Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
- Dissertation Title: Stacking-based Deep Neural Networks for Pattern Classification
- Advisor: Prof. Andrew Beng Jin Teoh
Prior to Ph.D.
- Master of Science in Computer Science, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
- Thesis Title: Offline Handwritten Signature Watermarking for Digital Document Authentication
- Advisor: Prof. Andrew Beng Jin Teoh
- Bachelor of Information Technology in Computer Science, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
- Thesis Title: Geographic Information System for Flood Forecasting
- Advisor: Prof. Meng Chew Leow
Employment History
- Sep. 2025 ~ Present : Assistant Professor, Department of AI Engineering, Changwon National University, Republic of Korea
- Jan. 2025 ~ Aug. 2025 : Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP), Germany
- Mar. 2022 ~ Dec. 2024 : Research Associate (Senior Researcher), Institute for Basic Science, Republic of Korea
- Nov. 2019 ~ Feb. 2022 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
Prior to 2019
- Mar. 2014 ~ Oct. 2019 : Lecturer (Tenured), Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
- On Ph.D. Study Leave from Mar. 2014 to Feb. 2018.
- Nov. 2009 ~ Feb. 2014: Lecturer (Non-Tenured), Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
- Apr. 2008 ~ Nov. 2009: Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
- Apr. 2005 ~ Mar. 2008: Tutor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Awards
- Recipeint of the 3MT People’s Choice Award, Empowering Global South AI, AAAI 2026
- Amazon Research Award 2025, Forest-Blossom (Sustainability Track)
- Winning Team, Face Recognition Challenge in the Era of Synthetic Data, CVPR 2024
- Winning Team, Computer Vision for Ecology Challenge, ECCV 2024
- Korean Research Fellowship Brain Pool (2019-2022), National Research Foundation of Korea, Republic of Korea
- Global Leader Fellowship (2014-2018), Yonsei University, Republic of Korea