LEE Mong Li

LEE Mong Li is a Professor of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and serves as Director of the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community. She holds a Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in Computer Science from NUS, where she was awarded the IEEE Singapore Information Technology Gold Medal as the top Computer Science student in 1989. Her academic career includes a visiting fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999) and consultancy with QUIQ USA (2000).

Her research spans Data Management, Spatio-temporal Databases, Biomedical Informatics, and Retinal Image Analysis. She has pioneered work in data cleaning, data fusion, and analysis of semistructured data, with applications in social media analytics and healthcare. Her recent publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary focus, particularly in AI-driven medical diagnostics including diabetic retinopathy screening and chronic kidney disease detection from retinal images. She co-authored foundational books on 'Designing Semi-structured Database' and 'Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining'.

Her 150+ publications in major database conferences and journals reflect leadership in both theoretical and applied research. Recent work shows significant emphasis on

• Medical AI applications (retinal analysis, kidney disease prediction)
• Temporal fact verification systems
• Misinformation detection in multimodal environments
• Privacy challenges in large language models

Key honors include:

• Singapore's President Technology Award (2014) for co-inventing an AI system screening eye conditions
• IEEE Singapore Information Technology Gold Medal (1989)

She actively contributes to government-funded multidisciplinary projects building practical deployable systems. Her leadership extends to program committees of prestigious database conferences and directing the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community. She teaches BT5110 Data Management and Warehousing and has co-developed an AI system for diabetic retinopathy screening deployed in Singapore's national teleophthalmology program.