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

  • [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 (With Top 3 Recommends)

• Snowboarding	Snowbird, UT	Vail, CO	Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
  Leisure reading	The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffeneger	Kite Runner, Hosseini	The 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"
  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 (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

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