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Jiayu SHANG Dept. of Information Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong jiayushang AT cuhk DOT edu DOT hk [Publication][News][Google Schoolar] [GitHub][CV]

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Jiayu SHANG is a postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph. D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong and his B.S. degree at Sun Yat-sen University (Guangdong, China) in the Department of Computer Science. His research field is bioinformatics and computational biology. In particular, His recent research projects include applying deep learning models in biological sequence analysis, next-generation sequencing data analysis, metagenomics, and protein domain annotation.

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EDUCATION

• PostDoc in Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China SAR.
  • Advisor: Dr. Yanni Sun.
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China SAR.
  • Advisor: Dr. Yanni Sun.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests

• Computational biology and Bioinformatics
• Deep learning-based sequence analysis
• BIG genomic data mining
• Algorithm design and tool development

1. Microbial community analysis using high-throughput sequencing data
   • Composition analysis of metagenomics data sequenced from host-associated or environmental samples

2. Virus diversity analysis using deep sequencing data

   • Viral population characterization using shot-gun deep sequencing data
   • Virus identification, classification, and host prediction using deep learning models
3. Algorithm design for mining sequencing data

News

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