With the start of the fall semester, the first PINC cohort began the first class of the course series, Computing and App Design for Biologists (CS306). The class is designed by Professor Ilmi Yoon to introduce biologists to computational problem solving and important computer science concepts.

The students have already programmed their first app using App Inventor for Android, a highly visual and intuitive blocks-based programming tool developed by MIT and Google. Students are able to test their apps in real-time with Android phones on loan to them while in the PINC program. In addition to the lectures, the students have also started their weekly meetings with their graduate student tutors from the computer science department.