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SIS is a member of the iSchools Caucus

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The Singapore Management University (SMU) is purposely created to be a premier university internationally recognised for research and education centred on “The World of Business, Organisations and Markets”. The SMU School of Information Systems (SIS) was created within this context to be similarly recognised internationally for its innovative research and education focused on Information Systems Technology, Information Systems Management, as well as problems and issues at the intersection of IS related technology and management (Figure 1).

SIS is distinct from the other five schools at SMU in that we are the only academic unit within the university classified as under Singapore’s Science & Technology cluster of academic units as defined by the Ministry of Education. SIS is eligible for Singapore government funding schemes targeted for Science & Technology based university programmes and research institutes.

Besides possessing deep technology-based research and creation capability in strategically selected areas of information technology, systems and applications, SIS actively investigates a range of issues related to

the managerial and business impacts of IT within firms, across collaboration networks and value chains, as well as across markets and industries.

Hence, we are an “iSchool” (Figure 2). In fact, we were the first iSchool outside of North America accepted into the iSchools caucus (see www.ischools.org). The iSchools are interested in the relationship between information, technology and people. We are an iSchool with deep strength in information technology, systems and applications, and we concentrate on the uses, users and impacts of information and IT in the context of The World of Business.

SMU’s university-wide focus on The World of Business provides the School of Information Systems with significant advantages in both our research and education. We have practically unrestricted access to companies and organisations at all levels, from working level experts and professionals, all the way up to the senior executives. For our research, this access enables us to easily communicate with people who can provide us with insights into current and future real-world problems and who can also facilitate the process of gaining access to data. For our educational programmes, this access enables us to bring many aspects of The World of Business into the classroom and also to bring the classroom out into The World of Business.

Singapore’s global market orientation and compact size also facilitates this interaction with the external world. There are around 7000 multinational firms with a presence in Singapore. In addition, there are also the numerous local and regional firms, as well as the public and non-profit organisations. Due to Singapore’s size and excellent transportation infrastructure, as well as SMU’s location right in the heart of the city, it is quite convenient to meet with external parties.

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Information Technology and The World of Business have a deep symbiotic relationship. IT in its various forms can itself be a driver of steady change, as well as a cause of occasional discontinuous transformation, within organisations and across industries and markets. In the other direction, the evolving needs of private and public sector organisations to better serve their stakeholders often provides the impetus for new IT hardware and software developments.

This symbiotic and co-evolutionary relationship between IT and Business provides the backdrop for the SIS research mission. We address deep challenges related to selective technology and management aspects of Information Systems that have the potential to benefit The World of Business. Sometimes the motivation for our work comes from current problems or emerging or future challenges we observe from The World of Business. Sometimes, our research motivation comes from the other direction, from a deep understanding of the technology itself, and of the possibilities that could emerge from the current or future forms of the technology.

Research in SIS centers around five strategically selected areas: Information Security & Trust; Data Management & Analytics; Software Systems; Intelligent Systems & Interaction; and Information Systems & Management. Faculty members and researchers in SIS are actively engaged in cross-cutting collaborative projects at the intersection of two or more of these areas.

Through our research efforts, we produce analysis, methods, and experimental systems and solutions which are published in leading international academic

publication outlets. We simultaneously aim to produce research outputs that actually or potentially have practical impact on the Business IT sphere. Our close working relationships with private industry and the public sector, as well as our strong collaborations

with universities and research institutes around the world, enhance our ability to do first-rate scholarship and research that is also applicable to current and

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figure 4: SIS research areas and capabilities

SIS areas current & expanding capabilities

Information Security & Trust

- Data, media content and related applications security- Software and system security- Information security and usability- Information security economic and risk analysis, modelling and metrics- System vulnerability and computer forensics

Data Management & Analytics

- Data privacy and security - Location-based services- Multimedia retrieval- Text mining, social network mining, and information retrieval- Data mining and machine learning - Fusion of data, text, media and network mining for advanced analytics- Living analytics: real time sense making of dynamic individual and social network

behaviour with feedback for adaptation

Software Systems

- Mobile and pervasive computing- Specification mining, reverse engineering and platform migration of large

software systems- Interactive systems and HCI - Enterprise integration and business solutions- Service oriented software and systems

Intelligent Systems & Interaction

- Computational intelligence for optimisation and decision support- Computational markets and strategy games- Business simulation and gaming- Interactive and visual analytics for decision support- Logistics and supply chain decision support

Information Systems & Management

- Impact of IT on organisations, firms and industries - Pricing, competition and incentives in information goods and services- Evolution of software platforms, processes and ecosystems - Management-focused research leveraging massive data sets, data mining and the

fusion of numeric and text data- IT-enabled entrepreneurship and business innovation- Information security management and IT risk management

• Information Security & trust: This includes solutions for data, information, and media security, information infrastructure and systems protection, user privacy protection, and trust establishment between and across machines and people in cyberspace.

• data management & analytics: This includes scalable and secure solutions to store and query large sets of diverse types of data (e.g: spatial, multimedia, text), as well as analytics methods for mining and understanding collections of evolving data and social networks.

• Software Systems: This includes the creation of experimental systems to explore mobile applications, the mobility of code across platforms and the ability to have seamless interaction across fixed and mobile platforms. In addition, experimental systems to explore highly interactive user interfaces that facilitate rapid and informal communication, design and prototyping. This area also includes extending our data analytics work into the realm of “software data” by creating automated methods for the analysis and mining of very large scale software programmes for the purpose of discovering structural relationships, technical problems, inefficiencies, and hidden patterns of complexity.

The five strategically selected areas of SIS research are elaborated below:

• Intelligent Systems & Interaction: This includes the design of various types of automated and hybrid human-computer decision methods for market trading as well as for resource allocation, planning, and scheduling in dynamic settings that are rapidly changing, uncertain, decentralised, and distributed. This also includes the creation of decision support system prototypes that combine methods from artificial intelligence, agent-based simulation, market mechanism design and operations research to provide increasingly real-time decision support in such dynamic, decentralised and distributed settings.

• Information Systems & management: This includes research that explores relationships between system design, economic incentives, organisational challenges, and business outcomes in information-intensive processes and activities using a diverse range of methods including empirical analysis, mathematical modelling and computational simulation.

A more specific listing of the research projects of our faculty is given in Figure 4. More information on our research can be found on http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/research/index.asp.

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figure 5 : the SIS research model

The disciplinary building blocks of our technology oriented research come from the parts of computer science and information systems technology that emphasise methods development in the context of applications and systems-oriented prototyping and experimentation. Our Information Systems & Management related work draws on economic, social sciences and management methods. We use and often combine empirical, analytic and simulation work. We seek to take advantage of new IT enabled ways to collect and examine larger and more informative sets of data in less obtrusive and time consuming ways. In other words, we are interested in developing innovative ways of using IT solutions to collect, analyse or synthesise the data required to understand the managerial and policy issues related to Information Systems. Similarly, we are interested in new IT enabled modelling and simulation approaches for exploring evolutionary and dynamic phenomena at firm and industry levels involving interactions across information management, IT systems and value creation.

We pursue interesting and important issues within each of our five main areas, and also provide as much encouragement and leeway as possible to our faculty to pursue interests at the intersection of these areas. We frequently interact with experts and executives from across the The World of Business in order to better understand their current challenges and future needs. These aspects of the SIS research model are depicted in Figure 5.

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Real-world industry sectors provide SIS with a test-bed and laboratory for experimentation, as well as a fertile breeding ground for new ideas. We encourage and motivate our faculty and post-graduate students to apply their research results to solving real problems in the context of private and public sector settings. We also encourage our professionally oriented Bachelors and Masters students to create and implement innovative and relevant information technology applications, systems and supporting management methods.

SIS is exceptionally well linked to the international community of high quality academic research:

• Our long term and strategic partnership withCarnegie Mellon University provides our faculty and graduate students with special opportunities for collaboration and mentoring relationships with one of the world’s most highly respected universities for research and education related to Information Systems Technology, as well as Information Systems Management. (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/partnerships/index.asp)

• Our expandingnetwork of relationshipswith toptier universities in Asia (China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan), North America and Europe provide us with access to top notch student talent and further facilitate opportunities for collaboration globally. (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/partnerships/university_partner.asp)

• SIS faculty actively publish their work in topquality outlets. (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/research/publication/index.asp)

• SISfacultyandstudentsfrequentlypresenttheirwork at top quality academic conferences and workshops. (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/research/conference_participation/index.asp)

• SIS attracts visitors from universities and R&Dinstitutes over the world. (http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/research/seminar_visitors/index.asp)

We selectively seek out top notch research faculty who are deeply grounded in the fundamentals of their respective areas, and who want to collaborate with our SIS faculty in related areas. We also seek out faculty who are driven to explore how their research results can be applied to innovative systems and solutions that have the potential to transform the way The World of Business operates. Our faculty are encouraged to pursue first rate and innovative academic research while at the same time being problem driven and doing applied work in new areas.

The SIS environment provides excellent career advantages that attract and retain top-notch researchers. We pay particular attention to developing the research potential of faculty members in the early stages of their career. For all of our faculty members, we provide generous support for participating in high-quality conferences and workshops, and we actively foster collaboration with internationally renowned universities and research labs.

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Since the founding of SIS in 2003, we have maintained a strong strategic partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) encompassing both education and research. Selected Information Systems Technology or Information Systems Management faculty from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Heinz College School of Information Systems & Management, Tepper School of Business and College of Humanities and Social Sciences have collaborated closely with SIS over the years. These collaborating CMU faculty have supported our efforts to improve our educational programmes, to attract, advise and guide our faculty, to define and sharpen our research strategy and to establish and shape our research culture.

In its first phase (Year 2003-2006), the SMU-CMU partnership focused on establishing and developing the SIS undergraduate programme, including faculty

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recruitment, development and mentoring; curriculum and course design; and the establishment of the flagship SMU - CMU Fast-Track programme, which enables SIS students to graduate within four-and-a-half years with both a bachelor’s degree from SMU and a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon.

In its second phase (Year 2007-2010), the focus of the SMU-CMU relationship has shifted to supporting the establishment and growth of SIS’ post-graduate research and research related education. Going forward, both institutions will continue to develop new funded research projects, which will provide additional resources for participating CMU and SMU faculty and students to collaborate. In 2010, we expect to jointly launch the Living Analytics Centre. The ongoing interactions with Carnegie Mellon also reinforces our shared mission to produce high-quality, globally relevant research that impacts both theory and practice.

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figure 6: SIS Students

SIS offers both undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes. The bSc in Information Systems management (ISm) is typically a four-year degree programme. The curriculum was built through ongoing collaboration with industry and academic partners. The programme aims to produce graduates with a solid capability to conceptualise, design, create and implement IS solutions in the context of business and organisational settings. Our undergraduates are well grounded in the business and project fundamentals required for managing IT application projects and related organisational transformation efforts. They are also aware of the imperatives for linking IT-enabled change efforts to value creation, innovation and business impact.

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SIS offers three postgraduate programmes, two

research oriented post-graduate degrees and one

professionally oriented degree. The two research

oriented degrees are our Ph.d. in Information Systems (IS) and our mSc in Information Systems.

Our Ph.D. candidates complete basic coursework

within the first 1.5 years, as part of preparing to

conduct deep yet applied research that generates

innovative outputs with both practical relevance and

academic impact. We provide a diversity of research-

related, educational and professional experiences

to our Ph.D. students within the programme. As

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from faculty positions at universities, to research and development (R&D) roles in public or private sector institutes or innovation units, to technical, professional and managerial positions in industry. Ph.D. students accepted into the programme are fully sponsored by fellowships provided by the University and/or by their supporting organisations.

Our mSc in Information Systems (IS) programme is designed for students who desire to be in the SIS research programme for an approximate two-year period and who can self-fund their graduate study, or secure positions that are funded by external sources or sponsors. Outstanding BSc (ISM) undergraduates who have the capability to track directly into the MSc programme could do a combined five year BSc (ISM) and MSc (IS).

Our master of It in business (mItb) is crafted for the needs of IT trained professionals who are increasingly working at the interface of technology, operations and revenue producing business units. The programme is co-designed and co-delivered with industry to attract, prepare and retain talent dedicated to building professional and managerial careers in the Technology & Operations side of the enterprise. The programme also serves the needs of technology oriented consultants and analysts in IT and other service provider organisations who must

bridge between the technology and solution delivery capabilities of their own firms and the technology, operational and business needs of their customers. One track of the MITB focuses on developing more senior Technology & Operations talents for all segments of the banking industry. Another track of the MITB focuses on the Technology & Operations talent needs of other service industries aside from banking which are strategic to Singapore and the region: Hospitality, Tourism & Entertainment, Supply Chain, Distribution & Retail and several others.

Based on the content of these existing post-graduate and undergraduate courses, SIS also offers short professional courses to meet the special requests of our external partners.

Entrepreneurial students at all levels (BSc, MITB, MSc and Ph.D.) who aspire to develop their innovations for commercial use can look forward to an environment that provides strong support for understanding the “go-to-market” process, intellectual property management and securing start-up funding. All SMU students, staff and faculty can work closely with the University’s Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE) for all aspects of entrepreneurship support, including mentoring and guidance from experienced and successful entrepreneurs.

figure 7: the SmU Institute of Innovation & entrepreneurship’s dna: aSPIIre™ this Institute works closely with our School of Information Systems

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Phd in Information Systems (IS) Programme

The SIS Ph.D. (IS) Programme aims to produce graduates with expertise at the intersection of IT and business for R&D units and applied academic institutions. Our Ph.D. programme also contributes to establishing SIS as a distinctive research and teaching school in Asia that attracts high-calibre faculty members and influences both academic research and industry practices.

The SIS Ph.D. programme is distinctive due to its emphasis on:

• Inter-disciplinary work: Our Ph.D. students are trained to work across research areas. The curriculum covers the five strategic SIS research areas – Information Security & Trust, Data Management & Analytics, Intelligent Systems & Interaction, Software Systems, and Information Systems & Management – which are areas with high market demand.

• applied research: The programme provides opportunities for students to work with industry datasets and scenarios and also to gain some exposure to commercial platforms and tools where appropriate. Students will learn how to conduct research in the context of real information systems and business goals.

• Industry-relevant training: Our students acquire professional skills that are important in industrial R&D, such as competitive intelligence and intellectual property management. They also have opportunities to network with academic researchers and industry practitioners.

Our Ph.D. graduates are trained to be capable of collaborating with faculty members from different research areas and to design technology solutions

or IS & Management related methods and tools for real-world problems and applications, while still producing top-rate academic publications. They have many opportunities to establish their network of contacts and have good employment prospects in R&D units, academic institutions and private and public sector organisations.

mSc in Information Systems (IS) Programme

Our MSc (Information Systems) makes use of the Ph.D. programme courses. Students also have to do a research thesis appropriate for master’s level work. Students entering directly into the MSc (IS) programme either need to be funded by ongoing externally funded research projects, or be self-funded. A selected number of truly outstanding BSc (ISM) undergraduates will be given the opportunity to track directly into our MSc (IS) programme to do a combined 5 year or 5.5 year BSc (ISM) and MSc (IS). In very selective cases, fully or partially sponsored fellowships may be provided by the University or by external source for MSc (IS) students accepted into the programme.

master of It in business (mItb) Programme

Distinguishing features of the MITB curriculum and learning model are as follows:

• AnintegratedTechnology&Operationsfocusinspecific service industry sectors

• Adatacentricperspectiveforunderstandingservice delivery in selected service industries

• EmphasisonlinkagesacrossServiceDeliveryProcess, Data, Operations, Data Analytics, IT Solutions, and Enterprise IT Architecture

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• Emphasisonemerging“next-practices”ofrealtime, adaptive data analytics and information management with massive amounts and multiple types of data

• Theuseofreal-worldscenariosandexamplesfrom selected service industry segments of strategic interest to Singapore and the region

• Emphasisoninteractivepedagogy,learning-by-doing, and learning-to-learn

SIS launched the MITB programme (Figure 8) in 2007 to address the need for attracting and developing the next generation of Technology & Operations leaders, as well as CIOs, across a range of service industries.

master of It in business (financial Services)

The first MITB track, launched in 2007, focuses on processes, data, IT systems & architecture, and Technology & Operations related decision-making

in the context of Banking. The MITB programme takes in both full-time and part-time professional oriented students with prior work experience. The programme is designed for professionals who aspire to become technology and operations career professionals and leaders in the banking industry. Through core and elective courses, the programme provides the foundation for managing Information Technology and Process Transformation across all segments of banking: retail, private, corporate, and financial markets.

Students in the Financial Services track also take the common MITB courses in the areas of IT & Project Management, and General Management for Technology & Operations (T&O). In addition to providing grounding in banking specific processes, data and systems, the programme also provides grounding in the essential management methods and concepts required for assuming more senior levels of responsibility. Graduates of the MITB

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(Financial Services) programme are either already employed in, or seeking employment in the T&O group of banks or related financial institutions, or in the organisations of vendors and service providers who serve the banking sector.

Financial Services is a large, strategically important, and rapidly growing sector in Singapore as well as in Asia. A significant number of local, regional and international banks and financial institutions continue to locate major technology and operations groups and hubs here. The MITB is co-designed and co-delivered with Financial Services organisations and the supporting vendor community. We are well on our way to being recognised across the banking industry in Singapore as the most prominent, relevant and innovative Masters programme specifically focused on banking technology, processes & operations. Our goal is to be recognised by the banking industry across Asia and globally as the premier professionally oriented Masters programme dedicated to educating the T&O leadership for the banking industry.

master of It in business (Service Sector)SIS is launching the Master of IT in Business (Service Sector) programme in 2010 academic year, targeting IT and operationally oriented professionals seeking professional and managerial careers in other

(non-financial) service industries which are critical to Singapore and the regional economy. The industries from which the new MITB (Service Sector) track will draw examples are

• Hospitality,Tourism&Entertainment(includingthe Integrated Resorts)

• SupplyChain,DistributionandRetail

• TelecommunicationsandMedia

• PublicSector&e-Government

• Healthcare

Similar to the Financial Services track, we are adopting a process, data, and IT solutions centric perspective for understanding information management, technology & operations in these industries. The new Service Sector track will share the common MITB course for the areas of IT Project & Vendor Management, and General Management for Technology & Operations. New courses that are specific to the track are:

• ServiceSectorProcesses& Technology Framework

• CustomerFocusedData,Analytics&IT

• OperationsFocusedData,Analytics&IT

• ITServiceDeliveryProcesses,IT&Architecture

• ServiceSectorOperationalRisks: Foundations & Frameworks

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figure 9: foundation Pillars and Skills for the bSc (ISm) Programme

bSc in Information Systems management (ISm) Programme

The BSc (ISM) Programme is shaped by industry and academic leaders who understand the forces of global change and the essential skills needed to leverage Information Technology in business settings. Our objective is to position SIS as the world’s most innovative and fastest moving university “learning laboratory” for educating Business IT professionals at the Bachelors level. The BSc Programme is built upon three foundation pillars (Figure 9), namely:

• grounding in foundations and applications of Information Systems Technology and Information Systems Management.

• exposure to complex, real-world business processes through numerous examples used in course discussions and assignments, internships, and interactions with industry professionals and leaders.

• cross training in business, management or social

science areas through foundation, core courses

and electives offered by the other SMU schools.

A regular SMU undergraduate degree programme requires a student to complete 36 courses (including exemptions) along with an internship programme (Figure 10). Most of our undergraduates take additional courses to satisfy the requirements for a second major, either in areas offered by the other SMU schools, or internally within SIS. Industry internships, as well as large scale application projects (relative to student standards), are also a required part of the BSc (ISM) educational experience. Many students also take up one of the multiple types of opportunities for travelling overseas, either through student exchange or through other SMU or external programmes.

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figure 10: SIS bSc(ISm) Programme Structure

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figure 11: Second major options within SmU

BSc (ISM) undergraduates are strongly encouraged to complete a second major either within any of the other schools of SMU or within SIS (Figure 11).

Eight courses related to an area are required for a second major. Completion of a second major however, can usually be accomplished by taking an additional 2 to 4 courses beyond the required 36 courses as a result of using elective slots and allowable number of cross-counted courses. The second major within SIS Advanced Business Technology (Figure 12), also allows students to specialise in various concentration tracks such as Banking Processes & Technology, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Enterprise Systems & Solutions, Service Systems & Solutions, and Technopreneurship.

Junior college, high school and polytechnic students as well as international students with the equivalent qualifications are admitted into our

Bachelor programme. Our 370 plus graduates to-date have found jobs as professionals, managers, and management trainees in business corporations, business and system analysts in IT divisions of corporations and government, as professionals and consultants in business services outsourcing companies, as well as more mainstream IT and software engineering professional jobs in companies in the IT industry. In spite of our small size relative to other schools in the university, a relatively large number of the SMU students who started their own businesses came from SIS. This exemplifies the independent and entrepreneurial spirit of the school and our students in an already lively, challenging and progressive SMU university environment. 14


figure 12: the bSc (ISm) advanced business technology 2nd major, and concentration track options available within this 2nd major

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ProfeSSIonal ProgrammeWe have delivered short courses in areas such as Geo Analytics, Geographic Information Systems, Data Mining and Architectural Analysis. We aim to deliver more professional short courses derived from our expanding MITB curriculum and bachelors programme in the near future.

Providing such short courses enables us to build up more expertise and content for our degree programmes and allows us to test new ideas and approaches for teaching. Professional programmes also strengthen our relationship with external organisations for educational, project and research collaboration.

academIc tImetableThe academic year consists of 2 regular terms. Term 1 and Term 2 will normally start on the third Monday of August and the first Monday of January, respectively. The duration of each term is 15 weeks consisting of 13 weeks of lessons, 1 week recess and 1 week of examination. There is 5-week break between the two terms (end November to early January). Besides the 2 regular terms, there is a summer term for students from mid-April to end of June.

camPUSLocated on 4.5 hectares of prime land in the centre of the city, the SMU campus is designed, integrated and constructed in the heart of a fully developed cityscape. The campus is surrounded by museums, theatres, educational institutions, art galleries, cafés, restaurants and a range of retail outlets.

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The mission of Singapore Management University (SMU) is to generate leading edge research with global impact as well as to produce broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy.

SMU occupies a state-of-the-art city campus located in the heart of Singapore’s civic, cultural and business districts. The university is home to more than 7,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students across six schools. SMU offers six bachelor’s degree programmes and has a dedicated Graduate Studies Office in the Office of Research, a number of institutes and centres of excellence, and provides public and customised executive programmes for working professionals through its Office of Executive Education. Collaborations with leading institutions, including Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School at Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, allow SMU to draw on academic and research strengths across all major disciplines.

SMU has some 290 faculty who are selectively recruited from around the world to advance knowledge through research and teaching. SMU is committed to a “balanced excellence” approach across faculty research, teaching and service.

SMU is committed to a student-centric educational experience that involves a high degree of active engagement, participation and hands-on-learning within and outside the classroom.

aboUt SmUThe School of Information Systems is deeply committed to designing and delivering education centered on active student learning and learning-to-learn. We pay close attention to learning outcomes and the tasks we require our students to do for group and individual assignments and projects. We also try to follow and apply relevant developments and findings from the Science of Learning. In our faculty selection and evaluation process, we look for research track and practice track faculty who demonstrate serious commitments to this approach to learning.

SMU is committed to being a top tier research university. SMU research track faculty are actively publishing in high quality international journal and conferences related to their respective disciplines. SMU is highly supportive of interdisciplinary work. The university’s environment and culture is especially conducive for creating interdisciplinary research teams and projects.

SMU has had a significant positive impact on tertiary education in Singapore by creating a new generation of business, economic, legal, social science and information technology oriented research and education programmes. Already the University has achieved a high degree of recognition and respect in Asia and internationally for its research and educational accomplishments. The university enters its second decade of existence in 2010 with an exceptionally strong foundation and track record. We have a very high level of momentum propelling us forward. 17


School of Information Systems Singapore Management University80 Stamford RoadSingapore 178902 Tel : (65) 6828 0903 Fax : (65) 6828 0919Website : www.sis.smu.edu.sg

For enquiries, please email us at the following:General matters : [email protected] Faculty recruitment : [email protected] programme : [email protected] programme : [email protected] programme : [email protected] of publication : December 2009


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