Research Grants as Principal Investigator

  1. [Active] Mitigating Security and Privacy Risks of Large Language Models
    PI, AISG Tech Challenge - AI for Security and Fraud Prevention (SG-IL Joint Grant Call)
    Joint with Tan Nguyen, Gal Chechik, and Biplab Sikdar, 11/2023 — 04/2025, S$250,000

  2. [Active] The Benefits of Active Learning and Testing of Graphical Structure
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1, 01/2023 — 12/2025, S$146,800

  3. [Active] Learning Latent Structure of High-Dimensional Data with Adversarial Training
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 2, 07/2022 — 11/2025, S$475,840

  4. [Active] Information-Theoretic Limits for Online Learning and Adversarial Optimization
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1, 03/2022 — 03/2025, S$210,000

  5. [Active] DESCARTES: A CREATE Program on AI-based Decision making in Critical Urban Systems
    Workpackage 3: Optimization-Driven Hybrid AI
    Lead PI (with Caroline Chaux-Moulin), 10/2021 — 09/2026, ~S$3,600,000 (out of ~€35 million)

  6. [Active] Risk-Sensitive Sequential Learning: Algorithms and Impossibility Results
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1, 03/2021 — 03/2024, S$226,000

  7. Fundamental Limits for Statistical Learning Algorithms
    PI, NRF Fellowship, 03/2018 — 08/2023, S$2,060,000

  8. On the Relation Between Privacy Metrics: An Asymptotic Viewpoint
    PI, NUS-Berlin Strategic Partnership Grant, 10/2019 — 04/2021, S$18,400

  9. Nonnegative Matrix Factorization: Geometry, Privacy and Statistical Lower Bounds
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 2, 01/2018 — 06/2021, S$449,340

  10. Model Selection for Dictionary Learning
    PI, Institute of Data Science Grant, 08/2017 — 07/2019, S$180,000

  11. Finite Length Analysis for Multi-User Communication
    PI, NUS-JSPS Grant, 03/2017 — 03/2019, S$76,000

  12. On the Interplay Between Privacy and Statistical Inference
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1, 03/2017 — 02/2020, S$160,000

  13. Machine Learning, Robust Optimisation, and Verification: Creating Synergistic Capabilities in Cybersecurity Research
    PI, National Cybersecurity R&D Programme Grant, 2016 — 2019 , S$379,000

  14. Spectral Methods for Optimization with Applications to Ranking
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 1, 03/2016 — 03/2019, S$153,500

  15. Network Communication with Synchronization Errors: Fundamental Limits and Codes
    PI, MOE AcRF Tier 2, 08/2015 — 07/2018, S$500,000

  16. A Data-Driven Approach to an Improved Understanding of Parkinson's Disease
    PI, FoE-SoC Joint Grant, 08/2015 — 07/2018, S$76,000

  17. An Information-Theoretic Understanding of Machine Learning Algorithms
    PI, NUS Young Investigator Award, 01/2015 — 12/2017, S$500,000

  18. Harvesting and Secure Communication Systems under Finite Delay Constraints
    PI, Startup Grant, 01/2014 — 12/2017, S$180,000