Kang Taeyoung

Raffles Institution 2019 – present

• The Euler Program: Advanced Mathematics class of 20 for Y1-2 Students 2019-2020
• The Galileo Program: Advanced Science class of 20 for Y1-2 Students 2019-2020
• The Marco Polo Program: Advanced Humanities class of 20 for Y1-2 Students 2020
• Mathematics Raffles Academy: Advanced Mathematics class of 25 for Y3-4 Students 2020-2021
• Physics Raffles Academy: Advanced Physics class of 25 for Y3-4 Students 2020-2021
• Raffles Model United Nations: Participated in MUN with RI 2021
• Bicultural China Programme: Learned about contemporary China and present issues 2021
• Mathematics Raffles Academy: Advanced Mathematics class of 25 for JC Students 2023-present
• Physics Raffles Academy: Advanced Physics class of 20 for JC Students 2023-present
• Raffles Institution Math Club: Vice-Chairman 2019- present,
• Raffles Soft Ball Team: 2019- 2021, 2022- present

Olympiad Teams/programs

• Singapore International Math Olympiad Junior Team: 2019
• Singapore International Math Olympiad Senior Team: 2020-2021
• Singapore International Math Olympiad National Team: 2021-2022

Programming Skills

• Proficient in the language of C++, Latex, Mathematica

Honors & Awards

• American Math Olympiad 10A,10B distinction honour roll, AIME qualifier: awarded 2019,2020
• American Math Olympiad 12A,12B honour roll, AIME qualifier: awarded 2021,2023
• Australian Math Competition: Perfect Score, prize award 2019
• Singapore Math Olympiad Junior 2019: Gold,
• Singapore Math Olympiad Junior 2020: Gold, 2nd Place
• Singapore Math Olympiad Senior 2021: Gold, Top 10,
• Singapore Math Olympiad Senior 2022: Gold, 6th Place
• Singapore Math Olympiad Open 2019, 2020 : Bronze
• Singapore Math Olympiad Open 2021: Silver
• Singapore Math Olympiad Open 2022: Gold, 16th Place
• Global Quarantine Math Olympiad 2020: Bronze
• Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad 2021: Bronze
• Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad 2022: Gold
• Singapore Physics League 2022: Gold, 3rd Place
• Singapore Youth Physicists tournament 2022: Silver, 3rd Place
• Singapore Youth Physicists tournament 2023: Silver, 4th Place
• Model United Nations: Sustainable Development Youth Convention 2021: Represented School
• Model United Nations: Overseas family school 2021: Best speaker
• NSG Softball Championship C Division Boys 2020: Represented School

Volunteering Experience

• Project Pascal: Founder 2022- present
• Central CDC Singapore 2022: Homework clinic, Ministry of Social and Family Development: Tutor   Tutored underprivileged primary school students
• Raffles Institution Math club training: Trainer 2021 – present. TrainedY1and2 Raffles Institution students in combinatorial thinking and enumerative combinatorics

• RI Mathematics Camp 2021: Overseer  Set 3 different set of tutorials for Y1,Y2,Y3 Math Club members. Also graded Y1,2,3 Math Club members solutions to the mock papers and tutorials set for trainings
• 2021 Computing Nov Course: Trainer   Briefly taught counting in combinatorics and novel combinatorial ideas such as invariance and mono variance that are relevant to computing.
• Raffles Institution Inter-House Math Quiz 2022: Trainer  Trained a group of 6 Year 1-2 students on topics ranging from complex numbers in geometry to bisections

Research Experience

• Efficiently generating Kastelyn Signings: 2022  Written to find an alternative method to count domino tilings considering adjacency matrices and Kastelyn signings
• An inductive approach to GJW75: 2022  In this paper, provide the reader with a more fundamental and algebraic approach to proving the Goldman-Joichi-White theorem, proceeding with a two-step strong induction.
• Introduction to Barycentric coordinates: 2021. Written to share the technique of Barycentric coordinates in an Olympiad setting
• Lagrange Multipliers in Physics: 2021. Written to highlight a more ”bash” forward method in solving physics problems
• Physics can solve everything: 2021. A physics based approach to solving purely Mathematical statements
• Mathematics and artificial intelligence: 2020. A brief overview of the usage of Lagrange multipliers in optimisation and the workings of a Sudoku Solve
• Spillnot cupholder: 2021. Brief self-exploration on the mechanisms behind the inner workings of a Spill-not cupholder
• Counting: 2021. Brief explanation of counting in Mathematical Olympiads to Year 1,2 Students of Raffles Institution
• Investigation of the integration of Anaerobic digesters into Singaporean school buildings: 2020. Took on this school-based research as part of the Raffles Institution Research education program
• Developing an Application that Uses Minimum-Cost Flow to Calculate Optimum Road Routes During Peak Hours in Singapore 2022

Zhang Chenxi

Raffles Institution 2022 – present

• Mathematics Raffles Academy: Advanced Mathematics class of 25 for JC Students 2022-2023
• Physics Raffles Academy: Advanced Physics class of 20 for JC Students 2022-2023
• H3 Mathematics: accelerated course in Mathematics covering university-level content 2023
• Science Research Programme: Attachment project with IHPC of A*Star Institute: 2022- present
• Raffles Computer Science Society: Admin Head of Raffles Computer Science Society 2022-present

Raffles Girls’ School 2018-2021

• The Gifted Education Program
• The Accelerated Math Program: Advanced Mathematics class of 20 for Y1-2 Students 2018-2019
• Science Mentorship Programme: Attachment project with NUS 2019
• Raffles Minds Sports 2018-2021: Treasurer

Olympiad Teams/programs

• Singapore International Math Olympiad Junior Team 2018
• Singapore International Math Olympiad Senior Team 2019
• Singapore International Math Olympiad National Team 2019- 2021

Programming Skills

• Proficient in the language of C++, Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Latex

Honors & Awards

• Singapore Math Olympiad Junior 2018: Gold, 12th Place
• Singapore Math Olympiad Junior 2019: Gold, 13th Place
• Singapore Math Olympiad Senior 2020: Gold, top 10
• China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad 2019: Silver, Represented Singapore
• American Math Olympiad 10A, 10B honour roll, AIME qualifier
• American Math Olympiad 12A, 12B honour roll, AIME qualifier
• International Mathematical Modeling Challenge 2020-2021 Merit
• Singapore International Mathematical Competition 2.0 2022 Distinction and Special Prize
• Youth Science Conference 2019: Distinction
• Build-On ASEAN 2021 Second Runner’s Up, Shortlisted by Cognizant Company for an Internship
• Singapore Physics Olympiad 2022: Silver
• National School Individual Chess Championship Under 16 Girls 6th Place
• A*STAR Science Award Junior College 2022: Received Award

Research Experience

• Science Mentorship Programme 2019: Arithmetic of Apollonian Circle Packings  Research project on a niche area of number theory, SMP Poster
• Science Research Programme 2022-2023: Devised an algorithm to improving an initial layout of street network. Embarking on a group project with professors from IHPC of A*Star Institute

Volunteering Experience

• Project Pascal 2022 – present: Head of Research
• Greenwood Teaching Program 2021  Taught underprivileged primary 4 students Math every Wednesday for a year
• Project Excelsior 2022

Internship Experience

• A*STAR Institution, IHPC 2022-2023:  Science Research Programme
• A*STAR Institution, IHPC 2023-Present:   Machine Learning Project

Prajit Adhikari

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Sashil Anand

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Lin Terrence

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Kushagra Kesaarwani

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Wong Poh Kam
Professor

Professor Wong Poh Kam

Emeritus Professor at NUS Business School, LEE KUAN YEW School of Public Policy

Wong Poh Kam is Emeritus Professor at NUS Business School and LEE KUAN YEW School of Public Policy. He obtained two BSc.’s, an MSc. and a Ph.D. from MIT. He has published extensively in leading international refereed journals on entrepreneurship and innovation, and was ranked among the top 2% most highly cited scholars in the world by AD Scientific Index in 2020-22. He has also consulted widely on innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem development policies for various international agencies including the World Bank, OECD, Asian Development Bank and WIPO, various government agencies in Singapore including MTI, EDB, ASTAR, Min. of Law, MPA and IPOS, and many private corporations in Asia. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, Oxford University, Korea University and GRIPS in Japan, and a Pacific Leadership Fellow at UC San Diego.

Besides his academic position, he was concurrently the Director of NUS Entrepreneurship Centre from August 2001 until July 2019, where he created or provided academic leadership for several high-impact experiential entrepreneurship education programs, including the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) program, the Technopreneurship Minor program for undergraduates in NUS, the NRF-funded National Lean Launchpad (LLP) Program on technology commercialization for professors and graduate students in the four leading universities in Singapore (2017-22), and the annual NUS Enterprise Summer Program on Entrepreneurship. He also advised the NUS Enterprise CEO on the strategic development of NUS Enterprise Incubator (NEI) program, including Block71 in Singapore, Indonesia, Suzhou and San Francisco. He has served on the investment committee of NUS Enterprise since its founding, and was a mentor to many tech start-ups incubated by NUS Enterprise. He initiated StartUp@Singapore, the largest annual business plan competition in Singapore (1999-2012), and the DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia, the largest annual social entrepreneurship competition in Asia (2013-18). He also initiated and co-chaired the Modern Aging Accelerator, a joint program of NUS Enterprise and Access Health (2017-18), and the Port Innovation Ecosystem Re-imagined (PIER71), a joint program of NUS Enterprise and the Maritime Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore (2018-19). He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Asian School of Business (ASB) in Malaysia, an advisor to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Entrepreneurship Academy on entrepreneurship education, and an advisor to Hong Kong S&T Park (HKSTP) on the Lean Launcher Program.

An entrepreneur prior to joining academia, he has been an active angel investor in tech startups in Singapore, Silicon Valley and China. He was the founding chairman of Business Angel Network (Southeast Asia), and is an advisor to iGlobe Partners, a global VC fund based in Singapore. He received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) Award from the Singapore Government in 2013 for his contribution to entrepreneurship education in Singapore, and the “Entrepreneur for the World” Award (Educator Category) from the World Entrepreneurship Forum in 2015. He was a board member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) 2016-22, and is currently a board member of B-Lab Singapore, a non-profit organization that provides certification services for Singaporebased companies that seek to become B Corps (companies for doing good).

Basil Lui
FOUNDING PARTNER, AGP

Dr. Basil Lui is the Founding Partner of AGP. Prior to this, he was an Advisor and Managing Partner at EDBI where he oversaw investments in Healthcare and Emerging Technologies. Basil was a key member of EDBI’s Investment Committee for ~50 investments with 10 exits. On the healthcare front, he was involved in several investments for EDBI, including Doctor Anywhere a full-stack online-offline healthcare service; Hummingbird Bioscience a clinical-stage precision medicine company; MiRXES a developer of RNA early disease detection tests; US2.ai an AI software platform for echocardiography to fight heart disease; and a pre-covid investment into mRNA vaccine platform Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA). Basil has a strong interest in regenerative technologies that can restore cellular health and resilience.

Additionally, Basil drove early stage deep-tech fund-of-funds investments at EDBI, covering regional healthcare funds, and as a LPAC member in portfolio funds, worked closely in partnership with funds to invest in Singapore and the region. He also spearheaded EDBI’s investments in areas that would have an impact on the future of healthcare and the bioeconomy such as synthetic biology, gene edits, robotics, AI, blockchain, AR and VR. Basil pioneered EDBI’s post-investment value creation and communications efforts, ensuring strong support to portfolio companies through market access, talent recruitment, strategic financing, partnership & guidance; and is often a speaker in global technology events and panels. On the blockchain front, Basil led investments into Bitmain, Bitdeer, Matrixport; is currently an advisor to Chainup and DTCpay; and a committee member of DBS Digital Exchange.

Prior to EDBI, Basil was a McKinsey consultant covering South East Asia, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Keppel-NUS Corporate Laboratory, the APAC President of a global semiconductor electronic design automation company, an Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore Electrical & Computer Engineering, and a post-doctoral researcher at the Cambridge University Engineering Department. Basil is the inventor of several patents and holds a BA (1st class), MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He was awarded a Commonwealth scholarship, a Singapore Government Public Service Commission scholarship, and was the youngest Singaporean to win a Research Fellowship from Trinity College Cambridge.

Howie Lau How Sin
Managing Partner, NCS

• Managing Partner NCS
• Exco Governing Council and co-Chairman, Singapore Institute of Directors
• Board Member & Chairman, Science Centre Singapore
• Board of Governors and Chairman, Nanyang Polytechnic
• Board of Governors, Cyber Youth Singapore
• Council Exco, SGTech
• Advisory Committee, Nanyang Technological University

Mr. Howie Lau brings with him years of deep experience and thought leadership in the Info-Communications and Technology (ICT) sector. Prior to joining NCS, he was the Assistant Chief Executive, Media & Innovation Group at Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), which has oversight of developing the technology, telecommunications and media business in Singapore as well as technology capability development.

Prior to IMDA, Howie was the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Consumer Business at StarHub, and Vice President of Corporate Development at Lenovo. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate development, business leadership and marketing in Lenovo and IBM across Asia Pacific, China, India and Latin America.

Mr. Howie Lau serves on several advisory committees and boards, including the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors and board of Science Centre Singapore.  He was recognised as IT Leader of the Year 2020 by Singapore Computer Society and received the Philip Kotler Marketing Excellence award in 2018.

Quek Kai Hoo
Chief Investment Offer, A*STAR

Mr. Quek Kai Hoo is Chief Investment Offer at A*STAR Innovation and Enterprise Group.

He is responsible for the A*STAR spinoff portfolio, supporting them through investor and partner introductions, as well as connecting them to resources within the startup ecosystem. He also manages the portfolio equity and supports spinoffs through venture co-creation.

Before joining A*STAR in 2016, Kai Hoo has more than 15 years of investment experience and M&A professional through executing numerous deals across growth and venture capital, private equity fund-of-funds and real estate with sovereign fund (Temasek), family office (Kestrel) and listed companies (Unisteel and Rowsley).

Andy Harland
Professor, Loughborough University

• Professor, Loughborough University
• Director of Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University

Professor Harland is active in research across a broad range of topics related to sport, including measurement and instrumentation in sport, product design and development, injury prevention and simulation.

A number of projects have been concerned with sports footwear, apparel, protective gear and hard-goods, with particular focus on a wide range of hollow and solid sports balls.

Professor Harland’s research in soccer balls has been applied by adidas in tournament balls used in FIFA world cups since 2006 and UEFA European Championships since 2004 and his research in cricket helmet impacts underpinned the revision of the British Standard 7928:2013; Specification for Head Protection for Cricketers.

Professor Harland has partnered with a wide range of industrial, commercial and charitable bodies, including adidas, FIFA, England and Wales Cricket Board, International Cricket Council, BISFed and FIH.

Professor Harland has also supported a number of start-up businesses including Alcuris, Incus, Nymbl and Shot Scope and is keen to support ideas through to commercialisation.

Joyce Shen
Professor

Professor Joyce Shen, Faculty at the School of Information of UC Berkeley.

Prof. Shen is a venture capital/private equity investor and business builder. Her technical expertise centers around emerging technologies, machine learning & AI, data economy, and cybersecurity. She has published books on technology and innovation and is a patent holder on detecting and locating unsecured sensors in critical infrastructures. With significant cross-functional experience that span venture capital/private equity investing, technology M&A, corporate finance/CFO, corporate strategy, technology and product innovation, operations, and go-to-market, She has extensive strategy, financial, and operational experience and deep knowledge in incubating, investing in, growing, and managing new businesses in both global public companies and early to growth technology startups. She has partnered with companies of all sizes to build strong teams, unlock growth levers, implement innovative technology and data science business cases, and establish strong financial, operational, and governance oversight for long-term success.

Prof. Shen currently serves as the Investment and Operating Partner at Tenfore Holdings, responsible for sourcing, investing in, and managing early to growth stage technology investments. Previously, she was the Global Managing Director in the Office of the CTO responsible for emerging technology strategy, startup partnerships, and venture investments at Thomson Reuters. Prior to Thomson Reuters, she was the founding Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer of IBM Cloud Platform responsible for a multi-billion P&L. Before that, Joyce led finance, operations, and acquisition integration of the $1 billion Collaboration and HR SaaS software business. She started her career in IBM M&A Corporate Development closing acquisitions over $6 billion in cloud, data management, and security. Prof. Shen serves on the boards of various technology companies.

She also serves on the innovation advisory council for the World Food Programme and was a member of the advisory board for Enterprise Estonia, Per Scholars, and Sponsors for Education Opportunity (SEO) Junior Leadership Board.

Prof. Shen received two bachelor’s degrees in Statistics and Economics from The University of Chicago and an MBA with concentrations in Quantitative Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Rob Kaplan
CEO

Mr.Kaplan is Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital, a Singapore-based investment management firm dedicated to incubating financing companies, projects, and infrastructure that prevent the flow of plastic waste to the world’s oceans and advance the circular economy in South and Southeast Asia.

Mr. Rob Kaplan currently sits on the Advisory Committee of the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership and on the board of directors at The Circulate Initiative and Delterra — independent nonprofits driving system change in recycling. His expertise also led him to be a Forbes contributor and a recognized speaker at high level events addressing the role of investors in advancing the circular economy to fight the plastic pollution and climate crises.

From innovative materials to advanced recycling technologies, Circulate Capital mobilizes catalytic capital to invest across the entire circular plastic value chain. It was established in partnership with leading global corporations including PepsiCo, Dow, Danone, Chanel, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, and Mondelez International. Circulate Capital invests in local innovators and operators implementing solutions on the ground to connect them to the global supply chains. It aims to prove that investing in the sector can generate competitive returns while preventing plastic pollution, mitigating climate change, and improving livelihoods across South and Southeast Asia.

Prior to Circulate Capital, Mr. Kaplan co-founded Closed Loop Partners, an investment manager focused on the North American circular economy. As Managing Director, he oversaw the firm’s strategy and new business model development, as well as its day-to-day operations.

Mr. Kaplan also served as the Director of Sustainability for Walmart where he was responsible for sustainable packaging, customer engagement, and integration within the consumables business. He led Walmart’s cross-functional efforts to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas from the supply chain.

Byun Min Won
EABC Team Head, HMGICS

• Head, the External Affairs and Business Cooperation team of the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center in Singapore

Mr. Minwon Byun has been involved in the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center in Singapore
(HMGICS) project since Dec. 2018.

• Jan. 2017~Dec. 2018: Senior Research Engineer developing electronic component of the Pilot/Prototype division.
• Jun. 2005~Dec. 2016: Research Engineer developing electronic component of the Pilot/Prototypedivision.

Mr. Minwon Byun graduated from the Hanyang Univ. with a bachelor of Electronic engineering degree in 2003

We Tak Hoo
Digital Transformation Leader, HMGICS

• Digital Transformation Leader Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS), 2023 – Present
• Senior Engineering Manager HP, 2022 – 2023
• Engineering Manager HP, 2019 – 2022
• Principal Engineer HP, 2015 – 2022
• Senior Engineer HP, 2009 – 2015
• Engineer HP, 2007 – 2009
• National University of Singapore (NUS) BEng, Electrical Engineering, Robotics and Control Engineering, 2005 – 2007

Song Joonho
Korean MOE Teacher

Guan Dian
Co-founder Patsnap

Guan Dian is the cofounder, CMO, APAC GM of Patsnap — a leading provider of research and development (R&D) analytics with AI-powered technology and machine learning. The company has grown from a small four-person operation to international prominence in the highly competitive field of patent analytics. Today Patsnap enables more than 12,000 customers in more than 50 countries to access market, technology, and competitive intelligence as well as patent insights to take products from ideation to commercialization. In her current role at Patsnap, Guan leads the company’s Asia Pacific business.

Guan has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. Guan started their career as a software engineer at MooWee.

Guan Dian has a background in management science and engineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Management Information Systems from the National University of Singapore.

She was part of the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and 2021 Tatler’s Asia’s Most Influential.

Pow Chang
Mentor, NTUitive

Business Development Mentor, Nanyang Technological University – NTUitive Pte Ltd

With over 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry, He is an accomplished IT and Artificial Intelligence professional with a unique blend of technical and business expertise. He hold a Master’s degree in Information and Data Science from UC Berkeley, an MBA from NUS Business School, a Master in Global Finance from NYU Stern School and HKUST, and a Bachelor’s in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from NTU.

He has worked with Fortune 500 companies and played significant roles in multiple stealth startups, where he has launched applications in e-commerce, machine learning, data analytics, and blockchain technologies. My technical skills include deep-link data analytics, natural language processing, predictive modeling using open ML libraries in the cloud, and blockchain solutions. He is proficient in a variety of technologies, including TensorFlow, Keras, Pytorch, and generative technologies.

He has completed postgraduate certificates in Cybersecurity and Big Data from MIT and received the NYU Tandon Cyber Fellow Scholarship.