Jing Jie Tan

About

Passionate about machine learning and computer science. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering at UTAR, after graduating with Distinction in BCS (Hons) Artificial Intelligence. Awarded grants and prizes totaling up to MYR 650,000 (USD 150,000) for leading research and innovative projects. Experienced in developing machine learning applications across finance, education, blockchain, and sustainability, while consistently achieving 10+ top championships.

AI Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate with publications in IEEE Transactions and other Q1 journals.
Received international research mobility grants for collaborations in France, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, and Canada.
Secured multiple project grants as Principal Investigator, including Payment Network Digital Campus grants.
Back-to-back recipient of Outstanding Talent Award 2024 and 2025 by the university.
Held position as Postgraduate Representative in Student Representative Council (SRC) from 2023 to 2025.

Personal Details

Age:21
Website: jingjietan.com
Phone: +6011-3810 0852
Email: 2000tanjingjie@gmail.com
GitHub: jingjie00
Linked In: linkedin.com/in/jingjietan/
Nationality: Malaysian

Portfolios

The following projects / research is my portfolio. The link is provided or kindly click the title and view.

Java GUI project

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) hospital management system. Download or https://github.com/jingjie00/hospital_management_system

Python AI project

Using an artificial antelligence (AI) technique to predict the cencus income. Download or https://github.com/jingjie00/Adult-Census-Model

Experiences

Experience in industrial and academic sectors across multiple countries.

Industrial Experience

Tanya Jiwa
AI Engineer

April 2025 - October 2025

Contract

Delivered an LLM-powered mental health automation system that reduced human resource requirements by 72% for the education sector while maintaining high-quality psychological services.
Advised on technology stack choice with CTO, and streamlined testing, achieving a 30% reduction in development time and a 40% acceleration in cloud-hosted deployment readiness.

Huawei Technologies
Network Engineer

October 2020 - January 2021

Intern, Malaysia

Developed automation scripts for Network Technical Deployment, facilitating deployment across 100 servers and accelerating the process by approximately 20x.
Executed Project Management with Data Analytics for networking hardware deployment across 3 projects with Malaysian Telecom Companies.
Coordinated with 2 local departments, headquarters, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective communication.

Angsamas Media Coding School
Programming Lecturer

September 2022 - February 2023

Contract, Malaysia

Delivered comprehensive AI, IT and programming lectures with hands-on practical sessions to over 500 students, including working professionals.
Achieved 250% growth in both enrollment and revenue through effective curriculum delivery and student engagement.

Self-employed
Software & Website Developer

Ongoing

Freelancer

Designed and developed more than 10 web and mobile applications for small-sized enterprises according to provided business requirements.

Academic Experience

Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
Department of Computer Science

September 2025 - January 2026

Visiting Scholar (Fully Funded), Canada

Kanagawa Institute of Technology (KAIT)
Advanced Artificial Intelligence Research Center

February 2025 - March 2025

Visiting Scholar (Fully Funded), Japan

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH)
Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS)

May 2025 - June 2025

Visiting Scholar (Fully Funded), Germany

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
ICS Multimedia System Laboratory

September 2024 - October 2024

Visiting Scholar (Fully Funded), Taiwan

Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (USPN)
Laboratoire de Traitement et Transport de l'Information

April 2024 - June 2024

Visiting Scholar (Fully Funded), France

Educations

Completed education with distinction and academic awards.

UTAR Testimonial

Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering)

November 2022 - November 2025

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKCFES)

Achievements: Best Presenter & Best Project Demo @ UTAR Postgraduate Colloquium 2024, Best Student Excellence Awards @ Joint International Workshop 2025 on AI Engineering and Technology (AIET 2025)

Scholarships: UTAR Education Foundation Scholarship (Fast Track Ph.D.), UTAR Research Fund – Research Scholarship Scheme, Greatech Integration – Student Assistantship

Research Areas:	Meta Learning, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Human Robot Interaction
Scholarship Awards:	Fully Funded Direct PhD Program
	UTAR Education Foundation Scholarship
	UTAR Research Fund – Research Scholarship Scheme

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), Specialized in Artificial Intelligence

June 2019 - June 2022

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT)

CGPA: 3.9717 (First Ranked), Book Prize, 7 President's List, 1 Dean's List

Achievements: Innovation and Creativity Award, SDG Merit Award

Scholarship: Hong Leong Foundation Scholarship, UTAR Top Achiever Scholarship

Awards: President List – May 2022 President List – December 2021 President List – October 2021 President List – May 2021 President List – October 2020 President List – May 2020 Dean List – December 2019 President List – September 2019

Foundation in Science (Physical Science)

May 2018 - May 2019

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Center for Foundation Studies (CFS)

CGPA: 3.8272, President's List, Dean's List

Scholarships: UTAR Top Achiever Scholarship

High School (Science Stream)

January 2013 - December 2017

Bagan Jaya High School (SMK)

Grade: Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) 8As and 2Bs

Achievements: Outstanding Student Awards (2017), Best Student Leader (2015-2017)

Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM):

8As and 2Bs

Awards

Back-to-back recipient of Outstanding Talent Award 2024 and 2025 by the university. Total accumulated grants and cash prizes amount to MYR 650,000 (~USD 150,000), excluding separately granted travel funds and conferences/summits/events expenses. View academic awards