CCD: Development of an Interdisciplinary Biocomputing Course at the Introductory Level

CCD：跨学科生物计算入门课程的开发

• 批准号: 9752504
• 负责人: Xiaorong Zhang
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: Savannah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-03-01 至 2000-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752504&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CCD; Development; Interdisciplinary; Biocomputing; Course

Biocomputing is a newly emerging interdisciplinary field which uses computational methods to analyze the fast-growing biological data. As biological information continues to increase, there is certainly an increasing demand for biocomputing experts by industry and academia at all levels, from senior scientists with a Ph. D. degree to laboratory scientists with MS or B.S. degrees. Currently, however, there are too few scientists who possess such cross-disciplinary skills in both biology and computer science to meet such demand. Therefore, this project is proposed to address this urgent problem. The overall goal of this project is to introduce biocomputing into the first two years of the undergraduate curriculum and to prepare undergraduate students for pursuing biocomputing-related careers. To help accomplish this goal, a new course entitled Introduction to Biocomputing is being developed. The course format consists of core lectures, laboratory practices, group discussion, and a course project. These components of the new course are carefully designed to promote student academic interest and success in the field of biocomputing. A textbook and laboratory manual needed for the course, are also being prepared. The effort is being evaluated by an independent evaluator. To aid dissemination, a virtual on-line course is being designed and provided on the World Wide Web.

生物计算是一个新兴的交叉学科，它利用计算方法来分析快速增长的生物数据。 随着生物信息的不断增加，工业界和学术界对生物计算专家的需求肯定会不断增加，从拥有博士学位的资深科学家到拥有博士学位的科学家。实验室科学家，MS或B.S.度 然而，目前在生物学和计算机科学方面拥有这种跨学科技能的科学家太少，无法满足这种需求。因此，本项目旨在解决这一紧迫问题。该项目的总体目标是将生物计算引入本科课程的前两年，并为本科生从事生物计算相关职业做好准备。为了帮助实现这一目标，一个新的课程，题为介绍生物计算正在开发。 课程形式包括核心讲座，实验室实践，小组讨论和课程项目。 新课程的这些组成部分经过精心设计，以促进学生的学术兴趣和生物计算领域的成功。 还正在编写课程所需的教科书和实验手册。这项工作正在由一名独立评估员进行评估。 为了协助传播，正在设计一个虚拟的联机课程，并在万维网上提供。