Jun 14, 2013 — Neuroimaging and Neurochemistry of Autism — This article can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22284793 There are multiple causes of autism, and we have to rely on behavioral definitions because we can’t define biomarkers Possible causes: Alteration in common signaling pathways Alteration of neurotransmitters, implications during brain development... Read more

Jun 14, 2013 — Modeling Biomedical Systems (BMI 210) — Comprehensive Study tools for BMI 210: Methods for modeling biomedical systems and for making those models explicit in the context of building software systems. Emphasis is on intelligent systems for decision support and Semantic Web applications. Topics: knowledge representation, controlled... Read more

Jun 13, 2013 — K-Nearest Neighbor Clustering (KNN) — K nearest neighbor (KNN) clustering is a supervised machine learning method that predicts a class label based on looking at other labels from the dataset that are most similar.  In a nutshell, the only things that you need for KNN... Read more

Jun 13, 2013 — Linear Regression — What is Linear Regression? What does a dataset look like? How do we fit a model? Batch Gradient Descent Stochastic Gradient Descent The Normal Equations Summary What is Linear Regression? Linear regression is modeling some linear relationship between a dependent... Read more