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

• [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 [http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/ University of Waterloo] - B.Math Hons Computer Science Co-op

• 2002 - 2005 [http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/ 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 [http://www.rcmusic.ca/html Toronto Royal Conservatory])

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/]

List of Interests (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 (HARD!)	Moab, UT *haven't been but want to go	Algonquin Park, ON
  0	Natural Wonders	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Canadian+Rockies+BC&btnG=Search+Images Rockies, BC]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=grand+canyon&spell=1 Grand Canyon, CO]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=athabasca+glacier&btnG=Search+Images Athabasca Glacier, BC]
  1		[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Ben+Nevis&btnG=Search+Images Ben Nevis, UK]	[http://images.google.ca/images?q=guilin&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1 Guilin Landscape, China]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=owen%27s+point%2C+west+coast+trail&btnG=Search+Images Owen's Point, BC]
  2		[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=mt.+st.+helen&btnG=Search+Images Mt. St. Helen, WA]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=badlands%2C+alberta&btnG=Search+Images Badlands, AB]	...
  0	Man Made "Wonders"	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=great+wall+china&btnG=Search+Images Great Wall, China]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Neuschwanstein%2C+germany&btnG=Search+Images Neuschwanstein, Germany]	[http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=Edinburgh+castle&btnG=Search+Images 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
  0	Cute "Kawaii" Characters	Toroto	Carebears
  0	Animated Series/Movies	Spongebob	Myazaki	Samurai Jack
  0	Graphic Novels	Stangers in Paradise	Bones	Persepolis
  0	Prime Time TV	CSI (Las Vegas)	Dexter	Law and Order SVU
  0	Documentaries	Journey of Man (PBS)	Guns, Germs and Steel (PBS)	Anything that airs on PBS

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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