Soe Paing

by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Name: U Soe Paing

Qualification: BS (Stanford), MS (Stanford), MSc. Computer Science (Southampton)

Department: Electrical Communications
Position: Assistant Lecturer, (Jan 1964 to March 1971)
Reason for Leaving: Joined Universities’ Computer Center in April 1971.

Engineering Alumni: Attended First Year Faculty of Engineering, Rangoon University from June to December, 1958.
Reason for Leaving: Awarded State Scholarship to study in USA.

Occupation: Data Processing Adviser (Retired)

Organization: United Nations

Updates

• Saya was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
• He offered me and Saya U Aung Zaw (UCC, GBNF) to be his co-authors. We wrote programming texts, manuals and guides.
• Saya was a prime mover to get the “RIT Alumni International Newsletters” and http://www-ex-rit.org started.
• Saya would mention that I am a “Shay Hmi; Nauk Hmi. ရှေ့မှီ၊ နောက်မှီ”
• Sayagadaw added: “Bay Hmi ဘေးမှီ as well’.
• Saya wrote articles for the RIT Newsletter and selected journals & magazines. They can be accessed via SCRIB-D
• He also gave an interview for MASTAA