Summary
Roy Ka-Wei Lee is an academic leader and AI researcher with nine years of experience, currently serving as Associate Head of Pillar (Research) and Cheng Tsang Man Early Career Chair Professor at SUTD. He leads interdisciplinary efforts in socially-enabled AI, trustworthy machine learning, and computational social science as Studio Lead of the Social AI Studio and Deputy AI Sector Lead at the SUTD AI Mega-Centre. His background spans industry-facing roles (Smart Nation Fellow at GovTech) and applied research in online trust, data mining, and NLP, grounded in a PhD in Information Systems with prior work at SMU and the University of Saskatchewan. A former Air Warfare Officer who reached the rank of Captain, he brings operational discipline and systems thinking to AI governance and responsible deployment. He is notable for blending rigorous academic scholarship with practical public-sector collaboration to shape responsible AI across research, teaching, and national initiatives.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems, Data Analytics and Management, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems, Data Analytics and Management at Singapore Management University
Summer Exchange, Summer Exchange at Yonsei University
Diploma in Information Technology, Information Technology, Diploma in Information Technology, Information Technology at Singapore Polytechnic
English, Chinese