Please post questions and discussion relevant to the upcoming midterm,
to be held Thursday, March 29.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Discussion for Exercises from Chapter 7
Post your thoughts or questions about Network Flow problems here.
Reminder: problem set 3 consists of problems 7.1-7.6, and is due
in one week.
Reminder: problem set 3 consists of problems 7.1-7.6, and is due
in one week.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Discussion for Problems 6.6, 6.14, 6.24
We'll go over solutions to these on Tuesday. Meanwhile, you are strongly encouraged to try to work them out for yourselves. Please post your ideas or difficulties you run into, in the comments.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Discussion on Feb. 7 lecture
Hi class,
One student pointed out that some of my statements about the biology of RNA secondary structure may not have been factual. Let me try to correct this to the extent I can. Anyone should feel free to add further information or corrections in the Comments section.
(1) RNA is not a protein. But it plays a key role "directing" the synthesis of proteins within the ribosomes of every cell.
(2) I may have referred to bases as "molecules," whereas they are just constituents--the entire RNA strand is a single giant molecule.
(3) The shapes formed by RNA are 3D, so can't really be drawn properly on a whiteboard. On the other hand, I don't think this invalidates the book's assertion that the "non-crossing" condition, the "matching" condition, and the "no sharp turns" conditions are usually all true. These were all that the algorithm really needed, not for there to be a good 2D drawing of the final shape.
Wikipedia: RNA
One student pointed out that some of my statements about the biology of RNA secondary structure may not have been factual. Let me try to correct this to the extent I can. Anyone should feel free to add further information or corrections in the Comments section.
(1) RNA is not a protein. But it plays a key role "directing" the synthesis of proteins within the ribosomes of every cell.
(2) I may have referred to bases as "molecules," whereas they are just constituents--the entire RNA strand is a single giant molecule.
(3) The shapes formed by RNA are 3D, so can't really be drawn properly on a whiteboard. On the other hand, I don't think this invalidates the book's assertion that the "non-crossing" condition, the "matching" condition, and the "no sharp turns" conditions are usually all true. These were all that the algorithm really needed, not for there to be a good 2D drawing of the final shape.
Wikipedia: RNA
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Reading: Chapter 5
Please post your questions about the reading here, rather than emailing Tom and Justin directly.
Discussion Topics
Hi class,
Welcome back for CS 362. I will make new blog posts periodically, so that class discussion can take place in the comments section. Just let me know if you ever want me to start a new discussion thread on some topic, and I will generally do so fairly quickly.
Welcome back for CS 362. I will make new blog posts periodically, so that class discussion can take place in the comments section. Just let me know if you ever want me to start a new discussion thread on some topic, and I will generally do so fairly quickly.
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