Rajesh BALAN, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, is the Doctoral Consortium Chair at the 10th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile 2009) in California, USA.
David CHAN, Professor of Psychology, has been appointed Deputy Provost from January 2009. He works closely with the Provost to oversee all academic matters with particular focus on development in research, postgraduate studies and faculty matters.
John DAVIS, Practice Associate Professor of Marketing, was keynote speaker at the Taipei Summit, a two-day conference in December 2008 on the Beijing Olympics.
Richard Christopher DAVIS, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, spoke at the Computer Science Seminar on 25 February 2009 on K-Sketch: A 'Kinetic' Sketch Pad for Novice Animators.
Robert DENG, Associate Dean (Faculty & Research), School of Information Systems and Professor of Information Systems, presented at the 5th Information Security Practice and Experience Conference in Xi'an, China in April 2009 on Achieving Better Privacy Protection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Trusted Computing and RSA-Based Certificate-less Public Key Encryption.
Tomoki FUJII, Assistant Professor of Economics, was awarded a research grant by The Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance for his work on Optimal Two-Sample Estimation and its Applications together with Dr Roy van der Weide of the World Bank.
Henry GAO, Associate Professor of Law, was appointed by the World Bank as a Consultant to advise the Chinese government on the negotiating strategy for its Free Trade Agreements. He was also re-appointed by the government of Hong Kong as member of the Review Body on Bid Challenges, a semi-judicial body that hears challenges against alleged irregularities in government procurement activities.
Annie KOH, Dean of Executive and Professional Education and Associate Professor of Finance, was an invited speaker at the Singapore Brand Conference on 26 March 2009 and the Restaurant Association of Singapore's conference on 30 March 2009.
Winston T.H. KOH, Associate Professor of Economics, has been appointed Director (Research Administration) at the Office of Research from 1 February 2009. He will also be promoted to Full Professor of Economics with effect from 1 July 2009.
Andrew LEE, Practice Associate Professor of Accounting, was moderator for the panel discussion on The Global Financial Crisis: Accounting at the Crossroads, at the School of Accountancy's accounting seminar on 21 February 2009.
Bernard LEE has been appointed Deputy Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics for Financial Economics and Visiting Practice Associate Professor at the School of Economics. Formerly Managing Director at investment management firm BlackRock in New York City, he was recipient of the 2005 Intel Best Risk Analytics Initiative of the Year Award.
Jack LEE Tsen-Ta converted to Assistant Professor of Law in January 2009 following an early start as Lecturer of Law at the School of Law from November 2008.
Sheen S. LEVINE, Assistant Professor of Management, presented his research on the antecedents of interpersonal cooperation at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Harvard seminar on 4 February 2009 together with Professor Wayne E. Baker from the University of Michigan.
LIM Kian Guan, Interim Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Professor of Finance, spoke at the Risk Management Institute on 17 January 2009 and presented a paper at the First Singapore Conference on Quantitative Finance organised by the Institute for Mathematical Sciences on 23 January 2009.
Thomas MENKHOFF, Practice Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources, presented a paper at the National Council of Social Service's Annual Conference 2008 on Creating and Managing Knowledge in Non-Profit Organisations. He also conducted an Advanced Knowledge Management Training Course at the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Southern Institute of Sustainable Development in Ho Chi Minh City from 5 to 7 January 2009 in collaboration with Professor Hans-Dieter Evers from Bonn University.
S. Chandra MOHAN, Practice Associate Professor of Law, delivered a keynote speech on UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border Insolvency Transactions at the Baker & McKenzie's Distressed Transactions, Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Conference held on 17 February 2009.
Mahdev MOHAN, Lecturer of Law, was appointed a 2009 Graduate Fellow by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation at Stanford University. He is also the first Asian lawyer outside Cambodia to be appointed legal counsel to represent Khmer Rouge victims.
PHANG Sock Yong, Professor of Economics, was appointed a member of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Liveable Cities, jointly established by the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
Jochen REB, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources, was appointed to the editorial board of Journal of Business and Psychology.
Augustine H.H. TAN, Practice Professor of Economics, spoke on Global Economic Crises: Causes & Implications and Singapore's Budget: Coping with the Global Crises on 3 February 2009 and 6 February 2009 respectively at the invitation of KPMG.
Pearl TAN, Practice Associate Professor of Accounting, was moderator for the panel discussion on Case for Global Standards at the 2008 ACCA Singapore Annual Conference on 17 October 2008.
Ted TSCHANG, Assistant Professor of Management, presented his findings on Hong Kong's new creative industries at a conference on 9 January 2009 co-organised by the Hong Kong government and the Savantas Policy Institute. He was also appointed to the editorial board of Management Learning, a SAGE journal. His article in the Journal of Asian Economics - Digital Divide: Determinants and Policies with Special Reference to Asia - was rated the third highest cited article.
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