吳明佳 (Ming-Chya Wu)


 

       

  中央大學 數據分析方法研究中心 助理研究員 (Assistant Research Fellow, RCADA, National Central University)  /
    中央研究院 物理研究所 合聘助研究員 (Joint-appointment Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica) / 
    中央大學 物理學系 兼任助理教授  (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, National Central University)
   
    Homepage: http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~mcwu/    &   http://rcada.ncu.edu.tw/~mcwu/
    E-Mail: mcwu@phys.sinica.edu.tw
    Address: Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
    FAX: +886-2-2782-2467
    Tel: (office)  +886-2-27898365
     
 

Education:   

1995.08. - 1999.06. Ph.D., Institute of Applied Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University
   1994.08. - 1995.07. M.S., Institute of Applied Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University 
   1990.09. - 1994.06. B.S., Department of Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University
   
 

Position Held:   

2007.02.01 - Date, Assistant Research Fellow, Research Center for Adaptive Data Analysis, National Central University
   2007.10.01 - Date, Joint Appointment Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
 

 

2008.02.01 - Date, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, National Central University
   2001.09.15 - 2007.01.31, Postdoc, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
   1999.07.16 - 2001.03.01, Second Lieutenant, the Army of ROC (Military service)
   1996.08.01 - 1998.07.31, Full-time Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University
   
 

Subjects of Research:   

Exact solutions, finite-size scaling and universal finite-size scaling functions of lattice models
   Statistical analyses of physiological and financial time series
   Statistical properties of biological molecules
     
         Recent Publications: 
  

A. Referred Journal Papers

           

1.

M.-C. Huang and M.-C. Wu, The Caldirora-Kanai model and its equivalent theories for a damped oscillator, Chin. J. Phys. 36, 566-587 (1998). PDF

 
  

2.

T.-M. Liaw, M.-C. Huang, S.C. Lin, and M.-C. Wu, Scaling functions of interfacial tensions for a class of Ising cylinders, Phys. Rev. B 60, 12994-13005 (1999). PDF

 
  

3.

M.-C. Wu, M.-C. Huang, Y.-P. Luo, and T.-M. Liaw, Coupling-anisotropy and finite-size effects in interfacial tension of the two-dimensional Ising model, J. Phys. A 32, 4897-4906 (1999). PDF

 
  

4.

M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Exact partition functions of the Ising model on M×N planar lattices with periodic-aperiodic boundary conditions, J. Phys. A 35, 5189-5206 (2002). PDF

 
  

5.

M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, and N. Sh. Izmailian, Universal finite-size scaling functions with exact non-universal metric factors, Phys. Rev. E 67, 065103(R) (2003). PDF

 
  

6.

A. E. Allahverdyan, Zh. S. Gevorkian, C.-K. Hu, and M.-C. Wu, Unzipping of DNA with correlated base sequence, Phys. Rev. E 69, 061908 (2004). PDF

 
   7.

J. Busa, J. Dzurina, E. Hayryan, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu, J. Plavka, I. Pokorny, J. Skrivanek, and M.-C. Wu, ARVO: A Fortran package for computing solvent accessible surface area and volume of overlapping spheres via analytic equations, Comp. Phys. Comm. 165, 59-96 (2005). PDF

 
   8.

M.-C. Wu, M.-C. Huang, H.-C. Yu, and T. C. Chiang, Phase distribution and phase correlation of financial time series, Phys. Rev. E 73, 016118 (2006). PDF

 
   9.

N. Sh. Izmailian, K. B. Oganesyan, M.-C. Wu, and C.-K. Hu, Finite-size corrections and scaling for the triangular lattice dimer model with periodic boundary conditions, Phys. Rev. E 73, 016128 (2006). PDF

 
   10.

M.-C. Wu, Exact finite-size scaling functions for the interfacial tensions of the Ising model on planar lattices, Phys. Rev. E 73, 046135 (2006). PDF

 
   11.

M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Empirical mode decomposition and synchrogram approach to cardiorespiratory synchronization, Phys. Rev. E 73, 051917 (2006). PDF

 
   12.

M.-C. Wu, C.-L. Li, C.-K. Hu, Y.-C. Chang, Y.-H. Liaw, L.-W. Huang, C.-S. Chang, T.-T. Tsong, and T. Hsu, Curvature effect on the surface diffusion of silver adatoms on carbon nanotubes: Deposition experiments and numerical simulations, Phys. Rev. B 74, 125424 (2006). PDF

 
   13.

M.-C. Wu, Phase correlation of foreign exchange time series, Physica A 375, 633-642 (2007). PDF

 
   14. M.-C. Wu, Phase statistics approach to time series analysis, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 50, 304-312 (2007). PDF  
    15.

C.-Y. Chow, M.-C. Wu, H.-J. Fang, C.-K. Hu, H.-M. Chen, and T.-Y. Tsong, Compact dimension of denatured states of staphylococcal nuclease, Proteins: Struct. Func. Bioinfo. 72, 901-909 (2008). PDF

 
    16.

T.-Y. Tsong, C.-K. Hu, and M.-C. Wu, Hydrophobic condensation and modular assembly model of protein folding, BioSystems 93, 78-89 (2008). PDF

 
    17. J. Busa, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu, J. Skrivanek, and M.-C. Wu, Enveloping triangulation method for detecting internal cavities in proteins and algorithm for computing their surface areas and volumes, J. Comp. Chem. 30, 346-357 (2009). PDF  
    18. H.-J. Fang, Y.-Z. Chen, M. S. Li, M.-C. Wu, C.-L. Chang, C.-k. Chang, Y.-l. Hsu, T.-h. Huang, H.-M. Chen, T.-Y. Tsong, and C.-K. Hu. Thermostability of the N-terminal RNA-binding domain of the SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein: Experiments and numerical simulations, Biophys. J. 96, 1892-1901 (2009). PDF  
    19. C.-k. Chang, Y.-l. Hsu, Y.-h. Chang, F.-a. Chao, M.-C. Wu, Y.-s. Huang, C.-K. Hu, T.-h. Huang. Multiple Nucleic Acid Binding Sites and Intrinsic Disorder of SARS Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein - Implication for Ribonucleocapsid Protein Packaging, J. Virology 83, 2255-2264 (2009). PDF  
    20.

T. C. Chinag, H.-C. Yu, and M.-C. Wu, Statistical Properties, Dynamic Conditional Correlation and Scaling Analysis: Evidence from Dow Jones and NASDAQ High-Frequency Data, Physica A 388, 1555-1570 (2009). PDF

 
    21.

M.-C. Wu, E. Watanabe, Z. R. Struzik, C.-K. Hu, and Y. Yamamoto, Phase statistics approach to human ventricular fibrillation, Phys. Rev. E 80, 051917 (2009). PDF

 
    22. Y.-H. Shiau and M.-C. Wu, Detecting characteristics of information masked by a laser-triggered microwave system via Hilbert–Huang transform, Opt. Commun. 283, 1909-1916 (2010). PDF  
    23. H.-Y. Hu, M.-C. Wu, H.-J. Fang, M. D. Forrest, C.-K. Hu, T.-Y. Tsong, and H.-M. Chen, The role of tryptophan in staphylococcal nuclease stability, Biophys. Chem. 151, 170-177 (2010). PDF  
    24. J. Busa, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu, J. Skrivanek, and M.-C. Wu, CAVE: A Package for Detection and Quantitative Analysis of Internal Cavities in a System of Overlapping Balls: Application to Proteins,  Comp. Phys. Comm. 181, 2116-2125 (2010). PDF  
    25. M.-C. Wu, M. S. Li, W.-J. Ma, M. Kouza, and C.-K. Hu, Universal geometrical factor of protein conformations as a consequence of energy minimization, Europhys. Lett. 96, 68005 (2011). PDF  
    26. C.-P. Hu, Y. Chou, M.-C. Wu, T.-C. Yang, and Y-H. Su, Time-frequency analysis of superorbital modulation of X-ray binary SMC X-1 by Hilbert-Huang transform, Astrophys. J. 740, 67 (2011). PDF  
    27. M.-C. Wu, Damped oscillations in the ratios of stock market indices, Europhys. Lett. 97, 48009 (2012). PDF  
    28. M.-C. Wu and T.-Y. Tsong, Local hydrophobicity and protein secondary structure formation: Theoretical model and experimental test, preprint.  
    

 

  

B. Conference Papers / Posters

   1.

M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Exact partition functions of the Ising model on M×N planar lattices with periodic-aperiodic boundary conditions, in the 2nd APCTP and 6th Taiwan International Symposium of Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2002), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2002. (Poster)

 
   2.

M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, and N.S. Izmailian, Universal finite-size scaling functions with exact non-universal metric factors, in the 2nd APCTP and 6th Taiwan International Symposium of Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2002), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2002. (Poster)

 
   3.

M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, and C.-K. Peng, Study the cardiorespiratory synchronization by using the Hilbert-Huang signal analysis method, in the 7th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2004), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2004. (Poster)

 
   4.

M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, and C.-K. Peng, Study the cardiorespiratory synchronization by using the Hilbert-Huang signal analysis method, in the 22nd International Conference on Statistical Physics (Statphys-22), Bangalore, INDIAN, 2004. (Poster)

 
   5.

M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, and W.-J. Ma, New geometric factor for the characterization of proteins, in the International Summer School of Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics XI, Leuven, BELGIUM, September 4-17, 2005. (Poster)

 
   6.

M.-C. Wu, A new approach to the study of financial time series, in the proceeding of the workshop on structures of complex systems, nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics, November 20-26, 2005, Beijing, CHINA. (Conference paper)

 
   7. M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Empirical mode decomposition and synchrogram approach to cardiorespiratory synchronization, in the 8th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2006), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2006. (Poster)  
   8. M.-C. Wu, M.-C. Huang, H.-C. Yu, and T. C. Chiang, Phase distribution and phase correlation of financial time series, in the 8th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2006), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2006. (Poster)  
   9. M.-C. Wu, Exact finite-size scaling functions for the interfacial tensions of the Ising model on planar lattices, in the 8th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics (StatPhys-Taiwan 2006), Academia Sinica (Taipei), 2006. (Poster)  
    10.

M.-C. Wu, Phase statistics approach to time series analysis, in Dynamics Days Asia Pacific 4 (DDAP4): The 4th International Conference on Nonlinear Science, July 12-14, Pohang, KOREA, 2006. (Conference paper, in J. Korean Phys. Soc., vol. 50, pp. 304-312 (2007).  PDF)

 
    11. M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition to Cardiorespiratory Synchronization, in the International workshop on complex dynamics of physiological systems: from heart to brain, February 12-14, Kolkata, INDIA, 2007. (Conference paper, in Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain, S. K. Dana et al. Ed., Chapter 11, p.167-181, Springer (2009).  PDF)  
    12. M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, H.-M. Chen, and T.-Y. Tsong, Local hydrophobicity and protein secondary structure formation: Theoretical model and experimental test, in the 23rd International Conference on Statistical Physics (Statphys-23), Genova, ITALY (9-13 July, 2007). (Poster)  
    13.

M.-C. Wu, Z. R. Struzik, E. Watanabe, Y. Yamamoto, and C.-K. Hu, Temporal evolution for the phase histogram of ECG during human ventricular fibrillation, in the 19th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations, September 9-14, Tokyo, JAPAN, 2007. (Conference paper, in AIP conference proceeding, vol. 922, pp. 573-576 (2007).  PDF)

 
    14.

M.-C. Wu, Salt-bridge dynamics in mechanical unfolding of titin kinase, in the 24th International Conference on Statistical Physics (Statphys-24), Cairns, AUSTRALIA (9-23 July, 2010). (Poster)

 
    

 

  

C. Research Articles / Book Chapters

   1.

M.-C. Wu, Solving the exact partition functions of the Ising model by the path integral approach (in Chinese), Physics Bimonthly 24 no. 2, pp. 277-283 (2002). PDF

 
   2.

M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Finite-size corrections and universal scaling functions for the critical Ising model (in Chinese), Physics Bimonthly 24 no. 2, pp. 284-289 (2002). PDF

 
    3.

J.-A. Chen, M.-C. Wu, and C.-K. Hu, How to construct a parallel computer? (in Chinese), Physics Bimonthly 24 no. 2, pp. 284-289 (2002). PDF

 
    4.

M.-C. Wu, Phase statistics approach to physiological and financial time series, AAPPS Bulletin 17, 21-26 (2007). PDF

 
    5.

M.-C. Wu, Phase statistics approach to financial time series (in Chinese), Physics Bimonthly 30 no. 3, pp. 257-264 (2008). PDF

 
    6.

M.-C. Wu and C.-K. Hu, Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition to Cardiorespiratory Synchronization, In Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain, S. K. Dana et al. Ed., Chapter 11, p.167-181, Springer (2009). PDF

 
    7.

M.-C. Wu and N. E. Huang, Biomedical data processing using HHT: A review, In Advance Biosignal Processing, Amine NAIT-ALI Ed., Chapter 16, p.335-352, Springer (2009). PDF

 
    

 

  

D. Books Edited

    1.

C.-K. Hu, k.-t Leung, and M.-C. Wu ed. Statphys-Taiwan-2004: Biologically motivated statistical physics and related problems - Proceedings of the 7th Taiwan International Symposium on Statistical Physics, held at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 22-26 June, 2004 - Preface, Physica A 350, XI-XII, May 1, 2005. PDF