Stochastic Models in Biology

Lecture:

Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (SRZ 204)
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (SRZ 205)

Lecturer: 

Prof. Dr. Gerold Alsmeyer

Assistance: 

Dr. Rodrigo Bazaes

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Course syllabus:

The purpose of this course, which will be held in English, is to give an introduction of some fundamental stochastic models and processes in Mathematical Biology and Population Genetics. A major part will focus on the theory of branching processes, other topics are the Wright-Fisher model and the Kingman coalescent. Prerequisites for this course are Stochastik and Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie including some basic knowledge of martingales and Markov chains.

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Course assessment:

There will be an oral exam at the end of the course. Admission to the oral exam is conditional on obtaining at least 40% of the points of the problem sets.