Wu, Ming-Chya / Joint Appointment Research Fellow

Research Interest

• Statistical Physics
• Time Series Analysis
• Biophysics

Experience

• Professor, Department of Physics, National Central University
• Research Fellow, Research Center for Adaptive Data Analysis, National Central University
• Joint-appointment Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
• Associate Research Fellow, Research Center for Adaptive Data Analysis, National Central University
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, National Central University
• Joint-appointment Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
• Assistant Research Fellow, Research Center for Adaptive Data Analysis, National Central University

Publication

Journal Papers

• [1]     C.-N. Chen, C.-K. Hu, N. Sh. Izmailian, M.-C. Wu*, 2019, “Specific heat and partition function zeros for the dimer model onthe checkerboard B lattice: Finite-size effects”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 99, 012102. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [2]     N. Sh. Izmailian, M.-C. Wu*, C.-K. Hu, 2016, “Finite-size corrections and scaling for the dimer model on the checkerboard lattice”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 94, 052141. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [3]     M.-C. Wu*, J. G. Forbes, K. Wang, 2016, “Disorder profile of nebulin encodes a vernierlike position sensor for the sliding thin and thick filaments of the skeletal muscle sarcomere”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 93, 062406. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [4]     L.-C. Tu, M.-C. Wu*, H.-L. Chu, Y.-P. Chiang, C.-L. Kuo, H.-Y. Li, C.-C. Chang*, 2016, “Surface electromyography analysis of blepharoptosis correction by transconjunctival incisions”, JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY, 28, 23-30. (SCIE) (IF: 2.368; SCI ranking: 78.4%,63%,45.6%,55.7%)
  
  
• [5]     L.-C. Tu, M.-C. Wu, Y.-P. Chiang, H.-Y. Li, D.-B. Shieh, and C.-C. Chang, 2015, “What's New in the Treatment of Poor Levator Function with Severe Blepharoptosis”, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 136, 100. (SCIE) (IF: 4.763; SCI ranking: 13.2%)
  
  
• [6]     J. Busa Jr., J. Busa, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu*, M.-C. Wu, 2015, “CAVE-CL: An OpenCL version of the package for detection and quantitative analysis of internal cavities in a system of overlapping balls: application to proteins”, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 190, 224-227. (SCIE) (IF: 4.39; SCI ranking: 31.3%,3.6%)
  
  
• [7]     X. Xiao, M.-C. Wu*, 2014, “Simplified lattice model for polypeptide fibrillar transitions”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 90, 042701. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [8]     M.-C. Wu*, J. G. Forbes, K. Wang*, 2013, “Correlated vibrations in ion-pair dynamics in mechanoactivation identifies functional domains of force-dependent titin kinase”, SOFT MATTER, 9, 9897-9906. (SCIE) (IF: 3.679; SCI ranking: 46.9%,43.8%,26.7%,28.6%)
  
  
• [9]     M.-C. Wu*, T. Y. Tsong, 2013, “Local Hydrophobicity in Protein Secondary Structure Formation”, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 82, 114801. (SCIE) (IF: 1.828; SCI ranking: 58.1%)
  
  
• [10]     J. Busa Jr., S. Hayryan, M.-C. Wu, J. Busa, C.-K. Hu*, 2012, “ARVO-CL: The OpenCL version of the ARVO package – An efficient tool for computing the accessible surface area and the excluded volume of proteins via analytical equations”, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 183, 2494-2497. (SCIE) (IF: 4.39; SCI ranking: 31.3%,3.6%)
  
  
• [11]     M.-C. Wu*, 2012, “Damped oscillations in the ratios of stock market indices”, EPL, 97, 48009. (SCIE) (IF: 1.947; SCI ranking: 54.7%)
  
  
• [12]     M.-C. Wu*, M. S. Li, W.-J. Ma, M. Kouza, C.-K. Hu*, 2011, “Universal geometrical factor of protein conformations as a consequence of energy minimization”, EPL, 96, 68005. (SCIE) (IF: 1.947; SCI ranking: 54.7%)
  
  
• [13]     C.-P. Hu*, Y. Chou, M.-C. Wu, T.-C. Yang, Y-H. Su, 2011, “Time-frequency analysis of superorbital modulation of X-ray binary SMC X-1 by Hilbert-Huang transform”, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 740, 67. (SCIE) (IF: 5.877; SCI ranking: 14.7%)
  
  
• [14]     J. Busa, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu*, J. Skrivanek, M.-C. Wu, 2010, “CAVE: A Package for Detection and Quantitative Analysis of Internal Cavities in a System of Overlapping Balls: Application to Proteins”, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 181, 2116-2125. (SCIE) (IF: 4.39; SCI ranking: 31.3%,3.6%)
  
  
• [15]     H.-Y. Hu, M.-C. Wu*, H.-J. Fang, M. D. Forrest, C.-K. Hu, T.-Y. Tsong, H.-M. Chen*, 2010, “The role of tryptophan in staphylococcal nuclease stability”, BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 151, 170-177. (SCIE) (IF: 2.352; SCI ranking: 79.1%,68.1%,69.1%)
  
  
• [16]     Y.-H. Shiau*, M.-C. Wu, 2010, “Detecting characteristics of information masked by a laser-triggered microwave system via Hilbert–Huang transform”, OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 283, 1909-1916. (SCIE) (IF: 2.31; SCI ranking: 51.5%)
  
  
• [17]     M.-C. Wu*, E. Watanabe, Z. R. Struzik, C.-K. Hu, Y. Yamamoto, 2009, “Phase statistics approach to human ventricular fibrillation”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 80(5), 051917. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [18]     J. Busa, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu*, J. Skrivanek, M.-C. Wu, 2009, “Enveloping triangulation method for detecting internal cavities in proteins and algorithm for computing their surface areas and volumes”, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY, 30, 346-357. (SCIE) (IF: 3.376; SCI ranking: 44.7%)
  
  
• [19]     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, C.-K. Hu*, 2009, “Thermostability of the N-terminal RNA-binding domain of the SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein: Experiments and numerical simulations”, BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 96, 1892-1901. (SCIE) (IF: 4.033; SCI ranking: 26.4%)
  
  
• [20]     C.-k. Chang, Y.-l. Hsu, Y.-h. Chang, F.-a. Chao, M.-C. Wu, Y.-s. Huang, C.-K. Hu, T.-h. Huang*, 2009, “Multiple Nucleic Acid Binding Sites and Intrinsic Disorder of SARS Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein - Implication for Ribonucleocapsid Protein Packaging”, JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 83, 2255-2264. (SCIE) (IF: 5.103; SCI ranking: 24.3%)
  
  
• [21]     T. C. Chinag, H.-C. Yu*, M.-C. Wu, 2009, “Statistical Properties, Dynamic Conditional Correlation and Scaling Analysis: Evidence from Dow Jones and NASDAQ High-Frequency Data”, PHYSICA A, 388, 1555-1570. (SCIE) (IF: 3.263; SCI ranking: 32.6%)
  
  
• [22]     C.-Y. Chow, M.-C. Wu, H.-J. Fang, C.-K. Hu, H.-M. Chen*, T.-Y. Tsong*, 2008, “Compact dimension of denatured states of staphylococcal nuclease”, PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, 72, 901-909. (SCIE) (IF: 3.756; SCI ranking: 52.5%,36.1%)
  
  
• [23]     T.-Y. Tsong*, C.-K. Hu, M.-C. Wu, 2008, “Hydrophobic condensation and modular assembly model of protein folding”, BIOSYSTEMS, 93, 78-89. (SCIE) (IF: 1.973; SCI ranking: 57%,67.2%)
  
  
• [24]     M.-C. Wu*, 2007, “Phase correlation of foreign exchange time series”, PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 375, 633-642. (SCIE) (IF: 3.263; SCI ranking: 32.6%)
  
  
• [25]     M.-C. Wu*, 2007, “Phase statistics approach to time series analysis”, JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 50(1), 304-312. (SCIE) (IF: 0.649; SCI ranking: 93%)
  
  
• [26]     M.-C. Wu*, C.-L. Li, C.-K. Hu, Y.-C. Chang, Y.-H. Liaw, L.-W. Huang, C.-S. Chang, T.-T. Tsong, T. Hsu, 2006, “Curvature effect on the surface diffusion of silver adatoms on carbon nanotubes: Deposition experiments and numerical simulations”, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74, 125424. (SCIE) (IF: 4.036; SCI ranking: 38.7%,25.6%,31.9%)
  
  
• [27]     M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu*, 2006, “Empirical mode decomposition and synchrogram approach to cardiorespiratory synchronization”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 73, 051917. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [28]     M.-C. Wu*, 2006, “Exact finite-size scaling functions for the interfacial tensions of the Ising model on planar lattices”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 73, 046135. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [29]     N. Sh. Izmailian, K. B. Oganesyan, M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu*, 2006, “Finite-size corrections and scaling for the triangular lattice dimer model with periodic boundary conditions”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 73, 016118. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [30]     M.-C. Wu*, M.-C. Huang, H.-C. Yu, T. C. Chiang, 2006, “Phase distribution and phase correlation of financial time series”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 73, 016128. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [31]     J. Busa, J. Dzurina, E. Hayryan, S. Hayryan, C.-K. Hu*, J. Plavka, I. Pokorny, J. Skrivanek, M.-C. Wu, 2005, “ARVO: A Fortran package for computing solvent accessible surface area and volume of overlapping spheres via analytic equations”, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 165, 59-96. (SCIE) (IF: 4.39; SCI ranking: 31.3%,3.6%)
  
  
• [32]     A. E. Allahverdyan*, Zh. S. Gevorkian, C.-K. Hu, M.-C. Wu, 2004, “Unzipping of DNA with correlated base sequence”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 69, 061908. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [33]     M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu*, N. Sh. Izmailian, 2003, “Universal finite-size scaling functions with exact nonuniversal metric factors”, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 67, 065103. (SCIE) (IF: 2.529; SCI ranking: 35.3%,14.5%)
  
  
• [34]     M.-C. Wu*, C.-K. Hu, 2002, “Exact partition functions of the Ising model on M×N planar lattices with periodic-aperiodic boundary conditions”, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL, 35, 5189-5206.
  
  

Conference Papers

• [1]     M.-C. Wu*, 2014, “Damped Oscillatory Behaviors in the Ratios of Stock Market Indices”, 51-62 pages, paper presented at SMSEC2014: the joint conference of the first Social Modeling and Simulations and the 10th Econophysics Colloquium, Kobe, Japan: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2014-11-04 ~ 2014-11-06.
  
  
• [2]     S. Hayrayan, M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, Z. Gazova, T. Kozar*, 2011, “GPGPU Enhanced Protocols for Modeling of Biomolecules and nanostructures, in the 13th Small Triangle Meeting on Theoretical Physics”, 6 pages, paper presented at the 13th Small Triangle Meeting on Theoretical Physics, Stara Lesna, Slovakia: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2011-11-14 ~ 2011-11-16.
  
  
• [3]     S. Hayrayan, M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu, Z. Gazova, T. Kozar*, 2011, “Modeling of Structure, folding and Interactions of Biomolecules in the era of GPGPU Computing”, 9 pages, paper presented at the 7th International Workshop on Grid Computing for Complex Problems (GCCP 2011), islava, Slovakia: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2011-10-24 ~ 2011-10-26.
  
  
• [4]     M.-C. Wu*, J. G. Forbes, K. Wang, 2011, “Cross-correlation analysis to salt-bridge dynamics in force-induced unfolding of titin kinase”, 4 pages, paper presented at 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF 2011), Toronto, CANADA: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 2011-06-12 ~ 2011-06-16.
  
  
• [5]     M.-C. Wu*, Z. R. Struzik, E. Watanabe, Y. Yamamoto, C.-K. Hu, 2007, “Temporal evolution for the phase histogram of ECG during human ventricular fibrillation”, 4 pages, paper presented at the 19th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations, Tokyo, JAPAN: ICNF2007 Organizing Committee, 2007-09-09 ~ 2007-09-14.
  
  
• [6]     M.-C. Wu*, C.-K. Hu, 2007, “Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition to Cardiorespiratory Synchronization”, 15 pages, paper presented at International workshop on complex dynamics of physiological systems: from heart to brain, Kolkata, INDIA: Presidency College, 2007-02-12 ~ 2007-02-14.
  
  
• [7]     M.-C. Wu*, 2006, “Phase statistics approach to time series analysis”, 9 pages, paper presented at Dynamics Days Asia Pacific 4 (DDAP4): The 4th International Conference on Nonlinear Science, Pohang, KOREA: APCTP, 2006-07-12 ~ 2006-07-14.
  
  

Books Edited

• [1]     C.-K. Hu, k.-t Leung, M.-C. Wu, 2005, 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, 11 pages, USA: ELSEVIER: PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS.
  
  

Chapters in Books

• [1]     M.-C. Wu*, C.-K. Hu, 2009, “Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition to Cardiorespiratory Synchronization”, editor(s): S. K. Dana et al., Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain, pp. 167-181, USA: Springer.
  
  
• [2]     M.-C. Wu*, N. E. Huang, 2009, “Biomedical data processing using HHT: A review”, editor(s): Amine NAIT-ALI, Advance Biosignal Processing, pp. 335-352, USA: Springer.
  
  

Others

• [1]     M.-C. Wu*，2008，〈Phase statistics approach to financial time series〉，《Physics Bimonthly》，30, 257-264。
  
  
• [2]     M.-C. Wu*, 2007, “Phase statistics approach to physiological and financial time series”, AAPPS Bulletin, 17, 21-26.
  
  
• [3]     M.-C. Wu*, C.-K. Hu，2002，〈 Finite-size corrections and universal scaling functions for the critical Ising model〉，《Physics Bimonthly》，24, 284-289。
  
  
• [4]     J.-A. Chen, M.-C. Wu, C.-K. Hu*，2002，〈How to construct a parallel computer?〉，《Physics Bimonthly》，24, 284-289。
  
  
• [5]     M.-C. Wu*，2002，〈Solving the exact partition functions of the Ising model by the path integral approach〉，《Physics Bimonthly》，24, 277-283。