Two faculty members from NUS Computing have been selected as StarTrack scholars by Microsoft Research Asia
Two NUS Computing Faculty Named MSRA StarTrack Scholars 2026
Two faculty members from NUS Computing have been selected as StarTrack scholars by Microsoft Research Asia – a global programme that embeds outstanding young faculty members within one of the world’s leading industrial research labs for a three-month research visit opportunity.
Assistant Professor Bian Yatao and Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor Li Jialin, both from the Department of Computer Science, were chosen from a competitive international field. Each will work alongside Microsoft researchers with access to the organisation’s computing resources, datasets, and global research network.
Their projects:
- Bian Yatao – Semi-Supervised Grounded Reasoning for Healthcare: Synergizing EMPO with Expert Supervision
- Li Jialin – Building Distributed Consensus for Multi-Agent LLM Systems
The StarTrack programme aims to foster close academic exchange and collaboration between Microsoft Research Asia and young scholars from esteemed international universities and academic research institutions.
Congratulations to Yatao and Jialin on this well-deserved recognition!
Read more about the MSRA StarTrack Scholars here.