fourier transform                                            Miller

10/15   Single value decomposition                             Sabes

10/16   Review                                                             TA


10/17   Probability                                                       Li

10/22   Probability distributions                                  Li

10/23   review                                                              TA

10/24   Distributions continued                                   Li


10/29   Into to Statistics                                               Jain

10/30   review                                                              TA

10/31   Non-parametric statistics                                 Jain

11/5     Resampling and permutation statistics Jain

11/6     review                                                              TA


11/7     Linear regression                                             Segal

11/12   Classification                                                   Segal

11/13   Review                                                             TA      

11/14   Classification continued                                  Segal


11/19   Maximum likelihood                                       Li

11/20   Review                                                             TA

11/21   Bayesian inference                                          Li

11/26   Monte Carlo and metropolis                            Li