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.
Zhao Fang
Senior Lecturer, ESD
SUTD
Dr Zhao Fang is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). She has an interdisciplinary background with expertise in machine learning, communication networks, and travel surveys.
Prior to joining SUTD, she has led a research team in the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology to develop the Future Mobility Sensing technology, which is now recognised as state-of-the-art in passenger travel survey systems. She is also involved in the commercialisation and application of this platform for travel surveys in cities around the world.
Sun Zeyu
Lecturer, ESD/DAI
SUTD
Zeyu graduated from SUTD’s Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) Pillar with a PhD degree in 2021 and BEng in 2016. Since his PhD graduation, he has been a post-doctoral research fellow at NUS Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM) and then moved to Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) since 2023.
During his time in IORA, he taught the course ‘Decision Analytics using SpreadSheets’ under the Department of Analytics and Operations (DAO) in NUS Business School. He joined the SUTD family in October 2023.
Johnson Poh
Adjunct Principle Fellow,
SUTD Academy
Johnson is a seasoned executive and hands-on data science and AI practitioner with over 16 years of leadership experience across both public and private sectors. He concurrently serves as a Principal Fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. In the private sector, Johnson has held senior roles in regional banking and global consulting, including Group Chief Data Officer, Group Head of Enterprise AI and Analytics Technology at VPBank, UOB, and DBS, and earlier, Chief Data Scientist (ASEAN) at Booz Allen Hamilton.
His career began in the public sector, where he served as Senior Scientist at DSO National Laboratories, and later as Head of Data Science and Principal Scientist at the Ministry of Defence.
He holds undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics from UC Berkeley, and a postgraduate degree in Statistics from Yale University.