Selected Topics in Informatics

This‬ course‬ is‬ tailored‬ to‬ introduce‬ students‬ to‬ the‬ latest‬ advances‬ in‬ the‬ various‬ fields‬ in‬ Informatics,‬and/or‬to‬focus‬on‬a‬specific‬area‬of‬particular‬interest‬to‬the‬discipline.‬The‬course‬ is‬ a series‬ of‬lectures‬ covering‬ current‬ research‬ and‬ research‬trends‬in‬the‬ area‬ of‬informatics.‬ Topics‬may‬include‬advanced‬aspects‬of‬some‬of‬the‬following:‬Cloud‬Computing,‬Visualization,‬ Multimedia,‬Medical‬Image‬Understanding,‬Next‬Generation‬Sequencing‬(NGS)‬Data‬Analysis,‬ Metagenomics,‬Taxonomic‬Classification,‬among‬others