Stochastic Processes with Applications to Biology and Medicine

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An introduction to the basic theory of stochastic processes and to some biological applications. The course will be accessible to students in mathematics, statistics, and computer science but also in biology or medicine (e.g. cell biologists, molecular biologists). From a theoretical point of view we will consider, for simplicity, only discrete-state stochastic processes, known as Markov Chains. The transition probabilities, the Chapman-Kolmogorov equations, the Kolmogorov differential equations, the stationary distribution of a Markov Chain, and branching processes will be among the topics covered. Biological applications will be from the areas of genetics, population dynamics, cell biology, epidemiology, cancer genomics and drug resistance.

Additional Info

Event Location: FXB G03
Special Instructions: Cross-register at https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/. Must register for course credit by January 8th to participate. Auditors not allowed.
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Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health
Event URL: https://coursecatalog.harvard.edu/
Date 10: 2013-01-15
Start 10: 9:00am
End 10: 11:00am
Date 11: 2013-01-16
Start 11: 9:00am
End 11: 11:00am
Date 12: 2013-01-17
Start 12: 9:00am
End 12: 11:00am
Date 13: 2013-01-18
Start 13: 9:00am
End 13: 11:00am
Date 14: 2013-01-21
Start 14: 9:00am
End 14: 11:00am
Date 15: 2013-01-22
Start 15: 9:00am
End 15: 11:00am
Date 16: 2013-01-23
Start 16: 9:00am
End 16: 11:00am
Date 17: 2013-01-24
Start 17: 9:00am
End 17: 11:00am
Date 18: 2013-01-25
Start 18: 9:00am
End 18: 11:00am

Dates

Date	Start	End
January 02, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 03, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 04, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 07, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 08, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 09, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 10, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 11, 2013	9:00am	11:00am
January 14, 2013	9:00am	11:00am