Chen
Dr. Melvin Chen is a philosopher, poet, and (amateur) programmer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research spans topics such as logic, ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, and what he calls "big philosophy." His work has been published in prestigious academic journals, including IEEE Intelligent Systems , The Lancet Regional Health , Ethics & Information Technology , Philosophy & Technology , AI & Society , Hypatia , Philosophy & Literature ,...See more
Dr. Melvin Chen is a philosopher, poet, and (amateur) programmer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research spans topics such as logic, ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, and what he calls "big philosophy." His work has been published in prestigious academic journals, including IEEE Intelligent Systems , The Lancet Regional Health , Ethics & Information Technology , Philosophy & Technology , AI & Society , Hypatia , Philosophy & Literature , Philosophical Psychology , Pacific Conservation Biology , and The Southern Journal of Philosophy . In addition to this chess-related book, Dr. Chen has authored Philosophy & Art in Southeast Asia (Bloomsbury, 2024) and the forthcoming Art-Making as Problem-Solving (under contract with Palgrave Macmillan). His poetry has been featured in BlazeVOX , LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction , Eunoia Review , and Tipton Poetry Journal . His visual art has appeared in Heartbeat Literary Journal . Inspired by the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 match between GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh Dommaraju, held in his home country of Singapore, Melvin embarked on creating his own chess engine, Sapientia See less
