The Programming for Big Data Biomedicine course covers computer programming methodologies applied to processing data and analysis of data in the broad fields of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology. Topics covered would include an overview of data structures and algorithms, Python scripting for processing text files, cloud computing, versioning control systems, computational platforms such Jupyter Notebooks as well as database technologies such as mySQL. Students will be required to complete small programming assignments throughout the course.

This course is for students who have registered with the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Click here for the course description in the graduate school course catalog.