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Richard is currently a Senior Vice President at DBS Bank, leading the development of over 300 AI/ML models and strategic solutions within the CBG Regional Data Chapter. He previously held positions as a Principal Data Scientist at QuantumBlack, McKinsey & Company, Lead Data Scientist at McLaren Applied, and Research Scientist at Singapore Management University. With over 15 years of experience in machine learning, data science, and decision optimisation, Richard has demonstrated notable versatility and thought leadership across both academia and industry. He earned his Ph.D. and B.Eng. (First Class Honors) degrees in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. An enthusiastic researcher, he has authored over 40 papers in leading international journal and conference venues.

Curriculum Vitae: [PDF]

Latest News

Apr 2020 - Paper accepted at ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP)
Nov 2019 - Paper accepted at IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (IEEE-TSE)
Dec 2018 - Paper accepted at International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2019)
Feb 2018 - Paper accepted at IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (IEEE-TSE)
Sep 2017 - Paper accepted at International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW 2017)
Mar 2017 - Paper accepted at IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (IEEE-TETCI 2017)
Nov 2016 - Paper accepted at IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2016)
Oct 2016 - Paper accepted at IEEE Transactions on Big Data (IEEE-TBD)
Aug 2016 - Paper accepted at International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2016)
Apr 2016 - Paper accepted at ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT 2016)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2011
Bachelor of Engineering - School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2004
Senior High School Graduate (GCE A-Level Equivalent) - PETRA I Christian Senior High School, 2000

Honors and Awards

Third Prize Winner - Quantiacs Algorithmic Trading Competition (Q8), 2017
First Prize Winner - DSM Sales Forecasting Challenge (Phase 1.5), 2014 [Certificate]
First Prize Winner - DSM Sales Forecasting Challenge (Phase 1), 2013 [Award][Media][Video]
IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award - Institute of Engineers Singapore, 2011
IEEE-CIS Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2009
IEEE-CIS Outstanding Student Paper Travel Grant - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2006
Best Session Presentation - World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 2006
NTU Ph.D. Scholarship - School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2004-2009
ITMA Gold Medal cum Book Prize - Information Technology Management Association, 2004
Dean's List - School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2002 & 2004
Top Indonesian National Examinations Grade (Natural Science) - PETRA I Christian Senior High School, 2000

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