course code: DEX1

Lecturer: Pietro Franceschi

Summary: data exploration and visualization, introduction to some of the bioinformatical and biostatistical tools/concepts used to explore a multidimensional dataset (PCA, Clustering, Linear Modeling, ...).

Description: The aim is to highlight the advantages and limitations of each approach.

Skills acquired: During the course the different aspects will be illustrated by live R/Python sessions on publicly available datasets. The students will be also encouraged to bring their own data to discuss and (possibly) analyse them.

See also: https://www.unitn.it/drbs/38/teaching-program (CIBIO Manifesto of Studies 2017-2018 which will be repeated in 2019-2020)

Course Schedule

Period

Hours

Location (place and Room)

19/02 9.00 -12.00 CIBIO - Room to be defined
21/02 9.00 -12.00 CIBIO - Room to be defined
26/02 9.00 -12.00 CIBIO- Room to be defined
28/02 9.00 -12.00 CIBIO - Room to be defined

 

Registration procedure: in order to register to the course, please write to phd.bioscie@unitn.it (Secretariat for CIBIO PhD Program) and to phd.aes@unitn.it (Secretariat for AES PhD Program)

This course is offered by CIBIO UNITN, but may be repeated on the FEM campus if demand is high.

Evaluation procedure: Individual/ Group reports and discussion on assigned topics