Topics

Superimposing the symbols of one string over those of another (with gap symbols inserted into the strings) to represent insertions, deletions, and substitutions between the strings.

The mathematics of counting objects.

A technique used to identify molecules by splitting them into pieces and analyzing chemical properties of these small pieces.

The algorithmic notion of building up a solution to a problem by solving it on progressively larger cases.

The algorithmic reconstruction of contiguous chromosomes from short fragments of DNA.

A large-scale mutation that affects the makeup of entire intervals of nucleic acid.

An algorithm requiring the interpretation and manipulation of networks, or graphs.

A network containing a collection of nodes, pairs of which are joined by edges.

The scientific study of the inheritance of traits.

A tree modeling the evolutionary scenario deriving a collection of taxa from their proposed ancestors.

The mathematical study of the chance of occurrence of random events, or the chance with which a specific event will occur.

The mathematical study of sets and their properties.

The problem of finding a smallest collection of operations that changes a structure into a nicely ordered one.

An algorithm involving the manipulation and properties of chains of symbols.