Introductory informatics
Theory: 3 hours/week | Practicals: 2 hours/week | ECTS Units: 5
Content – Aim of the course
During the three hours/week lectures and the two hours/week laboratory work of the course the students become familiar with the way computers work, the basic principles of programming and practice on computer applications necessary for a Bioscientist.
Analytical Description of the Course
- The basic components of a computer (CPU, memories, I/O devices)
- Arithmetic systems and data storage
- Boolean algebra and implementations in database search/retrieval
- Introduction to the Ubuntu – Linux operating system
- Linux commands (i): File and directory manipulation
- Linux commands (ii): File and directory manipulation
- Linux commands (iii): motif search with grep and regular expressions
- Introduction to Awk (i): Language structure, if, loops
- Introduction to Awk (ii): Variables, mathematical functions, string manipulation.
- Introduction to Awk (iii): Arrays
- Examples of using linux and awk to manipulate bio-molecular data.
- Introduction to open Office (i)
Practicals
- The Ubuntu-Linux operating system
- Linux commands (i)
- Linux commands (ii)
- Programing in Awk
- Open Office: Word – Excel – Powerpoint (i)
- Open Office: Word – Excel – Powerpoint (ii)
Assessment
Grades are determined by the results in the final examination.
Reading Suggestions
- Aρχές Λειτουργίας και Προγραμματισμού Ηλεκτρονικών Υπολογιστών, Γιώργος Γιαγλής, Εκδόσεις Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, 2012. ISBN: 978-960-9443-09-08.
- LINUX, DEE-ANN LEBLANC, RICHARD BLUM
- Powerpoint slides of the lecturer
Teaching Material / E-class
Lecturers
Grigorios Αmoutzias (Course Coordinator)
