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ContentsChair’s MessageYang Huiwen, 23, works the ground in Kampong Angke, one ofJakarta’s biggest railway communities.CreditsArt DirectorsJared Lai, Sabina LimEditorsGeraldine Yeo, Nadia Bte Md IsmailPhotographerTan JinliProject ManagersChai Min How, Lee Chaang RuWriters & Layout TeamCarene Chew, Charlene Ho, Fahima Bte Nayib Thalib, DaphneChui, Hashirin Nurin Hashimi, Leow Xue Ling Shallyn, NurIdayu Bt Suparto, Thong Wai Mun, Wee Li LinAdvisorsLim Kim Yang, Dr Angela Mak, Christopher Yaw, Dr Yeoh KokCheowSpecial ThanksDr Ang Peng Hwa, Dr Lee Chun Wah,Dr May Lwin, Mr Ng Heng Gheeconnexscions is written and produced entirely bystudents. Send us your news to include in the next issue atconnexscions@ntu.edu.sg.Photo by Johnathan Loh02 Chair’s MessageFeatures04 15 years and a Party06 An Afternoon With The Wee FamilyAwards and Recognitions07 Crowbar Awards08 National Day AwardsProjects & Publications09 24 PURE Talents10 IAMCR Conference10 ICA Conference11 Final Year Projects Go From Strength to Strength13 Knowledge Management: Tools and Techniques Now in2nd Edition13 International Conference on Metadata Applications14 When The Children Cry16 A Land Laos In TimeTeacher’s Notes18 Big Grants – Mobile Tagging19 The Chair’s Instructor19 New EBM Faculty20 New PPC Faculty22 Five New Things About ACRC23 The Researcher, The Family Man23 Prof Zhou Shu Hua is Mr Versatile24 New StaffStudent Life25 Multi-Faceted Graduate Student26 Press Pedia - The New Wikipedia26 My Word! Students Dream Big And Win27 Students Get ProfessionalClass Notes28 Serene Loo28 Donna Wong29 Douglas Hendry, the Unconventional Graduate30 Alumni Updates31 @BrewerksBy the time you receive this, you probablywould have heard the news about the15th anniversary dinner party we had onSeptember 21 — it was a blast.We had an overflow crowd — 430persons turned up. More than 100 whodid not meet the RSVP deadline wereturned away. We could have been moreforgiving of the missed deadline but thehotel room was simply filled to capacity.An overflow room had to be booked.The event marked the 10thanniversary of the graduation of thepioneer batch of 1997. It was also anopportunity to thank five companieswho have offered the School internshippositions from the start. Those who havehelped deserve credit for contributing tothe success of the School.The lessons learnt? CS alum dowant to meet and catch up. We had analumna who was overseas (ok, Malaysia)and came just for the occasion. Andthey want to talk (it was a loud party— but can we expect anything less fromCS grads?) Interestingly, the older thegroup, the noisier they were. Some weresurprised that their business associatesor superiors in the company were CSalumni. Which shows that our CS gradshad quite a bit of weight to throw around— figuratively if not literally.Those who had lost touch wantedto know the progress of the School: weDr Ang Peng Hua.have added a floor to the building; theCI Club has a room at the top floor;there is small reference collection ofmedia materials at the ACRC (AsianCommunication Resource Centre); andof course we continue to attract good,with-it students.For many of you who missed theevent, see pages 4-5 in this issue ofconnexscions. We will also be putting somephotos and videos taken at the dinneronline; and there is a book to mark thedevelopments of the School. This bookis very well put together. In CS tradition,praise and compliments were not allunadulterated in the book. For many,SCS then and WKWSCI now has giventhem some of their best memories.Memories are part of our identity.And so we are all a part of each other.I wished I could have met more of you.Perhaps in the next big bash.Ang Peng HwaPhoto by Tan Jinli connexscions connexscions