Dr. LIU, Chi Man
PhD HKU
Lecturer
Email: imcx [AT] hku [DOT] hk
Homepage: http://www.cs.hku.hk/~cmliu
Dr. Liu earned a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong, an MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a PhD from HKU. Before returning to HKU as a lecturer in 2025, he worked for over ten years in the bioinformatics industry as a researcher, software engineer, and project manager. As a student, he was a top competitor in international programming contests including the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).
Research Interests
Bioinformatics, Big Data Analytics
Selected Publications
- HKG: An open genetic variant database of 205 Hong Kong cantonese exomes, NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2022.
- Exploring the limit of using a deep neural network on pileup data for germline variant calling, Nature Machine Intelligence, 2020.
- MEGAHIT v1.0: A fast and scalable metagenome assembler driven by advanced methodologies and community practices, Methods, 2016.
- MEGAHIT: An ultra-fast single-node solution for large and complex metagenomics assembly via succinct de Bruijn graph, Bioinformatics, 2015.
- SOAP3: Ultra-fast GPU-based parallel alignment tool for short reads, Bioinformatics, 2012.