Shirley Hui

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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

  • [http://www.earthhour.org/]

• WWF CN Tower Climb

  • [http://wwfcentral.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=503&srcid=500]

• Sporting Life 10K - Easiest 10K!

  • [http://www.canadarunningseries.com/sportinglife/]

Things I Like

• Snowboarding: #1 Snowbird, UT, #2 Vail, CO, #3 Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
• Leisure reading: #1 The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffeneger, #2 Kite Runner, Hosseini, #3 Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time, Haddon
• Traveling: #1 Munich, Germany, #2 Guilin, China, #3 Rockies, BC
• Camping/Hiking: #1 West Coast Trail, BC, #2 Moab, UT *haven't been but want to go. #3 Algonquin Park, ON
• Natural Wonders: #1 Rockies, BC, #2 Grand Canyon, CO, #3 Athabasca Glacier, BC, #4 Ben Nevis, UK, #5 Guilin Landscape, China, #6 Owen's Point, BC, #7 Mt. St. Helen, WA
• Man Made "Wonders": #1 Great Wall, China, #2 Neuschwanstein, Germany, #3 Edinburgh Castle, UK
• Favourite Foods: #1 Sushi, #2 Seafood (crab, lobster), #3 Veggies
• Places I Want to Travel to: #1 Japan, #2 Australia, #3 Spain/Egypt/Morocco
• Favourite Coffee: #1 Guatemala, Starbucks, #2 Belgium Chocolate, Second Cup

Places I Have Worked

• 1996 - 2001
  • Ottawa (Corel)
  • Mississauga (Pervasive Software, Platform Computing)
  • San fransisco (Evolve Digital Consulting)
• 2001 - 2006
  • Waterloo (AGFA Healthcare)
• 2006
  • Toronto (Sunnybrook Hospital - Medical Imaging)

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