ML4Bio

ML4Bio teaches biological researchers foundational machine learning concepts for classification tasks and provides custom open-source software to explore and apply ML workflows to biological data.


Key Features:

  • Classification-focused curriculum: Focuses on classification tasks commonly encountered in biological research.
  • Custom open-source software: Provides custom open-source software to enable exploration and experimentation with machine learning workflows.

Scientific Applications:

  • Integration of machine learning into biological research: Enables researchers to apply classification-based machine learning methods to address questions across diverse biological domains.

Methodology:

Development involved iterative improvements based on participant feedback across multiple workshop iterations and an evaluation study conducted after three iterations to assess participant outcomes.

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Details

License:
MIT
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
command-line tool
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
9/5/2022
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

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Publications

Magnano CS, Mu F, Russ RS, Cvetkovic M, Treu D, Gitter A. An approachable, flexible and practical machine learning workshop for biologists. Bioinformatics. 2022;38(Supplement_1):i10-i18. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btac233. PMID:35758797. PMCID:PMC9236579.

PMID: 35758797
PMCID: PMC9236579
Funding: - National Institutes of Health: T15LM007359 - National Science Foundation: DBI 1553206

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