Duan Lingjie

Lingjie Duan is an Associate Professor (tenured) and Associate Head of Pillar (Research) in the Engineering Systems and Design School at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He holds a PhD in Information Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2012) and was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's EECS Department. His research focuses on network economics, algorithmic game theory, and AI-driven networking, with emphasis on optimizing wireless systems, UAV networks, and distributed learning mechanisms.

He has received prestigious awards including the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2015) and SUTD Excellence in Research Award (2017). His work spans over 150 publications in top-tier journals/conferences, including 6 ESI Highly Cited Papers. He leads the Network Economics & Optimization Lab (NEOL) and serves as Editor for IEEE Transactions on Networking and Mobile Computing.

Key research areas include:

• Machine Learning & AI in Networking
• Game Theory-driven Resource Allocation
• UAV-assisted Communication Systems
• Cyber-Security & Privacy
• Energy-Efficient IoT Systems

Recent grants include projects on privacy-protected AI methods (SGD$0.5M) and decarbonizing urban transportation via crowdsourcing (SG$0.3M). He actively collaborates with institutions like MIT, UC Berkeley, and NUS.