Computing @ SMU
Creating Our Digital Future

The School of Computing and Information Systems is the only SMU school offering research and education programmes in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines.

Computing @ SMU
Creating Our Digital Future

Our Vision
A premier computing school recognized globally for excellence in research, education, and societal impact

Our Mission
Create the digital future for business and society through research, education, and partnership

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September 2026
Champion
was awarded to:
CHEO Hao En
Jonathan LEOW
Ryan LOW
Ian PONG
TAN Hong Yu

at the SimplifyNext Agentic AI Hackathon.

Awards Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students | Competitions
September 2026
Top 6
was awarded to:
Saai Aravindh RAJA (pictured first from right)

at the American Express Innovation Labs Hackathon Singapore 2026.

Awards Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students | Competitions
September 2026
Most Influential Paper Award
was awarded to:
Vice Provost (Research) Prof David LO

et al. at the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2026) for the paper, “"Automated debugging considered harmful" considered harmful: A user study revisiting the usefulness of spectra-based fault localization techniques with professionals using real bugs from large systems”.

Awards Research (Publications) Faculty Research (Publications)
September 2026
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
was awarded to:
PhD Candidate SONG Shiwen
Research Scientist, RISE XIONG Yiheng
PhD Candidate KONG Jiaolong
Assistant Professor XIE Xiaofei

et al. at the 35th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2026), for the paper, “Characterizing and Repairing Obsolete Android GUI Tests under UI Evolution”

 

 

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Recent Postgraduate Research Student Awards

December 2025
DSO-AISG Incentive Award was awarded to
PhD Graduate LIM Jia Peng
;
PhD Candidate Sidney TIO Xi Rong
;

and is a joint initiative between AI Singapore (AISG) and DSO, designed to inspire post-graduate students to explore research related to large language models (LLMs).

October 2025
2025 Google PhD Fellowship was awarded to
PhD Graduate RUAN Shaolun
;

from Google, in the Quantum Computing category. 

His research interests include Data Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction.

December 2024
2024 ByteDance Scholarship was awarded to
PhD Candidate SUN Zhensu
;

from ByteDance

Recent Postgraduate Professional Alumni Awards

August 2025
2025 Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List Honourees was awarded to
MITB Graduate LIM Yean Sam
;
Associate Professor SUN Qianru
;
PhD Graduate Ratnadira WIDYASARI
;

Organised by the Singapore Computer Society (SCS), in partnership with SG Women in Tech and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). 

The list recognises and celebrates women based in Singapore who have been inspiring and have made significant contributions to the tech industry.

Faculty

Recent Faculty Awards

June 2026
2026 PAKDD Early Career Research Award was awarded to
Assistant Professor Guansong PANG
;

at the The 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD).

One of the most prestigious early-career awards in the KDD field, this award recognizes an individual within the first 10 years after their PhD for outstanding research contributions, leadership, and service, with at most one recipient (or none) selected each year; notable prior awardees include Evangelos (Vagelis) Papalexakis (UCI, USA), Tanmoy Chakraborty (IIIT, India), Feida Zhu (SMU, Singapore), and Yang Yu (NanjingU, China).

 

December 2025
ACM Distinguished Member 2025 was awarded to
Associate Professor Hady W. LAUW
;

from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM has named 61 new Distinguished Members. 

All the 2025 inductees are registered members and were selected by their peers for significant technical achievements and/or volunteer service. The ACM Distinguished Member program recognizes up to 10 percent of the worldwide ACM membership for their technical achievements and/or service to the field.

December 2025
IEEE TNNLS Outstanding Associate Editor (2024-2025) was awarded to
Assistant Professor Guansong PANG
;

from the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (IEEE TNNLS).

The award recognizes very selective Associate Editors (AEs) whose exceptional contributions, professionalism, and dedication have played an important role in the continued growth and reputation of TNNLS in the year of 2024-2025. 

Alumni & Industry

Recent Alumni Awards

November 2025
SMU Alumni Awards 2025 was awarded to
Aaron TAN
;
Aditya LESMANA
;
Kelvin CHNG
;
LIN Fengru
;
Seyed Nazhath FAHEEMA
;

at the inaugural SMU Alumni Awards 2025 on 12 November 2025 at SMU Hall, with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam as Guest of Honour. 

Launched in celebration of SMU’s Silver Jubilee, the SMU Alumni Awards marked the University’s highest recognition of alumni achievement. To be conferred every five years, the Awards honour SMU alumni and associate alumni who have distinguished themselves through professional excellence, innovation, and service to society.

September 2025
Impact Leader Excellence Award - Individual was awarded to
Jeremy LEE
;

at the 2025 Sustainability Impact Awards, organised by The Business Times and UOB.

SMU alumnus Jeremy Lee received the award for advancing sustainable household solutions and cutting single-use plastics.

August 2025
2025 Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List Honourees was awarded to
MITB Graduate LIM Yean Sam
;
Associate Professor SUN Qianru
;
PhD Graduate Ratnadira WIDYASARI
;

Organised by the Singapore Computer Society (SCS), in partnership with SG Women in Tech and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). 

The list recognises and celebrates women based in Singapore who have been inspiring and have made significant contributions to the tech industry.

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