PhD student Sun Bangjie wins Best Presentation Award at ACM MobiSys 2026 Rising Stars Forum

A PhD student from NUS Computing has picked up a Best Presentation Award at one of mobile computing's most competitive early-career showcases.

Bangjie Sun was recognised at the Rising Stars Forum, held alongside ACM MobiSys 2026 in Cambridge, UK. The forum invites PhD students and early-career postdoctoral researchers worldwide to present their work to a panel of established academics, with only a subset of submitted abstracts selected to present. Sun's talk, "Trustworthy Provenance for Physical and Digital Artifacts with Commodity Mobile Devices," was one of just three presentations honoured with the award, alongside researchers from Columbia University and Stanford University.

His research builds systems, deployable on everyday devices like smartphones, that can verify where a physical product or piece of digital content actually came from and whether it has been tampered with. Rather than requiring specialised lab equipment, the aim is to make this kind of verification something anyone can do with the device already in their pocket.

"I am honoured to receive this recognition at the ACM MobiSys 2026. Presenting alongside outstanding early-career researchers and engaging with leaders in the mobile computing community strengthened my commitment to pursuing an academic career in this field. The experience motivates me to further develop trustworthy, mobile-first systems that help people verify the origin and integrity of physical and digital artifacts. I look forward to building on this work and contributing to a future in which trustworthy technology has meaningful real-world impact,” said Bangjie.