AlBi

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Possibilities for student projects (BSc, MSc, Projektarbeit, lab rotation, ...)

We mainly offer topics from the area of algorithmic bioinformatics. These can range from more theoretical algorithmic questions to workflow development for specific bioinformatics applications.

Please feel free to propose and discuss your own topic with us.

You find most referenced student theses here: https://www.cs.hhu.de/lehrstuehle-und-arbeitsgruppen/algorithmische-bioinformatik/lehre-und-abschlussarbeiten/abschlussarbeiten/abgeschlossene-arbeiten. Otherwise ask.

BSc level

An edge-based ILP for modeling leaf venation patterns (builds on BSc thesis Mario Surlemont). Contact: Gunnar Klau
SAT Formulation for MERIDA https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bioinformatics/btab546/6342406. Contact: Nguyen Khoa Tran
ILP for Matrix Reordering Problem https://www.vldb.org/conf/2004/RS1P1.PDF. Contact: Nguyen Khoa Tran
Implement an algorithm to find active modules (average Heinz) by maximizing a fractional objective function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.11.443638v2 Contact: Gunnar Klau
Maximize dispersion for anticlustering using constraint programming. Builds on BSc thesis Max Diekhoff. R skills necessary/advisable. Contact: Gunnar Klau
Spa-Typing and Flight Data: Collect Flight Data and Samples from Spa Database and look for Correlations (Check if a high volume of flights correlates to similar detected Spa-Types / Develop a framework to check correlation between flight volume and genetic information), Build on Ninas work, Contact: Philipp
Cytoscape-Fun: Update some existing app and add feature or transpose some work we have into Cytospace e.g. leaf vein thingy, update maybe: https://github.com/ls-cwi/heinz-app, Contact: Philipp
Backport Sven's 0-Edge-CE-Heuristic into Yoshiko Main (and thus Cytoscape App), Contact: Sven, (Philipp?)
Using SAT to model first species counterpoint and compare to ILP implementation (Tanaka) Contact: Philipp
Expand First Species CP ILP Formulation to more complex species (Tanaka) Contact: Philipp
Integrate/Implement CP ILP Formulations as a stand-alone application that processes MIDI or as a plugin for the scorewrite software MuseScore (Tanaka) Contact: Philipp

MSc level

Projektarbeit, very unclear outcome: https://newatlas.com/massive-attack-dna-spray-paint/56881/ Decode Sequence Massive Attack