Academic Profile : Faculty
Prof Tao Dacheng
Distinguished University Professor, College of Computing & Data Science
Professor, College of Computing & Data Science
Distinguished University Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Courtesy Appointment)
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Dr Dacheng Tao is currently a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Computing & Data Science at Nanyang Technological University. He mainly applies statistics and mathematics to artificial intelligence and data science, and his research is detailed in one monograph and over 200 publications in prestigious journals and proceedings at leading conferences, with best paper awards, best student paper awards, and test-of-time awards. His publications have been cited over 112K times and he has an h-index 160+ in Google Scholar. He received the 2015 and 2020 Australian Eureka Prize, the 2018 IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award, and the 2021 IEEE Computer Society McCluskey Technical Achievement Award. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, AAAS, ACM and IEEE.
Artificial Intelligence
- Distinguished University Professorship - RSR (Prof Tao Dacheng)
- The Next Generation of AI – Embracing the Art of Scaling Law
Awards
Highly Cited Research in Engineering (Since 2014) and Computer Science (Since 2015)
Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists (Since 2019)
December 2022, IEEE Technical Committee on Secure and Dependable Measurement (SDM) Outstanding Leadership Award (For pioneering contributions and outstanding leadership in fundamental developments of trustworthy artificial intelligence).
February 2021, IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award (For exceptional contributions to representation learning and its applications).
November 2020, Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Excellence in Data Science
November 2020, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research, The University of Sydney.
June 2019, Diploma of The Polish Neural Network Society (in recognition of outstanding contribution to the development of computational intelligence), Zakopane, Poland
November 2018, IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award for outstanding research contributions to the data mining field, Singapore, November 17-20, 2018.
October 2015, the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for Exceptional Research
July 2015, the Australian Museum Scopus Eureka Prize
Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists (Since 2019)
December 2022, IEEE Technical Committee on Secure and Dependable Measurement (SDM) Outstanding Leadership Award (For pioneering contributions and outstanding leadership in fundamental developments of trustworthy artificial intelligence).
February 2021, IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award (For exceptional contributions to representation learning and its applications).
November 2020, Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Excellence in Data Science
November 2020, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research, The University of Sydney.
June 2019, Diploma of The Polish Neural Network Society (in recognition of outstanding contribution to the development of computational intelligence), Zakopane, Poland
November 2018, IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award for outstanding research contributions to the data mining field, Singapore, November 17-20, 2018.
October 2015, the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for Exceptional Research
July 2015, the Australian Museum Scopus Eureka Prize
Fellowships & Other Recognition
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS)
Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN)
Academician (Foreign Member), Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe, MAE)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS)
Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE)
Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering (FSPIE)
Fellow, International Association of Pattern Recognition (FIAPR)
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE)
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS)
Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN)
Academician (Foreign Member), Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe, MAE)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS)
Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (FACM)
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE)
Fellow, Optical Society of America (FOSA)
Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering (FSPIE)
Fellow, International Association of Pattern Recognition (FIAPR)
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE)
Courses Taught
TbA
Supervision of PhD Students
Zheng Yi HO
Wenhao SUN
Wenhao SUN