Computer Science

Dr. William Zheng Shou Kang

Assistant Professor

Dr. William Zheng received his M.Eng and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS), and his B.Eng in information and controlling engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Before joining DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore in 2016, he was a scientist at A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research and held various positions in the industrial companies as an R&D engineer and product design engineer.

William’s research interests lie in the field of computer and communication networks, especially in wireless networks. He has actively participated in the standardization of IEEE 802.11ah. He also has a strong interest in applying his research findings toward real-world problems and has developed more than 14 international patents in the U.S. and Singapore.

William has won the Best Paper Award for his research in IEEE at VTC2011-Spring and the Best Research Paper Award from the Institute for Infocomm Research in 2012.

William currently teaches in the areas of low-level programming and computer networks. He enjoys talking with students about real-world systems and network applications.

Dr. Vadim Surov

Associate Professor

Dr. Vadim Surov received his Ph.D. in computer science and master’s degree in applied mathematics from Far-East State University, Russia. Before joining DigiPen (Singapore) in 2009, he held various positions within the industry and academia, including R&D work in South Korea under a government program. Since 2009, he has held a senior lecturer position in an educational partner program with DigiPen Institute of Technology and Keimyung University in South Korea.

Vadim currently teaches computer graphics and programming courses while researching the application of modern computing environments in education.

Dr. Tarapong Screenuch

Associate Professor

Dr. Tarapong Sreenuch received his BEng in Electronics & Electrical Engineering from the University of Surrey, UK, and his Ph.D. in Electronics & Computer Engineering from Cranfield University, UK. His thesis areas were in control engineering, machine learning, and optimization.

Prior to joining DigiPen (Singapore) in 2021, Tarapong had accrued several years of industry experience developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, data science, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for several multinational corporations, such as Boeing, United Technologies, Volkswagen, Seagate Technology, AGT International, ALSTOM Transport, and BAE Systems. He has held various technical leadership roles and has completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester, UK. Tarapong is a UK Chartered Engineer (CEng), INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), and PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). He has lived and worked in Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Thailand, and the UK. Tarapong currently teaches machine-learning-related courses and is the Program Director for the MS in Computer Vision program.

Priyanka Hriday Bhoyar

Lecturer

Priyanka Bhoyar received her master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering with distinction and bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Data Science and Engineering from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Bangalore. Before joining DigiPen (Singapore), she worked in the IT industry as a data scientist in sectors such as healthcare and e-commerce. Prior to that, she also worked as an assistant professor in India.

Priyanka’s research interests lie in Networking, Image Processing, and Machine Learning. She has published research papers in top international journals and conferences. She also received a best faculty award during her academic experience.

Priyanka is passionate about teaching. At DigiPen (Singapore), she teaches Python, Data Structure, Databases, and Machine Learning.