Tarynn M. Witten, Ph.D., MSW, FGSA, FCSBC
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Software Downloads and Purchase. As part of the coursework, you will be required to download various freeware packages and to purchase (either in groups or individually) certain software. Here is a partial list of freeware you will need for this class. DO NOT download any software to the BCCL laboratory systems without first consulting the course coordinator.

Graphics/Visualization Software:
GNUplot – Plotting Software -free download – http:// http://www.gnuplot.info/download.html
GSview, Ghostscript - Postscript/pdf viewers - free download - http://www.ghostgum.com.au/
High-dimensional data exploration with the Hierarchical Clustering Explorer 3.0 - http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/hce

Networks and Systems Analysis Software:
PathBlast - http://www.pathblast.org
Pajek - http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/

Genomics/Phylogenetics:
Gene ontology with Treemap 4.0 - http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap

Statistical Analysis Software:
R - Statistical Software Package - free download - http://www.r-project. org
Bioconductor - Microarray Analysis - free download - http://www.bioconductor.org
Time series data analysis with TimeSearcher - http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/timesearcher

Image Processing Software:
Image J – free download – http://rsb.info.nigh.gov/ij
UTHSCSA ImageTool – free download - http://ddsdx.uthscsa.edu/dig/itdesc.html
IRFANVIEW – free download – http://www.irfanview.com

Epidemiological Analysis Software:
Epi Info – free download – http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo

Symbolic/Mathematical Analysis Software:
Pajek - Network Analysis Software - free download - http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/

General Software
Allercalc - Scientific Calculator - free download - http://www.allersoft.com