Fellowships and Prizes (Science)
2026 Best Innovations in AI and Digital Medicine in Clinical Electrophysiology Award, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2023 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2023 (Art & Science Category), Breaking the Wall to Musical Medicine
2019–2025 European Research Council Advanced Grant (ERC ADG) – COSMOS: Computational Shaping and Modeling of Musical Structures (Grant agreement ID: 788560)
2007–2008 Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowship Program, Harvard University – Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow (Mathematics) – Analytical Listening through Interactive Visualisation
2005 US Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE)
2004–2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award – Performer-Centered Approaches to Computer-Assisted Music Making (Grant No.0347988)
1999 Josephine de Kármán Dissertation Fellowship
1992–1996 Office of Naval Research Graduate Research Fellowship
1991 Stanford University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (with George Dantzig)
Honours (Science)
2025 European Innovation Council Seal of Excellence for Transition Grant
2023 European Research Council Seal of Excellence for Proof of Concept
2011 Jefferson Science Fellowship of the National Academies (Finalist)
2004–2010 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Symposia
2010 US FOE : Speaker
2007 Japan-American FOE : Best US Poster Presenter
2004 US FOE: Participant
2007–2009 National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia
2009 German-American FOS (15th Annual Meeting): Organising Committee
2008 German-American FOS (14th Annual Meeting): Organising Committee
2007 German-American FOS (13th Annual Meeting): Participant
2005–2007 Viterbi Early Career Chair, University of Southern California
2005 Johns Hopkins University Center for Language and Speech Processing Summer Workshop in Language Engineering Proposal Competition (2nd place, tied): Creativity in Musical Expression
Prizes and Honours (Music)
2024 BBC World Service Unexpected Oscar for Best Original Music, Unexpected Elements
1999 Embassy Series recital and solo photography exhibition, Washington DC
1998 MIT Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award, Council for the Arts
1998 Singapore President’s Charity Concert, concerto soloist with Singapore Symphony Orchestra
1996 Concerto soloist with the MIT Symphony Orchestra
1989 First Prize, National Music Competition (Chamber Music)
1987 Finalist, Rolex Music Performance Awards
1986 Youngest Finalist, Diner’s Club Pianist of the Year Competition, concerto soloist with Singapore Symphony Orchestra