University of Illinois BIOE 582 (Fall 2017)
Statistics and Algorithms in Genomic Biology

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Date	Topic	Slides	Matlab code	Homework/Exams
8/22	Why probability and statistics in Genomics?	Lecture 0
8/29	Probability spaces, events, Venn diagrams. Definitions of probability: statistical.	Lecture 1	coin_toss.m
8/31	Matlab primer.  Definitions of probability: inductive. Combinatorics	Lecture 2
9/5	Axioms of probability. Conditional probability	Lecture 3
9/7	Circuits. Bayes theorem	Lecture 4		hw1.pdf
9/12	Monty Hall Problem. Discrete Random Variables. Mean, Variance, etc.	Lecture 5	monty_hall_template.m monty_hall.m
9/14	Useful discrete distributions: Uniform, Bernoulli, Binomial,	Lecture 6		hw1_with_answers.pdf
9/19	Useful discrete distributions: Poisson.	Lecture 7	binomial_poisson_template.m binomial_poisson.m
9/21	Poisson distribution: Application to genome assembly	Lecture 8		hw2.pdf
9/26	Useful discrete distributions: Geometric and Negative Binomial Distributions with Examples in Genomics	Lecture 9
9/28	Continuous Probability Distributions, Example: Unifiorm	Lecture 10	uniform_template.m uniform.m
10/5	Poisson Process; Exponential, Erlang, Gamma, Distributions	Lecture 11	exponential_gamma_template.m exponential_gamma.m
10/10	Gaussian, Log-normal, Binding energy of protein-protein interactions	Lecture 12	central_limit_theorem.m; PINT_binding_energy.m;  PINT_binding_energy.mat	hw2_with_answers.pdf
10/12	Joint Probability Distributions, Marginal Probabilities, Conditional Probabilities, Independence, Covariance, Correlations	Lecture 13	correlation.m	hw3.pdf
10/17	Sample statstics. Histograms, Box-and-whiskers plot.	Lecture 14	quartiles_template.m quartiles.m	hw3_with_answers.pdf
10/19	Sample Mean and Variance	Lecture 15
10/24	Confidence Intervals	Lecture 16	confidence_intervals_template.m confidence_intervals.m	hw4.pdf
10/26	Hypothesis testing	Lecture 17	dark_vs_milk_chocolate_analysis_template.m dark_vs_milk_chocolate_analysis.m
10/31	Goodness of fit test	Lecture 18	m_and_m_analysis_template.m
11/2	Linear regression. Correlated gene expression.	Lecture 19	expression_table.mat regression_notes_template.m	hw4_with_answers.pdf
11/7	Lecture solving problems in preparation for midterm	Lecture 20
11/9	Midterm	Midterm problems with answers