9/12/2013 IS Graduate Program by Jack Jiang 2013 SOC Retreat

Programme Structure M. Comp. M.S. in Business Analytics 9/12/2013 Programme Structure M. Comp. Size: 48 (in Information Systems) and 32 (Infocomm Security) M.S. in Business Analytics Size: 38 (inaugural cohort) Ph.D. in Information Systems Size: 50 (in progress) and 10 (submitted theses) 2013 SOC Retreat

9/12/2013 M. Comp. M. of Comp. in ITPM renamed to IS to broaden the career scope. 2013 SOC Retreat

M.S. in Business Analytics 9/12/2013 M.S. in Business Analytics Global trend: big data analysis Vision Be Asia’s Global Business Analytics Program 2013 SOC Retreat

Launch of MSBA Programme 9/12/2013 Launch of MSBA Programme Purpose: To educate experts and leaders in this rapidly growing sector Partners: IBM and other industry partners collaborate with NUS Quality: Two leading faculties of NUS, School of Computing and NUS Business School with internationally reputed faculty 2013 SOC Retreat

Curriculum 5 Essential Modules 3 Vertical Sector Modules 9/12/2013 Curriculum 5 Essential Modules DSC5103 Statistics BDC5101 Deterministic Operations Research DSC5101 Analytics in Managerial Economics IS5152 Decision Making Technologies BT5110 Data Management and Warehousing 3 Vertical Sector Modules Capstone Professional Consulting Project Equivalent to 3 modules Total number of modules is 11 2013 SOC Retreat

3 Vertical Sector Modules 9/12/2013 3 Vertical Sector Modules Big-Data Analytics Techniques CS5344 Big Data Analytics Technology CS5224 Cloud Computing CS5246 Text Processing on the Web Consumer Data Analytics CS5345 Social and Digital Media Analytics IS5126 Hands-on with Business Analytics (Consumer) Finance & Risk Analytics DSC5211C Quantitative Risk Management DSC5121 Hands on with Business Analytics (Finance) FE5208 Term Structure and Interest Rate Derivatives FE5101/ FE5101D Pricing Derivatives and Fixed Income FIN4111 Research Methods in Finance 2013 SOC Retreat

Duration and graduation requirement 9/12/2013 Duration and graduation requirement Programme duration: Full-time: 12 months Part-time: 24 months Graduation requirement Students must achieve a final CAP of 3.0 (average grade of B-) to graduate, or their candidature will be terminated 2013 SOC Retreat

Admission requirements 9/12/2013 Admission requirements Bachelor degree and work experience: A Bachelor degree with good honors classification in computing, engineering, science, mathematics, statistics, business or economics, or A Bachelor degree in computing, engineering, science, mathematics, statistics, business or economics, with 2 years of industry experience Strong quantitative analytical ability is emphasized For instance, strong GRE or GMAT quantitative section scores and/or high mathematics and statistics grades TOEFL/IELTS for students from non-English undergraduate institutions Admission interviews will be conducted for short-listed candidates 2013 SOC Retreat

Ph.D. Programme – Research Methodologies 9/12/2013 Ph.D. Programme – Research Methodologies Behavioral Methods Survey, Case Study, and Experiment Economics Econometrics/stat., math. modeling, and simulation Technical/Computer Science Data mining, software development, and design science 2013 SOC Retreat

Ph.D. Programme Structure 9/12/2013 Ph.D. Programme Structure First Year 5 compulsory modules QE: end of the first year (two attempts allowed) Second year 4 elective modules Complete Graduate Research Paper by the third semester 2013 SOC Retreat

Ph.D. Programme Structure 9/12/2013 Ph.D. Programme Structure Third Year Complete dissertation proposal Fourth and fifth year Complete dissertation 2013 SOC Retreat

First Placement (Academic) 9/12/2013 First Placement (Academic) Asia (Particularly China) Tsinghua University (China) Fudan University (China) Nanjing University (China) Xi’an Jiaotong University (China) Renmin University Xiamen University (China) Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK) City University of Hong Kong (HK) Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) US Pennsylvania State University (university park, US) Europe ETH Zurich (Switzerland) ESSEC (France) Australia University of New South Wales (Australia) University of Sydney (Australia) 2013 SOC Retreat

Past Graduate Student Data 9/12/2013 Past Graduate Student Data Admitted 120 graduate students since 2003 Average CAP: 4.2 Graduated with MSc: 26 Average length: 5.35 years 2013 SOC Retreat

9/12/2013 Analysis Based on Students’ Bachelor University Affiliation (A Ten-Year Review since 2003) Bachelor University Total # CAP Downgraded to MSc Placement (Assistant Professors in Decent Universities or above) (total # graduated with PhD) NUS 39 4.32 7 9 (23) Renmin Univ. 13 4.09 4 1 (4) Nanjing Univ. 12 3.97 2 2 (4) South China Uniiv. of Technology 4.11 1 1 (1) Fudan Univ. 6 4.515 1 (3) Univ. of Moratuwa Total (including all universities) 120 4.20 26 17 (38) 2013 SOC Retreat

Issues to Be Discussed When should students pick advisors? QE 9/12/2013 Issues to Be Discussed When should students pick advisors? QE Structure of the exam Reading list Should be more specific, rather than something like a research proposal. Failure rate? Length of IS Ph.D. Programme? 2013 SOC Retreat

Issues to Be Discussed Job search Department level coordination 9/12/2013 Issues to Be Discussed Job search Department level coordination Publish graduating students’ CVs online 2013 SOC Retreat

Issues to Be Discussed Graduate Outreach Ph.D. Admission Process 9/12/2013 Issues to Be Discussed Graduate Outreach Share contacts Leverage past graduate resources Ph.D. Admission Process Involve all professors who want to supervise Ph.D. students Ranking of foreign universities We have an old ranking list, but many schools do not belong to the list How to evaluate academic performance of applicants. Different universities may have different grading criteria 2013 SOC Retreat