Dr Teo Yong Meng 

Yong Meng served the National University of Singapore (NUS) in various capacities for forty years.  He retired from NUS in end-2025 and is currently pursuing consultancy work in computer science.  

[chatgpt 2025: Professor Teo Yong Meng is a distinguished systems researcher at NUS Department of Computer Science, renowned for his work in parallel & distributed systems, performance modeling, and simulation. His career combines deep academic insight, strong industry engagement, and entrepreneurial drive—shaped by visiting professorships, high-impact publications, national-level awards, and the founding of a successful startup. ]

Education

• BTech (1st Class Honours) in Computer Science, University of Bradford, 1983

• MSc (1987) & PhD (1989) in Computer Science, University of Manchester (sponsored by National University of Singapore Overseas Scholarship, UK Overseas Research Studentship Award, Manchester University Research Studentship Award)

Previous Appointments

• Technical Leader for Systems & Networking

• Leader, Computer Systems Research Group

• Affiliate Professor, NUS Business Analytics Centre

• Adjunct Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia (since 2021)

• Consultant & Programme Director for High Performance Computing Education at Singapore National Supercomputing Centre (A*STAR) in 2020

Visiting & Industry Roles

• Visiting positions at:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010–2014)

• MIT (2010)

• KTH Sweden (2005)

• Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan (1996)

• Honorary Advisor & Associate Senior Scientist, Sun Microsystems Asia‑Pacific (2007–2008) 

Awards & Honors

• Fellow, Asia Simulation Federation (2019)

• 2015 Best‑Paper Award, Winter Simulation Conference (“Twitter Knows…”)

• Singapore National Day Long Service Medal (2014)

• PhD Forum Best Paper, IEEE IPDPS (2012); Best Paper at ICA3PP (2010); ACM SIGSIM Best PhD Student Paper (2009)

• Top prize at Startup@Singapore (2002) for Atsuma Technology Pte Ltd (grid computing spin‑off)