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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2016/2017

Main References: Main References:
1. Zvelebil M. & Baum J. O. (2008). Understanding 1. Rafael C. Gonzalez & Richard E. Woods (2012). Digital
Bioinformatics. Garland Science, USA. Image Processing. 3rd ed. Pearson Education.
2. Stryer L. (2015). Biochemistry. Freeman and Co., NY. 2. Chris Solomon & Toby Breckon (2013). Fundamental of
3. Leach, A.R. (2010). Molecular Modelling- Principles and Digital Image Processing: A Practical Approach with
Applications. Addison Wesley Longman. Examples in Matlab. Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Omer Demirkaya, Musa H. Asyali, Prasanna K. Sahoo
(2012). Image Processing with MATLAB: Applications in
SIV 3006 GENOMICS Medicine and Biology. CRC Press.
This course covers the following topics: Organismic
genomes; Genome anatomy, mapping, evolution, analysis SIV 2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
and rearrangements; Genome databases; Genome and
transcriptome sequencing technology. This course aims to introduce the concept of object-
oriented programming. It covers the introduction of object-
Assessment Methods: oriented (OO) programming paradigm such as OO
Continuous Assessment: 30% concepts (class, property, method, etc.), constructor,
Final Examination: 70% destructor, operator overloading, functions, class
template, data abstraction, inheritance, polymorphism,
Medium of Instruction: exception handling, pointers, recursion and linked list data
English structure. Various problems related to Bioinformatics are
considered to be solved using OO programming language
Soft Skills: such as C++ or Java.
CT3
Assessment Methods:
Main References: Continuous Assessment: 60%
1. Bruce R. Korf and Mira B. Irons (2013). Human Final Examination: 40%
Genetics and Genomics.
2. Nancy Craig, Rachel Green, Carol Greider and Gisela Medium of Instruction:
Storz (2014). Molecular Biology: Principles of Genome English
Function.
3. Leland H. Hartwell, Michael Goldberg, Janice Fischer Soft Skills:
and Charles (Chip) Aquadro (2014). Genetics: From CS4, CT3, TS2
Genes to Genomes.
Main References:
1. Walter Savitch (2013). Absolute C++. Fifth Edition.
SIV 3011 CURRENT TOPICS IN BIOINFORMATICS Pearson.
2. Walter Savitch (2012). Problem Solving with C++. 7 th
This course covers special topics concerning currents ed. Addison Wesley.
issues in Bioinformatics. It headed towards special topics 3. Tore Samuelsson (2012). Genomics and Bioinformatics:
that introduce bioinformatics. Importance is as well given An Introduction to Programming Tools for Life
to the latest research areas in bioinformatics. Topics are Scientists. Cambridge University Press.
delivered in a series of seminars followed by exercises
and assignments.
SIV 2014 HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100% This course introduces the concepts of human-computer
interaction, interaction design process, implementation
Medium of Instruction: support, evaluation techniques and current issues in HCI
English such as mobile interface design and interactive web-
based systems.
Soft Skills:
CS4, CT3, LL2, EM2 Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
SIV 2012 BIOIMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
Medium of Instruction:
This course aims to introduce the concepts in image English
processing and analysis, specifically on biological images.
It covers the introduction of the digital image Soft Skills:
representation, processing and analysis. Various CT3, TS1, EM2
problems related to biological images are considered to be
solved using programming language such as Matlab and Main References:
C++, as well as image processing and analysis software 1. Jennifer Preece, Yvonne Rogers, and Helen Sharp.
such as ImageJ and Adobe Photoshop. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer
Interaction. John Wiley.
Assessment Methods: 2. Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, and Russel
Continuous Assessment: 60% Beale (2013). Human- Computer Interaction. Prentice
Final Examination: 40% Hall.
3. Ben Schneiderman. Designing the User Interface:
Medium of Instruction: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction. 5 th
English ed. Addison Wesley.
Soft Skills:
CS4, CT3, TS2

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