A description of the Biocomputing Education workshop is contained in the call for papers. See the session abstract for details on the successful workshop operations of the guest speaker Dr. Mitch Sogin of the Marine Biological Laboratory. The following posters are being presented at the meeting.

Dubay and Hersh, "Implementing a curriculum for a Masters of Science program in the Medical Informatics that develops biomedical computing skills"

Gaëta, Bucholtz, Campbell, Huynh, Kim and Littlejohn, "Teaching Practical Biocomputing to Biologists in Australia".

Johns, S.J., "Biocomputing Instruction on a Shoestring" abstract, html version of actual poster and the paper.

Littlejohn, Gaëta, Huynh, Kim, Campbell, and Bucholtz, "Web Based Bioinformatics Services in Australia - WebANGIS".

A description of the Educational Issues workshop is contained in the Introduction to Session statement; also available as a PostScript file. Please read this for general information on the session prior to looking at the items presented.

Oral Presentations:

de la Vega, Giegerich, and Fuellen, "Distance Education Through the Internet: the GNA_VSNS Biocomputing Course".

Gaeta, Bucholtz, Campbell, Huynh, Kim and Reisner, "Biocomputing Education by the Australian National Genomic Information Service".

Johns, Thompson and Dunker, "An Introductory Course in Computational Molecular Biology: Rationale, History, Observations and Course Description". Also available as a PostScript file.

Paper Publication, Poster Presentations:

Swanson and Lydrand, "Computational Biology Instruction at the University of Washington Center for Bioengineering".

Altman and Koza, "A Programming Course in Bioinformatics for Computer and Information Science Students".

Abstract Publication, Poster Presentations:

Dubay & Hersh, "Creating a Curriculum for a Masters of Science Program in Medical Informatics that Develops Biomedical Computing Skills."

Hagen & Summers, "A Course for Teaching Computer Resource Skills for the Biological Sciences."

Gernert, "MAGE as a teaching tool."

The workshop: covered five specific questions: 1) which students need formal training in biocomputing; 2) when should such courses be inserted in their curricula: 3) what core skills, and in what order, should be taught; 4) how can educators keep abreast of the rapid changes in the field; and 5) visualization, is it a necessary tool or merely window dressing?

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