Student Life, Dean's List & Awardees

Ellipsis

SCIS Special Interest Group(s)

  • SMU .Hack
  • SMU Whitehat Society
  • SMU Product Club
  • SMU ISACA Chapter
  • SMU Women in Tech (WiT)

Ellipsis is the student representative body of the School of Computing & Information Systems (SCIS).

In language, Ellipsis is a literary device that is used in narratives to give the reader a chance to fill the gaps. It is usually written after a sentence as “…”. Ellipsis helps in advancing the story. The part of a sentence or an event that is left out by substituting it with ellipses is often used as a stylistic element, allowing the reader to fill in the gaps using their imagination.

As a school, we embody the meaning of ellipsis as our students have unlimited potential, only limited by our imagination. Ellipsis is also used in programming languages. In some programming languages (Ruby, Haskell, Perl etc.), ellipsis is an operator that is used to represent a range of values given two endpoints. Similarly, we have identified 3 values that we feel all our students should strive to exhibit.

Dean's List

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​​​​​​​To qualify for a place on the Dean's List, a student must meet the following requirements:

  • Have a cumulative GPA of 3.70 or better over the 2 consecutive regular terms during 1 academic year (excluding Term 3)
  • Have no grade lower than a "C"
  • Have completed 3 or more course units for letter grades (grades that are computed into GPA) in each regular term
  • Have no "I" grade and no disciplinary action taken against the student during the 2 consecutive regular terms

Undergraduate Student Awards & Achievements

Undergraduate Student Awardees

November 2025
Finalist (Student Category)
was awarded to:
Zara TEO Xiao Xuan

at The Cybersecurity Awards 2025 by the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP).

In its eighth year, The Cybersecurity Awards 2025 seeks to honour outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations, to local and regional cybersecurity ecosystems.

Awards Undergraduate Students
May 2025
Top 10 Asia Young Women Rising Tech Stars 2025
was awarded to:
Crystal Layla LUI

at the Asia Women Tech Leaders Award 2025.

Awards Undergraduate Students
November 2024
Student Volunteer Recognition Programme (SVRP) - Bronze Award
was awarded to:
Axel TAN Xian Lin

from the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP).

Awards Undergraduate Students
November 2024
Student Volunteer Recognition Programme (SVRP) - Silver Award
was awarded to:
Zara TEO Xiao Xuan

from the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP).

Awards Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Student Awardees at Competitions

November 2025
1st
was awarded to:
Sathwik CHILUVERU

at the NCS Sunshine.AI Hackathon 2025.

Awards Undergraduate Students at Competitions
October 2025
1st
was awarded to:
TAI Wei Sin
Htet Shwe Win THAN

at the UBS Global Coding Challenge 2025.

Awards Undergraduate Students at Competitions
October 2025
2nd
was awarded to:
Isaac PUA Jin Lit
Julian Dominic LIAW

at the UBS Global Coding Challenge 2025.

Awards Undergraduate Students at Competitions
September 2025
1st
was awarded to:
DESAI Diya Jigneshbhai
Tricia LAM Zhan Hui
FONG Shi Hui

at JPMorganChase Code for Good 2025.

Awards Undergraduate Students at Competitions
September 2025
Top Prize
was awarded to:
Saurabh MASKARA
Kendrick POON
Isaiah CHIA
Arin MAK
Kevin TAN
Ryan BANGRAS

at the Dell InnovateFest 2025.

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Awards Undergraduate Students at Competitions

Student Achievements : Awards & Prizes Recipients