One of the key cancer informatics challenges is dealing with and managing the explosion of large data from multiple sources that are often too large to work with on typical personal computers. This course is designed to help researchers and investigators to understand the basics of computing and to familiarize them with various computing options to ultimately help guide their decisions on the topic. This course aims to provide research leaders with awareness and guidance about:
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Computing for Cancer Informatics
Johns Hopkins UniversityAbout this Course
Familiarity with biomedical research is helpful but not required. The course is aimed for those who are relatively new to informatics work.
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Basics about how computers and shared computing resources work.
Understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of currently available computing resource options, especially for cancer research.
Understanding of important considerations when making computing decisions.
Skills you will gain
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer
- Computer Network
- Cloud Computing
Familiarity with biomedical research is helpful but not required. The course is aimed for those who are relatively new to informatics work.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome
Basic Building Block of Computers
Binary data to computations
Computing Resources
Shared Computing Etiquette
Research Platforms
Data Management Decisions
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