Beng Chin OOI
Department of Computer Science
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Computin 1, Singapore 117417
| High School (MCE): | Chung Ling High School, Penang, Malaysia, 1979. |
| Junior College (Australian HSC): | Taylor's College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1980. |
| B.Sc. (1st class Hons.) | Monash University, Australia, 1985 |
| Ph.D. | Monash University, Australia, 1989 |
Spoken/Written Languages : English, Chinese, Malay (Bahasa Malaysia)
Interests : Stones collection, Painting, cooking/eating, photography, Fengshui, ...
Unwinding : gym + sports (anything that is mechanical) ...
Work History:
| 1984-1989: | Contract Programmer (C, Fortran, Basic, DBase) | 1984-1988: | Tutor Monash University, Australia |
| 6/1989-6/1991: | Research Associate Institute of Systems Science, Singapore |
| 1991-6/1994 | Lecturer | 1994-6/1998 | Senior Lecturer Department of Information Systems and Computer Science |
1998-3/2000 | Associate Professor |
| 2000- | Professor Department of Computer Science National University of Singapore |
| 2013- * | Distinguished Professor National University of Singapore |
| 2021- | Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor National University of Singapore |
Administrative Experience:
| 1994-1996 | Chairman of Strategic Planning Committee: Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (this led to subsequent formation of SoC) |
| 1997-1998: | SubDean ( eq. Assistant Dean): Faculty of Science. | 1997-2001: | Deputy Director: Computer Centre |
| 1998-2001: | Deputy Head: Department of CS |
| 2000-2004: | Coordinator: Centre for Inf. Tech. and Applications (CITA)/IT Unit, SoC |
| 2000-2005: | Vice Dean (Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies): School of Computing |
| 2007-2013: | Dean: School of Computing |
| 2011-2021: | Director: Smart Systems Institute |
| Other Duties: |
Departmental Professorial Promotion Committee (DEC): Chair and member
(ad hoc)
Faculty Review Committee for Acad Staff: member (1998-2005) Faculty Review Committee for Non-Acad Staff: Chair (2000-2005) University Library Review Committee (2002) University Task Force on Bioinformatics Curriculum: Vice Chair, 2002/3 University Budget and Planning Committee, 2002/3 University Digital Repository Task Force: Chair (2003) ICITI, chair, 2002-2003 Management Committee, NUS Suzhou Research Institute, 2014-2017 University IT Steering Committee, 2012-2014 Member of University Committee for Distinguished Appointments (UCDA), 2009-2014 Management Board of Temasek Laboratories, NUS, 2008-2013 Management Board of Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS, 2008-2012 University Selection Committee for Outstanding Research Awards, 2013-2017 |
Awards and Recognition
| 2023 | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Foreign Member |
| 2023 | Singapore Academy of Engineering (SAEng), Fellow |
| 2022 | Academia Europaea (AE), Foreign Member |
| 2021 | NUS University Research Recognition Award (only one) |
| 2020 | ACM SIGMOD E.F. Codd Innovations Award |
| 2016 | Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), Fellow |
| 2016 | China Computer Federation (CCF) Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award |
| 2014 | IEEE TCDE CSEE (Computer Science, Engineering, Education) Impacts Award (For sustained contributions to Computer Science in the engineering of parallel and distributed database systems) |
| 2013 | China MOE Chang Jiang Adjunct Professorship (at Zhejiang University) |
| 2013 | NUS Outstanding Researcher Award (only one) |
| 2013 | Singapore National Day's Public Administration Medal (PPA) (Silver) |
| 2012 | IEEE Computer Society Kanai Award (For pioneering research in distributed database management and peer-to-peer based enterprise quality management) |
| 2011 | Singapore President's Science Award (PSA) (for outstanding contributions to database systems research for managing "big data" in large-scale parallel and distributed systems) |
| 2011 | ACM, Fellow |
| 2009 | ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award |
| 2008 | IEEE, Fellow |
| Teaching: | Second Year Data Structure, SMA Database Course (Graduate), Database Tuning (Graduate), Advanced Topics on Databases (CS6203), Research Methodology (CS2309) |
| Rating of 3.9 - 4.7, out of 5.0 (in recent years) | |
| Biography: | https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ooibc |
| Research Interests: | Database systems, end-to-end data analytics, distributed systems, performance issues |
| Research Grants: | MOE Tier 1 (multiple), Tier 2 (multiple), Tier 3 (1); NRF CRP, NRF/AISG Grants, NRF Innovation Grant (SBIP), NRF/MDA Grant, NRF Industry Grant, NRF Create Centre; ASTAR grants |
| Tencent Gift Grant (multiple); Microsoft Academic Grant; Google Academic Grant; AT&T Gift Grant (multiple) | |
| Publications: | Selected papers | Professional Activities: | Details |
| Other Activities: | Founder of Startups; Directorship of listed and private companies; advisor/consultant of companies |