NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 生物資料處理與分析(6244)
(Eng.) Biological Data Processing and Analysis
Offering Dept Department of Animal Science
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher Kun-Yi Hsin
Department Department of Animal Science/Graduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description This course aims to teach students the state-of-the-art methodologies and algorithms in biological data processing and analysis. In addition, the course includes two hands-on case studies allowing students to practice skills taught in the lectures. Students will be capable of processing and analyzing complex biological data, leading thoughtful perspective in elaborating biological phenomena observed.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
to teach students the data processing and data mining skill.
Lecturing
Discussion
Exercises
topic Discussion/Production
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Study Outcome
Attendance
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introduction to biological data.
Week 2 Data structure and pattern.
Week 3 Data sampling, mining and modeling.
Week 4 Data validation and virtualization.
Week 5 Data pattern recognition.
Week 6 Large-scale data (big-data) and image data processing.
Week 7 Introduction to R.
Week 8 R programing for large-scale data analysis.
Week 9 R programing for data visualization.
Week 10 Introduction to data dimension reduction.
Week 11 Introduction to data similarity.
Week 12 Introduction to data clustering.
Week 13 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning
Week 14 Supervised machine learning.
Week 15 Unsupervised machine learning.
Week 16 Application of Neuro Network and Deep Learning in biological modeling. Discussion and Review.
Week 17 Self-study - I: Practice on case study of causality analysis between factors.
Week 18 Self-study - II: Practice on case study of explanatory machine learning.
Evaluation
participation rate, homeworks
Textbook & other References
1. Witten, I. H., E. Frank, M. A. Hall, and C. J. Pal. 2016. Data Mining: Practical machine learning tools and techniques. Morgan Kaufmann.
2. Heath, L. S., and N. Ramakrishnan. 2010. Problem Solving Handbook in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Springer Science & Business Media.
3. Robert Gentleman. R Programming for Bioinformatics. 2008. CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
Working hour or by appointment.
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