// Hi, my name is

Yong Zane

Yong Zane

AI/ML Research EngineerSingapore

A*STAR · Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC)

I build end-to-end AI solutions — from Multi-modal models, Multi-Agent Systems and MCP-servers to the production apps and platforms that put them in engineers' hands.

// Experience

Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR logo

AI/ML Research Engineer

Oct 2024 - Present
Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR · Full Time details
  • Transforming ambiguous engineering problem statments into production-ready AI systems.
  • Designing and building AI tools that help engineers work more productively.
  • Scaling AI solutions with microservices, MCP servers and cloud-native infrastructure.
PythonMCPRAGLLMVLMCVPyTorchTensorFlowCUDALinuxPostgreSQLSQLiteDockerKubernetesJavaScriptTypeScriptReact
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, NTU logo

ML and Computer Vision Research Assistant

May 2024 - Jul 2024
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, NTU · Part Time details
  • Pushing the research frontier of iSCAT microscopy with machine learning.
  • Establishing the first large-scale foundational iSCAT microscopy dataset for protein characterization.
PythonOpenCVScikit-learnMLCVImage ProcessingMicroscopy
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Marsiling, Singapore logo

Optical Engineer Intern

Dec 2022 - Jul 2023
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Marsiling, Singapore · Internship details
  • Automating large-scale image quality analysis with image processing algorithms
  • Simulating fluorescence dye behaviour within the visible spectrum to validate research ideas
PythonOpenCVScikit-learnMLImage ProcessingOptical EngineeringSimulation

// Education

Nanyang Technological University logo

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI)

Aug 2026 – 2028 (Expected)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Part-timeIn Progress
Nanyang Technological University logo

Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering

Jul 2020 – May 2024
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Full Time details
  • Honours (Distinction)
  • MOE Tuition Grant Holder
  • Research focus in Applied ML in Bioengineering
  • Developed a strong foundation ML and AI through independent study, projects, and applied research.

Competition awards

  • NTU CAO x ST Engineering Hackathon — First Runner-up (Apr 2024) · Surgical tray optimization • ~$2M projected annual savings
  • MLDA Deep Learning Week Hackathon — First Runner-up, Team Leader (Mar 2024) · Video-caption pipeline • 12% accuracy improvement

// Publications

A Multi-Stage Hybrid Framework for Automated Interpretation of Multi-View Engineering Drawings Using Vision Language Model

2025
International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA) · Conference Paper · PUBLISHED

A multi-stage hybrid framework that fuses vision-language models with structured post-processing to interpret multi-view engineering drawings — automating a slow, error-prone manual reading task and feeding clean, structured data into downstream manufacturing systems.

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From drawings to decisions: A hybrid vision-language framework for parsing 2D engineering drawings into structured manufacturing knowledge

2025
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · Journal Article · PUBLISHED

An end-to-end vision-language framework that turns 2D engineering drawings into structured, machine-readable manufacturing knowledge — bridging legacy design documents and modern downstream automation and decision-making.

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Automated Parsing of Engineering Drawings for Structured Information Extraction Using a Fine-tuned Document Understanding Transformer

2025
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) · Conference Paper · PUBLISHED

A fine-tuned Document Understanding Transformer that extracts structured information from complex engineering documents — the kind of extraction pipeline that lets LLMs reliably fetch, query, and reason over dense technical documentation.

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// Featured Projects

Catholic Community App (Malaysia)

In Progress
Community Project · Mobile App

Contributing to a team building a mobile app for the Catholic community in Malaysia — bringing Mass timings, parish directory, events, daily readings, and announcements into one place.

Surgical-Tray Optimizer (STOp)

NTU CAO x ST Engineering Hackathon 2024 · First Runner-up

Secured first runner-up position among 11 participating teams from a wide variety of disciplines at NTU.

Video-Text Data Filtering Pipeline

View on GitHub
NTU EEE MLDA Deep Learning Week 2024 Hackathon · Second Place

Achieved second place out of over 50 participating teams from various educational institutions in Singapore.

ConnectEZ — AAC Device for Aphasia Patients

View on GitHub
Medical Device Design & Biomedical Project Design & Management

Led a team of 8 individuals in the development of an affordable AAC device, resulting in enhanced communication capabilities for Aphasia patients and a positive impact on their mental well-being.

// Technologies

Programming

PythonSQLJavaScriptTypeScript

ML & AI

PyTorchTensorFlowCUDAOpenCVScikit-learn

Agentic AI

LangChainLangGraphMCPRAG

Frontend/UI

ReactNext.jsViteElectron

Infra & DevOps

LinuxDockerKubernetesGitHubBitbucket