After working for more than a decade in Japan decade in corporate banking and real estate, Yuta took advantage of an APEC Scholarship to study his MBA at SMU and to build skills that will help him someday start a peer-to-peer lending related company.
Chuck Ng’s first degree was in chemical engineering, but he knew he wanted a career in finance even before he had graduated. He shares how he made the decision to enrol in a specialised programme that focused on wealth management to obtain his ... Read More
Catalin Burlacu, Adjunct Faculty of the SMU MITB (Financial Technology) programme sets out the main trends that will affect the industry in the next five years: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Conversational Computing and Immersive Technologies.
Ng Pei Lin was keen to deepen her knowledge about data analytics after realising it was playing an increasingly important role in her work.
Big data isn't something new—it's existed from the very day humans began to make records of their work. So when exactly did consumers come into the picture? SMU Lecturer Seema Chokshi shows us the evolution of big data.
With the rapid expansion of digital technology into every aspect of daily life and the commoditisation of data, it’s now a mad scramble for governments and the legal profession to play catch-up. Assoc Prof Warren Chik ... Read More
Four years after the completion of his bachelor's degree in SMU and after taking a myriad of online tech courses, Joel Ng decided to return to his alma mater to pursue a Master of IT in Business. We find out the motivations behind his decision.
Everyone has the ability to effect positive changes on society if we can first open our eyes to the reality that social barriers are omnipresent. And no one exemplifies this better than SMU Masters student Cai Yinzhou.
Already an experienced accounting professional, David Djapri decided to pursue the SMU MSc in Accounting degree in order to build invaluable data analytics skills. ValueChampion speaks to David to find out more about his experience.
While quantum computing presents the prospect of solving problems previously considered insoluble, it’s also moving at a painfully slow pace. SMU Assoc Prof Manoj Thulasidas explains more.