faculty
Firas Khatib, PhD
Associate Professor
Computer & Information Science
Contact
508-999-8265
508-999-9144
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Education
2008 | University of California Santa Cruz, CA | PhD in Bioinformatics |
2001 | University of California Berkeley, CA | BA in Applied Mathematics |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
- Computer Science BS, BS/MS
- Computer Science Cybersecurity
- Computer Science Graduate Certificate
- Computer Science MS
- Data Science BS, BS/MS
- Data Science Graduate Certificate
- Data Science MS
- Engineering and Applied Science PhD
- Mobile Applications Development
- Software Engineering
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Advanced coverage of computational approaches used in bioinformatics. The course focuses on algorithmic challenges in analyzing molecular sequences, structures, and functions. It covers the following topics: Sequence comparison, assembly and annotation. Phylogenetic analysis. RNA secondary structure. Protein structure comparison, prediction, and docking. Microarrays, clustering, and classification. Genome, Hapmap, SNPs, and phenotypes. Proteomics and protein identification. Determining protein function and metabolic pathways.
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Research
Research interests
- Bioinformatics
- Citizen Science
- Computational Biology
- Distributed Computing
- Protein Structure Determination/Prediction & Design