[Biopython-dev] Project ideas for CS grad

[Medha Naik]

Hi All,

I am a Computer Science Master's student from Texas with an inclination 
towards Bioinformatics. I love coding in Python and would like to 
contribute to some code development in Biopython. I do have basic 
understanding of the biology and genetics concepts in bioinformatics but 
I am primarily looking to work on the computational aspects like coding 
some algorithms, data structures or database interactions.

I read Dan Gusfield's book, 'Algorithms on Strings, Trees and 
Sequences', as part of my coursework and got interested in implementing 
an algorithm or two from the same using the sequence and tree classes 
already defined in Biopython.

Is there any open project that I could contribute to by doing the above? 
I do not want to independently begin something without some guidance 
from a person from the team.

I am open to all ideas/suggestions  and I hope that I can contribute 
something to this amazing module that integrates python, computer 
science concepts and biology!

Regards,
Medha Naik