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University Research Recognition Award

To develop sound mathematical theories and models of privacy preserving data-centric distributed analytics and systems, develop efficient verifiable data systems, and translate my existing systems for commercial deployment. ” Prof OOI Beng Chin
Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor
PhD, BSc (Monash University)
Department of Computer Science
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Research Achievements

  • His research on the fundamental data and systems abstractions of modern data-driven applications laid the foundation for the design and implementation of systems that are not only efficient, robust, but also scalable and secure
  • His other extensive research, which ranges from end-to-end pipeline supporting all data processing steps to complex data analytics, yielded a large-scale software system that significantly improves on prior research-focused systems. The rigorous algorithmic and theoretical results were published in top journals and international conferences
  • Led a team to develop the scalable, useable and efficient Apache SINGA system, a layer abstraction optimised for distributed machine learning. This is Apache’s first Top Level Project on distributed deep learning platform and also the first from Singapore
  • Developed ForkBase, the first immutable data and tamper evident storage system that enables fast verification required in high-stakes and sensitive domains such as healthcare and finance. It also supports efficient data provenance processing known as LineageChain−which won the Very Large Data Bases’ (VLDB) 2019 Best Paper Award, and provides effective storage for FabricSharp blockchain, a variant of Hyperledger Fabric
  • Developed the GEMINI, a healthcare analytics system; and FoodLg, a food journaling, nutrition tracking and analysis app

Publication Credits

  • Published and presented more than 200 papers in leading journals and prestigious conferences
  • Obtained over 25,000 total citations with a Hirsch index of 85

International Standing

  • Founding Editor-in-Chief of ACM/IMS Transactions on Data Science (2018 to 2021)
  • President of VLDB Endowment (2014 to 2017)
  • Founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Big Data Research (2013 to 2015)
  • Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (2009 to 2012)

Awards and Accolades

  • ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award, Special Interest Group on Management of Data (2020)
  • Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award, China Computer Federation (2016)
  • IEEE Technical Committee on Data Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering, and Education Impact Award (2014)
  • Outstanding Researcher Award, NUS (2013)
  • IEEE Computer Society Tsutomu Kanai Award (2012)
  • Co-winner of the President’s Science Award (2011)
  • Fellow, Singapore National Academy of Science (2016); ACM (2011); and IEEE (2009)
 
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