Tan Sri Runme Shaw Senior Professorship in Computer Science

The Tan Sri Runme Shaw Senior Professorship in Computer Science was established in 1981 at the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (ISCS). In 1998, DISCS became the NUS School of Computing.

The income generated from this professorship fund enables the Department of Computer Science in the School of Computing to attract world-class scholars and eminent professors to share their expertise and experience, in order to enhance the research and teaching efforts of the department.

 

Current appointment: Prof Tomas Lozano-Perez

TIBCO Founders Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Period of appointment: 1 June 2008 to 30 June 2011 (two visits totaling 1 month per year)

Key activities:

• Research collaboration with faculty members.
• Give a series of seminars covering a range of topics including on the newest research trends.
• Interact with graduate students of common research interests.
• Share his experience in teaching and research with the management.