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Re-examination of a Bioinformatics Database Course: Engaging Blockchain Technology

Author(s) -

Zhengxin Chen

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2019.11.297

Subject(s) - blockchain , computer science , ontology , course (navigation) , curriculum , data science , world wide web , big data , database , data mining , computer security , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , epistemology , astronomy

Seven years have passed since publication of our original paper on the development of a database course in bioinformatics curriculum. In this paper, we re-examine this course for its offering during 2005-2017. The course has been developed around ontologies, and student projects have been a very important component in conducting the course. Although this course has made valuable contribution to our bioinformatics program, a lot of improvements can be made. A critical examination of our past experience suggests the need for emphasizing the importance of “think big” at big data era. In particular, it would be beneficial to incorporate blockchain technology to enrich the technical contents of this course. Since there is a close relationship between blockchain technology and ontologies (as enthusiastically emphasized by many researchers), engaging blockchain technology in this course should strengthen ontology-centered bioinformatics database education.

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