Tan Hong Ming @ NUS

About Me

TAN Hong Ming serves as Assistant Dean (Digital Operations) at NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. In this role, he leads the planning, implementation, and optimisation of digital workflows across the School’s academic, administrative, and research functions, ensuring that digital initiatives are strategic, efficient, and well coordinated.

He is also the Deputy Head and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Analytics and Operations at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. In this capacity, he oversees departmental administration while teaching and coordinating courses across multiple programs, including the Executive MBA, MBA, MSc in Business Analytics (MSBA), Undergraduate (BBA), and MSc in Precision Health (YLL School of Medicine) programs. His contributions also extend to executive education, where he leads courses in AI such as AI for Leaders: Leveraging Data Analytics for Business, and Practical Decision Making Using Data Science.

Beyond teaching, Hong Ming is deeply involved in industry research, serving as the Principal Investigator for the project "Optimising Maritime Network Line Design using Reinforcement Learning" and co-leading initiatives such as the AI-led Smart Data Centre Management Application. He also contributes to the SIA Corp Lab and provides strategic AI leadership as the Lead AI Advisor for X0PA AI and Nexushomes. In all of these roles, he oversees and directs teams of data scientists, PhD students, research assistants, and interns, guiding them through various cutting-edge AI projects and research initiatives in collaboration with industry partners.

Hong Ming serves as the Chair of the Department Finance Committee and sits on the Department Teaching Committee. Additionally, he advises student-led organizations, including the Business Analytics Consulting Team and the NUS Private Equity Society.

Research

As a researcher, my work spans multiple disciplines, including operations, education, aviation, and mental health, where I apply AI to solve real-world challenges. These projects highlight my expertise in utilizing complex statistical methods and data-driven approaches to address pressing business and societal problems, with a strong focus on leveraging technology to tackle real issues.

A significant aspect of my research also involves economic and statistical modeling. I am a firm believer in the power of simple models to explain complex real-world phenomena. By distilling intricate systems into their core components, these models offer valuable insights that inform decision-making and strategy development.

In summary, my research is defined by its interdisciplinary reach and practical applications through industry collaboration, highlighting my focus on using data analytics and simplified models to address real-world problems effectively.

Publications

Published Papers

Conceptualising Case Formulation as a Neurosymbolic AI Framework for Mental Health AI4X-Accelerate Conference 2026. Tan, G. C. Y., Harshang, P. P., Xuan, E. Y. N., Huixian, S. L., & Tan, H. M. (2026)
Evaluating the Relative Predictive Validity of Measures of Self-Referential Processing for Depressive Symptom Severity Frontiers in Psychiatry 15: 1463116. Tan, E. S. E., Tan, H. M., Fong, K. V., Ho, C. W., Teo, C., Tan, Z. Y., ... & Tan, G. C. Y. (2025)
EcoVal: An Efficient Data Valuation Framework for Machine Learning Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (pp. 2866-2875) Tarun, A., Chundawat, V., Mandal, M., Tan, H. M., Chen, B., & Kankanhalli, M. (2024, August)
Transdiagnostic Clustering of Self-Schema from Self-Referential Judgements identifies subtypes of healthy Personality and Depression Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 17, 1244347. Tan, G. C. Y., Wang, Z., Tan, E. S. E., Ong, R. J. M., Ooi, P. E., Lee, D., ... & Keppo, J. (2024)
Comparing feature selection and machine learning approaches for predicting CYP2D6 methylation from genetic variation Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 17, 1244336. Fong, W. J., Tan, H. M., Garg, R., Teh, A. L., Pan, H., Gupta, V., ... & Tan, G. C. Y. (2024)
Evaluation of a new antiresistic strategy to manage antibiotic resistance Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 33, 2023, Pages 368-375, ISSN 2213-7165 Hong Ming Tan, Ambika C. Lall, Jussi Keppo, Swaine L. Chen
A Modification to Pull the Goalie that Takes the State of Play into Account: Coach Markov Returns. CHANCE, 33(1), 10-15. Zaman, Z., & Tan, H. M. (2020).

Published Cases, Chapters, Books

Personalised Profiling in Mental Health: A CAT-Based Approach for Maternal Well-being and Mood Disorders In: Zhang, J., et al. Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Efficiency, Reliability, and Innovations in Machine Learning to Healthcare, and Blockchain. Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization, vol 28. Springer, Cham. Tan, G.CY. et al. (2026)
Foundational Models for Personalised Mental Health In: Zhang, J., et al. Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Efficiency, Reliability, and Innovations in Machine Learning to Healthcare, and Blockchain. Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization, vol 28. Springer, Cham. Tan, G.CY. et al. (2026)
Murata Electronics Singapore: Driving Talent Management with Data Ivey Publishing Ella Keppo, Hong Ming Tan (2026).
Data-Driven Decision Making: Excel in Business Analytics Pearson Education Hong Ming Tan, Yi-Liang Tung, Qizhang Liu (2025).
Toward Zero Waste: RecycleRight at the National University of Singapore Ivey Publishing Hong Ming Tan, Karl Ann Too, Diyang Lin, Joel Goh (2024). One of four Ivey Publishing must-read cases in 2024
The Case Method and Technology: Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education in a Business School Course. In Designing Technology-Mediated Case Learning in Higher Education: A Global Perspective (pp. 17-31). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. Tan, H. M. (2023).

Working Papers

Risky Investments under Static and Dynamic Information Acquisition (Sep 9, 2022) Jussi Keppo, Tianyue Shao, Hong Ming Tan, and Zhou Chao
Fare Ladder Optimization: Airline Revenue Management in Volatile Environment 2023 CSAMSE Practice Award Third Place · Reject and Resubmit: Operations Research Changchun Liu, Hong Ming Tan, Chung-Piaw Teo, Gang Guo, Yan Chen, Tim Lee
Flying High with Improved Data: How an Instructor Training Workshop Boosting Pilot Competency Assessment Qingyin Ge, Jussi Keppo, Chuan Hoo Tan, Hong Ming Tan
Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry: Theory and Practice Chung Khim Lae, Hong Ming Tan, Bar Light, Jussi Keppo
Data Science Approach to Process Control Yuda Ho, Jussi Keppo, Ek Hong Lim, Herman Tan, and Hong Ming Tan
Analytic Framework for Detecting Emerging Product Defects through Active Learning Lu, B., Dong, Y., Ying, Y., Tan, H. and Keppo, J.
Optimal Sequence of Tests Jussi Keppo, Ek Hong Lim, and Hong Ming Tan
Designing Assignment Mechanisms for Human Capital Development: Evidence from Algorithmic Mentor Matching Jussi Keppo, Hong Ming Tan, and Meixi Wu
Mechanism Design for Incentivizing User Feedback for Large Language Models Zhonglin Liu, Jussi Keppo, Murari Mandal, and Hong Ming Tan
Utilising Computerised Adaptive Testing to Alleviate Respondent Burden in Maternal Stress Assessment Teo, C., Rachelle, C. H. T., Garg, R., Yoong, M. R. Y., Tan, E. S. E., Rane, N., ... & Tan, G. C. (2024)
Foundational Models for Personalised Mental Health. Tan, G. C., Wang, B. Z., Tan, H. M., Pe, L. S., Yuen, A. K. P., Mu, Y., ... & Goh, H. L. (2024).
Personalised Profiling in Mental Health: A CAT-based Approach for Maternal Well-being and Mood Disorders. Tan, G. C., Tan, H. M., Rane, N., Tan, E. S. E., Hashim, N., Teo, C., ... & Huixian, S. L. (2024).
OrgAccess: A Benchmark for Role Based Access Control in Organization Scale LLMs Sanyal, D., Maharana, U., Sinha, Y., Tan, H. M., Karande, S., Kankanhalli, M., & Mandal, M. (2025)

Work-In-Progress

Learning and Earning with Offline Data Jussi Keppo, Hong Ming Tan, Chung-Piaw Teo, and Minglong Zhou

Errata

Owen, D. B. (1980). A table of normal integrals: A table. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, 9(4), 389-419. While trying to solve some integrals, I found an error with the integral 110 in TABLE I (page 9). The integral is missing a “b” in the term G(x sqrt(1+b²) + a/ sqrt(1+b²)). It should be G(x sqrt(1+b²) + ab/ sqrt(1+b²)).

Teaching

Courses

BME5202 Opportunities in AI24/25 Sem 1
BMA5278 Business Insights through Industry Analysis24/25 Sem 1
PHM5014 Causal Inference in Precision Medicine24/25 Sem 1
PHM5006 Ethics, Regulation and Managerial Economics In Precision Medicine23/24 Sem 2, 25/26 Sem 1
DBA3803 Predictive Analytics in Business23/24 Sem 2, 24/25 Sem 1, 24/25 Sem 2, 25/26 Sem 1
Economics Bootcamp for MSBA2024, 2025
Statistics Primer Workshops for MSc2024, 2025
AI in Talent Management and Organizational Design2026
AI For Leaders: Leveraging Data Analytics For Business2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Practical Decision Making Using Data Science2022
Leading with Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
General Management Programme2022, 2024
BMA5275 Analytics in Managerial Economics22/23 Sem 1, 24/25 Sem 2, 25/26 Sem 1
BME5201 Leading With Analytics22/23 Sem 1, 23/24 Sem 1
DBA5101 Analytics in Managerial Economics18/19 Sem 1, 19/20 Sem 1, 20/21 Sem 1
DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets18/19 Sem 2, 20/21 Sem 2, 21/22 Sem 1, 21/22 Sem 2, 22/23 Sem 1, 22/23 Sem 2, 24/25 Sem 2
MA1101R Linear Algebra I16/17 Sem 2
MA1505 Mathematics I16/17 Sem 1

Awards

Excellence in MBA Teaching AY24/25 (Top 3 Teaching Rating for Electives)NUS Business School
Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2025NUS
Teaching Excellence Award 2024NUS Business School
Teaching Excellence Award 2023NUS Business School
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award2018/2019, Department of Analytics and Operations, NUS Business School
Letter of Commendation for Graduate Tutor2016/2017, Department of Mathematics, NUS

Pedagogy

Teaching with Cases: Engage, Energize, and Challenge Your Students2023, Harvard Business Publishing Education
Training Programme for Teaching Assistants2016, NUS
Teaching in Higher Education Certificate (THEC)2014, Temasek Polytechnic

Media Mentions

Why Your Digital Transformation Might Be Missing The Point July 18, 2025 · CultureHive
AI and sustainability will define the future of business. July, 2025 · NUS Business School
You're probably not going to speak to a glitching AI bot on your next job interview May 17, 2025 · Business Insider
I Believe I Can Fly….. Like Jordan Jun 19, 2024 · BIZBeat, NUS
Guest Speaker Jun 20, 2023 · APSCo Asia
Designing Fair Quizzes with a Question Pool Apr 26, 2023 · Teaching Connections, NUS
Executive Education Courses in Data Analytics Sep 10, 2021 · Executive Courses
Hockey and Risk-Taking With Zia Zaman Dec 31, 2019 · The Motley Fool

Consulting and Industry Projects

My academic and professional endeavors have given me a unique perspective on the intersection of academia and industry, particularly in the fields of Analytics, Operations Research, and AI. I lead teams of data scientists and PhD students, consult for companies on AI and data science applications.

Murata Singapore
CMA CGA
ResMed
Institute of Mental Health
Kulicke & Soffa
LINGJACK
NCS
Singapore Airlines
X0PA AI
Nexus Homes

Contact

Office: Mochtar Raidy Building, BIZ1-08-72, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245

Email: thm at nus dot edu dot sg

TAN Hong Ming