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Ernest Chong earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University in August 2015 under the supervision of Edward Swartz. Prior to his current position as an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, he served as a research scientist in the Data Analytics Department at the Institute for Infocomm Research, an agency of Science and Technology Research (A*STAR). Furthermore, he was adjunct assistant professor in the Division of Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University. His accomplishments include being the grand winner of the Singapore National Science Talent Search in 2003 and receiving the A*STAR National Science Scholarship to fund his undergraduate and Ph.D. studies. His research interests lie at the intersection of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, focusing particularly on mathematical aspects such as algebraic, geometric, and topological combinatorics, alongside computational approaches in machine learning. He is dedicated to advancing the theoretical frameworks of deep learning architectures while ensuring efficiency without compromising performance.
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