Research interests 

  • Human-in-the-loop AI
  • Distributed machine learning
  • Algorithmic game theory
  • Agentic economics
  • Computer communications 
  • Robotic networks and intelligence  

Research awards 

  • The Top 2% Scientists, Released by Stanford University, 2021- 
  • First Prize Paper Award, Computer Academy of Guangdong (CAGD), 2024.
  • Finalist of best paper award, WiOpt 2024. 
  • Highly Ranked Scholar – Prior Five Years by ScholarGPS, 2022.
  • SUTD Excellence in Research Award, SUTD, 2017.
  • 2017 SUTD Long Service Award, SUTD, 2018.
  • Runner-up of IEEE ComSoc Best Young Professionals Award, 2016. 
  • The 10th IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award,  IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), 2015.
  • Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2014 (Finalist in Engineering Science track), Hong Kong Institution of Science, 2014.

Research grants 

  • PI, “Distributed Autonomous Wi-Fi Algorithms (DAWA) for Channel Access and Sharing,” SUTD Wireless Innovation Centre (SWIC), SGD 0.79 million (~4.2 million RMB), 2024/9 – (PI role transfer to another due to departure from SUTD)
  • Advisor, “Semantic short-range communication empowered by generative models,” SWIC, SGD 0.82 million (~4.4 million RMB), 2024/11-
  • Co-PI, “Decentralized Federated ML at Safe: Analysis, Design and Evaluation,” Temasek Laboratories, SGD 0.2 million (~1.1 million RMB), 2024 –
  • PI, “Privacy-protected AI methods for restricted surveillance of mobile communications,” , SKI Grant, SGD 0.5 million (~2.7 million RMB), 2023/11 –
  • PI, “Fast learning and channel hopping (FLACH) for anti-jamming,” Singapore National Laboratories, SGD 0.26 million (~1.4 million RMB), 2023/6 – 2024/6.
  • PI, “Dynamic crowdsourcing mechanisms for decarbonising urban passenger transportation and package delivery,” Joint SMU-SUTD Grant, SGD 0.3 million (~1.6 million RMB), 2023/10 –
  • PI, “To motivate human-in-the-loop learning of complex traffic networks,” MOE Tier 2 Grant, SGD 0.67 million (~3.6 million RMB), 2022-
  • Principle Investigator, Towards Secure Federated Learning Against Advanced Attacks, Singapore Temasek Laboratories Seed Research Project Grant, SGD 0.1 million (~0.54 million RMB), 2022/1 – 2023/1.
  • Co-PI, “Towards collaborative and holistic testing for open RAN solutions,” SUTD SKI Grant, SGD 0.5 million (~2.7 million RMB), 2021/1-2022/1.
  • PI, “Towards Secure Federated Learning Against Intelligent Poisoning Attacks,” Temasek Laboratories Seed Research Project Grant, SGD 0.1 million (~0.54 million RMB), 2021-2022.
  • PI, “Theory and Methods for User-Provided Wireless Markets over Complex Networks,” MOE Tier 2 Grant, SGD 0.44 million (~2.4 million RMB), 2016-2020.
  • PI, “Proactive information surveillance in wireless networks,” Temasek Laboratories Seed Research Project Grant, SGD 0.1 million (~0.54 million RMB), 2016-2017.
  • Co-PI, “CISDeM: Cross-functional Information Systems for Decision Making,” Ministry of Defence, Singapore, SGD 4.67 million (~25 million RMB), 2014 – 2017.
  • PI, “Green Wireless Networks with Energy and Communication Cooperation,” SUTD-ZJU Collaboration Grant, SGD 0.33 million (~1.8 million RMB), 2015-2018.
  • Co-PI, “Advancing Security of Public Infrastructure using Resilience and Economics,” National Research Foundation (NRF), SGD 5.3 million (~28 million RMB), 2015-2019.
  • Co-PI, “Cognitive Small Cells for Self-Organizing Networks,” SUTD-MIT International Design Center Grant, SGD 0.69 million (~3.7 million RMB), 2013 – 2016.
  • PI, “Incentive mechanism design for cognitive radio networks,” SUTD Start-up Research Grant, SGD 0.1 million (~0.54 million RMB), 2012 – 2015.
Research Collaborators
  • Eytan Modiano (IEEE Fellow), Professor, Communications and Networking Research Group, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
  • Jean Walrand (IEEE Fellow), Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA.
  • Junshan Zhang (IEEE Fellow), Professor, University of California at Davis, USA. 
  • Kang G. Shin (IEEE Fellow), Kevin and Nancy O’Connor Professor, Dept. of Computer Sciences, University of Michigan, USA. 
  • Ness Shroff (IEEE Fellow), Department of Computer Science Engineering, Ohio State University, USA.
  • Yingbin Liang (IEEE Fellow), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, USA.
  • Richard Weber, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, UK.  
  • Qian Zhang (IEEE Fellow), Chair Professor, Dept. of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology (HKUST).
  • Jianwei Huang (IEEE Fellow), Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen).
  • Costas Courcoubetis, Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). 
  • Rui Zhang (IEEE Fellow), Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
  • Biying Shou, Professor, Dept. of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.
  • Xiaojun Lin, Chair Professor, Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Minming Li, Professor, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong.  
  • Tony Quek, Professor, Information Systems and Technology Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. 
  • Alex W. Min, Research Scientist, System Architecture Lab, Intel Labs, USA.
  • Teruyuki Hasegawa, Senior Research Engineer, KDDI R&D Labs, Japan.