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Tin Wee Tan

Biography

 Dr. Tan Tin Wee, an Internet pioneer in Singapore, founded the multilingual Internet domain name system and has been instrumental in its internationalization. In the 1990s under his leadership, Singapore hosted the first Chinese Website and Tamil Website. He has been widely recognized for his award-winning technological efforts in the Tamil-speaking community. He continues to guide the development of Tamil Internet as a technical advisor to the nascent Tamil Internet Steering Committee. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of the Department of Biochemistry of the National University of Singapore. Dr. Tan is responsible for spearheading research on the converging interface between life sciences and Internet technologies.

Research Interest

  first Gopher server, Singapore InfoWeb and the forerunner of the present National Web Homepage

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