Li Liao

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Ph.D., Peking University (1992)

S09 Office Hours: 2:30PM-3:30PM, Mondays and Wednesdays

Office: 424 Smith Hall

Postal Address
University of Delaware
101 Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716

Phone: 302-831-3500
Fax: 302-831-8458

• ICMLA09 The Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 13-15 Dec. 2009 Miami, Florida, USA.
• BIBM09 IEEE Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, November 1-4, 2009, Washington DC, USA.
• ISCIS09 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Track, September 14-16, 2009 Guzelyurt, North Cyprus.
• ISIBM09 ISIBM International Joint Conferences on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing, August 3-6, 2009, Shanghai, China.

• Graduate fellowships are available via IGERT

Teaching

• CISC 260 Machine Organization and Assembly Language (S09)
• SIG Bioinformatics Seminar Series

  List of courses taught before.

Research (Liao Research Lab)

My research interests are in bioinformatics. I am particularly interested in developing statistical and machine learning methods that are effective, expressive and interpretable, via incorporating domain specific knowledge of biological systems.

The projects include:


1. Homology identification, protein family classification, and clustering. (Supported by DuPont Science and Engineering Award)
2. Molecular sequence modelling and analysis. (Supported by the NIH COBRE)
3. Comparative genomics and metabolic pathway evolution.
4. Pattern analysis for RNAi. (Supported by UDRF)
5. Sequence assembly of 454 and SBS data. (Supported by NSF)

Servers developed:

• TMModel: Transmembrane protein identification and topology prediction.
• QC-COMP: Quasi consensus comparison of profile Hidden Markov models for protein families.

Publications