Welcome to the Machine Learning & Applications Group (MaLeA)
Led by Dr. Stefan Winkler, MaLeA's research focuses on machine learning and its applications, in particular computer vision and language models.
MaLeA is a research group at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). It was formerly known as the Vision and Interaction Group (vintage), which has its origins at the Illinois Advanced Research Center at Singapore. The group comprises members from SIT as well as the National University of Singapore (NUS).
News & Events
[26-Mar-2026] Dexter Neo successfully passes his PhD defense.
[4-Feb-2026] Stefan Winkler serves as Area Chair for ICIP 2026.
[12-Jan-2026] Abhishek Vaidyanathan and Lim Jian Heng join us for their Masters research projects.
[29-Sep-2025] Stefan Winkler serves on the Review Committee for the new IEEE Region 10 Industry Award.
[18-Aug-2025] Stefan Winkler joins SIT as a full professor. He remains adjunct faculty with NUS' School of Computing.