Oral Defence 2026

Oral Defense 2026
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OCT
23
Semantic-guided Testing and Bug Discovery in Complex Execution Engines
Mr. Jiang Yuancheng
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:00pm - 02:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Yap Hock Chuan, Roland, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Dr Liang Zhenkai, Associate Professor, School of Computing
The Earnings and Creative Effects of Generative AI in Creative Work
Ms. Hu Jinya
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Goh Khim Yong, Professor, School of Computing
Specifications and Explanations in Automatic Programming - SpecRover
Mr. Ruan Haifeng
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Abhik Roychoudhury, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

OCT
26
Answer Set Programming for Synthesis, Inference, and Search
Mr. Yang Ziyi
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Ilya Sergey, Associate Professor, School of Computing

OCT
27
Fairness in Ranking: Algorithms and Explainability
Mr. Yan Hong Yao Alvin
Tue 27 Oct 2026, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Diptarka Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, School of Computing

NOV
10
Ensemble-Based Few-Shot Learning
Ms. Bai Yunwei
Tue 10 Nov 2026, 01:30pm - 03:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chen Tsuhan, Distinguished Professor, School of Computing

NOV
13
Resource-Rational Modeling Of Human Reading
Mr. Bai Yunpeng
Fri 13 Nov 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr David Hsu, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

NOV
19
Towards Expert-Level Financial Narration With Large Language Models
Ms. Yang Yajing
Thu 19 Nov 2026, 08:30am - 10:00am
Supervised By:
Dr Kan Min-Yen, Associate Professor, School of Computing

JAN
05
Dynamic Computation for Efficient AI: From Foundations to Applications
Mr. Zhao Wangbo
Mon 05 Jan 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Yang You, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing

JAN
16
Compositional Reasoning and Planning with Foundation Models
Mr. Zhao Zirui
Fri 16 Jan 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Lee Wee Sun, Professor, School of Computing

JAN
20
Data Optimization and Collaboration for Data-Efficient AI
Mr. Lin Xiaoqiang
Tue 20 Jan 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Ng See Kiong, Professor, School of Computing
Dr Low Kian Hsiang, Associate Professor, School of Computing

JAN
22
Representation Learning for Deep Regression
Mr. Zhang Shihao
Thu 22 Jan 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Angela Yao, Dean's Chair Associate Professor, School of Computing

JAN
23
Bridging Graph-Structured Data and Large Language Models
Ms. He Xiaoxin
Fri 23 Jan 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Bryan Hooi Kuen-Yew, Assistant Professor, School of Computing
Dr Bresson Xavier, Associate Professor, School of Computing

FEB
02
Efficient Query-based Analysis over Structured Representations for System Security
Mr. Ji Kaihang
Mon 02 Feb 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Liang Zhenkai, Associate Professor, School of Computing

FEB
03
Advances in Conversational and Time-Sensitive Question Answering
Mr. Lin Qian
Tue 03 Feb 2026, 12:00pm - 01:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Ng Hwee Tou, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

FEB
05
Addressing Label Skews in Federated Learning
Mr. Diao Yiqun
Thu 05 Feb 2026, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr He Bingsheng, Professor, School of Computing

FEB
11
Vision and Language Learning with Limited Resources
Mr. Zhang Ao
Wed 11 Feb 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chua Tat Seng, Professor, School of Computing

FEB
12
Sequential 3D Reconstruction
Mr. Guo Mengqi
Thu 12 Feb 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Lee Gim Hee, Associate Professor, School of Computing

FEB
20
Building and Maintaining Structure in Distributed Networks
Mr. Vijeth Tumkur Aradhya
Fri 20 Feb 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Seth Lewis Gilbert, Professor, School of Computing

MAR
05
Revisiting the Principal-Agent Problem with Moral Hazard: Theory and Applications
Mr. Jiang Hang
Thu 05 Mar 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Jin Chen, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Towards Trustworthy Language Models
Ms. Li Moxin
Thu 05 Mar 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chua Tat Seng, Professor, School of Computing

MAR
09
The Future of Decentralization: Coordination Mechanisms and Favorable Boundaries
Mr. Li Junyi
Mon 09 Mar 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Jungpil Hahn, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

MAR
11
Geometric deep learning for diploid de novo genome assembly
Mr. Martin Frederik Schmitz
Wed 11 Mar 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Kenji Kawaguchi, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing
Professor Mile Sikic, Genome Institute of Singapore

MAR
18
Advancing Language Learning Systems from Acoustic to Audio-Language Modelling
Mr. Liu Hongfu
Wed 18 Mar 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Wang Ye, Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAR
24
Enhancing Sequence Model Reliability: Studies on Noise Robustness, Demographic Fairness, and Attention Sink
Mr. Gu Xiangming
Tue 24 Mar 2026, 05:30pm - 07:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Wang Ye, Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAR
26
Deep Neural Network Calibration
Mr. Neo Yuan Rong Dexter
Thu 26 Mar 2026, 01:30pm - 03:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chen Tsuhan, Distinguished Professor, School of Computing
Dr Stefan Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAR
27
Create Music Variations with Machines
Mr. Ou Longshen
Fri 27 Mar 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Wang Ye, Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAR
30
Contactless RF-based Sensing for Object Monitoring and Verification
Mr. Ghozali Suhariyanto Hadi
Mon 30 Mar 2026, 12:30pm - 02:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chan Mun Choon, Professor, School of Computing

APR
02
From Passive Browsing to Adaptive Interaction: A Hybrid Online Shopping Framework
Ms. Li Zixuan
Thu 02 Apr 2026, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chua Tat Seng, Professor, School of Computing

APR
06
Answer Set Counting and its Applications
Mr. Md Mohimenul Kabir
Mon 06 Apr 2026, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Diptarka Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, School of Computing

APR
07
Improved Byzantine Agreement via Accountability
Mr. Muhammad Ayaz Dzulfikar
Tue 07 Apr 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Seth Lewis Gilbert, Professor, School of Computing

APR
10
Efficient and Automated Scaling of Distributed AI Infrastructure
Mr. Shi Ziji
Fri 10 Apr 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Jialin Li, Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor, School of Computing

APR
13
Vibrational Insights: Exploring Applications in Sensing and Authentication
Mr. Wang Gucheng
Mon 13 Apr 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Sim Mong Cheng Terence, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Dr Brian Lim Youliang, Associate Professor, School of Computing

APR
15
Advanced Diffusion Robot Manipulation Policies for Language Reasoning, Long-Horizon Planning, and Skill Abstraction
Mr. Hao Ce
Wed 15 Apr 2026, 07:45am - 09:00am
Supervised By:
Dr Harold Soh Soon Hong, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Reinforcement Learning for Language Models that Chat,Reason and Act
Mr. Liu Zichen
Wed 15 Apr 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Lee Wee Sun, Professor, School of Computing

APR
17
Towards Trustworthy Natural Language Processing
Ms. Hannah Aught Schwartz Brown
Fri 17 Apr 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Kenji Kawaguchi, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing
Dr Qizhe Xie, Assistant Professor, School of Computing

APR
20
Economics of platform-developed seller/producer-side AI tools
Ms. Zhang Xinyi
Mon 20 Apr 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Goh Khim Yong, Professor, School of Computing
Economics of platform-developed seller/producer-side AI tools
Ms. Zhang Xinyi
Mon 20 Apr 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Goh Khim Yong, Professor, School of Computing

APR
21
Advancing Adaptation and Alignment in Large Language Models
Mr. Ye Hai
Tue 21 Apr 2026, 02:30pm - 04:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Ng Hwee Tou, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing
Towards Improving Generalization of Deep Neural Networks: Data, Parameter Optimization, and Deployment
Mr. Liu Yong
Tue 21 Apr 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Yang You, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing

APR
22
Algorithmic Impacts in Ride-hailing: Estimation of Congestion Effects and Behavioral Tipping Effects
Ms. Liu Xiaohui
Wed 22 Apr 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Teo Hock Hai, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

APR
27
Closed-Loop Scaling: Autonomous Improvement of LLM and LVLM Reasoning
Ms. Xie Yuxi
Mon 27 Apr 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Kan Min-Yen, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Heads-up Conversational Authoring: A Perception-Interaction-Cognition Framework for Mobile Content Creation
Ms. Zhou Chen
Mon 27 Apr 2026, 12:00pm - 01:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Ooi Wei Tsang, Associate Professor, School of Computing

APR
28
Compositional Object-Centric Representations for Robust Visual Perception
Mr. Alex Foo Da Weng
Tue 28 Apr 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Hsu Wynne, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing
Dr Lee Mong Li Janice, Professor, School of Computing

MAY
08
Imparting Human Objectives to Robots: Goal Specification from Language, Sketches, and Demonstrations
Ms. Xu Yiqing
Fri 08 May 2026, 09:00am - 10:30am
Supervised By:
Dr David Hsu, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

MAY
12
Cross-Modal Priors for 3D and Event-Based Vision: Repurposing Foundation Models in Data-Scarce Regimes
Mr. Lee Jie Long
Tue 12 May 2026, 01:00pm - 02:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Lee Gim Hee, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Creating Robust and Fair Graph Structures for Connectivity and Clustering
Mr. Kushagra Chatterjee
Tue 12 May 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Diptarka Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, School of Computing

MAY
15
From Task-Specific Architectures to Task-Agnostic Generalization: A Path Towards Spatio-Temporal Foundation Models
Mr. Hu Junfeng
Fri 15 May 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Roger Zimmermann, Professor, School of Computing

MAY
18
A Computer Architecture for Expressive Security
Mr. Jason Zhijingcheng Yu
Mon 18 May 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Prateek Saxena, Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAY
21
Accelerating Join-Centric Query Processing with Emerging Large-Scale Memory Technologies
Mr. Huang Wentao
Thu 21 May 2026, 09:30am - 11:00am
Supervised By:
Dr Tan Kian Lee, Tan Sri Runme Shaw Senior Professor, School of Computing
Controllable Neural Retrieval Through External Knowledge
Mr. Sun Yandong
Thu 21 May 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Tung Kum Hoe Anthony, Professor, School of Computing

MAY
25
Optimizing Parallelism and Communication for Large-Scale Generative Deep Learning Systems
Mr. Cheng Shenggan
Mon 25 May 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Yang You, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing
Automated Verification of Effectful Higher-order Programs
Mr. Darius Foo Tsien Wei
Mon 25 May 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chin Wei Ngan, Associate Professor, School of Computing

MAY
26
Information Display on E-Commerce Platforms
Ms. Tao Jingqiao
Tue 26 May 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Heng Cheng Suang, Associate Professor, School of Computing

JUN
08
How Do Organizations Achieve Digital Resilience Under Acute And Chronic Crisis Conditions?
Ms. Hoang Ton Nu Huong Giang
Mon 08 Jun 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Teo Hock Hai, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

JUN
17
Deep Learning Methods for Nanopore Signal Processing: Accurate Real-Time Segmentation and DNA Methylation Detection in...
Ms. Sara Bakic
Wed 17 Jun 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Bryan Hooi Kuen-Yew, Assistant Professor, School of Computing

JUN
25
Advances in Distribution and Sequential Learning: Sample Complexity, Regret, and Other Guarantees
Mr. Philips George John
Thu 25 Jun 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Divesh Aggarwal, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Dr Xiaokui Xiao, Professor, School of Computing

JUN
30
Vertical and Horizontal Expansion of Fuzzing Techniques
Mr. Dylan Jones Wolff
Tue 30 Jun 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Abhik Roychoudhury, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

JUL
10
Simulating Manager Surveys with Large Language Models: Measuring CEO Outlook, Uncertainty, and Overconfidence from...
Mr. Yu Ta
Fri 10 Jul 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Huang Ke Wei, Associate Professor, School of Computing

JUL
13
Locality Driven Optimization for Resource-Efficient Machine Learning Inference
Ms. Zhang Yujie
Mon 13 Jul 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Tulika Mitra, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

JUL
16
Rethinking Industry Classification: Leveraging Llms For Multi-View And Multi-Label Approaches
Mr. Quek Jian Hong Joel
Thu 16 Jul 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Huang Ke Wei, Associate Professor, School of Computing

JUL
27
Advancing Test-Time Compute Scaling in Language Models: From Training to Inference
Mr. Wang Haonan
Mon 27 Jul 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Kenji Kawaguchi, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing

AUG
06
Technologies For Emotion Regulation: Towards A Unifying Mind-Body Interaction Framework
Ms Nguyen Thi Mai Huong
Thu 06 Aug 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Suranga Nanayakkara, Associate Professor, School of Computing

AUG
12
Towards Language Technology Evaluation Grounded in Human Judgment
Ms. Li Minzhi
Wed 12 Aug 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Kan Min-Yen, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Cyberattack Experimentation as Code for Reproducibility and Analyzability
Mr. Anis Bin Yusof
Wed 12 Aug 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Liang Zhenkai, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Transforming Commodity Cameras into Accessible Tools for Trustworthy Provenance in Physical and Digital Artifacts
Mr. Sun Bangjie
Wed 12 Aug 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chan Mun Choon, Professor, School of Computing
Towards Scalable and Automated Program Translation
Mr. Wang Bo
Wed 12 Aug 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Prateek Saxena, Associate Professor, School of Computing
Label-Efficient Learning: Building AI Models with Limited Data
Mr. Zhang Yichen
Wed 12 Aug 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Roger Zimmermann, Professor, School of Computing

AUG
14
Egalitarian Repeated Matching
Mr. Lim Wei Jie, Eugene
Fri 14 Aug 2026, 01:00pm - 02:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Harold Soh Soon Hong, Associate Professor, School of Computing

AUG
17
Structure-Aware Learning for Scalable AI Systems: Training, Inference, and Post-Training Alignment
Mr. Zhu Zirui
Mon 17 Aug 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Yang You, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing
The Illusion of Human Control: AI Agency and Adaptive Behavior in Collaborative Knowledge Work
Ms. Yan Yuening
Mon 17 Aug 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Heng Cheng Suang, Associate Professor, School of Computing

AUG
25
Auditing Large Language Models: Accountability, Integrity, and Copyright
Mr. Qu Wenjie
Tue 25 Aug 2026, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Zhang Jiaheng, NUS Presidential Young Professor, School of Computing

AUG
26
Towards Observable and Trustworthy System Foundations for Intelligent Cloud Infrastructures
Mr. Zhang Chuqi
Wed 26 Aug 2026, 09:30am - 11:00am
Supervised By:
Dr Liang Zhenkai, Associate Professor, School of Computing
From Profiles to Reflection: A Dual Approach to Self-Regulated Learning
Ms. Kong Guoting
Wed 26 Aug 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Teo Hock Hai, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

AUG
31
Mitigating Filter Bubble in News Recommenders: A Framework of Interventions for Representation, Algorithms, and...
Mr. Tan Ying Kiat
Mon 31 Aug 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chen Tsuhan, Distinguished Professor, School of Computing

SEP
07
Deep Learning for Translational Cancer Genomics: VAE Frameworks to Align Cancer Models and Enhance Risk Prediction
Mr. Jacob Josiah Santiago Alvarez
Mon 07 Sep 2026, 02:30pm - 04:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Wong Lim Soon, KITHCT Chair Professor, School of Computing
Dr Anders Jacobsen Skanderup, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Computing

SEP
14
Towards Practical Continual Learning
Ms. Evelyn Chee Yi Lyn
Mon 14 Sep 2026, 09:00am - 10:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Hsu Wynne, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing
Dr Lee Mong Li Janice, Professor, School of Computing

SEP
16
Correctness and Incorrectness Reasoning with Types
Mr. Li Wenhua
Wed 16 Sep 2026, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Chin Wei Ngan, Associate Professor, School of Computing

SEP
29
Allocating Indivisible Goods: Fairness and Efficiency
Ms. Karen Frilya Celine
Tue 29 Sep 2026, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Supervised By:
Dr Warut Suksompong, Assistant Professor, School of Computing
Dr Jain, Sanjay, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing
Dr Stephan, Frank Christian, Professor, School of Computing

OCT
02
Learner-AI Interaction in AI Tutoring: A Two-Study Investigation of Over-reliance and Logical Reasoning Development
Mr. Luo Jihao
Fri 02 Oct 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Teo Hock Hai, Provost's Chair Professor, School of Computing

OCT
08
Towards Efficient and Secure Distributed Machine Learning Systems on Edge Computing
Mr. Liu Xiang
Thu 08 Oct 2026, 10:00am - 11:30am
Supervised By:
Dr Jialin Li, Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor, School of Computing

OCT
12
Hardware-Conscious System Design for Efficient Data-Center Computing
Ms. Yang Yihan
Mon 12 Oct 2026, 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Jialin Li, Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor, School of Computing

OCT
13
Accelerating and Scaling Blockchains via Responsibility Decomposition
Mr. Sun Guangda
Tue 13 Oct 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Jialin Li, Sung Kah Kay Assistant Professor, School of Computing

OCT
19
Robust and Efficient Novel View Synthesis for Real-World 3D Scenes
Mr. Yan Zhiwen
Mon 19 Oct 2026, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Lee Gim Hee, Associate Professor, School of Computing

OCT
22
Learning with Fine-Grained Privacy
Mr. Jiang Yangfan
Thu 22 Oct 2026, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Supervised By:
Dr Xiaokui Xiao, Professor, School of Computing