Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Methods in Biology

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) finds a wide scale application in the science of biology. Modern artificial intelligence will dominate biological data science for its unpreceded learning capabilities to process complex data. Compared to traditional AI techniques (e.g. automated reasoning), machine learning and deep learning are the core to enable machines with intelligence. A deep learning machine has much more complicate learning topologies, which may change dynamically for the sake of learning, besides at least the same complicate-level learning mechanism as traditional machine learning models such as support vector machines. We highlight in this chapter the overview of the applications of AI and machine learning in medicine, infection, and diagnostics.