Biomedical Computing

Calendar

LEC #	LECTURES	KEY DATES
1	Introduction (Peter Szolovits)	Assignment 1: Clinical databases (posted)
2	Nature of clinical data (Peter Szolovits)
3	Standards (Peter Szolovits)
4	Data in narrative text (Peter Szolovits)	Assignment 2: Extracting meaning from text (posted) Assignment 1: Clinical databases (due)
5	Gene, expression and protein data (Alvin Kho)
6	Genes and modeling (Alvin Kho)
7	Building models (Peter Szolovits)	Assignment 2: Extracting meaning from text (due)
8	Probabilistic and graphical models (Peter Szolovits)
9	Information theoretic metrics (Gil Alterovitz)	Assignment 3: Gene expression and mathematical foundations (posted)
10	Decision support via probabilities and utilities (Peter Szolovits)
11	Decision support via expert systems (Peter Szolovits)
12	Using the healthcare enterprise for research (Isaac Kohane)	Assignment 3: Gene expression and mathematical foundations (due)
13	Personally controlled health records (Kenneth Mandl)
14	Modeling with bayesian networks (Peter Szolovits)	Assignment 4: Project proposals (posted)
15	Patient monitoring and intensive care (Leo Celi)
16	HIT in the developing world (Hamish Fraser)	Assignment 4: Project proposals (due)
17	Learning bayesian networks (Peter Szolovits)
18	Informatics in radiology (Ronilda Lacson)
19	Predictive genomics (Michael McGeachie)
20	Patient Data Privacy (Peter Szolovits and Chris Cassa)
21	Public health Informatics (John Brownstein)
22	Computer science challenges from health care (Peter Szolovits)
23	Networks (Gil Alterovitz)
24-25	Final project presentation
26	No class	Final project (due)