James Koh

Data Science Instructor & AI Practicum Manager

Principal Apr 2025 - present

Senior Jul 2021 - Mar 2025

School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU

• Instructor for Master of IT in Business (MITB) programme.
• COR1305 Spreadsheet Modeling
• CS603 Multi-agent Systems
• CS604 Deep Learning for Visual Recognition
• CS609 Introduction to Reinforcement Learning (course creator)
• CS610 Applied Machine Learning
• IS622 Python Programming and Data Analysis
• IS628 Computational Thinking with Python
• Manage relationships with external companies for collaborations and internship opportunities.
• Supervise capstone projects - provide directions and assess students.
• Cloud computing solutions for ML applications
• Reinforcement learning for entry checks
• Data classification through NLP and Generative AI

• SMU Staff Excellence Award 2024
• SCIS Outstanding Instructor Award AY2022/23

Machine Learning EngineerJun 2018 - Sep 2019

BioMind (formerly, Hanalytics Pte. Ltd.)

• Apply deep learning on CT images for semantic segmentation using TensorFlow v1; version control with git.
• Extract data from DICOM files, clean data, pre-process image, perform augmentations, post-process results.
• Linux to run GPU servers.
• Use MRI scans with tabular data to perform classification of whether patient is suited for surgery or radiotherapy.
• Apply reinforcement learning to automate treatment planning.

InternMay 2013 - Jul 2013

IMRE, A*STAR

• Laboratory research of hydrogel for evaporative cooling.

VE Capital Asia2022 - 2023

• Multi-constraint and multi-objective optimization of actual warehouse.
• Performed in personal hours, with formal approval from Dean.