Graduate student awards

Every year, the achievements and contributions of our graduate students are recognised at the Graduate Student Townhall in the form of various student awards presented.
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2025 student award winners

At the Graduate Student Townhall held on 27 August 2025, the following achievements and contributions by our graduate students were recognised.

Outstanding Thesis Award (Year 2024)
  • Dr Foo Lin Geng (ISTD) – Thesis Title: Dynamic Networks for Contemporary Video-based Applications
  • Dr Zhao Yunqing (ISTD) – Thesis Title: Data-Efficient Discriminative and Generative Modelling
  • Dr Cai Xinyu (EPD) – Thesis Title: Enhancing the Capabilities of Nature-Inspired Free Rotos: Scalability, Adaptivity and Transformability
Dr Cai Xinyu (Outstanding Thesis Award – Year 2024)
Graduate Student Service Award
  • Julia Bernatek
  • Tan Yung Liang, Joshua
  • Chu Jin An
  • Kumuthini
  • Shanmugham Meyammai
Tan Yung Liang, Joshua – Vice-President of Graduate Student Association
Kumuthini – Community Engagement Director
3MT People’s Choice Award Winner
  • Partha Pratim Sarkar (PhD/EPD)