Research Awards
  1. NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2011)
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
    (Held at International Computer Science Institute, U Berkeley)

  2. Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award (2010)
    University of Waterloo, Canada

  3. Cheriton Scholarship, University of Waterloo (2006 - 2009)
    University of Waterloo, Canada

  4. International Student Scholarship, University of Waterloo (2004 - 2007)
    University of Waterloo, Canada

  5. Best Paper Award (2007)
    The 18th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2007)

  6. Entrance Scholarship, University of Waterloo (2004 - 2005)
    University of Waterloo, Canada

  7. Best Paper Award (2005)
    10th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2005)

  8. Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore (2001 - 2002)
    National University of Singapore, Singapore

  9. First Runner-up, Algorithmic Programming Contest (2002)
    NUS-MIT Alliance Course on Algorithms (a course jointly conducted by NUS and MIT)

  10. Dean's list, School of Computing, NUS (1997 - 1998)
    National University of Singapore, Singapore