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.
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.