🎓 I graduated from NTU's MSc Data Science program.

Today is NTU Convocation Day! It means I’m no longer a Master’s student – I have turned into a Master’s graduate.

The graduation is just a formal ceremony: my degree had been conferred a month prior, my actual study finished 3 months earlier, and my growth and transformation happened wayyy before that. Still, it feels great to celebrate this occassion; after all, it is the culmunation of all my efforts.

Joining the convocation with me is my family. It is a great privilege that not many international students have, I will cherish this for years to come.

I am extremely thankful for the journey at NTU. The mentorship and friendship I received have been life-changing.

My appreciation goes to Prof. Sourav Bhownmick – my program director who also taught me for three courses, Prof. Boyang Li for inspiring me so much in the Deep Learning, along with other professors who have guided me during my study. I am extremely grateful for the research opportunities as well, first with Prof. Siddharth Natarajan from NBS, and then at Continental-NTU Corplab with Prof. Shang-wei Lin, Dr. Yon Shin Teo and Prof. Wenya Wang.

Huge shoutouts to my MSDS classmates Anh Tuan, Catherine, Yuheng, Kelvin, Mark, Ali and others; and my dear friends Minh Truong, Giang Le and Vy Le.

As for my next steps, I am still staying with Continental-NTU Corplab through the summer to try and wrap up my current research project. I have further plans afterwards but right now I am not sure how things will turn out. Just have to wait and see!