Course Spotlight: Cheminformatics

The world of big data is here and cheminformatics is the study of data formats/databases applicable to chemistry. The course will introduce the student to basic data formats for storing digital chemical information and common public access databases important to the practicing chemist. These include; chemical structures, chemical reactions and spectroscopic data. A brief introduction to programming will teach the student how to access and retrieve data from a number of public databases.

When: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday  10:20 – 11:15 AM

Prerequisites: CHEM 2510 (Organic Chemistry I)

*For SP18 only: Students registering for this course will enroll in CHEM 4194

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Course Spotlight: Cheminformatics

New Chemistry course in Spring 2017!

cheminformaticsCheminformatics is the study of using computers and informational techniques to solve problems in chemistry. The world of big data is here, and the focus this particular cheminformatics course has taken deals with providing students an understanding of the nature of digital chemical data, and how to connect the workflow of professionals requiring chemical data in their jobs to the infrastructure of online chemical data repositories.

When: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday  10:20 – 11:15 AM

Prerequisites: Successful completion of CHEM 2510 (Organic Chemistry I).

Students registering for this course will enroll in CHEM 4194.