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

• [wiki:/DomainSpecificityPredictionProject Computational prediction of protein domain-peptide interactions using machine learning methods]

• [wiki:/../DomainSpecificityPredictionProject/Log Progress]

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 - or more - Recommends)

• i	Interest	#(1 + 3i)	#(2 + 3i)	#(3 + 3i)
  0	Snowboarding	Snowbird, UT	Vail, CO	Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
  0	Leisure reading	The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffeneger	Kite Runner, Hosseini	The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time, Haddon
  0	Traveling	Munich, Germany	Guilin, China	Rockies, BC
  0	Camping/Hiking	West Coast Trail, BC (Challenging!!!)	Moab, UT *haven't been but want to go	Algonquin Park, ON
  0	Natural Wonders	Rockies, BC	Grand Canyon, CO	Athabasca Glacier, BC
  1		Ben Nevis, UK	Guilin Landscape, China	Owen's Point, BC
  2		Mt. St. Helen, WA	Badlands, AB	...
  0	Man Made "Wonders"	Great Wall, China	Neuschwanstein, Germany	Edinburgh Castle, UK
  0	Favourite Foods	Sushi	Seafood (crab, lobster)	Veggies
  0	Places I Want to Travel to	Japan	Australia	Spain/Egypt/Morocco
  0	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

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