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A good subject for this class is one that | A good subject for this class is one that | ||
- | - is related to computational biology | + | - is related to quantitative biology |
- is not already fully covered by an existing review (i.e. has some originality either in scope, timeliness, or ideas) | - is not already fully covered by an existing review (i.e. has some originality either in scope, timeliness, or ideas) | ||
- can be reasonably treated in ~1800 words | - can be reasonably treated in ~1800 words | ||
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===== Presentation ===== | ===== Presentation ===== | ||
- | The presentation serves two main purposes. First, it introduces and reviews the topic in question for all course participants (typically a PhD student in computational biology, but also occasionally a Masters student with a background in either biology, mathematics or computer science). Secondly, it gives the writer a structure and main ideas of his/her assignment. Thus, it should be relatively straightforward for the student to come up with the outline of their review manuscript based on the presentation. | + | The presentation serves two main purposes. First, it introduces and reviews the topic in question for all course participants (PhD students of various backgrounds, with an interest in deepening their quantitative skills). Secondly, it gives the writer a structure and main ideas of his/her assignment. Thus, it should be relatively straightforward for the student to come up with the outline of their review manuscript based on the presentation. |
===== Bibliography ===== | ===== Bibliography ===== |