Advancing Knowledge
My academic journey has provided the theoretical foundation for my practical work. From my earliest exploration of electronics engineering to my doctoral research in biomedical electronics and bioinformatics, I've sought knowledge that bridges disciplines and challenges conventional boundaries.
Education
Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics
Dissertation:
Design and implementation of recurrent neural network models for function and structure prediction of protein sequences
Electronic Design Automation
Dissertation:
A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Combinatorial Optimization for Targeted Drug Combination Design and Microarray Feature Selection with Cluster Analysis
Electronics Engineering
Activities:
Campus Computer Communication Association (CCCA), Student Association of Electronics Engineering, Mei-Chu Tournament Association
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
Courses:
- Ethical Hacker Nanodegree Program
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Andrew Ng)
- Programming a Robotic Car (Sebastian Thrun)
- Design of Computer Programs (Peter Norvig)
Publications
My research contributions span genomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. These works reflect my commitment to advancing scientific knowledge and developing novel computational approaches to biological problems.
Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface
McKenna, Duane D.; Scully, Erin D.; Pauchet, Yannick; Hoover, Kelli; Kirsch, Roy; Geib, Scott M.; Mitchell, Robert F.; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Ahn, Seung-Joon; Arsala, Deanna; Benoit, Joshua B.; Blackmon, Heath; Bledsoe, Tiffany; Bowsher, Julia H.; Busch, André; Calla, Bernarda; Chao, Hsu; Childers, Anna K.; Childers, Christopher; Clarke, Dave J.; Cohen, Lorna; Demuth, Jeffery P.; Dinh, Huyen; Doddapaneni, HarshaVardhan; Dolan, Amanda; Duan, Jian J.; Dugan, Shannon; Friedrich, Markus; Glastad, Karl M.; Goodisman, Michael A. D.; Haddad, Stephanie; Han, Yi; Hughes, Daniel S. T.; Ioannidis, Panagiotis; Johnston, J. Spencer; Jones, Jeffery W.; Kuhn, Leslie A.; Lance, David R.; Lee, Chien-Yueh; Lee, Sandra L.; Lin, Han; Lynch, Jeremy A.; Moczek, Armin P.; Murali, Shwetha C.; Muzny, Donna M.; Nelson, David R.; Palli, Subba R.; Panfilio, Kristen A.; Pers, Dan; Poelchau, Monica F.; Quan, Honghu; Qu, Jiaxin; Ray, Ann M.; Rinehart, Joseph P.; Robertson, Hugh M.; Roehrdanz, Richard; Rosendale, Andrew J.; Shin, Seunggwan; Silva, Christian; Torson, Alex S.; Jentzsch, Iris M. Vargas; Werren, John H.; Worley, Kim C.; Yocum, George; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Richards, Stephen
Genome biology 17: 1-18, 2016
Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
Benoit, Joshua B.; Adelman, Zach N.; Reinhardt, Klaus; Dolan, Amanda; Poelchau, Monica; Jennings, Emily C.; Szuter, Elise M.; Hagan, Richard W.; Gujar, Hemant; Shukla, Jayendra Nath; Zhu, Fang; Mohan, M.; Nelson, David R.; Rosendale, Andrew J.; Derst, Christian; Resnik, Valentina; Wernig, Sebastian; Menegazzi, Pamela; Wegener, Christian; Peschel, Nicolai; Hendershot, Jacob M.; Blenau, Wolfgang; Predel, Reinhard; Johnston, Paul R.; Ioannidis, Panagiotis; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Nauen, Ralf; Schorn, Corinna; Ott, Mark-Christoph; Maiwald, Frank; Johnston, J. Spencer; Gondhalekar, Ameya D.; Scharf, Michael E.; Peterson, Brittany F.; Raje, Kapil R.; Hottel, Benjamin A.; Armisén, David; Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan; Refki, Peter Nagui; Santos, Maria Emilia; Sghaier, Essia; Viala, Sèverine; Khila, Abderrahman; Ahn, Seung-Joon; Childers, Christopher; Lee, Chien-Yueh; Lin, Han; Hughes, Daniel S. T.; Duncan, Elizabeth J.; Murali, Shwetha C.; Qu, Jiaxin; Dugan, Shannon; Lee, Sandra L.; Chao, Hsu; Dinh, Huyen; Han, Yi; Doddapaneni, Harshavardhan; Worley, Kim C.; Muzny, Donna M.; Wheeler, David; Panfilio, Kristen A.; Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M.; Vargo, Edward L.; Booth, Warren; Friedrich, Markus; Weirauch, Matthew T.; Anderson, Michelle A. E.; Jones, Jeffery W.; Mittapalli, Omprakash; Zhao, Chaoyang; Zhou, Jing-Jiang; Evans, Jay D.; Attardo, Geoffrey M.; Robertson, Hugh M.; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Ribeiro, Jose M. C.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Werren, John H.; Palli, Subba R.; Schal, Coby; Richards, Stephen
Nature communications 7(1): 10165, 2016