Computational Molecular Biology and Genomics Projects - Fall 05

[Presentation schedule] [Deadlines] [Guidelines]

Students in 03-711 and 15-856 must complete a class project. The project can be a computational project or a literature survey.
 
Computational projects:   Computational projects will be carried out in groups of two to four people. Since interdisciplinary projects require a mix of knowledge and skills, groups should be diverse. Ideally, a group will include students from different departments and a mix of undergraduates, MS and PhD students. I will help to match up people with different backgrounds to form groups.
    Deliverables: A topic statement (1 page), a proposal (2-3 pages), a final oral presentation and a short summary of the work carried out and results obtained (3 pages).
 
Literature surveys:   Survey papers will be written individually.
    Deliverables: A topic statement (1 page), a proposal (3 pages), a final oral presentation and a final paper (10-15 pages).

Suggestions for topic areas and data sources are given in the pages linked below. You may also suggest a topic of interest to you, subject to approval by me. More than one project on the same topic is discouraged.


Deadlines:

      Oct 3:   Email statement of interest.
      Oct 13:   One paragraph statement of topic, listing group members.
      Oct 27:   1-3 page proposal/outline.
      Dec 6 - 8:   Presentations
      Dec 8:   Final paper due.


Guidelines for citations:

      Citing the literature
      Sources: their use and acknowledgment
       Dartmouth College, Committee on Sources (7 September 1998).
      Citation Style for Research Papers
       Long Island University, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.


Guidelines for presentation style:

      Patrick Winston's lecturing heuristics





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