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SMU: Bangkok Coffee Session

EMBA Infosessions RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/danielpang-smu/smu-bkk-nov2026. Event Details: Join us for an insightful session to discover how our post-graduate programmes can support your personal and professional aspirations. Our Admissions Advisors will speak with you directly to provide detailed guidance on the application process and to discuss the financial aid and scholarship opportunities that may be available to you. For a pre-application assessment, please bring along a copy of your resume for a personalised review. Kindly note that sessions may be conducted in a group se… Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Accounting. Business. Law. Social Sciences & Humanities. Economics. Audience: Public. Monday, November 9, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Terminal 21 Asok, Bangkok.

Climate Transition Stress Testing for Corporate Credit Risk

Infosessions Subtitle: SCIS EngD 2026 Pre-conference talk by NGUYEN Huynh Long Hung. RSVP: . Event Details: , Abstract This talk presents a transparent data-mining approach for connecting corporate financial information with ESG risk measures to support climate-transition stress testing. The framework separates two tasks: assessing a firm’s underlying financial distress and examining how an externally imposed transition-risk scenario could affect that assessment. This separation makes the assumptions behind the stress test visible, auditable, and replaceable. Using U.S. corporate financial and ESG data, the… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Prospective Student. Current Student. Alumni. Academic Community. SMU Faculty & Staff. Incoming Students. Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

BFI Business & Policy Insights Series featuring Prestige Gallery

Business Families Institute Subtitle: FROM COLLECTING TO LEGACY: Building an Art Collection That Matters. Fee(s): S$50 Payment is required to confirm the place. 需完成付款方可确认席位. Contact: bfi@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Audrey Zhang | 张鹤馨 Gallery Owner, Prestige Gallery | 品艺画廊主. RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7bKunNjXNt5ZKMmzNRjjYUC4rU8C4phvV0OZxAFWw5TmEHQ/viewform. Type: Dialogue Sessions. Lectures. Masterclass. Seminars & Workshops. Social & Networking. Training. Talks & Forums. Subject: Business. Arts & Culture. Networking. Learning & Professional Development. Audience: Partners. Professionals. Post Event Info: SMU Business Families Institute (SMU BFI) is pleased to welcome Prestige Gallery for an upcoming session exploring how art can move beyond taste or investment to become an expression of family identity, cultural values and long-term legacy. In this session, we will explore: • Why We Collect — From Acquisition to Collection • How to Evaluate Art — Building the Collector’s Eye • Building a Collection — Strategy, Focus & Common Pitfalls • Managing Art as a Family Asset • From Ownership to Stewardship… Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. In-Person @ Prestige Gallery. For more info visit bfi.smu.edu.sg.

AI and Corporate Governance: Ethics and Oversight of the AI Compliance Program

SMU Law Academy RSVP: . Type: Talks & Forums. Seminars & Workshops. Lectures. Subject: Law. Audience: Partners. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels. Mandatory Ethics Component (MEC): Yes. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM. Singapore Management University. For more info visit smula.smu.edu.sg.

Operations Management Research Seminar

Area Administration The use of large language models (LLMs) has grown rapidly over the past few years, especially in health care, where documentation burden remains a persistent problem for practicing clinicians. However, despite the deployment of many ambient scribes for documentation, it is still unclear how LLMs impact those who work with them. Across two preregistered studies, we examine how this shift—from writing documentation to editing an LLM-generated draft—impacts workers. We study this “first draft problem”: eliminating the blank page does not remove the work of documentation but relocates it into revising and editing. In Study 1, an online experiment with 16 clinicians producing documentation following a teletherapy patient encounter, we establish the puzzle: counter to our hypotheses, editing an LLM-generated draft of the documentation as opposed to writing it from scratch does not result in time savings or quality improvements on average. Instead, while some clinicians experience no time savings but large improveme… Subtitle: The First Draft Problem: Productivity, Quality, and Physiological Strain in LLM-Assisted Writing. Speaker Details: Associate Professor Hummy Song University of Pennsylvania Hummy Song is an Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Health Care Management. She conducted her undergraduate, master’s, and PhD studies at Harvard University. Professor Song’s research focuses on identifying ways to improve the performance of service systems, with a particular emphasis on the health care sector.… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: Academic Community. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Level 1, Seminar Room 1-2 Singapore 178899.

SOSS-SEA Seminar Series |The self-deceptive state? Torture and bureaucracy in modern Thailand

School of Social Sciences Bureaucracies monitor and coordinate the actions of state agents, including their violent engagements. This monitoring is supposed to prevent or mitigate ‘evil’ state violence like torture. Yet, as a growing body of literature has shown, even where torture is unauthorised, it need not be the case that bureaucratic monitoring has this effect. How does bureaucracy make torture possible even though it is not permitted? What does the answer to that question reveal about state violence in modernity? This talk addresses these questions by following trails of paper left by 109 cases of torture in Thailand between 2003 and 2021, to argue that in Thailand bureaucratic monitoring, instead of triggering action to prevent torture, produces self-deception about the practice. It does this because the problem that looms before Thai officials tasked with monitoring and addressing state violence is not what to do about the fact of torture but what to do about the fact that torture is on the record. Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: SPEAKER, , Nick Cheesman, Associate Professor of Political and Social Change, Australian National University Nick Cheesman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University, where he directs the ANU Myanmar Research Centre; and currently, Visiting Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. He researches state violence and the politics of law in mainland Southeast Asia. Moderator, , Christianna Parr, … RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/GEvAAnYdU6. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM. SMU Yong Pung How School of Law Seminar Room 2-03, Level 2 55 Armenian St, Singapore 179943. For more info visit forms.cloud.microsoft.

Credit Market Incompleteness and the Inflation Target - Rate Policy Mix

School of Economics Subtitle: Seminar by Julio Davila (Nazarbayev University). RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Economics. Audience: Public. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903.

Both Sides Now: Identification of Buyer and Seller Values in Ascending Auctions

School of Economics Subtitle: Seminar by Aaron Barkley (University of Melbourne). RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Economics. Audience: Public. Thursday, November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903.

Trade Networks and a Dominant Settlement Currency

School of Economics Subtitle: Seminar by Tomoo Kikuchi (Waseda University). RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Economics. Audience: Public. Thursday, November 12, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903.

SMU MAF Hybrid Masterclass: Can Carbon Markets Save the World?

MAF Infosessions Can Carbon Markets Save the World? High Finance, Geopolitics, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Price the Planet Can markets help solve the climate crisis? As governments, corporations, and investors race towards net-zero commitments, carbon markets have emerged as one of the most powerful and debated tools in the global decarbonisation agenda. From compliance carbon markets and Article 6 international carbon trading to voluntary carbon credits and corporate climate claims, billions of dollars are flowing into efforts to put a price on carbon. But are carbon markets genuinely accelerating climate action, or are they simply shifting emissions on paper? Join us for an engaging session with Wilson Tan, sustainability finance practitioner, climate-tech entrepreneur, and lecturer at SMU and NTU, as he unpacks the evolving world of carbon markets, the role of finance in driving decarbonisation, and the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of sustainable investing and climate innovation. Through… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03ed/t/page/fm/0. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Urban Management & Sustainability. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Physical: Lee Kong Chian School of Business Virtual: Zoom.

Grounding Foundation Models with Local Context for Societal Impact

School of Computing and Information Systems Foundation models are remarkably capable but fundamentally lack local context, which are the domain-specific, community-specific, and structurally rich knowledge required by real-world applications. In this talk, I will discuss our work on bridging this gap through knowledge graphs, retrieval-grounded architectures, and domain-aware reasoning. I will show how these approaches enable deployed tools for wildlife conservation research, navigation of Colombia's Truth Commission archives, and personalized nutritional reasoning; the very settings where generic model knowledge falls short and local context is everything. I will close with reflections on what it takes to move from innovative methods to tools that practitioners actually use. Subtitle: Research Seminar by Nitesh CHAWLA. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Nitesh CHAWLA Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science & Engineering University of Notre Dame, Nitesh CHAWLA is the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the Lucy Family Director for Data & AI Academic Strategy, leading the Data, AI, and Computing Initiative at the University of Notre Dame. His research is focused on artificial intelligence, data science, and network science, and is motivated by the question of how technology can advance the common good through… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTbOXO7ktpRtBsn62WuekYtpUMzUzQTU4UDJXQTRHSDFNSVI1WDJCWklGSC4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community. Friday, November 13, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM. Seminar Room 3-4, Level 3. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources Research Seminar

Area Administration We challenge the implicit assumption that leadership behaviors and contexts have a clear, similarly understood meaning. Instead, we argue that many behaviors and contexts are not self-explanatory. Specific leadership behaviors can be ambiguous and possess multiple or vague meanings. The same is true for the contexts in which they are embedded as well as for what is supposed to be leadership. For example, strong criticism in a team meeting may be perceived as constructive feedback or a sanction, as part of leadership or outcome of a manager’s bad mood. We suggest that managers can manage this ambiguity by trying to influence others’ interpretation of their behavior. Managers can do so directly, offering positive interpretations of their intentions, or indirectly, offering interpretations of the broader context, which is supposed to influence the interpretation of the behavior. The underlying mechanism rests on altering the plausibility and salience of certain interpretations compared to others. A boundary con… Subtitle: Positively sub-texting leadership: Managing the meaning of workplace behaviors and contexts (with Mats Alvesson, Lund University). Speaker Details: Associate Professor Thomas Fischer University of Geneva Thomas Fischer is Associate Professor of Responsible Leadership at the University of Geneva, Director of the Bachelor in Economics and Management at the same institution, and the Yearly Review Editor at The Leadership Quarterly. His research focuses on two main topics. First, he studies the conceptualization and measurement of leadership behaviors and styles. He finds that much research conflates descriptions of leadership behaviors with subjective e… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Organisational Behaviour. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, November 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 3, Seminar Room 3.8 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

📊 Master Gradebook Setup & Final Result Processing [ELN]

LST From Setup to Submission – Streamline your grading workflow, Description: Learn how to set up and organize your eLearn gradebook effectively. Create and manage grade items, and import/export grades for offline marking. Use result processing tools to visualize grade distribution by percentage. Get tips on moderation and submitting grades for final approval. Perfect for instructors preparing for end-of-semester grading and reporting. For more information on the workshops, please contact us at elearn@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: Register Here. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Friday, November 13, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Zoom Session.

SMU: Jakarta Coffee Session

Infosession RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/ivysim-smu/20261113jktcs. Event Details: Join us for an insightful session to discover how our post-graduate programmes can support your personal and professional aspirations. Our Admissions Advisors will speak with you directly to provide detailed guidance on the application process and to discuss the financial aid and scholarship opportunities that may be available to you. For a pre-application assessment, please bring along a copy of your resume for a personalised review. Kindly note that sessions may be conducted in a group se… Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Accounting. Business. Law. Social Sciences & Humanities. Economics. Audience: Public. Friday, November 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Location will be sent to confirmed attendees.

[SMU SINO Alumni Group] China Innovation and Investment Conference (CIIC)

Office of Alumni Relations Contact: fabianchong@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Conferences & Symposiums. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Economics. Finance & Financial Markets. International. Operations Management. Strategic Management. Audience: Alumni. Academic Community. Saturday, November 14, 2026, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM. SMU Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium 60 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178900.

Finance Research Seminar

Area Administration Most foreign exchange transactions route through the U.S. dollar, even when the parties want to exchange two other currencies. Vehicle routing concentrates volume in dollar markets and lowers their trading costs, but a cross-currency trade pays fees and price impact on two dollar legs, while a dedicated pool for cross-currencies may attract too little volume to be economical. We ask whether a single liquidity pool containing the dollar and multiple non-dollar currencies can lower aggregate trading costs. The pool designer chooses the capital weights across currencies and the fee on each pair. With competitive liquidity provision and aggregate fee revenue set optimally, the weights determine aggregate trading costs and each pair’s price impact; the division of fees across pairs determines how those costs are shared by traders. We characterize the optimal cost of a pool and derive a closed-form condition under which it improves on vehicle routing. The condition combines return correlations and the composition o… Subtitle: Dethroning the Dollar? Optimal Multi-Asset Market Making. Speaker Details: Andreas Park University of Toronto Please click here to view profile. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, November 16, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2.5 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Situated Social Learning:How Can Agents Learn Alongside Other Agents?

School of Computing and Information Systems Much of what humans know is learnt from others, by copying them, being taught and learning together. Most AI systems instead learn from individual experience or from existing human data, which reveals little about how social abilities develop. This thesis asks how social learning can develop in situated agents, which, like children, learn through interacting in a shared environment. Such agents face a chicken-and-egg problem: learning from others requires understanding them, yet agents have no reason to develop that understanding until it helps them learn. Existing work largely sidesteps this by building the social part in, or studies only the simplest form, imitating an expert. For imitation (completed), we show across environments from gridworlds to simulated robot locomotion that learning from others is closely linked to modelling them, and that general-purpose learning signals can help drive the emergence of both. For teaching (in progress), we introduce environments based on how animals teach, such as a… Subtitle: PhD Dissertation Proposal by HILLIER Dylan Alexander Slavin. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , HILLIER Dylan Alexander Slavin PhD Candidate School of Computing and Information Systems Singapore Management University, Dylan HILLIER is a PhD candidate at the school of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University, under the supervision of Prof. Pradeep Varakantham. Additionally, he is a SINGA scholar at A*STAR under the supervision of Dr. Cheston Tan. His research focuses on how learning in situated social settings relates to the ability of agents to model each other. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTacjffrphqhDrJfv1DjxSmNUNlBaSUY0NEpNQTYxVkpIVVpYTFZKNzNHNi4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community. Monday, November 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Meeting room 5.1, Level 5. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

From Suspicious Nodes to Multi-Agent Failures: Learning to Detect, Generalize, and Diagnose Unusual Behaviors

School of Computing and Information Systems Detecting unusual behavior is essential for safeguarding interconnected systems, from social and financial networks to large language model (LLM)–based multi-agent systems. This thesis addresses limited anomaly supervision, generalization across graph domains, and failure diagnosis through four complementary studies. First, TAM enables unsupervised graph anomaly detection by modeling one-class homophily and exploiting the structural and contextual consistency of normal nodes without requiring labels. Second, GGAD addresses semi-supervised detection by generating informative pseudo-anomalies and combining anomaly-aware representation learning with a one-class objective, effectively using limited normal labels. Third, AnomalyGFM supports zero-shot and few-shot graph anomaly detection through residual representations, normality and abnormality prototypes, and localized subgraph inference. It transfers patterns learned from a source graph to unseen target graphs with no or limited target labels. Finally, Verif… Subtitle: PhD Dissertation Defense by QIAO Hezhe. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , QIAO Hezhe PhD Candidate School of Computing and Information Systems Singapore Management University, Hezhe QIAO is a final-year PhD candidate in Computer Science at Singapore Management University, supervised by Professor Guansong Pang. His research focuses on trustworthy and generalizable AI, particularly graph anomaly detection, foundation models, and the reliability of LLM-based multi-agent systems. His related work has been published at leading venues, including NeurIPS x4, ICML x2, KDD x2, IJCAI,… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UQldDUEE1UU5CQVgxWE1BTVZRU05BQlpGNy4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community. Monday, November 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Meeting room 4.4, Level 4. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

SMU: Surabaya Coffee Session

Infosession RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/chrisng-fstn/smuccsurabayanov26. Event Details: Join us for an insightful session to discover how our post-graduate programmes can support your personal and professional aspirations. Our Admissions Advisors will speak with you directly to provide detailed guidance on the application process and to discuss the financial aid and scholarship opportunities that may be available to you. For a pre-application assessment, please bring along a copy of your resume for a personalised review. Kindly note that sessions may be conducted in a group se… Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Accounting. Business. Law. Social Sciences & Humanities. Economics. Audience: Public. Monday, November 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Location will be sent to confirmed attendees.

STARI Lunchtime Seminar - Australia's Public Country-by-Country Reporting Regime: What It Means for Groups Operating in Asia

Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia Australia now has one of the most demanding public CbCR regimes in the world, and its reach extends well beyond Australian-headquartered groups. Singapore-headquartered multinationals with Australian operations are caught, and the first disclosures are now coming through. I would set out the scope and mechanics of the regime, compare it with the EU Directive and the GRI 207 standard so that groups facing overlapping obligations can see where the requirements diverge, and offer some thoughts on the regulatory design choices Australia has made and whether they achieve what was intended. Fee(s): Public Standard Fee: SGD50 per pax excl. 9% GST (non-refundable) SMU Faculty and Students: Complimentary - please register here instead. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Professor Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation Queensland University of Technology Professor Kerrie Sadiq BCom, LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD, CTA, GAICD, CA, CPA, holds the position of Professor of Taxation and ARC Future Fellow in the Triple Crown Accredited Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Business School. Prior to joining QUT in 2012, she was an academic for over 20 years at the Go8 member University of Queensland (UQ). Kerrie leads the International Tax in the Digital Age project at QUT. She is a… RSVP: Public. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Accounting. Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community. Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Training Room 3 Tax Academy of Singapore Hub, #01-03, Revenue House 55 Newton Rd, Singapore 307987. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

MQF Virtual Consultations

MQF Infosessions RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03ee/t/page/fm/0. Event Details: MQF Virtual Consultations, Wednesday, 18 November 2026 (Half-hourly sessions)* 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm *If there are multiple applicants in the same timeslot you've chosen, please note that it will be a group session. Join us for an insightful session to discover how our MQF programme, with a strong focus on leadership and management, can support your personal and professional aspirations. Our Admissions Advisors will speak with you directly to provide detailed guidance on the… Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Virtual - Zoom.

Equity’s Shifting Boundaries: Resulting Trusts, Illegality and Limitation in Recent Singapore Litigation

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Private client. Civil Procedure. Real Estate. Training Levels: Update – Prior knowledge not required but ideal. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Webinar. For more info visit smula.smu.edu.sg.

SMU Accounting Masters: Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) Session

MPA Infosessions Where Could Your Next Career Move Take You? Explore SMU's Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) and Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) programmes. Thinking about advancing your career in accounting, finance or the evolving world of data and AI? Whether you're looking to transition into accounting, deepen your professional expertise or build future-ready capabilities, the right postgraduate programme can open new possibilities. Join us for an interactive Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, where our team will help you explore how SMU's MPA and MSA programmes can support your career aspirations. Subtitle: Your Future in Accounting Starts Here: Ask Us Anything! Contact: SOAMasters@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Prof Prasart Jongjaroenkamol Senior Lecturer of Accounting; Director, Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) School of Accountancy, Singapore Management University. RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Information Technology & Systems. Communication & Marketing. Economics. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Learning & Professional Development. Leadership. Finance & Financial Markets. Business. Accounting. Operations Management. International. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. University Events. Audience: Academic Community. Current Student. Prospective Student. Incoming Students. Incoming PG Students. Professionals. Public. Featured (Unit level): Yes. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Online via Zoom.

SMU MWM Info Session & Alumni Sharing

MWM Infosessions Explore how the SMU MSc in Wealth Management (MWM) can equip you with the expertise, leadership capabilities, and industry-relevant knowledge to advance your career in the wealth management and financial services sector. Join our Admissions Manager, Academic Director, and MWM students and alumni as they share valuable perspectives on:Programme curriculum and learning approach, Unique features of the SMU MWM experience, Career development opportunities and outcomes, Industry insights and alumni experiences, Admissions requirements and application process, This session will be conducted in a hybrid format. Participants may attend either on campus or virtually via Zoom. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03fb/t/page/fm/1. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Leadership. Finance & Financial Markets. Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Hybrid In-person: SMU LKCSB Online: Zoom.

Operations Management Research Seminar

Area Administration We empirically test a theory of AI over/under-reliance in a delegated and AI-assisted decision making environment that endogenizes institutional incentives for decision makers (DMs) to rely on algorithmic recommendations - because algorithms produce case-specific and auditable reference points for managerial judgments of decisions and outcomes, they provide the conditions for managers to blame DMs for algorithm overrides, and DMs to exercise their discretion (to override algorithms) defensively. We develop a model that captures these dynamics and provide empirical support for its key behavioral mechanisms and predictions. We find that DMs are able to reap (some) benefits from their private knowledge in the absence of organizational context, but when decisions are judged by a manager, they often fail to override an algorithm when they have more precise evidence to the contrary, i.e. they lower performance in the very informational state that in many settings provides the most compelling reason for keeping the… Subtitle: Managerial Blame and Defensive Adherence: How Organizations Create AI Over-Reliance. Speaker Details: Mirko Kremer is Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since July 2014. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim. Before joining Frankfurt School, he was a faculty member at the Pennsylvania State University. His research is on the impact of managerial and customer (mis)behavior on the performance and design of Supply Chains, with an emphasis on micro-behavioral foundations of inventory management, sales forecasting, and service systems. His research wa… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Operations Management. Audience: Academic Community. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Level 2, Seminar Room 2-8 Singapore 178899.

BFI Business & Policy Insights Series featuring Mishcon de Reya LLP

Business Families Institute The Business Families Institute at Singapore Management University (BFI@SMU) invites you to join us for the BFI Business and Policy Insights Series - a curated forum for business families, founders, and next-generation leaders navigating an increasingly complex landscape. Mishcon de Reya will share a focused, practical look at the Private Trust Company (PTC). PTCs are increasingly adopted by sophisticated business-owning and high net worth families who want greater control and oversight over how their family trusts are managed. The session is designed around commonly asked questions such as: when does a PTC make sense, and when might it not be the right fit? What changes in terms of decision-making, oversight, and family dynamics when a family moves to this model? And what does a PTC model look like in practice? To bring this to life the session includes real life case studies following multi-jurisdictional families through the key decisions, trade-offs, and lessons of establishing a PTC structure. After… Subtitle: Control, Legacy, and the Family Business: A Practical Guide to Private Trust Companies. Contact: bfi@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Pauline Khoo, Wealth Structuring Manager, Mishcon de Reya LLP, Theodore Tan, Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP. RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSek4kdNBEqBXGOMn_FE636eZZz5TVZC6F0wR5LWhDPYuz_FLw/viewform. Type: Dialogue Sessions. Lectures. Masterclass. Seminars & Workshops. Social & Networking. Talks & Forums. Training. Subject: Business. Learning & Professional Development. Networking. Law. Audience: Professionals. Partners. Friday, November 20, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. In-Person @ SMU Campus. For more info visit bfi.smu.edu.sg.

SMU: Manila Coffee Session

Infosession RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/chrisng-fstn/smuccsmanilanov26. Event Details: Join us for an insightful session to discover how our post-graduate programmes can support your personal and professional aspirations. Our Admissions Advisors will speak with you directly to provide detailed guidance on the application process and to discuss the financial aid and scholarship opportunities that may be available to you. For a pre-application assessment, please bring along a copy of your resume for a personalised review. Kindly note that sessions may be conducted in a group se… Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Accounting. Business. Law. Social Sciences & Humanities. Economics. Audience: Public. Friday, November 20, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Location will be sent to confirmed attendees.

Should we balance? A preliminary study into the maintainability of formal specifications as Linux kernel source code evolves

School of Computing and Information Systems Today there is a renewed interest in formal verification of software, in part to thoroughly check that AI-generated code does what it was intended to do, and in part in recognition that critical code bases are becoming increasingly complex and a better understanding of their behavior is needed. Still, verifying a single code instance is not sufficient. It is also necessary to ensure that the code remains verifiable as it evolves. In this talk, we consider the latter problem in the context of a function used in the Linux kernel task scheduler. We find that simple changes in the code require only minor adjustments to the specifications and the verification process. More complex changes, however, can trigger situations that challenge the underlying SMT solvers used to make verification tractable. But we find that code inducing such challenging situations may also harbor bugs. The talk is based on the joint work with Keisuke Nishimura and Jean-Pierre Lozi presented at SAS 2024. Subtitle: Research Seminar by Dr. Julia LAWALL. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Julia LAWALL Senior Research Scientist Inria Paris, Julia LAWALL received the Ph.D. degree in 1994 from the Indiana University. She has been a senior research scientist at Inria since 2011 and head of the Whisper team since 2021. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests are in the area of improving the quality of infrastructure software, using a variety of approaches including program analysis, program transformation, and software verification.… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTZjdnq9jGdxNu5Yl7qPLUetUQk84RFRZR1I5TlZFMDNGNFNCT1JDVVFPTi4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community. Monday, November 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Meeting Room 4-4, Level 4. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

STARI Lunchtime Seminar - Inland Revenue’s Growing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Tax Administration – Should We Be Concerned?

Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia New Zealand’s Inland Revenue, like many sophisticated revenue authorities globally, is actively embracing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance its digital platforms, increase the levels of taxpayer compliance, and create greater efficiencies with respect to resource use. The use of AI comes with benefits and risks, which need to be very carefully balanced so as to ensure the rights of taxpayers and citizens are protected. While the AI evolution cannot be ignored, the New Zealand government has appropriately recommended a cautious but potentially risky approach with extensive pre-testing before AI products are utilised externally. However, there is no intention to create bespoke legislation to protect New Zealanders’ rights, but to rely on existing legislation concerning privacy and other rights. This paper positions Inland Revenue, one of the more advanced public sector organisations in New Zealand, as adopting AI within the wider New Zealand public service mandate and globally within Organi… Fee(s): Public Standard Fee: SGD50 per pax excl. 9% GST (non-refundable) SMU Faculty and Students: Complimentary - please register here instead. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Dr Adrian Sawyer, Professor of Taxation University of Canterbury Dr Adrian Sawyer is Professor of Taxation at the University of Canterbury (UC) in New Zealand and Extraordinary Professor at the University of South Africa. Adrian has spent 35 years at UC undertaking teaching and research principally in Taxation, as well as aspects of Commercial Law and Introductory Accounting. He holds an SJD from the University of Virginia, and MCom(Hons), BCom and LLB degrees from UC. He is a FCA (CA-ANZ), FCPA (CPA… RSVP: Public. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Accounting. Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community. Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Training Room 3 Tax Academy of Singapore Hub, #01-03, Revenue House 55 Newton Rd, Singapore 307987. For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg.

SCIS Industry Day 2026

School of Computing and Information Systems This event aims to promote bilateral dialogue between industry and SCIS for opportunities and challenges at technology frontiers of mutual interest. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTRhaonc6j4ZJnclQsZzigPJUNktHSjNPS0ZRNTcxM0lIR1EzNlk2MFJNVi4u&route=shorturl. Type: Information Sessions. Social & Networking. Talks & Forums. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Professionals. Current Student. Partners. Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, SMU School of Accountancy, 60 Stamford Road, Singapore 178900. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

MIM Virtual Consultations

Infosession RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03f8/t/page/fm/0. Event Details: Speak with our admissions advisors to learn more about how the SMU MSc in Management (MIM) programme can elevate your career with personalized guidance on the application process, programme details, and opportunities for growth. Get expert advice tailored to your goals and start your journey with us today! Do note that if there are multiple attendees in one timeslot, it would be a group session. To do a pre-application assessment of your profile, you are encouraged to submit a copy of your resume. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Communication & Marketing. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Public. Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Virtual - Zoom.

SMU LLM and JD Info Session & Alumni Sharing

Infosessions Explore how the SMU Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Laws (LLM) can equip you with the legal knowledge, critical thinking and professional network to advance your career in law and beyond. Join our Programme Director, Admissions team and Alumni as they share perspectives on:Programme structure and learning approach for the JD and LLM, LLM tracks: Judicial Studies, Cross-border Business and Finance Law in Asia, and Law and Technology, Career pathways and opportunities in law, Admission requirements, application process and key deadlines for the August 2027 intake, This session will be conducted online via Zoom. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://smuyphsl.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44128/TB-IS-LP-JDLLM20261124. Event Details: SMU JD and LLM Sharing and Information Session Speaker: Professor Zhang Wei, Programme Director, SMU JD and LLM Date: Tuesday, 24th November 2026 Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm (SGT) Format: Online *The Zoom link will be sent to your registered email, one day before the event. Seats are limited, so do sign up soon. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Law. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Professionals. Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. Online: Zoom.

EMBA Coffee Sessions @ SMU

EMBA Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 30-min sessions. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/danielpang-smu/smu-emba-consultation-campus. Event Details: Considering the SMU EMBA August 2027 intake? Speak to the Admissions Team in an exclusive 1-1 consultation to have an open conversation about what the SMU Executive MBA can offer - in broadening perspectives, strengthening networks, and deepening your impact. Contact: emba.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Professionals. Wednesday, November 25, 2026 – Thursday, November 26, 2026. SMU Campus - Li Ka Shing Library.

What Every Lawyer Should Know About International Tax 2026

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Tax. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels. Mandatory Ethics Component (MEC): Yes. Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Webinar. For more info visit smula.smu.edu.sg.

SMU EMBA Information Session & Alumni Sharing

EMBA Infosessions RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-03fc/t/page/fm/6. Event Details: Leadership today requires more than functional expertise. Executives must be able to navigate complexity, drive transformation, and create sustainable value in an increasingly interconnected business environment. Join us to discover how the SMU Executive MBA (EMBA) equips senior leaders and experienced professionals with the strategic perspectives, global outlook, and leadership capabilities needed to excel in today's dynamic landscape. Hear directly from our Academic Director as well as EMBA students… Contact: emba.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Leadership. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. In-person (SMU).

Formal models are magic

School of Computing and Information Systems In this work, we investigate a variant of the Four Glasses Puzzle (FGP) through the lens of formal verification. Although the puzzle appears to be unsolvable at first glance, formal verification enables the discovery of a correct solution. We demonstrate how the model can be constructed and reduced through progressive abstractions, ultimately yielding a concise and comprehensible model that captures all possible puzzle configurations. To ensure computational efficiency, we introduce the Escape Game - an algorithmic construction that eliminates redundant cycles and facilitates strategy synthesis under imperfect information. Finally, by analysing the strategic capabilities of the player, we present a solution to the puzzle. The approach is formally defined and proven correct. Subtitle: Research Seminar by Laure PETRUCCI. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Laure PETRUCCI Professor University Paris 13, Laure PETRUCCI obtained her PhD in Computer Science from University Paris 6 in 1991. She then became associate professor in Evry. In 2003, she obtained a Full Professor position at University Paris 13. Her research takes place in the SAFER team of the LIPN laboratory. Her area of expertise is formal specification and verification of concurrent systems so as to guarantee their appropriate behaviour, using automata or Petri nets models, as well as parametric… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UNEM0WUdOVUZRV085NUpHSzZIQldGTjhLOS4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community. Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Meeting Room 4-4 Level 4. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902. For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg.

The 12th International Symposium on Dependable Software Engineering Theories, Tools and Applications (SETTA 2026)

School of Computing and Information Systems SETTA 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in dependable software engineering to advance theories, methods, tools, and practical applications for trustworthy software-intensive systems. The conference will facilitate exchange across formal methods, verification and validation, software testing, program analysis, and emerging AI-enabled systems; promote collaborations between academia and industry; and provide opportunities for early-career researchers and students to engage with international experts. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://www.setta2026.sg/home/registration. Type: Conferences & Symposiums. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Current Student. Wednesday, December 2, 2026 – Friday, December 4, 2026. SMU School of Economics/School of Computing & Information Systems 2, Level 4, 90 Stamford Road, Singapore 178903. For more info visit www.setta2026.sg.

Navigating Trade, Investment and Sustainability in the Era of Economic Security

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: International Law. Training Levels: Update – Prior knowledge not required but ideal. Mandatory Ethics Component (MEC): No. Friday, December 4, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Webinar. For more info visit smula.smu.edu.sg.

📊 Master Gradebook Setup & Final Result Processing [ELN]

LST From Setup to Submission – Streamline your grading workflow, Description: Learn how to set up and organize your eLearn gradebook effectively. Create and manage grade items, and import/export grades for offline marking. Use result processing tools to visualize grade distribution by percentage. Get tips on moderation and submitting grades for final approval. Perfect for instructors preparing for end-of-semester grading and reporting. For more information on the workshops, please contact us at elearn@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: Register Here. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM. Zoom Session.

Global and Regional AI Governance and Regulation, and the Role of Data Protection in AI

SMU Law Academy Contact: smulawacademy@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Type: Webinar & Online Learning. Seminars & Workshops. Talks & Forums. Subject: Law. Audience: Public. Alumni. Professionals. Practice Area: Data Protection & Privacy. Telecommunications & Media & Technology. Training Levels: General – Default. Include activities with mixed levels. Mandatory Ethics Component (MEC): No. Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Webinar. For more info visit smula.smu.edu.sg.

BFI Masterclass featuring GOIMPACT

Business Families Institute Join SMU Business Families Institute (SMU BFI) for a two-day Masterclass on Impact Investing & Climate Risk: From Fundamentals to Portfolio Decision-Making, taking place on 13–14 January. Hear from Helene Li and Clarence T’ao as they explore how climate risk and sustainability considerations are shaping investment strategies and portfolio decisions. Through practical insights, industry perspectives and discussions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of impact investing, climate risk, and how to integrate these considerations into investment decision-making. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘍𝘐’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸… Subtitle: Impact Investing & Climate Risk: From Fundamentals to Portfolio Decision-Making. Contact: bfi@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Helene Li, Co-Founder & CEO, GoImpact Capital Partners, Adjunct Professor, SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Clarence Tao, Co-Founder, GoImpact Capital Partners. RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSen6WlnNx72cQpcf1qF4Ad188-w78RpPqvZpLl9mHq3h3YLUw/viewform. Type: Dialogue Sessions. Masterclass. Talks & Forums. Subject: Business. Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG). Green Finance. Learning & Professional Development. Networking. Sustainability. Audience: Professionals. Partners. Wednesday, January 13, 2027 – Thursday, January 14, 2027. In-person @ SMU Campus. For more info visit docs.google.com.

MAF / MQF Mentoring Programme 2027

Office of Alumni Relations Impact Lives. Be a Mentor. Support the next generation of finance professionals by guiding MQF students as they begin their journey in the field. This 6-month programme, organised by the Office of Alumni Relations and Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre, pairs alumni with students based on their career interests and offers opportunities for meaningful conversations, learning and networking. Your real-world experience can make a genuine difference to an aspiring finance professional. What You Gain as a Mentor 1. Create meaningful impact for your juniors 2. Strengthen your coaching and leadership skills 3. Gain fresh perspectives from aspiring finance professionals 4. Build connections with fellow mentors 5. Give back and stay connected to SMU What You Can Offer You do not need to have all the answers. What matters most is your willingness to share your experiences. You can offer: 1. Practical guidance on navigating the MQF programme 2. Support for internships and job searches 3. Insights into industry trends… Contact: fabianchong@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: By Invitation only. Type: Social & Networking. Talks & Forums. Subject: Business. Learning & Professional Development. Leadership. Audience: Alumni. Public. Friday, January 22, 2027, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM. To be Confirmed.