Machine Learning I: An Introduction for Absolute Beginners

Prior to joining SIT, Dr Soh Cheng Lock started a firm in Artificial Intelligence, creating their own A.I. Product in sports analytics. He also consulted at a drone company and was instrumental in both creating and launching their A.I. Platform to carry out image classification/recognition of drone images.

Another one of the highlights of his career included the development and launch of a nation-wide LPG ordering system, empowered with data analytics for ExxonMobil. Dr Soh also served at I2R, A-Star for three years as part of his PhD bond. There he was the Principle Investigator of several key industrial projects within the Data Mining Department, including projects with a financial MNC, (on Fraud Detection) and a local SME(Customer Analytics).

Dr. Soh graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London, Masters from Singapore MIT Alliance and holds a Bachelors (First Class Honours) in Computer Engineering from NUS.

Dr Chek Tien Tan is currently an Associate Professor with the InfoComm Technology Cluster at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). In SIT, his key appointment is the Deputy Programme Director for the core partnership degrees (RTIS, BSGD, BAGD and BFA) with the DigiPen Institute of Technology.

Prior to SIT, Chek was previously the co-director of the Games Studio at the University of Technology, Sydney, where he was also a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering & IT. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS). In research, Dr Tan has published widely across disciplines but has a key focus on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Graphics. He has held various key appointments at leading academic conferences, including SIGGRAPH Asia and the Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment. He was also on the academic advisory board for the annual Sydney International Animation Festival.

With the industry, Dr Tan has worked with partners in Microsoft Australia, Electronic Arts and Riot Games on serious games and multi-modal player experience research. He has also worked with Ubisoft to develop employee training programs whilst he was an Assistant Professor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.

In the media, Dr Tan has appeared as guest experts on the Good Game television show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Enquiring Minds on Television Sydney (TVS). He also had exclusive interviews in articles on the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and wrote invited articles on The Conversation.