Singapore 100 Women in Tech List 2023

Dr Li Hongying

Dr. LI Hongying is a computational scientist in fluid dynamics at the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR since 2011, after her completion of her PhD from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Her research focuses on developing digital fluid simulation technology, particularly centred around multiphase flow and heat transfer. As a Group Manager for Multi-physics Modelling at the Fluid Dynamics Department, she leads to chart future research and be a role model for talent growth. Capitalising on her strengths, she has advanced scientific excellence and translate research outcome for economic impact and public health. Over the years, her efforts were recognised with awards such as 2021 Winner for ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women in the Middle Career Category, 2022 MTI Firefly Innovative Project/Policy Gold Award, among others.

Her outstanding achievements which generated positive impacts locally and globally can be highlighted in the following three areas:

• Digital Fluid Simulation Technology for Science-based Public Health Study: Understand droplet behaviours to product development of air ionisers and UV-C LED air disinfection to mitigate COVID-19 transmission. 
• Digital Fluid Simulation Technology for World Class Solution in Environmental Sustainability: Develop a new Heat Removal Module (HRM) for Green Data Centre that attains a PUE of 1.29, as compared to World average metric of 1.59.
• Digital Fluid Simulation Technology for Innovative Design in Water Sustainability: Design an innovative ultraviolet (UV) reactor, a key component of the Semb-Eco Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) product - the first Singaporean UV ballast water treatment product that meets the IMO ballast water treatment standards and the US Coast Guard regulatory requirements and certifications.

Nur Atiqah Othman

Nur Atiqah Othman joined the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR in 2017 as a computational social science researcher. From being a team member for the Digital Emotions programme and Affective Computing group, she has now moved on to the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), a new centre aiming at improving the ability of government, industry and people’s online safety by developing advanced tech solutions that solve pertinent problems of online harm.  

As a graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), Atiqah’s interests are centred around the sentiment and emotion analysis in diverse areas including mental well-being, disease surveillance and online safety. She is currently working as a main contributor to social media analytics research, particularly focusing on data analysis. Despite her humanities background, Atiqah has expanded her skillsets into machine learning, statistics, big data and time-series analysis.

Her key contributions as a Lead Analyst to the various COVID-19 related studies include:

• Generate analytic reports on sentiments and emotions towards COVID-19 outbreak, the evolution of mental well-being and vaccination. 
• Examine the value of social media emotions and situational indicators in predicting mental health needs in the context of COVID-19 in Singapore.