About
I am an Associate Professor of Computational Communication at the National University of Singapore, with an affiliate position at the NUS Institute of Data Sciences. My research develops computational models of language to measure and understand computer-mediated communication — particularly how social media shapes political behaviour, wellbeing, and public discourse.
Previously, I was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at NTU (2018–2019) and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania working with Prof. Lyle Ungar on the World Wellbeing Project (2016–2018). Before academia, I spent three years as a Senior Computer Scientist at Adobe Research, where I co-invented nine patents in digital marketing and natural language processing.
I am the Programme Coordinator for the Master's in Data Communication at NUS, and Principal Investigator on grants totalling over S$25 million, including a Ministry of Education Tier 3 grant on Digital Information Resilience.
The postings on this site are my own and do not represent the position or opinions of the Department of Communications and New Media, NUS.
Recognition & Grants
MOE Tier 3 & Facebook Integrity Award
9 US patents granted
Media and Communication Research
2025
AAAI New Faculty Highlights (2021)
Best Poster — NY Academy of Sciences (2019)
Research
Selected Publications
Full list on Google Scholar. 9 US patents granted.
Service
- Associate Editor — EPJ Data Science, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, Computational Communication Research
- Editorial Board — Journal of Communication (2022–present)
- Co-Chair, Publication Ethics Committee — Association for Computational Linguistics (2024–2029)
- Steering Committee — AAAI ICWSM (2024–2029)
- Program Committee co-chair — IC2S2 2023 & 2024, ICWSM 2024, SocInfo 2022
- General Chair — Singapore Symposium on Natural Language Processing, Dec 2023
- Financial Support co-chair — FAccT 2025