| Jul, 2008 |
SMU SIS team took best new entry award in the Trading Agent Competition held in Chicago |
| Jul 14, 2008 |
Graduation, at last, against all odds
LIEW Chong Heng graduated from SMU with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management with high merit on Saturday despite suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. His older brother Chong Choon who suffers from the same condition but also graduated from SMU last year with a degree in Business Management.
Published in my paper |
| Jul 14, 2008 |
Going green: It's the attitude that counts
SMU SIS student Nathaniel KOH, 24, says “(One) does not need to know the intricacies of a problem (to make a difference).”
Published in TODAY |
| Jul 13, 2008 |
The dark skies have cleared
Overcoming initial financial struggles, Mr Ahmad Firdaus DAUD finally received his Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Management) degree with Magna Cum Laude, putting him in the top 35% of the 2008 cohort of SMU graduates.
Published in Berita Minggu - with English translation |
| Jul 13, 2008 |
Rejected at first, but they're now proud SMU grads
Among the 1,167 graduates at SMU's fifth commencement ceremony are Timothy John and Ahmad Firdaus (SIS) who almost could not get a place at SMU but had since graduated with flying colours and employed.
Published in The Straits Times |
| Jul 12-13, 2008 |
Former school drop-out gained new life at SMU
Spurred on by his mother's tears and the chance SMU gave him, NGIANG Boon Loong completed his education with a double degree in Information Systems Management and Business Management summa cum laude and became the Salutatorian of his cohort. Published in the following:
Lianhe Zaobao (July 13) - with English translation
Channel NewsAsia (July 12) 
Channel NewsAsia (July 12)
Channel 8 (July 12) |
| Jul 07, 2008 |
Dad did not know son was into sailing
He was to find out that his son was in a sailing club only when the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Information Systems (SIS) student went missing off Raffles Marina.
Published in the following:
The Straits Times
Lianhe Zaobao
TODAY
The New Paper
Related articles at SMU News Room |
| Jul 02, 2008 |
Ko Kheng Hwa stepping down from EDB post
Ko Kheng Hwa [Advisory Board member in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business and School of Information Systems] is stepping down after spending more than seven years at the helm of the Economic Development Board (EDB). Mr Ko will join the private sector after 29 years in the public sector and is succeeded by Dr Beh Swan Gin, current EDB assistant managing director.
Published in The Straits Times |
| Jul 01, 2008 |
YCH Group gives new scholarship to the BSc (IS Management) Programme |
| Jun 2008 |
PPF to set up study groups
New council aims to have bigger role in policy-making, hold more forms in other languages. Features SIS Practice Assistant Professor Ori SASSON.
Published in PAP magazine PETIR |
| Jun 2008 |
Seeding Grid Expertise
SMU SIS supports the GridPass Programme through the SIS undergraduate enrichment courses.
Published in iN.SG June 2008 Issue |
| Jun 09, 2008 |
All in a day's (team)work
Mutual understanding helped SMU SIS teammates come through in grueling contest. CaseIT, the grueling case competition organised by Simon Fraser University, is a test not only of business acumen and analytical skills, but also of the team's endurance.
Published in The Business Times
More info here |
| Jun 01, 2008 |
Singapore university beats Ateneo in Asian debate tourney
[SMU SIS graduate] Priyam SARAF was a Deputy Chief Adjudicator of the fourth Asian Universities Debating Championship. The team from Nanyang Technological University won the championship.
Published in the following:
Weekly Economic Times (Bangladesh) (Jun 1)
The Philippine Daily Inquirer - Inquirer.net (May 26)
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| May 2008 |
SMU grads landing jobs sooner – and at higher pay
Features BSc (ISM) graduate
Edwin CHONG Lik Ming (Batch 2003)
SMU's annual Graduate Employment Survey shows that the fourth and largest batch of graduates from SMU are getting job offers earlier than their seniors and they are also fetching higher starting salaries compared to the year before.
Published in the following:
TODAY (May 12)
The Straits Times (May 12)
The Business Times (May 12)
Channel NewsAsia (May 11)
Channel NewsAsia (May 11)
Channel 5 News (May 11)
Channel 8 News (May 11)
my paper, A2 (May 12)
The New Paper, p 6 (May 12) |
| May 2008 |
YCH Chairman Robert Yap: Building the Logistics Superhighway One Step at a Time
Mr Robert YAP is a member of SIS Board of Advisors.
Published in SMU Knowledge Hub |
| May 2008 |
SMU SIS and SAS collaborate on major initiatives to develop business intelligence capabilities
A new SAS Enterprise Intelligence Laboratory has been set up at SMU and scholarships will be given out for undergraduate and master's students through a S$840,000 partnership.
Press release (06 May 2008)
SAS and Singapore university set up training lab
Business intelligence vendor, SAS, has together with SMU established a laboratory on the local university's campus.
Published in ZDNet Asia (06 May 2008)
SMU, SAS in business intelligence tie-up
Business intelligence software maker SAS has tied-up with SMU to equip more local students with advanced BI know-how.
Published in The Business Times (12 May 2008)
Check out the presentation slides on SMU-SEIL Launch (06 May 2008)
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| May 06, 2008 |
SMU SIS Students Intern at Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab |
| Apr 25, 2008 |
Saving the café business of the hearing-impaired in Yunnan
First year SIS undergraduate GAN Kah Hwee is one of the SMU undergraduates who talk about the challenges they will face in their community service project to improve the café operations and marketing in China.
Published in omy.sg - with English translation
Related articles:
SMU Project Wings community service in Dali, Yunnan, China 
Two-part interview with SMU undergraduates about their experience in reviving the business of Sweet Tooth Cafe, a dessert shop which provides employment for the hearing-impaired, in Dali, Yunnan, China.
RSI Chinese (Jun 23)
Reviving Sweet Tooth Café in Dali , China
Students in the community service project team to Dali Old Town in China 's Yunnan Province talked about their experience and achievements in helping to revive flagging sales and helping to sustain employment for the hearing-impaired staff of Sweet Tooth dessert café. Xin.sg (Jul 8)
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| Mar 24, 2008 |
SIS announces the winners of the Standard Chartered Bank iLab Awards 2007-08 |
| Mar 04, 2008 |
SIS team consisting of Darren TOH Wei Zheng, YANG Kangwei and DEERAJ Jagdish Karnani were declared 2nd prize winners at the CASEIT2008 competition held at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
More info on CaseIT |
| Mar 02, 2008 |
This Greek traded 6,000 isles for one red dot
Assistant Professor of Information Systems Kyriakos MOURATIDIS chose to teach data management at SMU after obtaining his PhD in Hong Kong, becoming SMU's second youngest faculty member.
Published in The Sunday Times
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| Feb 25, 2008 |
SIS announces new student award - The Eddie Chau SIS Outstanding Student Award in Advanced Information Security & Trust |
| Feb 15, 2008 |
The value of skills in today's integrated world
Commentary by IBM Singapore managing director Teresa Lim, notes how both academia and industry need to collaborate more to train workers for the services sector. From 2008, the Service Science, Management and Engineering SSME undergraduate programmes will be offered by the three universities including SMU (School of Information Systems), in collaboration with IBM.
Published in The Business Times |
| Feb 14, 2008 |
Service Science, Management and Engineering
SM25 July, 2008ntroduction of the Service Science, Management and Engineering programme at SMU's School of Information Systems.
938LIVE |
| Feb 04, 2008 |
Budding entrepreneurs blaze new trials
The Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan competition is now into its fourth year and is run by the Lee Kong Chian Scholars Programme at SMU. This article features the work of SIS pioneer BSc (ISM) student Leonard LIN.
Published in The Straits Times |
| Jan 2008 |
SMU Students Gain Global Perspective
Features SIS Business Study Missions to Silicon Valley (lead by SIS Assistant Prof Jason WOODARD) and Bangalore (lead by SIS Practice Prof Desai NARASIMHALU). More info on SIS Business Study Missions.
Li & Fung Scholarships for University Exchange
SIS plays a strategic role in the relationship with Li & Fung that led to the Li & Fung Scholarship. This was facilitated by Mr Benedict CHANG, a member of the Li & Fung Foundation Board who is also represented on the SIS Board of Advisors.
Scholarships
Features SIS Board of Advisors Chairman Robert YAP.
Published on SMU Hub (Jan 2008) |
| Jan 28, 2008 |
4 SMU students receive new scholarships on SMU Patron's Day
SIS student Wilson Lim Yong Ming is one of the four SMU students who receive new scholarships worth a total of $13,000 set up from funds by SMU alumni and undergraduates.
Channel News Asia |
| Jan 24, 2008 |
SMU don donates $80K to start Scholarship
About 60 SMU faculty members have donated close to $700,000 in recent years towards university schemes. SMU SIS Dean Steven MILLER, 51, pumped in $80,000 of his own money to start the SIS scholarship in 2004.
Published in The Straits Times |
| Jan 14, 2008 |
42 amateur writers launch inspirational book in under 24 hours
SIS Students GOH Yun Ling Zeoanne and YE Yi Xin are among the 42 amateur writers.
Published in ChannelNewsAsia online |
| Jan 11, 2008 |
Getting a taste of success from Israel 's R&D labs
Steven Miller, Dean of SMU's School of Information Systems, comments on collaboration projects between universities and research institutes, companies, innovation centres, technology offices and on-site incubation space for start-ups.
Published in The Straits Times |
| Jan 7, 2008 |
Microsoft Singapore congratulates Joseph SUNG, a final year SMU student, for becoming the Microsoft Student Partner of the Year 2007. |
| Jan 2008 |
The People Factor
In 2006, Infocomm manpower in Singapore grew 7 per cent to bring the number of infocomm professionals in Singapore to 120,000 in 2006. Under the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's (IDA) iN2015 masterplan, the goal is to create an additional 80,000 infocomm jobs by 2015.
The Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME) programme was launched recently to nurture multi-disciplinary infocomm talent.
Published in iN.SG - Infocomm News from Singapore (Jan 2008 issue) |
