Joint NUS-NTU-SMU Information Systems Summer Research Workshop 2025 (1 – 3 July 2025)
Information Systems Summer Research Workshop 2025
Jointly organized by NUS, NTU, and SMU
The Information Systems Summer Research Workshop 2025 is a flagship academic event co-organized by the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at National University of Singapore (NUS), Information Technology & Operations Management Department at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University (SMU).
Building on the momentum of past years, this tri-university initiative aims to foster cross-institutional collaboration, cultivate academic exchange, and provide a vibrant platform for PhD students, junior researchers, and senior faculty in the field of Information Systems.
Over three intensive days, the workshop will feature keynote talks from globally renowned scholars and dedicated streams for faculty member and student presentations. Attendees will also benefit from valuable networking opportunities, feedback sessions, and evening…
RSVP: Registration has closed. Type: Conferences & Symposiums. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Academic Community. Current Student.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 – Thursday, July 3, 2025.
[1 July] National University of Singapore
COM3 Building, 11 Research Link, S119391
[2 July] Nanyang Technological University
91 Nanyang Avenue, Gaia, Nanyang Business School, S639956
[3 July] Singapore Management University
60 Stamford Road, S178900.
For more info visit isresearchworkshop.comp.nus.edu.sg. Colloquial Singaporean English Style Transfer with Fine-Grained Explainable Control
Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) is an informal English marked by a unique blend of languages reflecting Singapore’s multicultural identity. Style transfer between Singlish and Standard (formal) English is vital for various applications, yet existing methods often lack explainability and fine-grained control. To fill this gap, we contribute in two key ways. First, we construct a large, high-quality dataset of formal and informal sentences, annotated across six linguistic aspects—Syntax, Lexical Borrowing, Pragmatics, Prosody/Phonology, Emoticons/Punctuation, and Code-Switching—with detailed explanations. Starting with manually annotated cases, we scaled the dataset to 140K with ensured quality. Second, inspired by the" Society of Mind" theory, we propose a novel multi-agent framework where large language models (LLMs) act as expert agents for each linguistic aspect. These agents collaborate by iteratively generating, critiquing, and refining responses to achieve controlled, explainable style transfer…
Subtitle: Pre-Conference Talk by LIANG Jinggui. Contact: scisseminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details:
LIANG Jinggui
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University, LIANG Jinggui is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the SMU School of Computing and Information Systems, supervised by Prof. LIAO Lizi. His research focuses on conversational understanding. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UNlhWOExGTlA0N0lWU1dEMzRIN0NVUkM4VC4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Meeting room 4.4, Level 4. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. SMU Doctor of Engineering (EngD) Virtual Information Session
Infosessions
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RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://scispg.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44865/engdis0725. Type: Information Sessions. Webinar & Online Learning. Subject: Business. Leadership. Operations Management. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Audience: Professionals. Prospective Student.
Thursday, July 3, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Virtual via Zoom
Details will be provided via email upon registration.
MITB Virtual Information Session (Singapore)
Public Events
Contact: mitb@smu.edu.sg. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://scispg.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44865/mitbisscis0725. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Information Technology & Systems. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. International. Leadership. Learning & Professional Development. Operations Management. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Audience: Public.
Saturday, July 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online
This information session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Please register for the session by clicking on the “Register Now” button that leads you to our event registration form.
Enhancing Graph Representation Learning Through Self-Supervision: An Augmentation Perspective
Graph representation learning is pivotal for analyzing graph-structured data across diverse domains, yet traditional supervised methods are hindered by data scarcity and extensive labeling efforts. Graph Self-supervised Learning (SSL) emerges as an effective alternative by leveraging inherent graph structures without explicit labels. However, current approaches face three critical limitations: (1) manual augmentation design requiring extensive domain expertise, (2) separation between contrastive and generative learning paradigms, and (3) challenges in integrating graph structures with large language models for text-attributed graphs.
To address these limitations, this dissertation explores Graph SSL from an augmentation perspective with three innovative contributions: (1) Adaptive Augmentation Selection through our Graph-centric Contrastive framework for Graph Matching (GCGM) with Boosting-inspired Adaptive Augmentation Sampler (BiAS), which automatically selects effective augmentations from a comprehensive…
Subtitle: PhD Dissertation Defense by BO Jianyuan. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , BO Jianyuan
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University, Jianyuan is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Singapore Management University under the supervision of Prof. Yuan Fang. He conducts research on graph neural networks, self-supervised learning, and graph foundation models.
Before his PhD, Jianyuan completed his Master of IT in Business (AI) at SMU and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from USC. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UNURWT0tDNEc1NFlXWUo0VkIzSkVKU1REVS4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community.
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Meeting room 5.1, Level 5. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. Socio-Economic Dynamics of Engagement and Incentivization in Emerging Digital Platforms
The rapid advancement of digital technology has fueled the unprecedented growth of online platforms. Among these, live commerce and blockchain-based social media have emerged as two distinct business models that profoundly shape both commercial and social aspects of people’s lives. This dissertation investigates the effects of streamers’ social solicitation and sellers’ channel strategy in live commerce as well as the effects of monetary rewards in blockchain-based social media. The first study finds that streamers’ social solicitation positively affects their social capital growth, but has a negative side effect on sales performance. Additionally, streamers with a moderate follower count benefit more from the positive effect of social solicitation on social capital growth than those with either a low or high follower count. The second study shows that the positive effect of seller-hosted livestreaming is weakened by product rating but strengthened by seller reputation. In contrast, the positive effect of inf…
Subtitle: PhD Dissertation Defense by SONG Danyang. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , SONG Danyang
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University, SONG Danyang is a Ph.D. candidate in Information Systems at the School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University, supervised by Professor KE Ping Fan and Professor GUO Zhiling. Her research focuses on social media and e-commerce. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UMUJBOVBXWkpPNExZMVM0Wjk5UE9SNjBPNS4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community.
Friday, July 11, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
Meeting room 5.1, Level 5. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. Modeling Multiple Tasks in Recommendation Systems
Traditional research in recommendation systems has largely centered on the static offline supervised learning setting. In this paradigm, all available user-item interaction data is collected and partitioned into fixed training, validation, and test sets. Models are developed and evaluated in this controlled environment, where the underlying data distribution is assumed to remain unchanged. This approach offers clear advantages: it simplifies experimentation, enables reproducible benchmarking, and allows for straightforward comparisons between algorithms.
However, this static offline setting does not reflect the realities faced by modern recommendation systems. In real-world applications, data is dynamic and ever-evolving, where new users and items are constantly emerging, user preferences shift over time, and interactions arrive as a continuous stream. Moreover, data is often fragmented across multiple platforms or domains, each with its own characteristics and challenges. These factors introduce complexiti…
Subtitle: PhD Dissertation Defense by DO Dinh Hieu. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , DO Dinh Hieu
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University, Do Dinh Hieu is currently a PhD candidate at SMU School of Computing and Information Systems, advised by Prof. Hady W. Lauw. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Vietnam National University, Hanoi. His research focuses on the formulation and solution of dynamic, real-world recommender systems. Driven by curiosity, he enjoys exploring new and interesting knowledge both within and beyond his… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UNFJUQlQ5MUoySUswOEFHRlUwVE0xOVA2Si4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community.
Friday, July 11, 2025, 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. MITB Coffee Session (Singapore)
Public Events
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RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://scispg.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44865/mitbcsscis0725. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. International. Leadership. Learning & Professional Development. Information Technology & Systems. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Strategic Management. Audience: Public. Professionals. Prospective Student.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
In-Campus
SMU School of Computing and Information Systems
Limited seats available!
Complimentary Starbucks on us!
For more info visit scispg.smu.edu.sg.