Composition
ITSC Chairman
The Standards Council appoints the ITSC Chairman for a 3-year term. ITSC Chairman serves as a committee member of the Standards Council. The current Chairman is Mr Yap Chee Yuen and Deputy Chair is Mr Chak Kong Soon.
ITSC Secretariat
The Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore serves as the Secretariat of ITSC.
ITSC Council Members
To ensure development of Singapore Standards takes into account the views of the relevant interest groups, committee members of ITSC are appointed. These members are representatives of the government agencies, IT industry and professional bodies, and research and educational Institutions.
The members for the 10th term of office are the following organisation representatitives:
Chairman
Mr Yap Chee Yuen
Standards Council
Deputy Chairman
Mr Chak Kong Soon
Singapore Computer Society
Members
Mr Too Huseh Tien
Defence Science & Technology Agency
Mr Lim Soon Chia
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
Mr Chau Chee Chiang
Government Technology Agency (GovTech)
Mr Hong Tse Min
Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore
Mr Kendrick Lee
IT Management Association
Mr Harish Pillay
Internet Society (Singapore Chapter)
Mr Kelvin Ng
Nanyang Polytechnic
Mr George Loh
National Research Foundation
Assoc Prof Huang Zhiyong
National University of Singapore
Mr Wong Wai Meng
SGTech
Assoc Prof Benjamin Gan
Singapore Management University
Mr Tan Boon Yuen
Singapore Polytechnic
Mr Cheong Tak Leong
Enterprise Singapore
Technical Committees (TCs)/Working Groups (WGs)
The set up of TCs/WGs mirrors with the structure of Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) whenever possible. This is to provide a platform for Singapore’s participation in the international standardisation effort and facilitate faster evaluation and adoption of the international standards as Singapore standards.
The TCs/WGs are formed as directed by the Chairman or at the request of one-third of the ITSC members in view of the national and industry needs and interest for standardisation.
The following are the current TCs under ITSC:
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Artificial Intelligence Technical Committee (AITC)
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Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Technical Committee (BDLTTC)
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Cloud Computing Standards Technical Committee (CCSTC)
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eFinancial Services Technical Committee (eFSTC)
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Green Information Technology Technical Committee (GITTC)
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Health Informatics Technical Committee (HITC)
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Identification Technology Technical Committee (ITTC)
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Information Technology for Senior Adults Technical Committee (ITSATC)
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Internet of Things Technical Committee (IoTTC)
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Multimedia Representation Technical Committee (MRTC)
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Security & Privacy Standards Technical Committee (SPSTC)