Achievements

SUTD participated in the AAAI-26 held at Singapore Expo from 20 – 27 January 2026, with a booth showcasing cutting-edge AI technologies developed at the university. Faculty from ISTD were present to share their research with conference attendees, and Head of Pillar (ISTD) Professor Li Xiaoli, was also a keynote speaker for the Graphs and more Complex Structures for Learning and Reasoning (GCLR) workshop during the conference.

ASD and DAI Assistant Professor Immanuel Koh has received two honours for his works—Neural Monobloc Black, and AI Sampling Singapore—at the prestigious German Design Award 2026.

SOAR’s competitive robotics team (SCRT) reached the semi-finals and won the Amaze Award — an award for consistently high-performing and competitive robot.

Prof Li Xiaoli was invited to speak at the AI Factory Hackathon 2025 on 16 December 2025, held in Seoul, where he delivered a presentation titled “AI for Smart Manufacturing: Making of Sensor Time Series – An Introduction to Singapore’s Time Series Foundation Models.”

Professor Zhou Jianying has been recognised as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to applied cryptography and cyber-physical system security.

For pioneering graphene-based plasmonic biosensors and quantum plasmonics, introducing plasma-inspired simulations that advanced quantum plasma modeling in solid-state systems.

Liu Guangxin, received the Best Flash Talk Award at Advanced Photonics: The Intelligent Photonics Forum, held in Foshan, China, from 7 to 9 November 2025. His presentation, Deep Learning-Driven Quantum Nanophotonic Systems, was recognized for its excellence and innovation.

Ms Sarah Wong, Ms Liu Xiaohan and Mr Li Bayi’s paper titled “Understanding the relationships between Nature-based Solutions and Human Active Mobility: Comparative case studies of Urban Parks in Singapore” won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the GeoHB2025: 2nd International Workshop on Geo-spatial Computing for Understanding Human Behavior in Shanghai, China, organised by Tongji University.

In the latest “World’s Top 2%” scientists list released by Stanford University in September 2025, SUTD faculty were listed across fields including artificial intelligence & image processing, networking & telecommunications, optics and applied physics.

Assistant Professor Peng Song and his co-authors have won the Best Paper Award at the Shape Modeling International (SMI) 2025.