This course will provide a practical experience in integration of bioinformatics data of diverse types in collaboration with a pharmaceutical company or biotechnology company. At the beginning of the semester, students will be presented with a description of the problem and data sets. During the semester students will work as part of independent teams to design, implement and evaluate an appropriate data integration system (with the opportunity for interaction with the company developers for advice and feedback). The course grade will be based on an oral presentation of the developed software system and a written report describing its development and evaluation. Selected students will have the opportunity to present their work to the company.
