Course Details --

Institution:

Northeastern University, and the College of Computer Science, Boston, MA.

Instructor:

Jing Shan

Office: 11 CN

Phone: 373-8091

Email: jshan@ccs.neu.edu.

Course Coordinator:

Professor Robert P. Futrelle

Office : 161CN

Phone : 373-4239

Email : futrelle@ccs.neu.edu

Course Overview:

See the course homepage which includes additional links.

Platform and development system:

This course will use the Unix systems in the College of Computer Science at Northeastern for Java program development. The

Textbook:

Java 2 A Beginner's Guide By Herbert Schildt
Osborne/McGraw-Hill
ISBN:0-07-212742-2
The source code for all of the examples and projects in this book is available here.

 

Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills By Gibas & Jambeck
O'Reily & Associates, Inc.
ISBN:1-56592-664-1

Reference for Applet

Java for the World Wide Web By Dori Smith
Peachpit Press
ISBN:0-201-35340-7
Source code for this book is available in the web.

On-line help

For more info on most anything, including overviews or details of Java, Unix, Bioinformatics, etc., search the web using google.com. Many people consider it the number 1 search engine.

Registration:

To be coordinated through NU Biology Dept.

Assignments:

Here is the link to assignments page.

Classes:

Monday evenings, 6-9pm

Room: check door of 115CN for exact location for first meeting on September 10th, 6pm.

Labs:

College's Unix machines in 201 Cullinane Hall, also available by dial-in and over the Internet.

Return to COM3113 homepage.