Published over 90 papers and recognized among the World's Top 2% Scientists in Artificial Intelligence by Stanford University and Elsevier from 2022 to 2024 (annual impact) and 2025 (career impact); secured over S$11 million in competitive research funding; supervised 6 PhD students, 10 Masters students, and over 50 undergraduate students to completion.
Research Experience
Held positions as a DSTG Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a Research Engineer at the Living Analytics Research Centre, Singapore Management University; currently serves as the Director of the Social and Urban Analytics Lab, Chair of the ISTD Undergraduate Committee, and ISTD Lead for Engineering Accreditation at SUTD.
Education
PhD from the University of Melbourne, MSc (Research) and BCompSci (1st Class Honours) from the University of Western Australia.
Background
Research interests include Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Urban Analytics, Social Computing, and Recommendation Systems. Currently an Assistant Professor at the Information Systems Technology and Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Miscellany
Serves on the technical advisory boards for various government bodies and industry; developed and taught numerous courses in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, receiving high instructor ratings from 4.4/5.0 in his first year to 4.8/5.0 more recently in 2024.