I am a 17.y.o. high school student and independent AI policy researcher based in Singapore. I’m currently interning with Singapore's AI Governance team. Separately, I am drafting a paper on international mechanisms to regulate AI. I spent 5 months undertaking the most serious attempt to start an international AI agency. I’m an Atlas Fellow, Emergent Ventures Winner, joint author of the blog Model Thinking and co-author of the UNDRR's thematic study on existential risk from emerging technologies.
Interned with the team behind Singapore's A.I. Verify, the world's first AI Governance framework. Led synchronisation efforts between A.I. Verify and NIST standards.
Supervised by Professor Anthony Aguirre, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute to conduct research into the role of Singapore as a mediator of US/China relations regarding AI policy.
At 16, invited to instruct at LEAF, a selective free summer program on statistics, science and technology for talented teens in Oxford. Led discussions, planned and delivered lectures on topics such as Fermi Estimation.
Main organiser of the Singapore National Economics Olympiad 2023, raised US$14,000 in funding. Founder of Singapore Estimathon 2023, Singapore's first Fermi Estimathon.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program
International Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)
SAT
Selected by Prof. Tyler Cowen for a grant from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Wrote about a multi-agent system approach for transformative AI safety. Out of 3500 total entries, I won my age category ($2000), adjudicated by Stanford Professor Paul N. Edwards.
Awarded $50,000 Atlas Fellowship (acceptance rate: 2.5%). Attended a fully-funded interdisciplinary summer program in Berkeley.
Finalist (Top 10) essay for the Harvard International Economics Essay Competition 2022 for students below 18. I wrote about supply chains in the era of COVID-19. Essay was adjudicated by 2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Oliver Hart
I won my age category for the John Locke Institute Essay Competition where I wrote about data from a philosophical and economic standpoint.
Runner up in the New York Times' international annual editorial contest for middle and high school students writing about “Young Adult Literature." Published in the New York Times.
Co-authored this UNDRR-commissioned thematic study on risks from emerging technologies for the Mid-Term Review of the Sendai Framework. Contributed a Youth and South East Asian perspective
Intragroup dynamics, one of 5 student groups working with Project 0 Labs.
Co-author of an upcoming paper, the most comprehensive account of the replicability of phenomena in social sciences. Participated as part of the open-source project Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT).
Joint author of the first quantitative model of how much it would cost for Russian soldiers need to be paid to defect if offered EU citizenship. Featured on Marginal Revolution.
Atlas ’22 (3rd cohort), European Summer Program of Rationality ’22, Non-trivial pilot fellowship (best project presentation).
EAG SF, Future Forum, EAGxSingapore, UN ITU Webinar Series (panellist, AI and education), Summit on Existential Security