Biography
William Leong is a Research Scientist at the Centre for Flight Sciences, Temasek Laboratories @ NUS (TL@NUS). He holds a Master of Technology in Software Engineering and a Bachelor of Computing from the National University of Singapore.
His work sits at the intersection of swarm intelligence, multi-agent systems, and distributed algorithms. He focuses on scalable algorithms and the design of decentralised systems for aerial robots, with a particular interest in how palm-sized drones can coordinate, share tasks, and operate robustly as a swarm in constrained environments. He is especially interested in work that turns research concepts into working robotic systems.
His earlier work in software engineering involved developing and integrating distributed simulation systems for defence applications.
Research Interests
- Swarm intelligence
- Multi-agent systems
- UAVs and palm-sized drones
- Distributed task allocation
Selected Publications
- W. L. Leong and R. Teo, “Decentralized Scalable Exploration via Emergent Adaptive Lévy Walks on Minimal-Sensing Platforms,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), accepted, 2026.
- W. L. Leong, J. Cao, and R. Teo, “Scalable Task Allocation with Communications Connectivity for Flying Ad-Hoc Networks,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 110, article 25, 2024.
- W. L. Leong, N. Martinel, S. Huang, C. Micheloni, G. L. Foresti, and R. S. H. Teo, “An Intelligent Auto-Organizing Aerial Robotic Sensor Network System for Urban Surveillance,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 102, article 33, 2021.