Shirley Hui
Email: MailTo(shirleyh AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com)
Shirley is a graduate student in the Bader Lab at the University of Toronto in the Department of Molecular Genetics.
- Supervisor: Gary Bader
- Supervisory Committee: Tony Pawson, Quaid Morris, Charlie Boone
Research Project
- Computational prediction of protein domain-peptide interactions using machine learning methods.
Current Interests
- Algorithms: Machine Learning - Support Vector Machines
- Protein-protein interaction prediction
Education
- 1996 - 2001 University of Waterloo - B.Math Hons Computer Science Co-op
- 2002 - 2005 University of Waterloo - M.Math focusing on applications in Bioinformatics
Skills
- Technical:
- Programming Languages: Java, C++
- Numerical Analysis Software: Matlab
- Non-Technical:
- Play the Piano/Read Music (Gr 10 Royal Conservatory Hons)
Things I Support
- Cancer Research and Related Fundraisers
[http://convio.cancer.ca/site/PageServer?pagename=RFL_ON_about_relay Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life - Team Steven Hui]
- Last year we raised $4030
- Earth Hour
- WWF CN Tower Climb
- Sporting Life 10K - Easiest 10K!
Things I Like (With Top 3 Recommends)
- Snowboarding
- Snowbird, UT
- Vail, CO
- Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
- Leisure reading
- The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffeneger
- Kite Runner, Hosseini
- Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time, Haddon
- Traveling
- Munich, Germany
- Guilin, China
- Rockies, BC
- Camping/Hiking
- West Coast Trail, BC (Challenging!!!)
- Moab, UT *haven't been but want to go
- Algonquin Park, ON
- Natural Wonders
- Rockies, BC
- Grand Canyon, CO
- Athabasca Glacier, BC
- Ben Nevis, UK
- Guilin Landscape, China
- Owen's Point, BC
- Mt. St. Helen, WA
- Badlands, AB
- Man Made "Wonders"
- Great Wall, China
- Neuschwanstein, Germany
- Edinburgh Castle, UK
- Favourite Foods
- Sushi
- Seafood (crab, lobster)
- Veggies
- Places I Want to Travel to
- Japan
- Australia
- Spain/Egypt/Morocco
- Favourite Coffee
- Guatemala, Starbucks
- Belgium Chocolate, Second Cup
Places I Have Worked
- 1996 - 2001 (Co-op work terms - Software Development)
- Ottawa (Corel)
- Mississauga (Pervasive Software, Platform Computing)
- San fransisco (Evolve Digital Consulting)
- 2001 - 2006
- Waterloo (AGFA Healthcare) - Software Development
- 2006
- Toronto (Sunnybrook Hospital - Medical Imaging) - Research Analyst