YAP SIN YEE @ EMILY

PhD Scholar (Information Technology) @ Monash University

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”

Skills

  • Web Development (Front end/Back-end web application, website)
  • Machine Learning (Modelling and simulation)
  • Bioinformatics (Neuroimaging analysis, sequence alignment)
  • Database Management (MySQL, SPSS, MongoDB)
  • Statistics (Results visualization)
  • Others (Communication, teamwork, critical thinking)

Languages

Education


PHD (Information Technology)

Monash University – GEMS Scholar
October 2022 – April 2026
Research Topic:
“Explainable Deep Learning for Personalized Prediction of Brain Behaviour and Neuropsychiatric Disorders from Brain Connectivity Networks”

Bachelor of Computer Science (Bioinformatics)

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
September 2016 – August 2020
CGPA: 3.98 / 4.00

Work Experience


MEDIA AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION OFFICER

Responsibilities:

Perdana Fellow to prime minister

Mentor: Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob (9th Prime Minister of Malaysia)

Perdana Fellowship is a prestigious and competitive programme aims to provide young Malaysians a first-hand experience in matters of national governance.

  • Under this programme, Perdana Fellows are placed under the purview of Ministers to assist in the highest form of governance.
  • In Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), I was given the opportunity to work with the departments in PMO: Senior Private Secretary to PM (SUSK), Economy, Management, Policy, International Affairs, Parliament & Cabinet, Politics, and lastly Media & Strategic Communication department.
Full Time Research Assistant

Project Title: Identifying Neuropsychiatric Disorders from Brain Functional Networks Using Deep Learning

Funding Body: SIT Collaborative Research Seed Grant 2021

Supervisor: A/Prof. Ting Chee Ming

School of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia

Full Time Research Assistant

Projects:

  • Penalized SVM Cluster for Selecting Informative Functional Connectivity in Psychiatric Disorders
  • Machine Learning of Gene Expression Data for Cancer Classification
  • Optimization for Modular Housing Design Model

Supervisor: Dr. Chan Weng Howe

Artificial Intelligence & Bioinformatics Group, UTM

Research Intern (Neuroimaging Analysis)

Projects Title: Convolutional Autoencoder Producing Latent Representation For Functional Connectivity Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Supervisor: Prof. John Suckling

Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

Bioinformatics intern

Job scopes:

  • Build polygenic model
  • SNP analysis
  • Website development

Achievements:

HF Robotics
(Oct – Dec 2018)
Web App Developer
https://app.tinkercode.my/

Petrosains Sdn Bhd
(June 2018 – August 2018)
Referee & Workshop Speaker

Soka Gakkai Malaysia – Magazine
(Jan 2013 – Dec 2015)
Mandarin-English Translator

Professional Certification


Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

Earning the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification validates the skills and knowledge required to build, manage, and deploy AI solutions that leverage Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Cognitive Search, and Microsoft Bot Framework. Candidates understand the components that make up the Azure AI portfolio.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Earners of the Azure AI Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational knowledge of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and related Microsoft Azure services.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Earners of the Azure Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

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IBM Machine Learning with Python
Grade: A
Issued: Mar 2020
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Overall Band 7.5
Expiration Date: Dec 2021
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Requirement
Issued: Feb 2019

Occupational Safety, Health & Environment (OSHE)
Issued: Sept 2019

Professional Organization


International Society For Computational Biology
Member
Google Developer Group KL
Member
AIESEC
Alumni