Awards & Achievements

September 2025
SCIS Outstanding Instructor Award for AY 2024/25
was awarded to:

from SMU School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS).

Our instructors play an important role in our undergraduate and MITB education. They complement our faculty, by bringing industry-based software technology skills and experience to our course designs, case studies, labs and projects. 

The SCIS Outstanding Instructor Award is created to recognize excellence among our instructors.

September 2025
was awarded to:

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.

September 2025
SMU Core Curriculum Teaching Excellence Award 2025 (Capabilities Pillar) Winner
was awarded to:

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.

September 2025
was awarded to:

at the Sparks x Build for Good (BFG) Community Hackathon, for their project, SeniorSync.

September 2025
was awarded to:

at the Sparks x Build for Good (BFG) Community Hackathon, for their project, LetterKey.

August 2025
2025 Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List Honourees
was awarded to:

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 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List Honourees
was awarded to:

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 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) List Honourees
was awarded to:

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:

“... 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

August 2025
2025 Singapore Girls in Tech (SGGIT) List Honourees
was awarded to:

“... 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

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) Best Paper Award
was awarded to:

from the IEEE Computer Society for the paper, “Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models”.

The best paper of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) that was published in the preceding year (2024).

August 2025
Honourable Mention
was received by:

at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2025), for the paper, “Achilles: A Formal Framework of Leaking Secrets from Signature Schemes via Rowhammer”.

Honorable Mentions 34th USENIX Security Symposium recognise a select group of submissions that rank among the most exceptional in the conference. These distinctions highlight work that demonstrates outstanding technical merit, originality, and potential impact within the security and privacy research community.

August 2025
Honourable Mention
was received by:

at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2025), for the paper, “Achilles: A Formal Framework of Leaking Secrets from Signature Schemes via Rowhammer”.

Honorable Mentions 34th USENIX Security Symposium recognise a select group of submissions that rank among the most exceptional in the conference. These distinctions highlight work that demonstrates outstanding technical merit, originality, and potential impact within the security and privacy research community.

August 2025
Honourable Mention
was received by:

at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2025), for the paper, “Achilles: A Formal Framework of Leaking Secrets from Signature Schemes via Rowhammer”.

Honorable Mentions 34th USENIX Security Symposium recognise a select group of submissions that rank among the most exceptional in the conference. These distinctions highlight work that demonstrates outstanding technical merit, originality, and potential impact within the security and privacy research community.