ABSTAT18

Advanced Biostatistics for Bioinformatics Tool Users using R

Timetable (provisional)
Tue, Apr 3rd
Day #1
09:30 - 10:00 Introduction to the course and self presentation of the participants
10:00 - 11:00 Quick review of Statistical Concepts needed in the course (prerequisites)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Simulation modeling methodologies
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Monte Carlo and Bootstrap methods I
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Monte Carlo and Bootstrap methods II
Wed, Apr 4th
Day #2
09:30 - 10:00 Wrap-up of Day #1 (what have we learnt so far?)
10:00 - 11:00 Principles of Bayesian methodology
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Gibbs Sampling
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Challenging Group Practical
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm
Thu, Apr 5th
Day #3
09:30 - 10:00 Wrap-up of Day #2 (What have we learnt so far?)
10:00 - 11:00 Principal component analysis
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Principal component analysis (cont)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Challenging Group Practical
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Multiple testing issues
Fri, Apr 6th
Day #4
09:30 - 10:00 Wrap-up of Day #3 (What have we learnt so far?)
10:00 - 11:00 Project Development
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Research work on the projects
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Project presentation and discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Final wrap-up session.
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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência,

Apartado 14, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal

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Last updated:   March 12th 2018