Faculty Recruitment
Information Systems and Management Area

School of Information Systems (SIS), Singapore Management University (SMU)
Openings for Faculty in Information Systems and Management

Applications for research focused tenure-track positions are invited at all levels.

The SIS research mission is to address deep technology challenges and management issues in information systems that have the potential to transform the way businesses operate.

Real-world industry sectors provide SIS with a test-bed and laboratory for experimentation, as well as a fertile breeding ground for new ideas. Our faculty and students apply their research results to solve real problems in the context of industry settings and to create innovative information technology applications and systems. At the same time, our faculty actively publish in top quality computer science and management science conference and journal outlets.

The Singapore Management University (SMU) was officially incorporated in January 2000. It is a public-funded institution chartered in a unique way to provide the flexibility and operating characteristics of an American-style private university. Today, SMU is comprised of six schools, and is home to over 6,000 undergraduate students. It has a rapidly growing number of Master's & Ph.D. programmes and students.

We are seeking faculty candidates in Information Systems and Management who are doing research in the following areas:

• Pricing, competition and incentives in information goods and services
• Evolution of software platforms, processes and ecosystems
• IT-enabled transformation of global business processes
• Impact of IT on organizations, firms and industries

Research in SIS is concentrated in the following areas: Data Management and Business Intelligence; Information Security and Trust; Software Systems, Architecture and Integration; Intelligent Decision Support Systems; and Information Systems Management. SIS faculty members in all areas are strongly encouraged to collaborate on innovative research projects and also on integrative and interdisciplinary projects. SMU's Office of Research, the SIS's Research Centre and the Singapore government provide generous support for high quality research proposals.

SIS undergraduate and post-graduate programmes produce people who have depth in technology and innovative applications, and also understand IT management. The SIS undergraduate programme is committed to innovative pedagogy. SIS launched the first PhD programme in SMU in August 2006. SIS also launched Master of IT in Business programme in August 2007.

Qualified candidates should initially submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements and samples of published work. Candidates may submit softcopy or hardcopy of their application materials to:

SIS Faculty Recruiting
Singapore Management University
School of Information Systems
80 Stamford Road
Singapore 178902
E-mail: siscv@smu.edu.sg
Website: www.sis.smu.edu.sg

SMU-Carnegie Mellon Partnership

Selected candidates will be asked to interview at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2003, SMU and Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) entered into a close partnership to jointly establish the SMU School of Information Systems (SIS). Carnegie Mellon faculty are actively participating in SIS faculty selection, mentoring and development, and in the design of the SIS undergraduate curriculum, research centre, and postgraduate and professional programmes.