Professor Tony Quek is Associate Provost for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor at SUTD. He also serves as Director of the Future Communications Research and Development Programme (FCP). Prior to this, he was Head of the Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) pillar from 2018 to August 2025. He is an ST Engineering Distinguished Professor since December 2022.

Prof Quek received the BE and ME degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, respectively, and the PhD degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He is a co-founder of Silence Laboratories and NeuroRAN. His current research topics include wireless communications and networking, network intelligence, non-terrestrial networks, open radio access network, AI-RAN, and 6G.

Prof Quek was honoured with the 2008 Philip Yeo Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Research, the 2012 IEEE William R. Bennett Prize, the 2015 SUTD Outstanding Education Awards — Excellence in Research, the 2016 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, the 2017 CTTC Early Achievement Award, the 2017 IEEE ComSoc AP Outstanding Paper Award, the 2020 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award, the 2020 IEEE Stephen O. Rice Prize, the 2020 Nokia Visiting Professor, the 2022 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, the 2024 IIT Bombay International Award For Excellence in Research in Engineering and Technology, the IEEE Communications Society WTC Recognition Award 2024, and the Public Administration Medal (Bronze).

He is an IEEE Fellow, a WWRF Fellow, an AIIA Fellow, a member of NAAI, and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore.