SMU's first Professional Doctorate Programme was launched in 2012 and we had our first graduate in 2015.
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Khalid Mirzig M ALHARBI
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2018
Committee Members
Associate Professor Ted Feichin TSCHANG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Terence FAN Ping-Ching
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Kotaro HARA
- School of Information Systems, SMU
Kustini LIM-WAVDE
Managing Editor
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, SINGAPORESMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Data Analytics, Policy Analytics, Informedness and Environmental Sustainability
Committee MembersProfessor Robert J. KAUFFMAN (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Mei LIN, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Zhiling GUO, SIS, SMU
Assistant Research Professor Haibo ZHAI
- Carnegie Mellon University
Leon Gim LIM
Assistant Professor in Marketing
Tilburg University, The NetherlandsSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Marketing Accountability/Financial Impact of Marketing Actions such as Pricing, Customer Satisfaction, Mergers & Acquisitions
Dissertation
Examining Outcomes of Marketing Actions from Consumers, Investor and Operational Perspectives
Committee MembersProfessor Kapil TULI (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Srinivas K. REDDY, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jin Kyung HAN, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Rajendra K. SRIVASTAVA- Indian School of Business
Professor Marnik G. DEKIMPE
- School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University
LIM SEOW LING
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Committee MembersProfessor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assoc Prof Yun Fong LIM
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Melani Kartikawati HARRIMAN
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/ Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Phillip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Clinical Assistant Professor Saumya SINDHWANI
- Indian School of Business (ISB)
Meng GAO
Assistant Professor
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Empirical Finance
Dissertation
Essays in Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rong WANG (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Fangjian FU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Roger LOH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Sheng HUANG
- China Europe International Business School
Mengyao KANG
Assistant Professor
Capital University of Economics and Business, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Mergers and Acquisitions
Dissertation
Three Essays on Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Hao LIANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Ekkehart BOEHMER, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Sheng HUANG
- China Europe International Business School
Miguel Angel Soriano
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Dissertation
Factors Driving Financial Inclusion and Financial Performance in Fintech New Ventures: An Empirical Study
Committee MembersDistinguished Professor Howard THOMAS (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Francis KOH
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LEE Kuo Chuen
- School of Business, Singapore Institute of Management
Ming ZENG
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, School Of Business, Economics & Law,
University Of Gothenburg, SwedenSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Financial Economics
Dissertation
Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing
Committee Members
Professor Jun YU, SOE, SMU Professor Thomas J. SARGENT, SOE, SMU Associate Professor Anthony TAY, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Dashan HUANG, SOE, SMU
Nelson YAP Kian Leong
Assistant Vice President
GIC Private Limited, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2018
Research Interests
Commodities, Derivative Pricing, Market Microstructure, Asset Pricing, Algorithmic Trading
Dissertation
Essays in Commodities and Freight Markets
Committee MembersProfessor Kian Guan LIM (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jun TU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ying CHEN
- Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
Nina TAN
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Dr Jutta TOBIAS
- Senior Lecturer of Organizational Psychology
City, University of London
Pritee AGRAWAL
Research Scientist
A*STAR, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Mathematical Optimisation, Data-driven Modelling, Intelligent Decision Analytics, Automated Planning & Scheduling
Dissertation
Proactive and Reactive Resource/Task Allocation for Agent Teams in Uncertain Environments
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Pradeep VARAKANTHAM (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Akshat KUMAR (Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor William YEOH
- CSE Department, Washington University in St. Louis
Sijia XU
Assistant Professor
East China University of Science & Technology, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2018
Research Interests
Development Economics, Family Economics
Dissertation
On Human Capital Development in Bangladesh
Committee Members
Associate Professor Tomoki FUJII (Chair/ Supervisor), and Associate Dean, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Christine HO, SOE, SMU Assistant Professor Sunha MYONG, SOE, SMU Dr Abu S. SHONCHOY - Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Siqi MA Lecturer
University of Queensland, AustraliaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Software Security, Web Security
Dissertation
Automatic Vulnerability Detection and Repair
Committee Members
Professor Robert Huijie DENG (Chair/ Supervisor), SIS, SMU Associate Professor David LO (Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU Associate Professor Yingjiu LI, SIS, SMU Yongdong WU - Senior Scientist, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Siqi ZHAO
Technology Expert
Alibaba Group, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
System Security
Dissertation
Secure Enforcement Of Isolation Policy On Multicore Platforms With Virtualization Techniques
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuhua DING (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Robert H. DENG (Co-supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Debin GAO, SIS, SMU
Professor Jianying ZHOU
- Cyber Security, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Supriyo Ghosh
Senior Researcher
Microsoft, IndiaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Intelligent Systems, Combinatorial Optimisation, Decision-making under Uncertainty, Urban Transportation & Logistic Networks, Data-driven Modeling, Computational Sustainability, and Machine Learning.
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Akshat KUMAR, SIS, SMU
Professor Hoong Chuin LAU, SIS, SMU
Professor Patrick JAILLET
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TAN Boon Heon
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018
Committee MembersProfessor Donald L. FERRIN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG (Co-Supervisor)
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Associate Professor Roy CHUA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Abhijeet K. VADERA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Thanh Nam DOAN
Data Scientist II
Trilliant Health, USASMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Understanding User Movement Behaviour
Committee Members
Professor Ee Peng LIM (Chair/ Supervisor), SIS, SMU Associate Professor Baihua ZHENG (Co-Supervisor), SIS, SMU Assistant Professor Hady W. LAUW, SIS, SMU Dr Xiaoli LI - Department Head, Data Analytics, Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Thanh Son NGUYEN
Research Scientist
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)SMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Mining Entity Representation based on Text Data, Algorithmic Data Mining, Mining Opinionated Text, Natural Language Processing, Entity Ranking
Dissertation
Entity Summarization of Review and Micro-Reviews
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Hady W. LAUW (Chair/ Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Baihua ZHENG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN
- National Technological University
Truc Viet LE
Senior Data Scientist
Credit Suisse, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2018
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Geospatial and Spatiotemporal Intelligence
Dissertation
An Integrated Framework for Modeling and Predicting Spatiotemporal Phenomena in Urban Environments
Committee MembersProfessor Hoong Chuin LAU (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Professor Robert J. KAUFFMAN, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Akshat KUMAR, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Siyuan LIU
- Pennsylvania State University
