This course aims to introduce you to the field of data science. By the end of this course, you should appreciate how data science contributes towards Singapore’s Smart Nation aspirations, potential ethical issues (especially with the use of AI), and its uses in the biological sciences.
It is particularly noteworthy that biology is becoming increasingly digitized thanks to advancements in -omics platforms, advanced analytics, the advent of AI and cloud-based mega-data repositories. Hence, the modern biologist needs to understand how data science could potentially make his/her research more effective.
You will learn what this exciting new field is about: how it relates towards Singapore, ethical issues and its application in biological sciences. You will also learn about some of the main themes related to data science, namely algorithms, AI and machine learning, logic, databases and networks.
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Truly one of the worst mods in SBS. Get ready to bang your head on the table as you’re f***ed over by the mod. Studying doesn’t do any good for this mod as the profs will test things way beyond the online lectures, and it’s multiple answer mcq. There’s only tutorial for this class, where every week you do a presentation (non graded) to the class. There’s a graded presentation that is due in wk3 too, iirc. Do pray for good group mates as you’ll be suffering with them for the entire sem. The profs don’t teach anything during class time either (or at least they didn’t for my sem)
June 13, 2021 -
I wish I can S/U this mod. We were asked to do presentation every week, and many quizzes.
May 25, 2021
