International research awards, government scholarships, and innovation recognitions.
ICA Outstanding Applied / Public Policy Research Award 2019 — International Communication Association, for the project “Mo-Buzz.” 2019 ICA Awards →
“Twittener” received honorary mention, NTU Hackathon 2016, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
“Smart Museum” received honorary mention, NTU Hackathon 2016, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
“Sensing Environment through Mobile” received an honorary mention at the Neo Ubimedia MindTrek Awards, Tampere, Finland.
First Prize — Nokia UbiMedia MindTrek Awards, Tampere, Finland, for “Selective Inductive Powering System for Paper Computing.”
Best Paper Award — “A Multimodal Virtual Anatomy Learning Tool for Medical Education,” selected as best paper for the session on Learning Technologies / Strategies for Assessing Student Learning and Teaching, 2nd International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics (ICETI 2011), Orlando, Florida, USA.
“AmbiKraf” received honorary mention, Nokia UbiMedia MindTrek Awards, Tampere, Finland.
First Prize — International Innovation Competition, Milan, Italy for Petimo: social networking robot for children.
Winner — C4C (Como for Children) Competition at IDC 2009 for Petimo — 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children: Learning and Playing in the Pre-school of the Future, Como, Italy.
Prize Winner — International Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Awards for Babbage Cabbage: Empathetic Living Media (one of three prize winners).
Third Prize (Demo Category) — MobileHCI Conference, Singapore, for “Spatial Audio for Mobile Interfaces.”
Wired NextFest 2007, Los Angeles — Metazoa Ludens selected among the top 100 visionary and high-impact technology works in the world by Wired magazine.
Research work related to “The Hidden Shrines of Singapore: Mapping and Narrating Multi-Religious Heritages” (NHB HRG Grants) invited to publish in MUSE SG special issue (Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 54–61, 2023). The special issue celebrated the National Heritage Board’s (NHB) 30th anniversary. Roots: Small Sacred Spaces →
Research Commercialisation via Spinoffs Award for “Point and Search Augmented Reality Solution for Mobile Devices” (NTU TD Ref: TD/254/13), Nanyang Technological University, NTUitive Pte. Ltd.
Research Commercialisation via Spinoffs Award for “Socially Mediated System for Vector-Borne Diseases Surveillance Engagement” (NTU Ref: TD/248/14), Nanyang Technological University, NTUitive Pte. Ltd.
First Prize — Integrated Art Competition, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, for Poetry Mix-up, permanently installed at Kent Ridge Station of the MRT Circle Line.
Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT: Monbukagakusho), Japan.
Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT: Gakushu-Shoreihi) for outstanding scholastic performance, Japan.
Distinguished Laksakura Award from the Herath Foundation, Japan.
The Eighteenth International Symposium on Spatial Media (ISSM’17–’18), Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, March 2–4, 2018. (Fully funded)