19 Jan 2005
RJC alumnus Wong Ling Ling co-authored an article published in a scientific journal

1. Working in partnership with A*STAR’s Bioinformatics Institute (BII)’s Dr Adrian Mondry and Mr Peng Dong, and fellow student Sarah Ng of Anglo-Chinese Junior College, Raffles Junior College’s Wong Ling Ling published the article, “Quantitative Evaluation of Recall and Precision of CAT Crawler, a Search Engine Specialized on Retrieval of Critically Appraised Topics”, in the 10 December 2004 issue of the scientific journal, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. The article can be accessed at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/4/21.
   
   
2. Said Dr. Adrian Mondry, the article’s senior author, who is also the Research Scientist and Team Leader of BII’s Medical and Clinical Informatics Group, “Most scientists start publishing only towards the end of their PhD course. What Ling Ling and Sarah have achieved here is quite extraordinary for people so young”. He added that he did not see why they should be deprived of the “glory of co-authorship” if their share in the work-load was relevant.
   
   
3. The article was the result of the student attachment programme organised by A*STAR and the Ministry of Education for JC1 students. Ling Ling, who took part in this programme in November-December 2003 said, “I am really glad to have had the opportunity to work with researchers. This programme got me thoroughly enthusiastic about science and research”. Ling Ling, who is considering a career in Medicine, said that she would not rule out the possibility of branching into research and development after a basic degree in medicine. She also expressed her gratitude to Dr Mondry who not only helped her in the project but also offered her much advice on her future career plans.
   
   
4. RJC shares Ling Ling’s excitement about learning and research. The College provides ample opportunities for students to be engaged in authentic learning through research projects, internships and attachments. Last year, 150 students participated in research programmes. This number is likely to increase with Research@Raffles, a special RJC programme conducted within the campus to provide students with early and sustained experience in science research work in niche areas such as life sciences, materials engineering, photonics, chemical instrumentation analysis, energy and communications.