Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Biological Engineering and Programming DNA
2	Abstraction: From DNA to Parts
3	Abstraction: From Parts to Devices	Assignment 1 out
4	Device Modeling and Simplification
5	Guest Lecture: Tom Knight	Assignment 1 due
6	Guest Lecture: Gerry Sussman
7	Device Analysis	Assignment 2 out
8	Device Composition
9	Decomposition of Complex Problems	Assignment 2 due
10	Devices, Revisited
11	Genetic Devices and Device Modeling
12	Discussion and Review
	Exam 1
13	Sequence Optimization
14	DNA Detection and Identification	Assignment 3 out
15	Space and Time Systems
16	Programming Space and Time Systems	Assignment 3 due
17	Programming Space and Time Systems (cont.)
18	Growing Point Language	Assignment 4 out
19	“Crop Circle” Language
20	Semester Review	Assignment 4 due
	Exam 2
21	Course Evaluation and Wrap-Up