Big Computation and a Genomic Jigsaw Puzzle
Big Computation and a Genomic Jigsaw Puzzle
The human genome is made up of 3 billion base pairs. Reading the genome from a modern, high-speed sequencer is a lot like doing a big jigsaw puzzle. Computer Scientist, Assistant Professor Yanlei Diao (UMass Amherst) leads a multi institution collaboration to ...
Biofuels Sub-task Presentation II
Biofuels Sub-task Presentation II
The student team designing the biofuels subsystem gives its 2nd progress report, describing their block diagram, key parameters, and remaining steps for the final month of class.
BLOSSOMS - An Introduction to the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative
BLOSSOMS - An Introduction to the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative
An Introduction to the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with ...
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with Gilbert Strang
Video Summary: This learning video deals with a question of geometrical probability. A key idea presented is the fact that a linear equation in three dimensions produces a plane. The video focuses on random triangles that are defined by their three respective angles. ...
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with ...
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with Gilbert Strang ...
Video Summary: This learning video deals with a question of geometrical probability. A key idea presented is the fact that a linear equation in three dimensions produces a plane. The video focuses on random triangles that are defined by their three respective angles. ...
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with ...
BLOSSOMS - Are Random Triangles Acute or Obtuse? with Gilbert Strang ...
Video Summary: This learning video deals with a question of geometrical probability. A key idea presented is the fact that a linear equation in three dimensions produces a plane. The video focuses on random triangles that are defined by their three respective angles. ...
BLOSSOMS - Broken Stick (Arabic Voiceover)
BLOSSOMS - Broken Stick (Arabic Voiceover)
Video Summary: This learning video is designed to develop critical thinking in students by encouraging them to work from basic principals to solve a puzzling mathematics problem that contains uncertainty. One class session of approximately 55 minutes is necessary for ...
BLOSSOMS - Classifying Animals by Appearance Versus DNA ...
BLOSSOMS - Classifying Animals by Appearance Versus DNA Sequence with ...
Video Summary: The topic of this video module is how to classify animals based on how closely related they are. The main learning objective is that students will learn how to make phylogenetic trees based on both physical characteristics and on DNA sequence. Students ...
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Genes Associated with Diseases and ...
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Genes Associated with Diseases and Traits in Dogs ...
In this video module, students learn how scientists use genetic information from dogs to find out which gene (out of all 20,000 dog genes) is associated with any specific trait or disease of interest.
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & Computers ...
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & Computers with Anne ...
Video Summary: Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use robots to prepare samples of cells, allowing them to test chemicals to identify those that might be used to treat diseases. Students will meet a scientist who works to identify new ...
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & Computers ...
BLOSSOMS - Discovering Medicines Using Robots & Computers with Anne ...
Video Summary: Scientists who are working to discover new medicines often use robots to prepare samples of cells, allowing them to test chemicals to identify those that might be used to treat diseases. Students will meet a scientist who works to identify new ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with Laura Zager
Video Summary: This learning video introduces students to the world of Fractal Geometry through the use of difference equations. As a prerequisite to this lesson, students would need two years of high school algebra (comfort with single variable equations) and ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with Laura Zager ...
Video Summary: This learning video introduces students to the world of Fractal Geometry through the use of difference equations. As a prerequisite to this lesson, students would need two years of high school algebra (comfort with single variable equations) and ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with ...
BLOSSOMS - Fabulous Fractals and Difference Equations with Laura Zager ...
Video Summary: This learning video introduces students to the world of Fractal Geometry through the use of difference equations. As a prerequisite to this lesson, students would need two years of high school algebra (comfort with single variable equations) and ...
The Conservation of Angular Momentum with Professor Walter ...
BLOSSOMS - Ice Skater's Delight: The Conservation of Angular Momentum with ...
This learning video describes within an action orientation certain often difficult-to-understand concepts of Newtonian physics.
The Conservation of Angular Momentum (Arabic Subtitles)
BLOSSOMS - Ice Skater's Delight: The Conservation of Angular Momentum with ...
This learning video describes within an action orientation certain often difficult-to-understand concepts of Newtonian physics. The conservation of momentum is extended to rotational situations, and some of the results may be counter-intuitive! As Professor Lewin ...
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver
Video Summary: The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and earth science. Educational studies have found that despite classroom presentations, most students retain their naïve idea that a plant's mass is mostly derived from the ...
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver ...
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver (Arabic ...
Video Summary: The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and earth science. Educational studies have found that despite classroom presentations, most students retain their naïve idea that a plant's mass is mostly derived from the ...
BLOSSOMS - Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction ...
BLOSSOMS - Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction to Graph Theory ...
Video Summary: This learning video presents an introduction to graph theory through two fun, puzzle-like problems: "The Seven Bridges of Königsberg" and "The Chinese Postman Problem". Any high school student in a college-preparatory math class should be able to ...
BLOSSOMS - Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction ...
BLOSSOMS - Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction to Graph Theory ...
Video Summary: This learning video presents an introduction to graph theory through two fun, puzzle-like problems: "The Seven Bridges of Königsberg" and "The Chinese Postman Problem". Any high school student in a college-preparatory math class should be able to ...