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Leading Change with a Collective Agenda

Professor TAN Ah Hwee, the new Dean of the School of Computing and Information Systems at SMU, aims to leverage the stability of a solid foundation as a platform for growth, innovation and strategic renewal.

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Computing @ SMU
Co-Creating Our Digital Future

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

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Winner for Most Scalable Collaboration

was awarded to:

- Professor LAU Hoong Chuin, as Principal Investigator from SMU
- Lu Liu, Manager and Data Scientist; IBM

representing SMU and IBM teams respectively, at the 2026 SICC Awards, for the “SMU-IBM AI Supply Chain Risk Model Delivers US$35M Saving by Singapore Management University and IBM Singapore Pte Ltd” multi-year collaboration since 2021.

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Awards & Achievements 

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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”

 

 

Awards Postgraduate Research (Publications) Research (Publications) Faculty Research (Publications)

Postgraduate Research Publications with Awards

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September 2026
September 2026
July 2026
Senior Area Chairs (SAC) Highlights was awarded to
PhD Graduate YANG Chengran
;
Ting Zhang;
PhD Graduate ZHOU Xin
;
Haoye Tian; Mingzhe Du;
Research Engineer SHI Jieke
;
PhD Student CHEN Junkai
;
Yikun Li;
Associate Professor OUH Eng Lieh
;
Associate Professor SHAR Lwin Khin
;
Vice Provost (Research) Prof David LO
;

at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2026), for the paper, "SeCuRepair: Semantics-Aligned, Curriculum-Driven, and Reasoning-Enhanced Vulnerability Repair Framework".

The SAC Highlight is an award given by the Senior Area Chairs to recognize one or a small number of papers from their area that they consider particularly outstanding. Selected papers exemplify qualities such as originality, significance, technical excellence, reproducibility, or potential positive impact on the field. Typically, the award is given to less than 1% of all submissions. These papers are independent of the Best Paper Committee's selection.

Postgraduate Research Student Awards

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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

September 2024
Winner of SMU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2024 was awarded to
PhD Graduate Ratnadira WIDYASARI
;

organised by SMU College of Graduate Research Studies (CGRS).

January 2024

Postgraduate Professional Alumni Awards

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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.

Research

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September 2026
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August 2026
Winner for Most Scalable Collaboration was awarded to
Professor LAU Hoong Chuin
;
Lu Liu, Manager and Data Scientist, IBM;

as Principal Investigator from SMU and IBM team member, representing SMU and IBM teams respectively, at the 2026 SICC Awards, for the “SMU-IBM AI Supply Chain Risk Model Delivers US$35M Saving by Singapore Management University and IBM Singapore Pte Ltd” collaboration.

Launched in 2015, the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Awards are built on the conviction that collaboration is very often the quickest way for companies, from all sectors and of all sizes, to innovate, grow and sustain themselves.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Awards & Achievements

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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. 

October 2025
2025 SMU Teaching Excellence Awards - Recipients was awarded to
Deputy Dean; Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor Prof Robert H DENG
;
Senior Lecturer Kiruthika RAMANATHAN
;
Associate Professor TAN Kar Way
;
Associate Professor WANG Hai
;
Associate Professor Kyong Jin SHIM
;

in photo (R-L) with SCIS Dean Prof Pang, at the Appreciation Lunch and Awards Ceremony 2025, jointly organised by SMU Centre for Teaching Excellence and SMU College of Graduate Research Studies.

For the award categories,

  • Prof Robert H. DENG (Zhongni Distinguished Educator Award)
  • Senior Lecturer Kiruthika RAMANATHAN (Most Promising Teacher)
  • Associate Prof TAN Kar Way (Teaching Excellence in Postgraduate Professional Programmes)
  • Associate Prof WANG Hai (Excellent Teacher)
  • Associate Prof Kyong Jin SHIM (SMU-X Excellent Teacher)

The SMU Teaching Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate the significance of teaching as a complex and multi-faceted profession. These university-level awards honour faculty members for their holistic contributions to peer development, student development, innovative instructional approaches, effective pedagogical practices and course design. SMU is also committed to adopting processes that promote gender equity in the recognition of teaching excellence.

September 2025
SMU Core Curriculum Teaching Excellence Award 2025 (Capabilities Pillar) Winner was awarded to
Associate Professor WANG Hai
;

from the SMU College of Integrative Studies (CIS).

SMU CIS which oversees the SMU Core Curriculum, has established these awards to recognise outstanding faculty members and adjunct instructors who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and a strong commitment to student learning within the Core Curriculum. Each academic year, awardees are selected for each of the three pillars of the Core Curriculum - Capabilities, Communities and Civilisations. Recipients of three consecutive teaching awards are inducted in the Hall of Fame.

Alumni

Alumni Awards & Achievements

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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.

August 2025
2025 Singapore Girls in Tech (SGGIT) List Honourees was awarded to
Lauren Angelina KOEK
;
Jules Asner ROBINS
;

“... 25 young talent under the Girls in Tech category, recognising female students aged 13 to 35 who demonstrate exceptional passion for STEM and are applying technology to make a difference in their communities.” 

- 100 Women in Tech Power Singapore’s Digital Future as Nation Marks 60 Years

July 2025
Tatler Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow 2025 was awarded to
Kevin QUAH
;

from Tatler Asia.

The Tatler Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow recognises individuals across seven countries and territories in Asia, who are making a positive impact.

Partnerships & Engagement

Partnerships & Engagement Highlighted Events

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Pacific Graphics 2026 Singapore
October 6 - 9, 2026

The 34th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics 2026) is being held in Singapore from 6 to 9 October 2026. This conference is chaired by Assoc Prof HE Shengfeng, providing a premium platform for researchers and practitioners to share the latest advances in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

SMU-Fudan Global Forum 
October 3, 2026

The third edition of the forum took place on 3 October 2026, exploring opportunities and challenges at technology frontiers of mutual interest. Themed as ‘Living with Intelligence: AI, Human Flourishing and Liveable Societies’, the forum will bring together leading experts from the two universities to share the findings of their research.

Partnerships & Engagement Awards

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August 2026
Winner for Most Scalable Collaboration was awarded to
Professor LAU Hoong Chuin
;
Lu Liu, Manager and Data Scientist, IBM;

as Principal Investigator from SMU and IBM team member, representing SMU and IBM teams respectively, at the 2026 SICC Awards, for the “SMU-IBM AI Supply Chain Risk Model Delivers US$35M Saving by Singapore Management University and IBM Singapore Pte Ltd” collaboration.

Launched in 2015, the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Awards are built on the conviction that collaboration is very often the quickest way for companies, from all sectors and of all sizes, to innovate, grow and sustain themselves.