To produce PhD graduates with expertise at the intersection of IT and business for R&D units and applied academic institutions. To establish SIS as a distinct research and teaching school in Asia that attracts high-caliber professors, and influences academic research and industry practices.
To develop researchers/educators who address deep technology challenges in real information systems that impact business processes or management, or who develop tools and methodologies to translate business goals to technology solutions. Our PhD graduates will be capable of collaborating with faculty members from different research areas, designing technology solutions for real-world problems and applications, while still producing top-rate academic publications.
| Employment Prospects of Our Graduates |
require PhD graduates with system/business-view of technology, to complement graduates from other institutions who are trained to work on component technologies.
, particularly software schools require PhD graduates with application/system building and management skills.
requires PhD graduates with the skill to develop tools and methodologies to translate business goals into technology requirements, and also to build technology-based solutions that contribute to revenue growth or cost reduction.
Economies require to stay vibrant. Entrepreneurially minded students can work with SMU’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to translate their Ph.D. research into high potential globally scalable start-ups using the different funding schemes available to such start ups in Singapore.
SIS' PhD training will offer our graduates good employment prospects through a well-rounded education, and also opportunities to establish their network of contacts.
| Study and Research Opportunities with the Living Analytics Research Center New! |
The Living Analytics Research Center (LARC) is a collaboration between our University and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Our PhD Students enjoy the opportunity to conduct their dissertation research at LARC, working on exciting, real problems and collaborating with leading researchers. The center also sponsors selected students for a 10-month training residency at CMU, during which they will work directly with CMU faculty and researchers. Please refer to the LARC site for details on its projects, and also on some of our PhD students who are currently at CMU.
| Leverage the opportunities at the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
SMU’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will work with you in transitioning your technology innovation or a business model innovation into a commercial for profit company. Enroll in their workshops taught by serial entrepreneurs and acquire the skills required to translate your technology innovation into a business. Work with their Sandbox manager to explore the appropriate grants that can help you build a prototype of your innovation. Their Innovation manager can link you to Entrepreneurs-in-residence and business mentors who will work shoulder to shoulder with you in creating a company using your PhD research results. Benefit from their Entrepreneurs corner and Affiliates corner to develop networks that can help you achieve your entrepreneurial dreams.
For more information please look up http://www.smu.edu.sg/institutes/IIE/
|
