The purpose of the Award is to recognise Computing alumni whose endeavours in their chosen fields or professions are worthy of recognition and have brought honour to the University/School.

Any member of the SoC community, comprising faculty, staff, students and alumni of the School and its predecessor departments, may nominate candidates for the Award.

All Computing alumnus of NUS (including University of Singapore and Nanyang University) are eligible for this Award.

Selection of winners will follow these criteria:

• Contribution/leadership in his/her profession, industry or discipline
• Service to the alma mater, community or the nation
• Entrepreneurship
• Any other area of human endeavour deemed worthy

Nominations for Outstanding Computing Alumni Award 2008 are now open and will close on 1 August 2008.

Results will be announced at SoC 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner on 23 August 2008 at Hilton Singapore, and winner(s) will receive the Award from Guest-of-Honour, RAdm (NS) Ronnie Tay, CEO of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).

Nominations must be made on a prescribed form, which may be downloaded here.

All nominations will be reviewed and subject to the recommendation by an Awards Evaluation Committee appointed by the Dean and the decision of the Awards Committee is final.

The Award will consist of an engraved plaque accompanied by a citation.

Up to two awards will be given a year. Guidelines and further details on the Award may be found here.