In the afternoon of 23 August 2006, LT 34 saw a temporary change of occupants from the usual lecture crowd to a mix of the brightest and the distinguished at SoC Corporate Affiliates Day 2006. 

In the audience were the key managerial and technical personnel from leading organisations that the School works with, and they were there to applaud our Faculty-level Awards winners, Dean’s List students and Dean’s Graduate Award winners for Academic Year 2005/6.

Kicking off the award presentation, four students received the Faculty Award winners from Dean Joxan Jaffar. They were Kim Yyong Andrew and Tan Wee Kek, winners of the Accenture Book Prize, and Deepa Ramanathan and Guo Fei, winners of the Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific Prize.

Next, in recognition of students on the Dean’s List for 2005/6, Vice Dean of Undergraduates Studies Associate Professor Khoo Siau Cheng read out the full list. The students then stood as the audience acknowledged their achievements with a warm round of applause.

Following that, Vice Dean of Graduate Studies Associate Professor Wynne Hsu presented to the audience Rong Guodong and Mamata Bhandar, winners of the Dean’s Graduate Award from Computer Science and Information Systems, respectively. They represented the bigger group of winners who were received their awards at a separate ceremony held earlier in the month.

Ahead of the award presentation, the industry representatives were given an update on the School’s various initiatives, including the Advanced Technology Attachment Programme (ATAP), the revamped Master of Computing programme, and a sampler of research collaboration with industry. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore’s (IDA) Assistant Director for Manpower Development Dr Nanda Kumar Karripur rounded off the information presentation segment with a talk on IT trends and the agency’s manpower development blueprint.

Among the distinguished audience were the School’s Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) Chairman, Professor Alex Siow (Senior Vice President, Corporate Sales, StarHub Pte Ltd) and IAC members Mrs Foong Swee Hoon (Divisional Vice President, IT Infrastructure and Planning, Singapore Airlines Ltd) and Ms Tham Ai Chyn (Assistant Chief Executive, Industry and Cluster Development, IDA). Members of the School’s Executive Committee were also present.

Students on Dean’s List 2005/6 are as follows: