HongJing Khok (Jingles)

Machine learning engineer with over a decade of industry experience across natural language processing, recommendation systems, and signal processing.

Full-stack developer building open-source tools for blockchain since 2021. Created the most-used SDK on Cardano with 10,000+ weekly downloads.

Work Experiences

Built end-to-end machine learning systems and shipped rapid prototypes across NLP, recommendation systems, and neuroscience. Since 2021, focused on open-source blockchain development.

Founder & Product & Architect

Mesh SDK
2022 - Present

Built the most-used open-source SDK on Cardano by identifying developer pain points and shipping integrated tools. Grew adoption through community engagement and strategic partnerships.

PhD (ML & Neuroscience)

Alibaba Group
2019 - 2022

Applied machine learning and neuroscience to diagnose eye diseases through brain-computer interfaces. Designed experiments, built data processing tools, and established research protocols.

Machine Learning Engineer (RecSys)

Alibaba Group
2017 - 2019

Built recommender systems that drove 175% growth in daily active users. Collaborated across product and engineering teams to ship scalable ML APIs serving South East Asia markets.

Machine Learning Engineer (NLP)

Defence Science and Technology Agency
2014 - 2017

Applied machine learning to automate business processes and shipped rapid prototypes to validate technology solutions. Built NLP tools serving 300 corporate users.

Education

PhD in Computer Science Nanyang Technological University: Applied machine learning to neuroscience research, using brain-computer interfaces to diagnose eye diseases.
Master of Business Administration (Passed with Honors) Quantic School of Business and Technology: Focused on business administration, financial management, and strategic decision-making.
Bachelor in Computer Science (Second Class Upper Honours) Nanyang Technological University: Specialized in artificial intelligence, data analytics, data mining, and robotics.