Chee Yeow Meng

Chee Yeow Meng is the Provost and Chief Academic & Innovation Officer at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), effective April 2025. He holds a Professor rank and oversees curricular, research, and innovation affairs. Previously, he served as Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise) at NUS and held senior roles in academia and public service, including leadership positions at the National Computer Board and Infocomm Development Authority.

His education includes a BMath (Hon) and MMath from the University of Waterloo (1988-1989), followed by a PhD in Computer Science (1996). His research focuses on combinatorics' intersection with computer science, particularly coding theory, extremal set systems, and AI applications. He has pioneered work in error-correcting codes, combinatorial cryptography, and data science.

Prof Chee is an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and a Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. His awards include the Public Administration Medal (Silver, 2018) and the Long Service Award (NTU, 2018). He has founded multiple startups and holds patents in coding technologies.

His recent publications emphasize innovations in coding theory applications (e.g., domain wall memories, DNA storage) and machine learning for combinatorial optimization. He actively contributes to national committees and international forums on innovation policy and AI ethics.