ZHANG Wei  (張韡)

Assistant Professor, Programme Leader, Principal Investigator

Infocomm Technology Cluster
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

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[Mar. 2024] Welcome Dr. Pamshetti Vijay Babu to join our group as a Research Fellow. 

[Mar. 2024] Dr. Zhang, as the PI, was awarded the MTC Individual Research Grants (IRG) Fund, S$959,920.

[Jan. 2024] Welcome Mr. Fu Siyao to join our group as a Research Engineer. 

[Oct, 2023] One paper (Dr. Zhang as corresponding author and session chair) on traffic accident modelling presented in IEEE SMC 2023.

[Sep. 2023] Dr. Zhang, as the PI, was awarded the SIT Ignition Grant (STEM), S$150,000 (with industry cash S$15,000 and in-kind S$192,380).

[Sep. 2023] Dr. Zhang, as a Team-PI, was awarded the MTC Programmatic Fund, S$9,435,530 (SIT: S$1,264,380).

[Sep. 2023] Welcome Mr. Zhao Yunyi to join our group as a Research Engineer. 

[Aug. 2023] Congratulations to Mr. Kwan Zheng Yi (Dr. Zhang as supervisor) on being allowed to proceed with his Doctorate Mid-Point Progress Examination. 

[Aug. 2023] Dr. Zhang, as the PI, was awarded the MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 Grant, S$150,000 (direct cost). 

[Jul. 2023] Welcome Dr. Bansal Sakshi to join our group as a Research Fellow. 

[Jun. 2023] Dr. Zhang, as a Co-PI, was awarded the AI Singapore Grand Challenge in Robust AI Grant (Stage 1), S$2,997,840 (SIT: S$993,600)

[Jun. 2023] Dr. Zhang, as a Co-PI, was awarded the MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 Grant, S$1,077,420. 

[Apr. 2023] One paper (Dr. Zhang as corresponding author) published in CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction (CCF TPCI).

[Jan. 2023] One paper (Dr. Zhang as corresponding author) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. (ACS Editors’ Choice; 3k+ article views in 3 months)

[Jan. 2023] One newsletter (Dr. Zhang as corresponding author) published in IEEE Smart Grid Bulletin.

[Oct. 2022] Dr. Zhang, as a Co-PI, was awarded the SIT Ignition Grant (STEM), S$150,000 (with industry cash S$20,000 and in-kind S$700,000).

[Jul. 2022] Dr. Zhang, as the PI, was awarded the Future Communications Research & Development Programme (FCP) Translational Grant, S$259,200 (with industry in-kind S$430,000).

[May, 2022] One paper (Dr. Zhang as corresponding author) on power line anomaly detection presented in IEEE ICC 2022.

Biography

Dr. Wei ZHANG is currently an Assistant Professor with the Information and Communications Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Before joining SIT, he was a Scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Research Fellow at NTU, Singapore. Dr. Zhang received the B.Sc. degree in electronic information science and technology from the School of Science, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2008, the M.Eng. degree in circuits and system from the School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2015. Dr. Zhang serves as the Programme Leader of  the Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computing Science programme. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J) as well as the Area Chair, Track Chair, Review Committee Member, and TPC members of the top conferences such as IJCAI, GLOBECOM, and ICME. His research interests lie in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) for industrial applications, especially smart grid and smart buildings, towards improved user experience and enhanced sustainability.

Research Keywords: industrial AI; energy-efficiency; smart grid; sustainability 

I cherish my NTU days with my advisors, Dr. Fan Rui and Dr. Wen Yonggang, who trained me well and shaped my research philosophy profoundly. I am also grateful to my teachers and supervisors for enlightening me during my youth.

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