- The IS Department belongs to "School of Computing (SoC)", not NUS business school. The other department in SoC is Computer Science.
- SoC website: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/
- IS Department uses COM2 building while CS Department employs COM1 building.
World-wide ranking
- 9th (in terms of top-tier journal publications for last 5 years: 2007-11)
- for more information: http://www.vvenkatesh.com/ISranking/
Faculty (January 2013)
- Professor (1)
- Associate professors (13)
- Assistant professors (8)
- recruitment: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/is/recruitment.html
- Research fellow (7)
- RFs mean post doctoral fellow, who works for research projects, in collaboration with professors, and they get paid.
- Lecturer and instructor (6)
- Instructors does not have, but are close to their PhD.
- Teaching / research assistant (31)
- TAs are PhD students in most cases while RAs are usally recruited by professors for their research projects on the basis of contracts.
- TAs have to work such as in-class tutorials and get paid.
PhD students
- Most of PhD students come from mainlnad China after finishing their undergraduate, mostly at Nanjing University, Renmin University of China, Fudan University, etc.
- The others, although not many, are from India, South Korea, etc.
Facilities furnished
- For RFs, instructors, and TAs / RAs, one room of COM2 building is usually provided for two persons. For instructors and TAs, individual printers are furnished while RFs usually uses a networked, shared printer, with a monthly quota.
- PhD students are assigned to one desk in a lab, located in COM2 building, after their supervisors are designated after their first semester.
School residence
- Professors who are not Singaporean can live in school residence (e.g., Kent Vale) while RFs are not allowed.
- for more information: http://www.nus.edu.sg/ohs/properties/kent-vale/
- PhD students can live in one of on-compus dormitories. An odd thing is that not all rooms are furnished with air-conditioning and, if used, it is charged.
- for more information: http://nus.edu.sg/ohs/students.php
Community activities
- Some professors and PhD students play bandminton together weekly.
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| SoC(School of Computing) COM1 building |
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| Outside of PhD students lab in COM2 building |
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