MITB Virtual Information Session (Singapore)
Public Events
RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://scispg.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44865/mitbis0726. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Finance & Financial Markets. International. Information Technology & Systems. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Leadership. Operations Management. Learning & Professional Development. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Audience: Public.
Saturday, July 4, 2026, 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.
From SMU Classroom to Career: What It Takes to Get Hired in Singapore
Public Events
RSVP: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/11522/Trumba-CareerServices. Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/11522/Trumba-CareerServices. Event Details: Thinking about studying in Singapore?
Curious about the job market, the impact of AI on hiring, and what employers are looking for today?
Join Chai Chew Soo, Senior Assistant Director, Career Services, SMU, as he shares insights into Singapore's evolving employment landscape, the skills that matter, and how students can position themselves for career success.
Thursday, 9 July 2026 | 7:00 PM IST | Zoom
*Attendees get Application Fee Waivers!
Complete the registration form below to secure your… Contact: emba.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Professionals.
Thursday, July 9, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) for Cyber-Security and Political Sciences
This presentation explores the transformative potential of generative AI—particularly large language models (LLMs)—in addressing critical challenges in domains such as cybersecurity, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and political sciences. In this talk, the speaker will cover the following and other related topics.Generative AI–Enhanced Threat Modeling in ITS: We develop an LLM-based framework to automate threat modeling for complex intelligent transportation systems by mapping information flows to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and NIST Cybersecurity Framework controls. The approach evaluates multiple AI methods, including zero-shot learning, RAG, multimodal reasoning, in-context learning, and fine-tuning. Policy Analysis for Secure Transportation Systems: This project enhances transportation cybersecurity policy using AI-driven legal analysis and stakeholder engagement. Building on the TraCR AI system, it integrates U.S. and international regulations and uses agentic AI and graph-based retrieval to…
Subtitle: Research Seminar by Dr Latifur Khan. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Latifur Khan
Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas),
USA Fellow of IEEE, AAAS,
IET & BCS, Dr. Latifur Khan is a full Professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA and Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security Center. Dr. Khan is a fellow of IEEE, AAAS, and the British-based IET and BCS, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist. He has received prestigious awards including the IEEE ITSS ISI 2012 Technical… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTbOXO7ktpRtBsn62WuekYtpUQTFSQlY0UTQ2OTJVQzI4M1Y4MEQxRzA2MC4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Meeting Room 4-4, Level 4. SMU SCIS 1, Singapore 178902.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. Verbalizing LightGCN: Direct Learning of Textual Representations from User-Item Interaction Graph via LLMs
In this work, we propose VerbaLightGCN, a novel LLM-based recommendation framework that integrates the semantic understanding of LLMs with user-item interaction modeling. Traditional collaborative filtering (CF) models typically embed user and item IDs into a latent space to capture interaction signals. However, pretrained LLMs cannot natively interpret these learned embeddings. To bridge this gap, VerbaLightGCN adopts a CF-as-text paradigm, in which collaborative signals are encoded in textual form and directly learned from the user–item interaction graph, and are then combined with semantic information to construct user and item profiles that function as latent embeddings. Inspired by LightGCN, our method retains its message-passing design but replaces numerical embedding computations with a Chain-of-Thought prompting mechanism. This enables LLMs to simulate the LightGCN aggregation process through natural language. The result is a recommendation framework that unifies semantic understanding with collaborat…
Subtitle: Pre-Conference Talk by NGO HUU Manh Khanh. Contact: scisseminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , NGO HUU Manh Khanh
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University, NGO HUU Manh Khanh is a PhD candidate in the School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) at Singapore Management University (SMU). He is supervised by Prof. Hady W. Lauw. His research interests lie at the intersection of Recommendation Systems and Large Language Models. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTejbEKPlArBJhZomj91naG9UQVQ5TVJHVDVRMDA3TkdGTEdYQ0hQRVBYVC4u. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Meeting room 4.4, Level 4. School of Computing and Information Systems 1,
Singapore Management University, 80 Stamford Road, Singapore 178902.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. MITB Coffee Session (Singapore)
Public Events
RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://scispg.smu.edu.sg/acton/media/44865/mitbcs0726. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Analytics for Business, Consumer & Social Insights. Information Technology & Systems. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. International. Learning & Professional Development. Operations Management. Organisational Behaviour. Strategic Management. Law. Audience: Public.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
In-Campus
SMU School of Computing and Information Systems
Limited seats available!
SMU: Jakarta Coffee Session
Public Events
Hourly Sessions: 10:00am to 2:00pm. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/joshuasim/smu-consultation-jakarta-190726. 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: Finance & Financial Markets. Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public.
Sunday, July 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Nirwana Lounge
Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta, Jl. MH Thamrin No.1, RT.1/RW.5, Menteng, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia.
From Behaviour to Explanation: Actual Causality in Process Algebra
Formal verification can tell us whether a system satisfies a property, but often not why this property holds. In this talk, I will discuss ongoing work on integrating actual causality into process algebra and concurrent-system semantics. We introduce the Causal Transition Calculus (CTC), a framework combining process algebra, modal logic, and intervention-based reasoning inspired by Halpern and Pearl. The framework allows us to reason about causes of behavioural properties in concurrent systems, while connecting variable-level interventions with operational semantics and labelled transition systems. A central insight is that causality depends not only on observable behaviour, but also on the internal structure generating that behaviour: systems that are behaviourally equivalent may still differ from a causal perspective. This work aims to build bridges between concurrency theory, formal verification, causal reasoning, and explainable system analysis, opening new directions for understanding complex reactive a…
Subtitle: Research Seminar by Dr Georgiana Caltais. Contact: scisseminars@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Georgiana Caltais
Assistant Professor
Formal Methods and Tools Group
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Georgiana Caltais is an Assistant Professor in the Formal Methods and Tools group at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She received her PhD from Radboud University and Reykjavík University and subsequently held research positions at ETH Zürich and the University of Konstanz.
Her research focuses on the formal modelling,… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ynmKyZpakUeiQ_Bq_WdGTbOXO7ktpRtBsn62WuekYtpUQTMzSzY3R0FDVzJNNUIwRUxCUUVaQU5HQy4u&route=shorturl. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Information Technology & Systems. Audience: Public. Current Student. Academic Community.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Meeting Room 4-1, Level 4. SMU SCIS 2, Singapore 178903.
For more info visit computing.smu.edu.sg. SMU: Ho Chi Minh City Coffee Session
Public Events
Hourly Sessions: 5:00pm to 8:00pm. RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/danielpang-smu/smu-hcmc-jul26. 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: Finance & Financial Markets. Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public.
Friday, July 24, 2026, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Lotte Hotel Saigon
2A-4A Tôn Đức Thắng, Phường, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam.
SMU: Tokyo Coffee Session
Public Events
Hourly Sessions: 12:00pm - 3:00pm (JST) (hourly sessions)
6:00pm - 8:00pm (JST) (hourly sessions). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://calendly.com/smuai/tokyo-coffee-session. 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: Finance & Financial Markets. Business. Audience: Prospective Student. Public.
Friday, July 31, 2026, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
SALONE VENDREDI
103-0022 Tokyo, Chuo-City, Nihonbashimuromachi, 3-4-4 Floor 1.