You could follow material posted online. For example, last semester, I sat in on this class: http://cbcb.umd.edu/confcour/CMSC828H-syllabus.html http://cbcb.umd

You could follow material posted online. For example, last semester, I sat in on this class: http://cbcb.umd.edu/confcour/CMSC828H-syllabus.html http://cbcb.umd.edu/confcour/CMSC828H-syllabus.html If you are a bioengineering MS and know Python, then by studying the materials and journal papers, you may be able to do the assignments. At least it will give you an idea of the important problems and existing approaches.