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Students

Beyond the PhD students in the WEISER group, I have been fortunate to mentor a wonderful set of master’s students, undergraduates, and visiting interns. This page lists everyone I have worked with. Where known, alumni placements are noted.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Alumni

• Dr. Amalinda Gamage (2025–2026). Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University (with Prof. Mo Li).
• Dr. Manoj Gulati (2023–2024). Ph.D. from IIIT Delhi; Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington (with Prof. Shwetak Patel). Now Principal Application Engineer at Western Digital.

Master’s Students

Current · National University of Singapore

• Tikyi Min Khant Naing (2025–present). Exploring machine learning (TinyML) on embedded devices.
• Meng Xianyu (2025–present). Rethinking embedded cameras using image and language models.
• Li Shuaixian (2025–present). Rethinking embedded cameras using image and language models.

Alumni · National University of Singapore

• Andre Teo Ser Yeong (2025).
• Huang Keyi (2025).
• Dennis Patrick Warfield (2025).
• Henrikus Theorizchy Cleven (2024).
• Hew Sock Fang (2024).
• Wu Zihao (2024).
• Chee Han Quan, Edison (2024).
• Qiao Yukai (2023).
• Yusril Izza (2023).
• Goh Sheen An (2023). Now Lead Software Engineer at GovTech Singapore.
• Lim Soon Lee (2023). Now at MINDEF.

Alumni · Uppsala University

• Andreas Soleiman (2017–2019). Battery-free Visible Light Sensing. Won the ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition (Graduate, 2017). Subsequently a PhD student at MIT (with Prof. Fadel Adib).
• Sam Hilamia (2018). Battery-free Radio Tomographic Imaging. Subsequently a PhD student at Uppsala University.
• Gustav Eriksson (2018). Towards Long-Range Backscatter Communication using Tunnel Diode Amplifiers. Subsequently an engineer at Intertek Semko.
• Oliver Harms (2016–2017). Modulation Schemes in Ambient Backscatter Communication. Subsequently a PhD student at Chalmers University.
• Elena Di Lascio (2016). A Battery-free Indoor Localization System. Subsequently a PhD student at USI Lugano, Switzerland.

Undergraduate Students

Final-Year Capstone & Thesis Projects (NUS)

Academic Year 2024/2025

• Wang Minhong — Building an Embedded Operating System (Tiku).
• Fu Yiqiao — Building an Embedded Operating System (Tiku).
• Sean Wang — Earth Computers.
• Daniel Goh Chin Hao — Backhauling Networks and Internet of Things.

Academic Year 2023/2024

• Steven Antya Orvala Waskito — OTTER: Sensor Data Processing and Analysis using Large Language Models.
• Leong Huen Weng — Tracking of Everyday Activities from Voice to Vision using Large Language Models.
• Yang Jiacheng — Battery-free Sensing and Communication through Tunnel Diodes.
• Goh Jun Yi — Networking Mixed-Reality Headsets through LiFi.
• Tan Guo Xuan, Marcus — Networking Mixed-Reality Headsets through LiFi.
• Tang Ethan Yidong — Networking Internet of Things through Backhauling Networks.
• Kaemon Ng Chongyu — Networking Internet of Things through Backhauling Networks.
• Li Po Hsien — Language Models Distributed on Edge Devices.

Academic Year 2022/2023

• Lim Chang Quan Thaddeus — Heartbeat and Breathing Sensing using Low-Power Wireless Signals. Led to IEEE RFID 2024 publication.
• Marcus Tang Xin Kye — Making IoT Devices Interact with ChatGPT.
• Heng Chen Kai, Darren — Sustainable Internet of Things on Capacitors.
• Hu Yuxin — Brain–Machine Interface.
• Nobel Ang — Connecting IoT Devices to Edge and Cloud. Awarded the SoC Innovation Prize (Best Undergraduate Project, 2024).
• Wong Chee Hong — Computing on Internet of Things Devices.
• Juliet Teoh Qian Ying — Computing on Internet of Things Devices.

Independent Research (UROP and similar)

• Koh Wei Long, Dylan (2025, ongoing) — Backhauling Networks and Internet of Things.
• Chai Jia Xuan (2025) — Networking Mixed-Reality Headsets through LiFi (Visible Light Communication).
• Zhang Lanyu (2024) — Tracking everyday activities from voice to vision using language and image models.
• Kunjun Li — Led PixelGen (Best Demonstration Runner-up, ACM/IEEE IPSN 2024).

Research Assistants & Bachelor Thesis (Uppsala University)

• Simon Olofsson — Research Assistant. Convergecast using Directional Antennas; co-authored EWSN 2019 paper. Subsequently a PhD student at Imperial College London; later at Meta.
• David Håkansson — Bachelor Thesis Student. Energy Harvesting Environment Control.

Visiting Students & Interns

• Moteen Shah (visiting from VJTI). Co-winner, ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition (Undergraduate, 2023).
• Adithya Bijoy (visiting from IIT Delhi). Co-winner, ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition (Undergraduate, 2023).