Dr. Shirley W. I. Siu

Associate Research Professor Institute of Science and Environment University of Saint Joseph Macau email: shirley.siu at usj.edu.mo email: siuwengin at gmail.com

Academic Positions

• 2021-present Associate Research Professor, Institute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macau
• 2021-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau
• 2020-present Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
• 2012-2021 Assistant professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau
• 2009-2012 Senior instructor, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau
• 2001-2003 Junior lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau
• 1997-2001 Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau

Education

• 2010-2011 Post-doc in Computational Biology, University of Erlangen, Germany
• 2010 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Computational Biology, Department of Physics, Saarland University, Germany
• 2006 MSc in Computational Molecular Biology, Center for Bioinformatics in Saarland University & Max-Planck Institute for Computer Science, Germany
• 2001 MSc in Software Engineering, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau
• 1997 BSc in Software Engineering, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Macau

Invited Talks

• Targeted Anticancer Peptides Discovery: Machine Learning and Molecular Study Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Summer School 2021 (DLAI5), Thailand, online, 10/05/2021
• Development of Machine Learning Classifiers for Short Antimicrobial Peptide Prediction and Genome Screening Computer-Aided Drug Design Seminar & Workshop (CADD2019), Penang, Malaysia, 03/12/2019
• Swarm-Intelligence Approach to Protein-Ligand Docking Computer-Aided Drug Design Seminar & Workshop (CADD2018), Bali, Indonesia, 29/11/2018
• Biomolecular Force Fields for Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers: Comparison and Parameter Tuning Computer-Aided Drug Design Seminar & Workshop (CADD2017), Langkawi, Malaysia, 06/12/2017
• Faster and Better Molecular Docking for Structure Swarm Intelligence Algorithms The 23rd ISCB International Conference (ISCBC‐2017) on “Interface of Chemical Biology in Drug Research”, SRM University, Chennai, India, 09/02/2017
• PSOVina: The Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Protein-Ligand Docking The 5th International Conference on Computational Systems-Biology and Bioinformatics (CSBio2014), Singapore, 12/11/2014
• Comparison of Cutoff Strategies for Geometrical Features in Machine Learning-based Scoring Functions The 9th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA2013), Hangzhou, China, 15/12/2013

Invited Lectures/Workshops

• Molecular Docking (Theory and Lab Hands-on) Computer-Aided Drug Design Seminar & Workshop (CADD2018), Bali, Indonesia, 27/11/2018
• Principles of Molecular Dynamics Computer-Aided Drug Design Seminar & Workshop (CADD2017), Langkawi, Malaysia, 07/12/2017

Conference Organizing Committees

• Organizing committee, The 10th Anniversary Conference (ACCMS‐10) of the Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science ― From Virtual To Real, 30 July - 2 Aug 2019, Hong Kong
• Symposium chair, The 10th International Conference on Computational Physics 2017 – Mini-symposium “Modeling and Simulation of Macromolecular Systems” (ICCP10), 16-20 Jan 2017, Macau
• Chair, The 7th International Conference on Computational Systems-Biology and Bioinformatics 2016 (CSBio2016), 19 - 22 Dec 2016, Macau
• Organizing committee, The International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM2014), 16 - 18 Jun 2014, Macau

Conference Program Committees

• The Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC2020, 2021)
• International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology (ICBBT-2020, 2021)
• Joint 30th International Conference on Genome Informatics & Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society (GIW/ABACBS 2019)
• International Conference of The Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-10, 2019)
• International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2018, 2017, 2016)
• The 7th International Conference on Computational Systems-Biology and Bioinformatics (CSBio2016)
• Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2018, 2016, 2015)
• IEEE TECON Macau (2015)
• International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2015, 2014)

Affilitations

• Council Member of Macau Computational Pharmacy Society (計算藥學協會)
• Member of Macau Bioinformatics Society (澳門生物信息學學會)
• Member of Computer-Aided Drug Design-Asia (CADD-Asia)

Links

• Shirley Siu’s Lab page at the University of Macau
• Institute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macau