Selected Topics in Informatics

This‬ course‬ is‬ tailored‬ to‬ introduce‬ students‬ to‬ the‬ latest‬ advances‬ in‬ the‬ various‬ fields‬ in‬ Informatics,‬ and/or ‬to ‬focus ‬on‬ a ‬specific‬ area ‬of‬ particular‬ interest ‬to‬ the‬ discipline.‬ The‬ course‬ is‬ a series‬ of‬ lectures‬ covering‬ current‬ research‬ and‬ research ‬trends ‬in ‬the‬ area‬ of ‬informatics.‬ Topics‬ may ‬include ‬advanced‬ aspects‬ of‬ some ‬of‬ the ‬following:‬Cloud ‬Computing,‬ Visualization,‬ Multimedia,‬ Medical ‬Image‬ Understanding,‬ Next‬ Generation‬ Sequencing ‬(NGS)‬, Data‬ Analysis,‬ Metagenomics,‬ Taxonomic‬ Classification,‬ among ‬others.