Dr Daren Ler Shan Wen

Daren Ler obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS).

Prior to his position at NUS, he served as a Computing Teacher with the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore, where he taught H2 Computing at National Junior College. In 2019, he was awarded the Outstanding Computing Teacher Award by MOE.

His current research interests are in the areas of meta-learning for automated machine learning and computational thinking in mathematics education.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Meta-learning for Algorithm Selection
• Automated Machine Learning
• Computing Education
• Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education