Bruce Randall Donald
Professor
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Teaching

• How to give a good talk.
• How to speak (video):
  00:16 Introduction
  03:11 Rules of Engagement
  04:15 How to Start
  05:38 Four Sample Heuristics
  10:17 The Tools: Time and Place
  13:24 The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides
  36:30 Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How to Think
  41:30 Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous
  53:06 .How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words.
  56:35 .Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples
  
• How to write mathematics.
  
• Peer review:
  How to write a Response to Reviewers.
  • Example: PLOS Computational Biology
    (Click on "Author Response 1" or "Author Response 2", etc. )
  • Example: Elife
    (Click on "Author Response" near bottom)
• Here are tips on using LaTeX for NIH grant applications.
• Welcome lecture for new graduate students.
• TikTok and Math Class, Duke News (2022).

Online Classes

An Introduction to Mathematical Computer Science
     c. 26 lectures, approximately 1 hour each.
     [YouTube , Lecture notes, Class website]

Introduction to Computational Structural Biology

Introductory Math Lectures (Selected)

Tutorials, Resources, and How-To

OSPREY, Molecular Design, and Structural Biology

Courses for Duke Students

Spring 2023
Seminar on Computational Biology: Focus on SARS-CoV-2 and Machine Learning
COMPSCI 590-05 and CBB 590-1 (Crosslisted)
Course Web Page

Fall 2022
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page

Previous Classes

Spring 2022
Seminar on Computational Biology: Focus on SARS-CoV-2 and Machine Learning
COMPSCI 590 and CBB 590
Course Web Page

Fall 2021
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page

Spring 2021
Seminar on Computational Biology: Focus on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
COMPSCI 590 and CBB 590
Course Web Page

Fall 2020
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page

Spring 2020
Seminar on Computational Biology
COMPSCI 590 and CBB 590
Course Web Page

Fall 2019
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page
Spring 2019
Seminar on Computational Biology
COMPSCI 590 and CBB 590
Course Web Page
Fall 2018
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page
Spring 2018
Seminar on Computational Biology
COMPSCI 590-02 and CBB 590-02
Course Web Page
Fall 2017
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page

Spring 2016
Seminar on Computational Biology
COMPSCI 590-02 and CBB 590-01
Course Web Page
Fall 2015
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page
Spring 2015
Seminar on Computational Biology
COMPSCI 590-02 and CBB 590-02
Course Web Page
Fall 2014
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page
Spring 2014
CS 230
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
Course Web Page