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DATA C146 - Foundations for Computational Precision Health

Data Science Undergraduate Studies Undergraduate CDSS - Clg of Comp Data Sci & Society

Subject

DATA

Course Number

C146

Course Level

Undergraduate

Course Title

Foundations for Computational Precision Health

Course Description

Students will build expertise in developing machine-learning tools to address challenges in health care. The course emphasizes both “how to formulate useful computational health problems”, and “how to develop computational solutions”. On the health side, we’ll get clinical guest lectures exploring challenges across diverse areas of healthcare (e.g., cardiology, cancer, primary care). On the computational side, the course will cover machine learning and deep learning foundations, state-of-the-art neural networks, and then advanced research topics. The course will emphasize rigorous evaluation, algorithmic bias, deployment, and auditing. The class will culminate in an open-ended final project, integrating skills learned in the course.

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option

Method of Assessment

Alternative Final Assessment

Instructors

Yala, Chen

Prerequisites

Data C100 and Data C140

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Course Objectives

Articulate the key challenges in diverse areas of healthcare, including cancer, cardiology, and emergency care. Understand the role of the various information modalities (e.g., radiology, pathology, labs) in health care. This means understanding why the various modalities are acquired, what they physically capture, and what decisions they enable. Formulate precise computational research questions to improve healthcare. Develop machine learning methods to leverage, text, images, volumes and time-series data Understand and perform clinically-informed evaluation analyses of predictive ML tools

Cross-Listed Course(s)

Formats

Lecture

Term

Fall

Weeks

15 weeks

Weeks

15

Lecture Hours

2

Lecture Hours Min

2

Lecture Hours Max

2

Lecture Mode of Instruction

In Person

Outside Work Hours

7

Outside Work Hours Min

7

Outside Work Hours Max

7