Below is the lecture schedule. All lectures are in 153 Noyes at 1:00 pm. The lecture topics and lecturer are subject to change, but the dates and times are set. Readings listed under each lecture should be read before lecture. Those marked with an asterisk are required reading, though you are encouraged to read all of the posted materials. The readings will be updated as the term progresses.
Scheduled office hours for the TAs to help you with your will be decided during the first week of class.
Assignment/due dates
- Homework 1 assigned Th 10/07, due Th 10/21
- Homework 2 assigned Th 10/21, due Th 11/04
- Homework 3 assigned Th 11/04, due Th 11/18
- Homework 4 assigned Th 11/18, due Th 12/02
- News and Views assigned Tues 09/28, due at 5 PM, Fri 12/10
All problem sets are submitted as Jupyter notebooks, and the News & Views article is submitted as a PDF. All are emailed to caltech.chebe163@gmail.com
Lecture Schedule
- L1: Tu 09/28: (JB)
- L2: Th 09/30: (NAP)
- L3: Tu 10/05: (NAP)
- L4: Th 10/07: (NAP)
- L5: Tu 10/12: (NAP)
- L6: Th 10/14: (NAP)
- L7: Tu 10/19: (NAP)
- L8: Th 10/21: (NAP)
- L9: Tu 10/26: (NAP)
- L10: Th 10/28: (NAP)
- L11: Tu 11/02: Evolution as a search in sequence space (JB)
- L12: Th 11/04: Introduction to directed evolution (JB, pre-recorded)
- L13: Tu 11/09: The tale of cytochome P450 (JB, pre-recorded)
- L14: Th 11/11: Sex in the test tube (JB)
- L15: Tu 11/16: Introduction to Gaussian processes [lecture notes] (JB)
- L16: Th 11/18: Probing fitness landscapes with Gaussian processes (JB)
- L17: Tu 11/23: Machine learning in protein engineering (BW)
- L18: Tu 11/30: Probabilistic engineering (JB)
- L19: Th 12/02: Special guest lecture from Possu Huang