Sumei Sun

Biography

Professor Sumei Sun is currently serving as Director of Information and Communication Technologies Cluster, Head of Future Communications Translation Laboratory at Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore’s University for Industry. She holds a joint appointment with A*STAR’s newly formed Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing as Senior Advisor. Before that, she was Executive Director of A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (April 2023 - June 2026), and Coordinating Executive Director for Transport and Connectivity Sector (April 2025 - Aug 2026). She also holds an adjunct professor appointment with the National University of Singapore.

Professor Sun Sumei is an internationally renowned researcher. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore (SAEng), the IEEE, AI Industry Alliance (AIIA), and Asia-Pacific AI Association (AAIA). Her main research focuses on next-generation communications systems and networks, industrial internet of things, applied machine learning and AI, and next-generation transportation and connectivity solutions. She publishes actively in top-tier journals and conferences, and shared her research vision in keynote presentations and panel sessions at top-tier conferences. She is a Top 2% Most Cited Scientist globally (Stanford University), and one of 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G.

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