Beng Chin OOI
School of Software Technology
Zhejiang University
Building 9, No. 5 Xuefu Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China.

Nationality/Residency: Singaporean/Singapore

Education:

High School (MCE): Chung Ling High School, Penang, Malaysia, 1979.
Junior College (Australian HSC): Taylor's College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1980.
B.Sc. (1st class Hons.) Monash University, Australia, 1985
Ph.D. Monash University, Australia, 1989

Spoken/Written Languages : English, Chinese, Malay (Bahasa Malaysia)

Interests : Stones collection, Painting, cooking/eating, photography, Fengshui, …

Unwinding : gym + sports (anything that is mechanical) …

Work History:

1984-1989: Contract Programmer (C, Fortran, Basic, DBase)
1984-1988: Tutor
Monash University, Australia
6/1989-6/1991: Research Associate
Institute of Systems Science, Singapore
1991-6/1994 Lecturer
1994-6/1998 Senior Lecturer
Department of Information Systems and Computer Science
1998-3/2000 Associate Professor
2000- Professor
Department of Computer Science
National University of Singapore
2013- * Distinguished Professor
National University of Singapore
2021- Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor
National University of Singapore

/* suspended in 2021 due to the appointment of Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professorship

Administrative Experience: Deputy Director: Computer Centre

1994-1996 Chairman of Strategic Planning Committee: Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (this led to subsequent formation of SoC)
1997-1998: SubDean ( eq. Assistant Dean): Faculty of Science.
1997-2001:
1998-2001: Deputy Head: Department of CS
2000-2004: Coordinator: Centre for Inf. Tech. and Applications (CITA)/IT Unit, SoC
2000-2005: Vice Dean (Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies): School of Computing
2007-2013: Dean: School of Computing
2011-2021: Director: Smart Systems Institute
Other Duties: Departmental Professorial Promotion Committee (DEC): Chair and member (ad hoc)
Faculty Review Committee for Acad Staff: member (1998-2005)
Faculty Review Committee for Non-Acad Staff: Chair (2000-2005)
University Library Review Committee (2002)
University Task Force on Bioinformatics Curriculum: Vice Chair, 2002/3
University Budget and Planning Committee, 2002/3
University Digital Repository Task Force: Chair (2003)
ICITI, chair, 2002-2003
Management Committee, NUS Suzhou Research Institute, 2014-2017
University IT Steering Committee, 2012-2014
Member of University Committee for Distinguished Appointments (UCDA), 2009-2014
Management Board of Temasek Laboratories, NUS, 2008-2013
Management Board of Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS, 2008-2012
University Selection Committee for Outstanding Research Awards, 2013-2017


Awards and Recognition

  • 2024 CCF, Fellow
  • 2024 ACM SIGMOD Systems Award
  • 2023 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Foreign Academician
  • 2023 Singapore Academy of Engineering (SAEng), Fellow
  • 2022 Academia Europaea (AE), Foreign Member
  • 2021 NUS University Research Recognition Award (only one)
  • 2020 ACM SIGMOD E.F. Codd Innovations Award
  • 2016 Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), Fellow
  • 2016 China Computer Federation (CCF) Overseas Outstanding Contributions Award
  • 2014 IEEE TCDE CSEE (Computer Science, Engineering, Education) Impacts Award (For sustained contributions to Computer Science in the engineering of parallel and distributed database systems)
  • 2013 China MOE Chang Jiang Adjunct Professorship (at Zhejiang University)
  • 2013 NUS Outstanding Researcher Award (only one)
  • 2013 Singapore National Day Public Administration Medal (Silver) (PPA(Perak))
  • 2012 IEEE Computer Society Kanai Award (For pioneering research in distributed database management and peer-to-peer based enterprise quality management)
  • 2011 Singapore President’s Science Award (PSA) (for outstanding contributions to database systems research for managing “big data” in large-scale parallel and distributed systems)
  • 2011 ACM, Fellow
  • 2009 ACM SIGMOD Contributions Award
  • 2008 IEEE, Fellow

Teaching: Second Year Data Structure, SMA Database Course (Graduate), Database Tuning (Graduate), Advanced Topics on Databases (CS6203), Research Methodology (CS2309)
Rating of 4.0 - 4.8, out of 5.0 (in recent years)
Biography: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ooibc
Research Interests: Database systems, end-to-end data analytics, distributed systems, performance issues
Research Grants: MOE Tier 1 (multiple), Tier 2 (multiple), Tier 3 (1); NRF CRP, NRF/AISG (Grand Challenge) Grants, NRF Innovation Grant (SBIP), NRF/MDA Grant, NRF Industry Grant, NRF Create (E2S2) Centre; ASTAR grants
Tencent Gift Grant (multiple); TikTok Gift Grant; Alibaba Grant; Microsoft Academic Grant; Google Academic Grant; AT&T Gift Grant (multiple)
Publications: Selected papers
Professional Activities: Details
Other Activities: Founder of Startups; Directorship of listed and private companies; advisor/consultant of companies