Tentative topics:

Statistical computing:

Suggested references:
Robert CP and Casella G (1999) Monte Carlo statistical methods. Springer-Verlag.
Press WH, Teukolsky SA, Vetterling WT and Flannery BP (1992) Numerical recipes in C: the art of scientific computing. Cambridge University Press.
Venables WN and Ripley BD (1997) Modern applied statistics with S-PLUS. Springer-Verlag.
CRAN: the Comprehensive R Archive Network. http://cran.r-project.org/

• EM algorithm and its application to computational biology
• Generation of random variables and simulations
• Monte Carlo Optimization
• Bootstrap methods
• ...

Statistical learning:

Suggested references:
Hastie T, Tibshirani R, and Friedman J (2001) The elements of statistical learning: data mining, inference, and prediction. Springer-Verlag.

• Clustering and Classification
• Kernel methods
• Model inference and average
• CART and random forest
• Boosting and additive trees
• ...

Topics in biology:

Suggested references:

• Gene expression analysis
• Haplotype analysis
• Phylogeny analysis
• Sequence analysis
• Genetic epidemiology
• ...