In Appreciation

The School of Computing wears a badge of pride as it stands tall today among the top computing schools in the world. This achievement was made possible through the hard work and commitment of our faculty and staff, students and alumni through the years.

We pay tribute to our dedicated colleagues who have contributed their time and expertise in service of the School over the decades.

Prof Akkihebbal L ANANDA

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1984 – 2014

Prof Ananda was one of the key players in developing the NUS’ campus secure plug-and-play network. His research areas of interest include end-to-end performance of transport protocols, interoperability issues between IPv4 and IPv6, and distributed systems.

Assoc Prof Norman Hugh ANDERSON

Department of Computer Science Years of Service: 2000 – 2007 | 2010 – 2023

Assoc Prof Anderson’s interests include compiler design, functional languages, operating systems, datacomms, software verification and validation, distributed and parallel computing, among other areas.

ANG Cheng Lian

Assistant Senior Manager
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1998 – 2024

Cheng Lian, since School of Computing’s inception in 1998, played a pivotal role in supporting the Department’s first four Heads (Kwok Kee, Bernard, Hock Hai, and Jungpil) and various committees. Her dedication extended to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship effort, where she was cherished for her willingness to learn, collaborate and build relationships. Many student startups will fondly remember her.

Dr ANG Chuan Heng

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1984 – 2007

Dr Ang’s research areas include image manipulation, B-trees, data structures, among others. His publications span from 1989 to 2010.

Assoc Prof CHAN Hock Chuan

Department of Information Systems
Years of service: 1984 – 2018

Assoc Prof Chan’s research areas are in spreadsheet visualisation, user-database interaction and information system acceptance.

Assoc Prof CHAN Sing Chai

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science
Years of service: 1963 – 1998

Assoc Prof Chan worked on neural logic networks and she co-authored many publications on this subject.

Assoc Prof CHEE Yam San

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1982 – 2004

Assoc Prof Chee taught course modules related to cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and the design of learning technologies.

CHUA Chuen Loy

Laboratory Technologist
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 2000 – 2022

Chuen Loy is a responsible staff and always strives to do his best in the assigned tasks.

CHUA Soon Eng

Technical Support Officer
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1964 – 2002

Mdm Chua was one of the pioneers of the School’s supporting staff. She carried out her work diligently and had good rapport with the academic staff.

GWEE Siew Ing

Management Assistant Officer
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1990 – 2023

Mdm Gwee was one of the pioneers of the School’s support staff who provided assistance to faculty in the procurement of goods and services as well as claims submission.

Assoc Prof HO Yin-Seong

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1984 – 1998

Assoc Prof Ho was involved in a research which used Case-based Reasoning and other techniques such as data mining and natural language processing to predict the recurrence of colorectal cancer.

Assoc Prof HSU Loke Soo

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science
Years of service: 1968 – 1996

Assoc Prof Hsu was the first director of the Lee Kong Chian Computer Centre at Nanyang University, and subsequently inaugural Head of the Department of Computer Science at its Faculty of Science in 1975.

Assoc Prof Stanislaw JARZABEK

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1990 – 2015

Assoc Prof Jarzabek’s areas of interest include software engineering project courses. He believes that the role of a university is to teach students fundamental concepts, and not over emphasise specific technologies that are rapidly changing.

Jocelyn KOH Geck Cheng

Specialist Associate
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1979 – 2022

Friendly, approachable and well-liked by staff and students, Madam Koh is one of the pioneers of the School. She coordinated the practical exams and computer-account creation for many years. Before her retirement, she switched over to SoC Building Facilities for three years.

Assoc Prof LEONG Hon Wai

Honorary Fellow Department of Computer Science
Years of Service: 1987 – 2023

Assoc Prof Leong was Division Head for Computer Science in DISCS and Assistant Dean for Special Programmes at SoC. His research interest is in the design of efficient algorithms to solve computational problems in areas such as VLSI-CAD, transportation logistics, multimedia systems, and computational biology.

LEONG Wai Kin

Laboratory Manager
Dean’s Office
Years of Service: 1983 – 2024

Wai Kin, the first technician in the Department of Computer Science in 1983, helped grow a one-man workshop into a 30-person technical unit over 41 years. His leadership, calm demeanor, and customer-focused approach has been instrumental in the School of Computing’s growth. He will be greatly missed for his wisdom and knowledge.

Emeritus Prof LING Tok Wang

Department of Computer Science
Years of Service: 1979 – 2021

Prof Ling was Head of IT Division, Deputy Head of DISCS, and Vice Dean of SoC. His research interest is in database. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist, IEEE Life Senior Member, and Fellow of Singapore Computer Society.

Assoc Prof LOE Kia Fock

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1983 – 2004

Assoc Prof Loe pursued research in the areas of machine learning on artificial intelligence systems, high performance computers and geometric modelling.

Assoc Prof LUA Kim Teng

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1980 – 2003

Assoc Prof Lua taught microprocessor and its operating system, and set up the microprocessor hardware lab. He then ventured into multilingual processing and natural language processing and formed the Chinese and Oriental Languages Processing Society in 1988. He also set up the International Conference of Asian Languages conference series and a journal of the same name.

Assoc Prof J C MCCALLUM

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1981 – 2001

Assoc Prof McCallum taught Computer Architecture, Software Tool Design and Implementation, and System Programming.

NG Geck Hong

Laboratory Technologist
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1985 – 2019

Mdm Ng was quick and skillful in handling complex technical problems.

NG Lee Chin

Management Assistant Officer
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 2003 – 2015

Ms Ng was a core member of the SoC Building Facilities team. She was known to be capable in handling furniture and building repair work, instead of engaging vendors, to reduce unnecessary downtime and inconvenience to users.

Dr ONG Ghim Hwee

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1982 – 2008

One of Dr Ong’s research areas involves compression method for Chinese text files.

Assoc Prof Paul PHUA Kang Hoh

Department of Information Systems
Years of service: 1975 – 2003

Assoc Prof Phua’s main research areas include application of neural network analysis techniques in solving nonlinear decision problems.

Assoc Prof POO Gee Swee

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1982 – 2001

Assoc Prof Poo’s subject interests include network and routing protocols, neural networks, signal processing systems, file system management, among others.

Assoc Prof PUNG Hung Keng

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1986 – 2015

Assoc Prof Pung taught courses in mobile and multimedia networking, and advanced topics in networking at senior undergraduate and graduate levels respectively. His areas of research covered MAC protocols, distributed systems design, wireless and multimedia networking and quality of service management, context-aware systems and ubiquitous pervasive computing.

Venkata K RAO

Department of Information Svstems & Computer Science
Years of service: 1976 – 1988

Mr Rao’s research interests include information systems evaluation, decision support systems, and business computer graphics. He is the author of three books, and has also published nearly 50 papers in professional journals and conference proceedings.

Mdm RUZIAH Bte Mohd Yusoff

Management Assistant Officer
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1985 – 2014

Ruziah has been always cheerful in her working attitude throughout her time at the School.

Prof Alex SIOW

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science
Years of service: 2001 – 2024

Professor Alex Siow was a highly accomplished IT senior leader in the industry and Singapore’s first Chief Information Officer at HDB.

Having served from 2001 to 2024 as a Professor of Practice in SOC and DISA, the Director of the Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE), Strategic Technology Management Institute (STMI) and Centre for Healthcare Informatics (CHI), he played a pivotal leadership role in educating students, IT professionals and business leaders in the areas of IT strategy and governance, digital innovation and transformation, and digital government.

He also served as the Chairperson of our School’s Industry Advisory Committee from the years 2001 to 2010.

Prof Ken SUNG Wing Kin

Department of Computer Science
Years of Service: 2001 – 2023

Prof Sung’s research areas are in algorithms and bioinformatics. He was a senior group leader at the Genome Institute of Singapore.

Prof TAN Chew Lim

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1982 – 2016

Prof Tan taught artificial intelligence and AI related courses. His research interests included document image analysis, natural language processing and medical computing. He had also co-authored a book entitled “Video Text Detection”.

Mdm TAN Poh Suan

Management Assistant Officer

Dean’s Office

Years of service: 2000 – 2024

In her 24 years of dedicated service, Poh Suan pleasantly carried out her duties in assisting faculty members in grant call submissions, award nominations, as well as provided support to the Vice-Dean of Research. A key member of the VDR Office, Poh Suan takes on every duty with enthusiasm.

Assoc Prof TEH Hung Chuan

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1974 – 2006

Assoc Prof Teh’s research interests include physically based modelling, realistic image synthesis, volume visualisation, microcomputer systems and applications. He taught introductory courses in computer graphics and microcomputer systems.

Prof P. S. THIAGARAJAN

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 2001 – 2015

Prof Thiagarajan pursued a variety of topics in computer science. He later turned to computational systems biology and worked with biologists to develop probabilistic approximation techniques for analysing high dimensional systems of ordinary differential equations as well as hybrid system models of biopathways.

THNGAMMAL d/o Retinasamy

Operations Associate
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 2001 – 2018

Madam Thngammal served the School well and with great commitment. There were many occasions where she returned to the office to assist the team when help was needed, despite being on leave.

Prof WEI Kwok Kee

Department of Information Systems
Years of service: 1982 – 2006

Prof Wei was the founding Head of the Department of Information Systems (IS). He developed a strong research culture and initiated major research efforts that resulted in a top 15 placing worldwide for the IS department. He also introduced curriculum reforms that raised the international value of the degree programmes.

Serene WONG

Laboratory Technologist
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1985 – 2022

Serene is known to be meticulous and efficient in carrying out her work duties.

WOO Lee Yong

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science
Years of service: 1985 – 1995

Assoc Prof Irene WOON Mei Yen

Department of Information Systems
Years of service: 1993 – 2020

Assoc Prof Woon taught courses such as project management, IT audit, compliance and digital ethics, as well as introductory courses on information systems.

Assoc Prof YEO Gee Kin

Department of Information Systems
Years of service: 1976 – 2009

Assoc Prof Yeo’s two major areas of research were in Structured Modeling, a hybrid of data structures and operations research; and Educational Gaming. She believed in learning through activities and used a simulation gaming environment, MAGNUS, to support her teaching in Decision Support Systems for many years.

YONG Chye Huat

Operations Associate
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1965 – 2014

A long service and loyal staff, Mr Yong is known to be a dedicated staff who seldom took annual or medical leave.

Prof YUEN Chung Kwong

Department of Computer Science
Years of service: 1983 – 2007

Prof Yuen was Head of Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, the predecessor of School of Computing, from 1985 to 1993.

ZAINI Bin Mohd

Laboratory Technologist
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 1997 – 2022

A reliable staff, Zaini has good AV troubleshooting skills and is resourceful in providing web support solutions.

Ahmad Sapon Bin ZAINUDDIN

Software Engineer
Dean’s Office
Years of service: 2021 – 2024

Ahmad has been a key member of the Makers Lab, maintaining lab equipment, mentoring students on circuit design, PCB fabrication, leading classes and workshops. His engineering skills and dedication have ensured overall smooth operations. His contributions have greatly enriched the student experience, and he is highly valued by the Makers family.