Undergraduates in Singapore and China spent the summer learning about each other’s homeland Youths with cross-cultural experiences are able to build better rapport with people from different backgrounds. That was part of the thinking behind the Sino-Singapore Undergraduate Exchange (SSUE), a cultural exchange programme initiated in 2002 by ESM Goh Chok Tong (then-Singapore’s Prime Minister) and Mr Hu Jintao (then-Vice President of the People’s Republic of China).

Professors Lim Ee-Peng and Zhu Feida from the School of Information Systems were recognised at the recent Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) Awards.

From August 2019, students in all six SMU schools can prepare for the world of big data by taking up this second major The only constant is change — this adage has never been more apt, with traditional industries now being upended by technology all over the world. A new generation increasingly finds themselves in jobs that didn’t exist just a few years ago, and what careers of the future will look like is anyone’s guess.

SMU students will be able to take up Singapore’s first Sustainability major and gain a competitive advantage upon graduation

To catalyse innovation that reflects human values, the godfather of Internet philanthropy is devoting his next act to empowering change-makers in education.

SMU made environmental sustainability a core part of its mission long before this eco-conscious ethos started trending in the current zeitgeist. This dedication to sustainability was officially recognised at the recent Building and Construction Authority (BCA) awards ceremony, where three individual projects – SMU City Campus, SMU Administration Building, and SMU Prinsep Street Residences – each received a Green Mark Platinum Award.

Lim Kexin, a tax director at PwC, recently became the first SMU graduate to be a member of the University’s Board of Trustees To say Lim Kexin is an over-achiever is an understatement.

The NRF Investigatorship grant will support SMU Professor Archan Misra’s vision of a smart city where humans and devices work collaboratively on projects. SMU Professor Archan Misra has received a National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship grant to develop new capabilities in ultra-low power sensing and embedded machine intelligence, which can catalyse innovative applications in smart cities, factories and buildings.

Co-founder and CEO of global social media platform, Twitter, Jack Dorsey reveals what brought Twitter to life, and the lessons the business has taught him in return. Social media and tech mogul, Jack Dorsey, recently paid a visit to SMU as a guest speaker of a special dialogue that was part of the SMU Presidential Distinguished Lecturer Series (PDLS).

Subbarao Kambhampati goes in-depth into the concept of artificial intelligence, common misconceptions, and how we can use it to our advantage