Instructor
Fredy Tantri
Lecturer, ISTD
SUTD
Fredy Tantri is currently a Lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design. He joined SUTD on September 2022. Prior to that, Fredy was a data science trainer, mainly teaching data analytics tools such as Excel, PowerBI, SQL, RPA, and Python Programming. He was also involved in various machine learning projects where he used state-of-the-art deep learning models and cloud platforms to be deployed in a system.
He received his PhD from Nanyang Technological University in 2020, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Sulfikar Amir and Assoc. Prof. Cheung Sai Hung on the topic “Modeling and Simulation of Sociotechnical Resilience”. During his PhD, Fredy conducted weekly Python workshop and consultation for NTU community for more than a year. That was the time when he found joy in both teaching and programming.
Oka Kurniawan
Senior Lecturer, ISTD
SUTD
Dr Oka Kurniawan is a Senior Lecturer of Information Systems Technology and Design at SUTD.
He graduated from NTU with a PhD in Engineering. He has been teaching computing for the past 13 years. He was also entrusted as the subject lead for the largest programming course in SUTD, a core subject in computer science degree and a software studio for Design and AI degree. He managed to introduce machine learning into the first year programming course in SUTD. He was also awarded SUTD Teaching Excellence in 2018 and his teaching was recognized internationally as Fellow by Advance HE in 2020.
Zane Lim
Adjunct Fellow, SUTD Academy
Zane has been a technology practitioner for more than 12 years, with experience in software engineering, machine learning and AI. He’s currently a director of Generative AI in Manulife leading the architecture and reusability of Gen AI systems. He has experience in end-to-end machine learning applications, from building data pipelines to engineering machine learning models and real-time deployments.
In his pastime, he is a certified ACLP instructor, with experience in various roles including adjunct lecturer in Singapore’s tertiary institutes, lead instructor in data science and AI in General Assembly and other tech academies.
Ong Wei Ching
Adjunct Fellow, SUTD Academy
Wei Ching is an experienced data scientist and AI engineer with a strong background in applying data science to real-world challenges across health-tech, agri-tech, and social impact sectors. She has built predictive models, natural language processing pipelines, and AI-driven product systems, leveraging technologies like AWS, GCP, Python, R, and SQL. Previously, she served at Holmusk and DiMuto, where she developed AI strategies, explainable AI systems, and advanced data dashboards to drive business and healthcare innovation.
Wei Ching holds a MicroMasters from MIT in Data, Economics, and Design Policy, and a Bachelor of Social Science in Politics, Law, and Economics from Singapore Management University. She is also an Associate AI Engineer certified by the AI Professionals Association and an Associate Cloud Engineer certified by Google Cloud.
Francisco Benita
Adjunct Fellow, SUTD Academy
Francisco Benita completed his PhD studies in Engineering Sciences at Monterrey Tech. Before joining Engineering Systems and Design Pillar, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar. Prior joining SUTD he served as Senior Advisor at the ITESM-BMGI Lean Six Sigma Program (Monterrey Tech).
As a graduate student, he had a one-year research fellowship at TU Bergakademie Freiberg and short research visits at Supélec, Université Paris Sud, University of Vienna, TU Berlin and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.