Spring 2014 Vert Genome Assignment 1

= Purpose =
 * idea generation
 * defining your general genomics research area
 * providing 3 representative (related) examples
 * describing your particular contribution to this area

= Assignment =
 * 1) Identify and describe your general genomics research area. There are many possibilities for synthesizing your knowledge, so concentrate on a specific area
 * 2) Provide 3 examples of related works (e.g., videos, project web sites, etc.). These examples should capture the technical, algorithmic, and scientific aspects of your specific area. Each example must have some primary references (i.e., peer-reviewed articles or pieces of work) in addition to the links you can collect.
 * 3) Describe your particular contribution and how it differs (hopefully, substantially) from these example. Your contribution should be original.

You have not spent a semester thinking about your proposal and project formally, but you should have an idea of where you want to take this experience. This will allow me to provide (more fine-grained) formative feedback. It is OK at this point to have a few different ideas. Formalizing them will allow us to refine them.

= Details =
 * Your project area should be related to your concentration or cognate
 * It is OK if there are more than one area represented


 * There should be a synthesis of genomics, data, and bioinformatics.


 * It is OK to (re)use open source software
 * You should explain what open source software you (plan to) use.


 * Do NOT focus on just traditional hypotheses. Think modern data and next generation hypotheses.

= Submission = Submit the following:
 * 1) First page:
 * 2) Your name, course, assignment no., date
 * 3) Tentative name of your project
 * 4) Idea/objective/concept of the project (1-3 sentences providing a high-level, yet complete description of your idea).
 * 5) Three representative examples - for each provide:
 * 6) Title (and URL),
 * 7) A short description
 * 8) A primary source (journal, conference paper, etc) supporting this area
 * 9) A short description explaining how your idea departs from these examples, and how it creates something related, original, and possibly transformative.
 * 10) Feel free to incorporate a photograph, image, diagram, or figure, as long as this provides substantive information (e.g., visual example) - not something just for decoration or visual appeal.
 * 11) Aim for simplicity and elegance
 * 12) Second page:
 * 13) How much you have accomplished towards your vision
 * 14) What remains to be accomplished. Feel free to identify problem areas (roadblocks you may have run into, or anticipate you might run into), or related concerns. If you do not include anything along those lines, I will assume you are making good progress towards your objective.