PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Nancy Chen

Also known as Nancy F. Chen, Nancy Fang Yih Chen, 陳方玉

As of October 2026, Nancy F. Chen is a Senior Principal Scientist and Lead Principal Investigator at A*STAR's Centre for Frontier AI Research. In 2025 she was named an ISCA Fellow for significant contributions and technical leadership in multilingual speech processing, multimodal human-machine communication, and AI technology deployment. She was one of the Program Chairs of ICLR 2023 and an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2023 and 2024. Her team's Malay and Tamil speech evaluation systems were deployed through the Ministry of Education's Interactive Portal for Mother Tongue Languages, and she was named to the Singapore 100 Women in Tech list for 2021.

Works
270
Citations
2,461
h-index
26

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2021

    Singapore 100 Women in Tech

    She is named to the Singapore 100 Women in Tech list for 2021. Her team's Malay and Tamil speech evaluation systems are deployed through the Ministry of Education's Interactive Portal for Mother Tongue Languages.

  2. 2021

    ISCA Board member

    In 2021 she serves on the International Speech Communication Association Board.

  3. 2022

    ICLR 2023 Program Chair

    In September 2022 she is named one of the Program Chairs of ICLR 2023.

  4. 2023–2024

    IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

    The IEEE Signal Processing Society names her one of five Distinguished Lecturers for 2023 and 2024.

  5. 2025

    Named an ISCA Fellow

    In 2025 she is named an ISCA Fellow for significant contributions and technical leadership in multilingual speech processing, multimodal human-machine communication, and AI technology deployment.

  6. As of October 2026

    Senior principal scientist at A*STAR

    She is a Senior Principal Scientist and Lead Principal Investigator at A*STAR's Centre for Frontier AI Research.

Sources and credits

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  1. [AIP Distinguished Lecture] Talk by Dr. Nancy F. Chen (A*STAR) on "Multimodal, Multilingual Generative AI: From Multicultural Contextualization to Empathetic Reasoning" | Center for Advanced Intelligence Project aip.riken.jp. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Singapore 100 Women In Tech 2021 a-star.edu.sg. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. ICLR 2023 Program Chair – Dr Nancy F. Chen a-star.edu.sg. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. SPS Announces 2023 Class of Distinguished Lecturers and Distinguished Industry Speakers | IEEE Signal Processing Society signalprocessingsociety.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. ISCA - ISCA Fellow Program isca-speech.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Nancy F. Chen - A*STAR Research research.a-star.edu.sg. Checked 15 October 2026.