Research Grants

My research has been generously supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF), the Ministry of Education (MOE), AI Singapore, and the CREATE programme among others. The projects below span information theory, machine learning, optimization, sequential decision making, privacy, and trustworthy AI.

≈ S$10.0M research funding secured

21 grants since 2014

4 current projects as PI

2 major NRF awards: Fellowship and Investigatorship

Current Research Grants

Fundamental Limits of Language Models via Information Theory

NRF Investigatorship
Jul 2026–Jun 2031
S$2,846,450

Online Optimization with Egalitarian and Fairness Constraints

MOE AcRF Tier 2
Jan 2026–Dec 2028
S$483,740

Adversarially Corrupted Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback

MOE AcRF Tier 1
Jan 2025–Dec 2027
S$68,000

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
Oct 2021–Sep 2026
approximately S$3.6M

Part of a CREATE programme with an overall budget of approximately €35 million.

Previous Major Grants

Learning Latent Structure of High-Dimensional Data with Adversarial TrainingMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Jul 2022–Nov 2025 • S$475,840
Fundamental Limits for Statistical Learning AlgorithmsNRF Fellowship • Mar 2018–Aug 2023 • S$2,060,000
Nonnegative Matrix Factorization: Geometry, Privacy and Statistical Lower BoundsMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Jan 2018–Jun 2021 • S$449,340
Machine Learning, Robust Optimisation, and Verification: Creating Synergistic Capabilities in Cybersecurity ResearchNational Cybersecurity R&D Programme • 2016–2019 • S$379,000
Network Communication with Synchronization Errors: Fundamental Limits and CodesMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Aug 2015–Jul 2018 • S$500,000
An Information-Theoretic Understanding of Machine Learning AlgorithmsNUS Young Investigator Award • Jan 2015–Dec 2017 • S$500,000

Complete previous funding history

Mitigating Security and Privacy Risks of Large Language ModelsAI Singapore Tech Challenge—AI for Security and Fraud Prevention (Singapore–Israel Joint Grant Call) • Nov 2023–Apr 2025 • S$250,000Joint with Tan Nguyen, Gal Chechik, and Biplab Sikdar.
The Benefits of Active Learning and Testing of Graphical StructureMOE AcRF Tier 1 • Jan 2023–Dec 2025 • S$146,800
Learning Latent Structure of High-Dimensional Data with Adversarial TrainingMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Jul 2022–Nov 2025 • S$475,840
Information-Theoretic Limits for Online Learning and Adversarial OptimizationMOE AcRF Tier 1 • Mar 2022–Mar 2025 • S$210,000
Risk-Sensitive Sequential Learning: Algorithms and Impossibility ResultsMOE AcRF Tier 1 • Mar 2021–Mar 2024 • S$226,000
On the Relation Between Privacy Metrics: An Asymptotic ViewpointNUS–Berlin Strategic Partnership Grant • Oct 2019–Apr 2021 • S$18,400
Fundamental Limits for Statistical Learning AlgorithmsNRF Fellowship • Mar 2018–Aug 2023 • S$2,060,000
Nonnegative Matrix Factorization: Geometry, Privacy and Statistical Lower BoundsMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Jan 2018–Jun 2021 • S$449,340
Model Selection for Dictionary LearningInstitute of Data Science Grant • Aug 2017–Jul 2019 • S$180,000
On the Interplay Between Privacy and Statistical InferenceMOE AcRF Tier 1 • Mar 2017–Feb 2020 • S$160,000
Finite Length Analysis for Multi-User CommunicationNUS–JSPS Grant • Mar 2017–Mar 2019 • S$76,000
Spectral Methods for Optimization with Applications to RankingMOE AcRF Tier 1 • Mar 2016–Mar 2019 • S$153,500
Machine Learning, Robust Optimisation, and Verification: Creating Synergistic Capabilities in Cybersecurity ResearchNational Cybersecurity R&D Programme • 2016–2019 • S$379,000
Network Communication with Synchronization Errors: Fundamental Limits and CodesMOE AcRF Tier 2 • Aug 2015–Jul 2018 • S$500,000
A Data-Driven Approach to an Improved Understanding of Parkinson's DiseaseFoE–SoC Joint Grant • Aug 2015–Jul 2018 • S$76,000
An Information-Theoretic Understanding of Machine Learning AlgorithmsNUS Young Investigator Award • Jan 2015–Dec 2017 • S$500,000
Harvesting and Secure Communication Systems under Finite Delay ConstraintsStartup Grant • Jan 2014–Dec 2017 • S$180,000

Amounts refer to the listed project budgets. For collaborative programmes, the figure shown may refer to the relevant workpackage or joint award rather than funding administered solely by one investigator.