Zara Lim

Welcome! I am a Bioinformatics PhD student supervised by Prof Costas Iliopoulos, Dr Christopher Hampson and Prof Peter McBurney in the Department of Informatics, King’s College London.

My current research interests include the design and analysis of string algorithms, pattern matching and complexity theory. I am currently a module leader for the Introduction to Computer Science module as part of the King's International Foundation program. My previous teaching experience includes various Teaching Assistant roles, as well as guest lecturing for the module Foundations of Computing 2.

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Education

2021-present: Bioinformatics PhD, King's College London

2016-2020: Electronic Engineering MEng, King’s College London

Experience

Teaching Fellow, King's College London (2023--present)

Co-organiser of King's French Embassy in the UK Research and Innovation Workshop 2022

Co-chair of the International Student Conference on Mathematical Foundations in Bioinformatics (MatBio) 2021

Social Secretary for the StringMasters Workshop 2021 (virtually located at the University of Ottowa, Canada)

Guest Lecturer for Foundations of Computing 2, King's College London (2020)

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Conferences

M. Alzamel, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, M. Moser-Schwaiger, "Pattern Matching in Polyphonic Musical Sequences", IFIP International Coference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, 2024.

D. Hurst, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, I. Moraru, "IRFold: An RNA Secondary Structure Prediction Approach", IFIP International Coference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, 2024.

M. Alzamel, C. Hampson, J.W. Daykin, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, W.F. Smyth, "Local Maximal Equality-Free Periodicities", IFIP International Coference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, pp.359-368, 2023.

C. Hampson, D.J. Harvey, C.S. Iliopoulos, J. Jansson, Z. Lim, W.K. Sung, "MUL-Tree Pruning for Consistency and Compatibility", 34th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching(CPM), 2023.

M. Alzamel, S. Alhejaili, F. Alhumaidhi, J. Alismail, L. Almubarak, H. Altammami, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, "Advanced Skin Cancer Detection Using Deep Learning", International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, pp. 267-278, 2023.

R. Grossi, C.S. Iliopoulos, J. Jansson, Z. Lim, W-K. Sung, W. Zuba, "Finding the cyclic covers of a string", International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation, pp. 139-150, 2023.

J. Peters, B. Anvari, C. Chen, Z. Lim, H.A. Wurdemann, “Hybrid Fluidic Actuation for a Foam-based Soft Actuator”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 8701-8708, 2020.

Journals

M. Alzamel, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, "Deep learning Approaches and Data Augmentation for Melanoma Detection", accepted to Neural Computing and Applications.

M. Alzamel, C. Hampson, C.S. Iliopoulos, Z. Lim, S. Pissis, D. Vlachakis, S. Watts, "Maximal degenerate palindromes with gaps and mismatches", Theoretical Computer Science, 978, p.114182.

G. Shi, A. Palombi, Z. Lim, A. Astolfi, A. Burani, S. Campagnini, F.G.C. Loizzo, M. Lo Preti, A. Marin Vargas, E. Peperoni, C.M. Oddo, J. Hardwicke, M. Venus, S. Homer-Vanniasinkam, H.A. Wurdemann, "Fluidic haptic interface for mechano-tactile feedback", IEEE Transactions on Haptics, vol. 13(1), pp. 204-210, 2020.

Thesis

"Dominoes: Solving Variants of the Post Correspondence Problem", Master's Thesis, 2020.

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Partially supported by the Polish National Science Center, grant no. 2018/31/D/ST6/03991.

Awards

• Quality of Presentation, NMES Research Competition 2023
• Department of Informatics Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2023
• King's College London Engineer's Association Medal 2020
• King's Education Award 2020
• Department of Informatics Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2019


• DipABRSM in Viola
• ABRSM Grade 8 Piano
• ABRSM Grade 7 Harp
• ABRSM Grade 5 Violin
• ABRSM Grade 8 Theory
• RAD Grade 8 Ballet
• RAD Advanced 1 Ballet

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• Visit to IMGT, IGH, University of Montpellier, France 2023
• University of Pisa (funded by ERASMUS+), 17th July 2022 - 22nd July 2022
• National University of Singapore, 14th May 2022 - 20th May 2022
• Université Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée (funded by LMS grant), 26th April 2022 - 29th April 2022
• University of Warsaw, 13th December 2021 - 17th December 2021

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2024/25

• Introduction to Computer Science (King's International Foundation), Module Leader
• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant

2023/24

• Introduction to Computer Science (King's International Foundation), Module Leader

2022/23

• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant
• 6CCS3OME Optimization Methods, Teaching Assistant

2021/22

• 6CCS3CIS Cryptography, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant
• 6CCS3OME Optimization Methods, Teaching Assistant

2020/21

• Cryptography, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2ELC Electric Circuits, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant
• 6CCS3OME Optimization Methods, Teaching Assistant

2019/20

• 4CCS1CIT Circuit Theory, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2ELC Electric Circuits, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2PL2 Engineering Lab 2, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2ENM Engineering Mathematics, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecturer

2018/19

• 4CCS1CIT Circuit Theory, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2PL2 Engineering Lab 2, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2ENM Engineering Mathematics, Teaching Assistant
• 5CCS2FC2 Foundations of Computing 2, Teaching Assistant

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• Ballet/Dance
• Music
• Fencing (Epée)

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