WYNTER Laura
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Computer Science (Practice)
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- PhD, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1996
Teaching Topics
- Generative AI with Large Language Models
lwynter@smu.edu.sg
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsLaura Wynter is a leading expert in AI, machine learning, and optimization, with extensive contributions to transportation analytics, federated learning, and real-time systems, recognized for her impactful research and teaching in generative AI and large language models.
Integrates methodological innovation in AI, federated learning, and optimization with practical applications in transportation, IT systems, and enterprise software; emphasizes robustness, personalization, and explainability; bridges academic research with industry and public sector impact; recognized for advancing real-time analytics and scalable AI solutions.
Focused research areas include Robust and personalized federated learning; explainable transformer models for IT telemetry; efficient edge inference and model co-location; adaptive sampling for traffic information; Nash equilibrium and incentive schemes in transport; multimodal analytics for event recognition; reinforcement learning for resource allocation and portfolio management.
Integrates methodological innovation in AI, federated learning, and optimization with practical applications in transportation, IT systems, and enterprise software; emphasizes robustness, personalization, and explainability; bridges academic research with industry and public sector impact; recognized for advancing real-time analytics and scalable AI solutions.
Focused research areas include Robust and personalized federated learning; explainable transformer models for IT telemetry; efficient edge inference and model co-location; adaptive sampling for traffic information; Nash equilibrium and incentive schemes in transport; multimodal analytics for event recognition; reinforcement learning for resource allocation and portfolio management.
Areas of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence and Data ScienceDecision Making & OptimizationMachine Learning & Intelligence
Past Awarded Grant
- Towards Robust Evaluation of AI-Generated Code for Enterprise Software Systems, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1 , PI (Project Level): WYNTER Laura , Co-PI (Project Level): JIANG Lingxiao, 2025, S$150,000
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- L Wynter, NV Desai, M Srivatsa, C KumarUS Patent 12,323,475, 2025
- L Wynter, P ChongUS Patent App. 18/500,333, 2025
- Stochastic bilevel programs [2025]L WynterEncyclopedia of optimization, 1-9, 2025
- SH LIM, L WynterUS Patent App. 18/196,823, 2024
- RD Lee, L WynterarXiv preprint arXiv:2410.14753, 2024
- RD Lee, L Wynter, RK GantiarXiv preprint arXiv:2408.17280, 2024
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Qualification
- PhD, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1996
Teaching Topics
- Generative AI with Large Language Models