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Course Material | TEST 1 MATERIAL Applications in Biology & Bioinformatics impact: 1. computer technology as tools 2. modeling of complex systems, 3. storing and analyzing biological data bioinformatics, genetic databases Algorithms & Programming Polya's problem solving steps algorithm analysis, rate of growth, Big Oh notation sequential search vs. binary search machine language vs. high-level language program translation: interpreter vs. compiler Computer Science as a Discipline study of computation, artificial vs. natural science CS themes: hardware, software, theory subfields of CS Algorithms & Data Structures: public-key encryption Architecture: parallel processing, multicores Operating Systems & Networks: Ethernet, WiFi Artificial Intelligence: Turing Test, neural networks related fields Bioinformatics: tools, modeling, information storage/retrieval Data Science: supervised vs. unsupervised learning ethics of computing Experimental methods Dino DNA: accessing GenBank dabases, utilizing the BLAST search tool, visualizing search results Random Walk: turtle graphics, random walks & Brownian motion, expected distance, hypothesis formation & testing, Manhattan walks Pages that compute numbers & expressions, number representation mathematical operators (+, -, *, /), parseFloat function applications: tip calculator, grade calculator predefined functions units of computational abstraction function call, inputs & output (return value) Math functions Math.sqrt, Math.abs, Math.floor, Math.ceil, Math.round Math.min, Math.max, Math.pow, Math.random applications: rounding numbers, bit values, pick4 lottery programming errors & debugging syntax error, run-time error, logic error Abstraction & libraries simple user-defined functions function keyword, function name, comments, {} enclosed in SCRIPT tags in HEAD common use: to simplify buttons applications: tips revisited, fill-in-the-blanks story revisited fully-functional functions parameters, return statement common use: for general-purpose computations applications: metric conversion page, geometry page function libraries SCRIPT tag with SRC attribute to specify library file name common use: for collections of functions that may be reused application: geometry.js library file, load & use in a page random.js library RandomNum, RandomInt, RandomOneOf library functions applications: dice, random sequence generator, Oracle of Internet |