Professor Chee Yeow Meng joined SUTD on 2 April 2025 as Provost and Chief Academic & Innovation Officer (CAIO).

As Provost/CAIO, Prof Chee supervises and oversees curricular, instructional, and research affairs. In his concurrent roles, he will also look into aligning education to Design AI, ensuring that the Office of Provost works seamlessly with the Office of Innovation and Enterprise.

Prof Chee brings with him 28 years of experience in both industry and academia – a rare combination amongst academics. Prior to joining SUTD, he was Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise), Professor at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management and the Director of the NUS Enterprise Academy at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has held senior academic positions in both NUS and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), as well as top posts in public service including Head of Security (Information Infrastructure) and Assistant Director (Internationalisation) at the National Computer Board, Deputy Director (Strategic Programmes) at the Infocomm Development Authority, and Programme Director (Interactive Digital Media R&D) at the Media Development Authority. He has also participated in national level committees and represented Singapore in various international forums and councils.

With extensive experience in the field of innovation and enterprise, Prof Chee has founded several start-ups and remains actively involved in the ecosystem. He also has a number of co-patents and technology disclosures.

Currently, Prof Chee serves as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and an editorial board member of the Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. His research interest lies in the interplay between combinatorics and computer science, especially coding theory, extremal set systems, and their applications.