Education
Jan 2005 – May 2011 :: Doctor of Philosophy, School of Computing, NUS, Singapore
Jul 2001 – Dec 2004 :: Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) with 2nd Class Honors (Upper Division) and minor in Technopreneurship, School of Computing, NUS, Singapore
Professional Experience
Jul 2020 – present :: Data Science & Operations Research Advisor, Federal Express (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Dec 2017 – Jun 2020 :: Assistant Professor of Information Systems (Practice) @ School of Information Systems, SMU, Singapore
Jan 2017 – Jun 2020 :: Course Instructor (ISS614 – Internet of Things: Technology and Applications) @ School of Information Systems, SMU, Singapore
Aug 2015 – Jun 2020 :: Adjunct Teaching Mentor (IS439/CS462 – Internet of Things: Technology and Applications) @ School of Information Systems, SMU, Singapore
Jul 2015 – Nov 2017 :: Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist @ SMU-TCS iCity Lab, SMU, Singapore
Aug 2012 – Jul 2015 :: Scientist I/II @ Sense and Sense-abilities (S&S) Program, I2R, A*STAR, Singapore
Jul 2011 – Aug 2012 :: Research Fellow @ Communications and Internet Research Lab (CIRL), School of Computing, NUS, Singapore
Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 :: Visiting Scholar @ MIT CSAIL, USA
Jul 2010 – Jun 2011 :: Research Assistant/Associate @ School of Computing, NUS, Singapore
AY 2008/09 to AY 2009/10 :: Teaching Assistant @ School of Computing, NUS, Singapore
Professional Affiliations and Activities
Consultant, Mercurics Pte Ltd :: Apr 2019 – present
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Track Coordinator for the Computer Science degree in SIS, SMU :: Jun 2018 – Jun 2020
Co-Founder, Assisted Living Facilities Association (ALFA) :: Jun 2018 – present
Diploma in Business Information Technology (DBIT) External Examiner, Singapore Polytechnic :: 01 Apr 2018 – 31 Mar 2021
Conference Organization
IEEE LCN 2020 :: Edas Co-Chair
IEEE ICNP 2016 :: Publications Chair
IEEE ISSNIP 2015 :: Finance Co-Chair
IEEE ISSNIP 2014 :: Local Organizing Co-coordinator
ICM Horizons 2014 :: Co-Emcee
Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) Judge :: 2013 to 2015
Singapore National Science Challenge (NSC) Judge :: 2013 (Outdoor Challenge)
IEEE Member :: 2012 – present
IEEE Student Member :: 2008 – 2011
TPC Member :: IEEE PIMRC 2012 (MAC), IEEE ISSNIP 2014 (Sustainable and Adaptive Sensor Networks)
Honors and Awards
First Place, NCSS Sector Design Challenge :: NCSS, 2019
Nominee, SMU-X Excellent Teacher Award 2019, SMU Teaching Excellence Awards, 2019
2018 Shirin Fozdar Programme Diversity & Inclusion Award (Team Award – SmartBFA) :: Shirin Fozdar Programme (SFP), 2018
Second Prize Winner, Designathon 2017 :: DesignSingapore Council, 2017
Bronze A’ Design Award in Digital and Electronic Devices Design Category (Student Award – Jiachun DU) :: A’ Design Award, 2015
Award for Learning, Educating & Nurturing Talent (TALENT) (Group Award – Sense and Sense-abilities) :: A*STAR, Singapore, 2014
Outstanding Mentor Award :: 20th Youth Science Conference, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2014
NUS Research Achievement Award :: NUS, Singapore, AY 2009/2010
Best Teaching Assistant Award :: NUS, Singapore, AY 2008/2009
NUS Research Scholarship :: NUS, Singapore, Jan 2005 – Dec 2008