Modelli di calcolo naturale (2010/2011)

Course code 4S000528 Teacher Vincenzo Manca Coordinator Vincenzo Manca training credits 6 Study courses to which this belongs Laurea magistrale in Ingegneria e scienze informatiche"> Laurea magistrale in Ingegneria e scienze informatiche Laurea magistrale in Bioinformatica e biotecnologie mediche"> Laurea magistrale in Bioinformatica e biotecnologie mediche Disciplinary sector INF/01 - Computing Teaching language Italian Period I semestre dal Oct 4, 2010 al Jan 31, 2011.

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Educational objectives

The course presents some bioinspired models of computation (DAN and Membrane computing), by developing the aapect of interaction between these models and the computational analysis of biological systems.

Syllabus

Reviews of computations, grammars, languages, automata. Bioinspired computations, types and fundamental paradigms. DNA structure and transcription/translation computations. DNA notations and operations. Geometrical model of bilinear molecular structures. DNA test tube operations. Adleman-Lipton model and algorithmic analysis of DNA protocols. PCR. XPCR. Membrane and membrane computations. MP systems. Biological models based on MP grammars. Models of biological dynamics. Problems of computational synthetic biology.

Exam methods

Oral examination.

Statistics on students' past performance (Art. 2 del D.M. 31/10/2007, n. 544)

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