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Questions from assignment 2 and 3

Written on 16.11.25 (last change on 16.11.25) by Inês Ferreira

Hi everyone,

Regarding your questions about assignment 2 and assignment 3:

Hi everyone,

Regarding your questions about assignment 2 and assignment 3:

For assignment 2, exercise 4, the exercise about placing objects into bins without collisions, a new version has been uploaded to the materials page. This updated version includes a correction on how to use the Poisson approximation for this problem, and we have also added an alternative approach using Stirling’s approximation. Please take a look to see the differences and to understand when certain approximations can or cannot be used.

For assignment 3, the solution to exercise 3 has been posted, including a detailed explanation of how to calculate the mismatch probability between the reads (p). Additionally, since there was a question about whether it was possible to use a Poisson distribution for exercise 4, we have posted a solution to exercise 4 showing both the standard approach and the Poisson-based approach.

See you next week!

Today's Tutorial - Room Change

Written on 12.11.25 by Inês Ferreira

Hey everyone,

Today, the room where we usually have our tutorial is occupied. The tutorial will take place in room 007 (same building, same floor).

See you soon,

Inês

Assignment 02, Problem 4

Written on 06.11.25 by Inês Ferreira

Hi everyone,

As discussed in this week's tutorials, there are two valid approaches to solving Problem 4 of Assignment 2. These approaches lead to slightly different numerical results, depending on the method you choose.
To help you see the differences between the approaches, I’ve posted a detailed… Read more

Hi everyone,

Best,
Inês

Submission of Assignment 2

Written on 31.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

Hi everyone,

Assignment 2 submissions are now open (sorry for the delay!). I’ve extended the deadline until tomorrow night.

Best,
Inês

Clarification About Office Hours

Written on 30.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

Hey everyone, a clarification about office hours:

Office hours are available by request via email. They are mainly intended for personal concerns or, on rare occasions, to clarify concepts from lectures that you didn’t fully understand. If your questions are related to assignments, please attend… Read more

Hey everyone, a clarification about office hours:

As a reminder:
Before the Thursday tutorial, I’ll be available 15 minutes early to answer questions (8:15-8:30).
On Wednesday, I’ll stay 15 minutes after the tutorial to do the same (15:45-16:00).

Best,

Inês

Extra Exercises and Tutorial Times

Written on 29.10.25 (last change on 29.10.25) by Inês Ferreira

Hey everyone,

The extra exercises for this week have been posted on CMS.
As discussed with the students, the tutorial on Wednesdays is from 14:15 to 15:45 and on Thursdays from 8:30 to 10:00.

Regarding the exam: Calculators are not allowed. There will be an official cheat sheet that you can use.

Extra Exercises

Written on 25.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

The extra exercises from last week have been posted on CMS.
A forum post is also available with answers to the questions raised during Thursday’s tutorial.

Assignment 02 online

Written on 25.10.25 by Sven Rahmann

Assingment 02 is online with a few different exercises concerning combinatorics, approximations and discrete distributions, notably Poisson.

Today's Tutorial Cancelation

Written on 22.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

Good morning everyone,

Starting tomorrow, the tutorials will be held in room 0.01 (same room as the lectures).

Unfortunately, since no room is available today, the tutorial is canceled.

See you tomorrow,

Inês

Tutorial Schedule Update

Written on 20.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

Dear all,

Thank you for completing the poll regarding tutorial times. We have decided to offer two tutorial sessions each week:

Wednesday, 14:00–16:00
Thursday, 08:00–10:00

See you soon,
Inês

Materials and First Assignment

Written on 17.10.25 by Sven Rahmann

There are now lecture slides for this and next week among the materials, as well as the first assignment, which starts today and should be submitted by next Friday (24.10.). Have a nice weekend!

Tutorial - Poll

Written on 16.10.25 by Inês Ferreira

Hi everyone,

There is now a poll to find the best weekly tutorial slots. You can find the link under Materials. Please fill it out as soon so that we can set the tutorial date before next week.

Thank you.

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