RESEARCH AREAS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Data Analytics and Machine Learning

• Human Computer/Robot Interface

• Computer Graphics and Multimedia

RESEARCH PROJECTS

NUS Digital Twin for Research and Services

This project aims to create a virtual twin of the NUS campus integrating the built and natural environment with static and dynamic data for modelling, visualization, simulation, analysis and AI. By creating a high-fidelity model, it harmonizes diverse data sources, optimizing performance for applications including smart transport, utility planning, climate studies and sustainable campus design.

• Artificial Intelligence, Media, Database

TRL 4

RESEARCH GROUPS

TEACHING INNOVATIONS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Ai, X and Huang Z., Zero-shot Cross-lingual Alignment for Embedding Initialization. ACL 2024 Findings.
• Ang Y., Huang Q., Bao Y., Tung A. K. H., Huang Z., TSGBench: Time Series Generation Benchmark, VLDB 2024.
• Ang Y., Bao Y., Huang Q., Tung A. K. H., Huang Z., TSGAssist: An Interactive Assistant Harnessing LLMs and RAG for Time Series Generation Recommendations and Benchmarking. Demo, VLDB 2024.
• Teoh X., Lin Y., Liu R., Huang Z., Dong J. S., PhishDecloaker: Detecting CAPTCHA-cloaked Phishing Websites via Hybrid Vision-based Interactive Models, USENIX Security 2024.
• Liu R., Lin Y., Teoh X., Liu G., Huang Z., Dong J. S., Less Defined Knowledge and More True Alarms: Reference-based Phishing Detection without a Pre-defined Reference List, USENIX Security 2024.
• Ang Y., Huang Q., Tung Anthony K. H., Huang Z., EADS: An Early Anomaly Detection System for Sensor-based Multivariate Time Series. Demo, ICDE 2024.
• Zhai Y., Zeng Y., Huang Z., Qin Z., Jin X., Cao D., Multi-Prompts Learning with Cross-Model Alignment for Attribute-based Person Re-Identification, AAAI 2024.
• Gao H., Yue C., Dinh A., Huang Z., Ooi B.C., Enabling Secure and Efficient Data Analytics Pipeline Evolution with Trusted Execution Environment. VLDB 2023.
• Ang Y., Huang Q., Tung A. K. H., Huang Z., A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Enabling Early Anomaly Detection with Correlation Analysis, ICDE 2023.
• Narain A., Huang Z., Lee W. J. Jonathan, A Computer Vision Based Colonoscopy Support System for Real-Time Monitoring of Bowel Preparation and Colonic Anatomical Localization, ICBSP 2023.
• Hao Z., Zhao S., Zheng Z., Huang Z., and Guo Y., A Compressed Sensing and Clustering Method for Robotic Localization using a Single FMCW Radar, APMC 2023.
• Wang M., Chen J., Zhang X., Huang Z., Rahardja S., Multi-modal speech enhancement with bone-conducted speech in time domain, Applied Acoustics, Volume 200, November 2022, 109058.
• Chen J., Wang M., Zhang X.L., Huang Z., and Rahardja S., End-to-end multi-modal speech recognition with air and bone conducted speech, ICASSP 2022.
• Li R., Huang Z., Kurniawan E., Ho C. K., AuRoSS: an Autonomous Robotic Shelf Scanning System, Regular Paper, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS, 2015.
• Tee K. P., Yan R., Chua Y.W., Huang Z., and Liemhetcharat S., Gesture-Based Attention Direction for a Telepresence Robot: Design and Experimental Study, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS, 2014.
• Gao M.C., Thanh T C., Nanjappa A., Tan T. S., Huang Z.: gHull: A GPU algorithm for 3D convex hull. ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 401: 3 2013.
• Gupta R., Chia A. Y. S. Rajan D., Ng E.S., Huang Z., Image Colorization Using Similar Images, 20th ACM international conference on Multimedia, ACM Mulmedia 2012, pp. 369-378.

AWARDS & HONOURS

• FINALIST of World Technology Summit & Awards (Entertainment), 2010.

• Bronze, National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1992.

• Tsinghua 12.9 Distinguished Young Teacher Award, 1989.

COURSES TAUGHT