This fall, Dr. Dennis J. Bouvier is will be teaching a class entitled "Algorithms for Bioinformatics." Bioinformatics is the application of information age technologies to solve biological problems. In Dr. Bouviers class, students will be introduced to the algorithms that are used in this emerging field.

Algorithms for Bioinformatics will be offered as both an undergraduate topics course (CS490-003) and a graduate topics course (CS590-003). The class will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and will be using "An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms" by Jones and Pevzner as its textbook. Students must have completed CS340 to enroll in this class.