*PhD Course: Pattern Recognition* On Jan 17-21, 2011 the NBIC PhD School organises the second edition of the PhD Course 'Pattern Recognition' in Delft. Course Coordinator: Dick de Ridder (Delft University) The course aims at PhD students with a background in bioinformatics, computer science or a related field. The course introduces basic techniques from the fields of pattern recognition and machine learning to solve bioinformatics problems. After having followed this course, a student should have an overview of basic pattern recognition techniques and be able to recognize what method is most applicable to classification problems (s)he encounters in bioinformatics applications. More information about the course, including information about the course programme, can be found on <http://www.nbic.nl/education/nbic-phd-school/course-schedule/optimisation-techniques/>http://www.nbic.nl/education/nbic-phd-school/course-schedule/pattern-recognition/. Please note: the course is free for PhD students working in a BioRange (including matching) or BioAssist project and for PhD students from SIB. Others can participate as well when paying a course fee (see http://www.nbic.nl/education/nbic-phd-school/enrolment/). This course is part of the Education Programme of the NBIC PhD School. The PhD School is an initiative of NBIC together with a number of universities to organize high level education and training for PhD-students in bioinformatics. More information about the latest developments of the NBIC PhD School can also be found on the NBIC website (www.nbic.nl <http://www.nbic.nl><http://www.nbic.nl>-> Education -> NBIC PhD School). -- Dr. Celia W.G. van Gelder Coordinator Education CMBI Projectleader Education NBIC tel. +31-(0)24-3666120 e-mail: C.vanGelder@cmbi.ru.nl websites: www.cmbi.ru.nl, www.nbic.nl Postal address: CMBI 260 Radboud University Nijmegen-Medical Centre /NCMLS PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands