The Student Research and Scholarship Center,

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The Student Research and Scholarship Center,
Grove School of Engineering, And The Pathways
Bioinformatics Center, Science Division,
CCNY present the interdisciplinary course
Math Art and Molecular Science For application
form please email Pathways_at_sci.ccny.cuny.edu
URL http//deepspace9.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Pathways Bioinformatics Center
Instructors Dr. Peter. Brass (Professor of
Computer Science) Dr. Yuying Gosser ( Director
of the Pathways Bioinformatics Biomolecular
Science) Art advisor Adrienne Klein
(Co-Director, Science Art program, CUNY
Graduate Center) Prerequisites High
School Geometry Algebra, and Biology or
Chemistry. Credits/Class hours 3 credits
(Sci31401), Sept.6-Dec.20, Feb.1 to May 20,
Thursday 330pm to 600pm. Location
NAC 7/105, computer room , Department of
Computer Science, CCNY Course Description This
interdisciplinary course will introduce a)
Mathematical imagery, geometric shapes and
symmetry together with classical examples of
visual art. b) Human genome project, small
molecular structure and protein structure
databank, and the visualization tools. c)
Two general methods in computer-graphic
technologies, PostScript and Ray Tracing.
Students will create their individual graphic art
for important scientific objects such as
visualization of spatial data from the protein
structure databank with computer-generated
artistic images. Computer Graphics Reveals the
Beauty of Mathematics Molecular World (a few
examples)