CV

Education

Ph.D in Computer Science (Machine Learning), University of Queensland, 2007)
B.Sc. (Incomplete) Mathematics and Molecular Biology, University of Queensland (2002-2003).
Assoc.Deg in Information Technology, Southern Cross University, 2001
B.A. (Honors I) Philosophy, Newcastle University, 1999

Work experience

2017: Data Scientist @ Channel Nine
- Building a large scale audience forecasting engine
- MapR Haddop Cluster
- Spark, H2O, Python, R, Java & Scala
2015-2016: Data Scientist @ CBA
- Building models for customer acquisition, retention and fraud
- Cloudera Hadoop Cluster
- R, Scala, Hive
2013-2014: Data Scientist @ Big Mobile
- Building click through optimisation model
- Statistical analysis of campaigns
- Design of data driven business processes
2011-2013: Developed & Founder @ Bailaqui
- Content Management System in PhP and Javascript
- Building App Management Platform
- App Development with Titanium Appcelerator
2009-2011: Bioinformatics Postdoc @ Biotechnologisches Zentrum (BIOTEC)
- Building Machine Learning Models for protein function prediction
- Designing protein structure search algorithms
2008-2013: Data Mining Consultant @ UQ Business School
- Extracting an cleaning data from multiple data sets
- Designing web applictaions for internet surveys
2007-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher @ UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience
- Designing and Implementing Algorithms for DNA Promoter Region Detection
2007-2008: Postdoctoral Researcher @ UQ Arc Centre for Complex Systems
- Designing custom machine learning methods for classification of protein sequences
2007-2008: Data Mining Consultant @ Volterra Pacific
- Analysis of large, incomplete and poorly specified data sets.
2005-2007: Research Assistant @ UQ Arc Centre for Complex Systems
- Development of C++ Tool for iterated Game Theory Simulations
2002-2004: Developer @ Digicon Pty Ltd
- Designing Work Flow Engine
- Implementing custom content management driven websites
- Java, Cold Fusion and JavaScript

Publications

Identifying Novel Peroxisomal Proteins

Hawkins, J., Mahony, D., Maetschke, S., Wakabayashi, M., Teasdale, R. and Boden, M., (2007). "Identifying Novel Peroxisomal Proteins" Proteins: structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 69(3); 606-616..

Predicting Nuclear Localization

Hawkins, J., Davis, L. and Boden, M., (2007). "Predicting Nuclear Localization" Journal of Proteome Research. 6(4); 1402-1409..

The Statistical Power of Phylogenetic Motif Models

Hawkins, J., and Bailey, T.L. (2008). "The Statistical Power of Phylogenetic Motif Models." RECOMB 2008 Proceedings; 112-126. .

Assessing phylogenetic motif models for predicting transcription factor binding sites

Hawkins, J., Grant; C., Noble, W.S., and Bailey, T.L. (2009). "Assessing phylogenetic motif models for predicting transcription factor binding sites." Bioinformatics 25, i339-i347..

Studies on the inference of protein binding regions across fold space based on structural similarities

Teyra, J., Hawkins, J., Zhu, H., and Pisabarro, M. Teresa. (2010). "Studies on the inference of protein binding regions across fold space based on structural similarities." Proteins: structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 69(3); 606-616..

NFIA Controls Telencephalic Progenitor Cell Differentiation through Repression of the Notch Effector Hes1

Michael Piper, Guy Barry, John Hawkins, Sharon Mason, Charlotta Lindwall, Erica Little, Anindita Sarkar, Aaron Smith, Randal Moldrich, Glen Boyle, Shubha Tole, Richard Gronostajski, Timothy Bailey, and Linda Richards. (2010). "NFIA Controls Telencephalic Progenitor Cell Differentiation through Repression of the Notch Effector Hes1." The Journal of Neuroscience, July 7, 2010, 30(27):9127-9139..

Reduced False Positives in PDZ Binding Prediction using Sequence and Structural Descriptors

Hawkins, J., Zhu, H., Teyra, J., and Pisabarro, M. Teresa. (2012). "Reduced False Positives in PDZ Binding Prediction using Sequence and Structural Descriptors." IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics / IEEE, ACM.

Rational Structure-Based Rescaffolding Approach to De Novo Design of Interleukin 10 (IL-10) Receptor-1 Mimetics

Ruiz-Gómez, Gloria., Hawkins, John., Philipp, Jenny., Künze, Georg., Löser, Reik., Fahmy, Karim., and Pisabarro, M. Teresa. (2016) "Rational Structure-Based Rescaffolding Approach to De Novo Design of Interleukin 10 (IL-10) Receptor-1 Mimetics" PLoS One. Apr 28;11(4)