Meet the Team

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Faculty

Hady W. Lauw

Hady W. Lauw

Associate Professor (SMU)

Research Staff

Do Dinh Hieu, Jaime

Do Dinh Hieu, Jaime

PhD (July 2025), Research Scientist (Nov 2026)

Research Scientist (SMU)

PhD Candidates & Students

Ezekiel Ong Young

Ezekiel Ong Young

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Le Thi Phuong

Le Thi Phuong

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Ngo Huu Manh Khanh

Ngo Huu Manh Khanh

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Nguyen Minh Quang

Nguyen Minh Quang

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Nguyen Quoc Trung, Derrick

Nguyen Quoc Trung, Derrick

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Tran Huu-Loc, Luke

Tran Huu-Loc, Luke

PhD Candidate (SMU)

Dilan Dinushka

Dilan Dinushka

PhD co-supervisee (SMU)

Dong Viet Hoang, Eric

Dong Viet Hoang, Eric

PhD co-supervisee (SMU)

Alumni

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Lim Jia Peng

Lim Jia Peng

PhD (May 2026)

Research Scientist (Meta)

Konstantinos Theocharidis

Konstantinos Theocharidis

Research Scientist (Oct 2022 – Aug 2025)

Former Research Scientist (SMU)

Tran Nhu Thuat

Tran Nhu Thuat

PhD (May 2025)

Senior Staff Engineer (Huawei)

Darryl Ong

Darryl Ong

Senior Research Engineer & Entrepreneur Lead (2019 – 2024)

Machine Learning Engineer (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)

Lee Ween Jiann

Lee Ween Jiann

PhD (Jun 2024)

Assistant Principal AI Scientist (ST Engineering)

Chia Chong Cher

Chia Chong Cher

PhD (Nov 2023)

Senior Manager (Singapore Institute of Legal Education)

Zhang Ce

Zhang Ce

PhD (May 2023)

Lecturer (University of Sheffield)

Le Trung Hoang

Le Trung Hoang

PhD (Nov 2022), Research Scientist (2023 – 2024)

Lecturer (HCMUS-VNU)

Truong Quoc Tuan

Truong Quoc Tuan

PhD (Feb 2022)

Senior ML Engineer (Pinterest)

Aghiles Salah

Aghiles Salah

Research Scientist (Jun 2017 – Jan 2021)

Senior Research Scientist (Rakuten)

Le Duy Dung, Andrew

Le Duy Dung, Andrew

PhD (Sep 2019), Research Scientist (till Jan 2021)

Assistant Professor (VinUni)

Le Duc Trong, Tony

Le Duc Trong, Tony

PhD (Apr 2019)

Department Head & Lecturer (UET-VNU)

Maksim Tkachenko

Maksim Tkachenko

PhD (Nov 2018), Research Scientist (2018 – 2021)

General Manager, AI Research (Rakuten)