Andy Khong is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He also holds a joint appointment with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in the same university. Prior to that, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, after which he also served as a research associate in the same department. His research interests include education data mining, predictive analytics, and recommendation systems applied to education and medical data. He has also published works on signal processing for speech enhancement, multi-channel microphone array, and blind deconvolution algorithms.

Andy has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language Processing and the Journal of Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing (Springer). He was a visiting professor at UIUC in 2012 under the Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship. He is the author and co-author of two papers awarded the "Best Student Paper Awards" and is a recipient of the Junior Chambers International "Ten Outstanding Young Persons Honouree Award 2011" and the Institute of Engineers Singapore "Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2012." He was awarded the Nanyang Education Award and the Educator of the Year Award 2022.

Ian Dixon completed his PhD on John Cassavetes at The University of Melbourne in 2011. Ian is a senior lecturer at SAE Institute, Melbourne. He delivers academic addresses internationally including a plenary speech for CEA in USA and keynote addresses in India and The Philippines. He currently works as Associate Professor at the world fourth ranking Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (number one in Asia). Ian has worked as writer, director and actor, including, film, commercial television and international theatre (he took over from Guy Pearce to play the lead role in Grease). He studied Drama, Cinema Studies and English Literature at University of Adelaide and Flinders University as well as filmmaking at the VCA School of Film and Television (where he came top in his Grad. Dip. cohort and also completed his PhD).

Ian’s short films have won directing awards globally – including recently best Sci-Fi film at London’s Multidimensional Film Festival (2024) for Project Reve (2022) and ensuring selection for Temple Crimes (2023) in Australia’s most prestigious St Kilda Film Festival. Ian is currently writing a screenplay funded by Film Victoria and has also been funded to write films for Screen Australia. Having currently signed a contract to write/direct two new feature films in Australia and Asia, Ian’s directing credits include Ashes & Sighs (2024), Biofilm (2024), the internationally award winning Interference (2014), Wee Jimmy (half hour drama for SBS - won director commendation at San Francisco International Film Festival), The Raptor Detail (short). Cut (VCA major film - won Gold at Australian Cinematographers Society Awards). Ian has had extensive training as a director including Film Victoria/AFC assisted traineeships on Neighbours (he went on to direct the series) Blue Heelers, (directed episodes), Horace and Tina (directed scenes). He has written three novels and has worked as a lecturer in public speaking and filmmaking at the VCA, Monash and Melbourne University, RMIT, SAE Institute and Swinburne TAFE. He works as an independent producer of film and video and has been assistant to the Artistic Director of the Australia Korea Foundation for the Department of Foreign Affairs. His debut feature film Crushed (writer/director/producer) screened at the world’s largest arthouse chain Cinema Nova in 2008.

Ian’s acting work can be viewed on Bird Sounds, Temple Crimes, City Homicide, Blue Heelers, Martial Law, Guinevere Jones, Heartbreak High, Struck by Lightning, Shadows of the Heart etc

Dr. Ho Shen Yong is the Executive Director of the Institute of Pedagogical Innovation, Research and Excellence (InsPIRE) at NTU. He joined Nanyang Technological University in 2011 as a Physics lecturer. Prior to that, Dr. Ho taught at Hwa Chong Junior College from 1998 to 2003. He then pursued his graduate studies in Physics at the University of Toronto from 2004 to 2009. Subsequently, Dr. Ho conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Center for Quantum Technologies at NUS from 2009 to 2011.

Dr. Ho is passionate about education. As a lecturer for the freshman engineering Physics course, he has actively developed learning activities to help students enhance their thinking skills and appreciate the connections between textbook knowledge and real-world applications. In 2014, Dr. Ho helped establish the "Making and Tinkering" course, where students are free to design and construct almost any technological prototype within a semester. To date, the course has produced more than 140 student projects. Dr. Ho has received several teaching awards, including the Nanyang Education Award (University, Gold) in 2018. That same year, he was appointed Principal Lecturer in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Ho is also the Provost’s Chair in Physics since 2019.

• Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education); Executive Director, Office of Research & Technology in Defence & Security; Director, National Integrated Centre for Evaluation (NiCE); Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering Office: RTP/BX-09 Phone: (+65) 6790 6821 Email: clgan@ntu.edu.sg

Dr Gan is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Nanyang Technological University. He is currently the Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education), Executive Director of Office of Research & Technology in Defence & Security and Director of National Integrated Centre for Evaluation (NiCE), a joint centre with Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore. He is also a Fellow of NTU Teaching Excellence Academy. He had previously held the position of Assistant Chair of Alumni and Head of Materials Science Division in School of MSE, Chairman of NTU Teaching Council, Director of Renaissance Engineering Programme, Director of Temasek Laboratories@NTU and Deputy Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education). He was also a Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) Fellow, and a Faculty Associate at the Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore.

Dr Gan received his B.Eng (Electrical) from the National University of Singapore in 1999, and Ph.D in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems under the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program (SMA) in 2003. His research interests include the hardware assurance and failure analysis of microelectronics devices, reliability study of GaN-on-Si devices, development of advanced packaging materials and technology for harsh environment electronics, and development of ceramic pastes for 3D printing. He has received a number of best paper and poster awards at international conferences, as well as being an invited, keynote and plenary speaker at these conferences. Dr Gan was awarded the Nanyang Education Award (University, Gold) in 2015, the Defence Technology Prize (Team R&D) in 2016, the Defence Technology Prize (Individual R&D) in 2018, and the Public of Administration Medal (Bronze) and (Silver) at the Singapore National Day Awards in 2013 and 2022, respectively.

Outside of NTU, Dr Gan is a Senior Member of IEEE and past Chairman of IEEE Singapore Reliability/Electronics Packaging/Electron Devices Society Joint Chapter. He is also currently the Chairman of the International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA) Board.

Low Kin Yew is an Associate Professor of Accounting (Practice) at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He is the Deputy Associate Provost (Programmes) and Co-Director of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core office at Nanyang Technological University. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Academics) of Nanyang Business School. He has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore and a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Professor Low’s research interests lie in audit and accounting judgment and decision-making. He has published journal papers in The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizon, Australian Accounting Review, Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal, Auditing: Journal of Practice & Theory, International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Accounting Education, and International Research of Applied Finance, He is a past recipient of the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award. Professor Low has also published several professional articles in the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant Journal and co-authored two accounting textbooks published by McGraw-Hill Education and Wolters Kluwer (CCH Asia Pte Limited).

Prior to joining Nanyang Technological University, Professor Low worked in the Singapore office and Sydney (Australia) office of a Big 4 accounting firm. He is a member of both the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He has also served as examiner and reviewer for the professional examinations conducted by ISCA. Professor Low is the Chairman of Singapore Accountancy Commission’s Learning and Assessment Committee (Foundation Program).

Since joining the Nanyang Business School, Professor Low has taught financial reporting and assurance courses at both the undergraduate and graduate (MSc, MBA, EMBA) levels. He has won the Teacher of the Division (Accounting) award, the Teacher of the Year (Accounting) award, and the Nanyang Excellence Award in Teaching. He has also been honored by his student, a Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medalist and Koh Boon Hwee Scholar, at the student convocation ceremony for his inspirational teaching/ mentorship. Professor Low is the recipient of the National Day Awards – Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2021 and Long Service Medal in 2018.

Richard James was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, holding a chair in the field of higher education. During his long academic career he has been a researcher and commentator on higher education policy in Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Professor James was a member of the inaugural Australian Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) that prepared the standards framework used by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency for regulatory purposes.