CV - Jan
"Some think I'm insane, 'cause I think about the other thing than that one thought you call reality. What if what you thought about who you think you thought you were, was nothing more than illusion rapidly crumbling?!" - Azwethinkweiz, Incubus
Personal Background
Courses Handled
CS 12 - Introduction to Computer Programming II
CS 135 - Algorithm Design and Analysis
CS 175 - Topics in Computational Science
Introduction to Bioinformatics for Genomics and Transcriptomics
CS 180 - Artificial Intelligence
CS 197 - Special Topics
Introduction to Bioinformatics for Genomics and Transcriptomics
CS 283 - Data Mining
CS 297 - Special Topics
Introduction to Computational Systems Biology
Advanced Bioinformatics for Genomics and Transcriptomics
CS 315 - Algorithms in Bioinformatics
MBB 291 - Special Topics (as Affiliate Faculty in UP Los Baños BIOTECH)
Bioinformatics for Genomics and Transcriptomics
Selected Publications
J. M. Yap, R. Mauleon, E. Mendoza, H. Adorna. A partial regression coefficient analysis framework to infer candidate genes potentially causal to traits in recombinant inbred lines. Philippine Science Letters, Vol. 7 No. 1, (2014), pp. 245-274
J.M. Yap, H. Adorna, R. Mauleon, E. Mendoza. Correctness and Algorithmic Efficiency of a method for Systems Genetics. Philippine Computing Journal vol 8(2) pp. 12-18 (2013)
M.K. Calaranan, J.L. Doctor, J.M. Yap; Augmenting the Least Squares-Based Test for Pleiotropy Using Noise Reduction; 13th PCSC, ADMU, Philippines (2013)
J.F.K. Bernabe, A. K. M. C. Ilano, J. B. Clemente, J. M. Yap; Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Using A Least Squares-Based Method , In: H. Adorna (ed) Electronic Proceedings of PCSC 2010, pp 91-94
J.M. Yap: A Pi-Calculus Model of the CD95 Receptor Mediated Pathway of Apoptosis: In: Rafael Saldana et al. Electronic Proceedings of the 8th Philippine Computing Science Congress, 189-201, (2008)
Howdy! My name is Jan Michael C. Yap*, but I usually go around by Jan. I'm an Assistant Professor of Computer Science from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and an ACLab member since 2007. My main research interest is in computational biology and bioinformatics, specially focused in application to rice biology. This is mainly due to my collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) during my time as a graduate student both in the Master's and Ph.D. level. I also dabble with data analysis and visualization, this time owing to my being a fanboy of Sherlock Holmes (the print stories, mind you, although I'd say the movies starring RDJ, and the British TV series aren't half-bad).
* - At least that's what the Illuminati and the Men in Black want you to believe
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, UP Diliman, 2014
Dissertation Title: A Framework for Regression-based Inference of Candidate Genes Causal To Salt Tolerance in Rice
Master of Science in Computer Science, UP Diliman, 2007
Thesis Title: Modeling the CD95 Receptor Mediated Pathway of Apoptosis using Stochastic Pi-Calculus
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, UP Diliman, 2004
Project Title: CoRSAIR: Hybrid Neural Network and Hidden Markov Model-Based Intrusion and Misuse Detection through System Call Analysis
Done together with Mr. Elson B. Manahan and Mr. John F. Surban