U Mya Thein (GBNF) earned the nickname “Bo Shoke” at the Institute of Economics (IE). His first nickname was “Bo Gyoke” because he had his hair cut like Bogyoke Aung San. He was a brilliant and talented student. He would explain the lectures in a room to his fellow students. It is said that there were more attendees at his free tuition than at the regular classes given by the sayas.
He had a vast array of General Knowledge. He would read books on religion, medicine, and engineering. He would get involved in lots of activities thereby earning the name “Bo Shoke” (One who gets his hands wet in things that are of no concern to him).
He joined the Commerce Department at the Institute of Econmics. When UCC was formed, it needed people with diverse skills. U Mya Thein & U Thein Oo, from Commerce Department, and U Htin Kyaw & U Tun Shwe from Statistics Department transferred to UCC from IE. They all became Application Programmers, and went for further studies to the United Kingdom.
Bo Shoke was outspoken. During a visit to UCC, VIPs (ministers, deputy ministers, …) were standing and waiting for U San Yu. Bo Shoke entered the room and shouted, “Sit down”. All complied. (What a surprise!)
He not only taught at UCC, but he also lectured to to the monks at ITBMU (International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University).
Like Father, Like Son
One day his father came to UCC. He carried a bunch of bananas to UCC. He asked U Tun Kywe, an army veteran serving as security, the office of Saya U Myo Min (Bo Shoke’s manager). When he found out Saya Myo was not much older than Bo Shoke, he went downstairs and then handed the bunch of bananas to the elderly U Tun Kywe. Like father, like son.
Final Remarks
I succeeded Saya U Myo Min as Business Application Manager. Later Bo Shoke succeeded me as Business Application Manager
Fortunately or unfortunately, one who could contest Bo Shoke appeared. It was his sister-in-law.
U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76) wrote :
I visited UCC on my first trip back home after 20+ years abroad. Someone told me Bo Shoke took over a single story building next to the first UCC building. I decided to go in and meet him there, as expected he chased me out as I was unauthorized to come in his office.
I then realized that he failed to recognize me, I no longer looked like a ကြွက်စုတ်, with fairer skin being lived in the colder climate, for couple of decades.
I said “ဗိုလ်ရှုပ်၊ ခင်ဗျားခုထက်ထိရှုပ်တုံးဘဲလား”,he squinted his eyes for several seconds, then recognized me. I was wearing shorts then, he said ” ဘယ်ကတရုပ်ကြီးလဲ”.
Saya U Sein Win is the younger brother of Dr. Tin U (MS. RCH) and Dr. Saw Lwin.
He was a top student at the University of Michigan.
He served as Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering. When EE Department was “formally split” into EC (Electrical Communications, AKA also known as EcE and Electronics Engineering) and EP (Electrical Power), Saya served as Professor of EP.
Saya is an absent minded Professor. He married late. One day, Saya drove Sayagadaw to Bogyoke Market. He taught (or discussed with) his students for quite some time and [almost] forgot to pick up Sayagadaw.
He served as Technical Advisor for UCC. He worked closely with U Win Htein (GBNF, Purdue University, EE at PWD) for the design and maintenance of the Electrical Systems (including Motor Alternator, Diesel Generator, Air conditioning …) at UCC.
He served as Line Judge at the RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club) Regattas. He stays fit by swimming regularly (even when he was visiting Singapore on a business trip). He managed the RIT Swimming and Water Polo team.
He has a vast knowledge. Saya Dr. San Hla Aung (C58) remembered Saya U Sein Win discussing about Civil Engineering and other subjects.
U Myint Sein (GBNF) is my childhood friend. He became the Principal at BARB (Burmese Astro Research Bureau). He asked me if I can help him to speed up some Veda processes (e.g. generation of a Natal Horoscope).
I assigned two students Ko Win Latt and Ko Zaw Tun and supervised them for the Veda projects.
Ko Win Latt owned a computer and was also an excellent programmer. Under my supervision and with the guidance of U Myint Sein, Ko Win Latt came up with three versions. He named them WinHoro V3, V6 and V9.
V3 produces the “basic” horoscope with Yathi (Rasi), Bawa and Nawin (Navamsa). It is also known as “Tri Cekka Zatar” referring to the three parts. It takes some time (a few minutes to an hour) if done manually.
V6 produces a better horoscope.
V9 produces the best horoscope.
WinHoro was implemented using BASIC (an interpretive language).
BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was designed by Professors Kemeny & Kurtz for use with the Dartmouth College Time Sharing System (CSS).
Bill Gates and Paul Allen implemented “Tiny BASIC” for the MITS Altair. They co-founded Microsoft.
BASICA, GWBASIC and variants became a popular language for microcomputers and PCs.
One needs expert knowledge to “interpret” a Zartar. Ko Zaw Tun used Prolog (language for Logic Programming) to implement the Bedin Rules. He tested his program with several sets of data. He was surprised when his program said that “the Two Year Old is a rich person (possibly a Millionaire)”. He thought that there must be a bug. It turned out that the Two Year Old is a grand son of a wealthy Sawbwa, who decided that his grand son should inherit his wealth.
Sad to note that my good friend U Myint Sein is now GBNF. It was good news and bad news for his son, who was back in Yangon to take examination for Master Mariner. He was present at his father’s last journey.
Sammy asked his brother in the USA to send him some books and a tool kit for use in his Final Year Project. His interest was on microprocessors.
The book by Klingman discussed “Hardware Software Duality”. Klingman said that “Any hardware can be implemented in software. Any software can be implemented in hardware.” There are trade-offs to consider whether to use hardware, software, firmware or a combination.
The concept of Duality can be found in Mathematics and Logic. The “Line-Point Duality” says that “Two intersecting lines determine a point. Two points determine a line [which passes through both]”. In this Geometric aspect, Line and Point are duals. De Morgan’s Theorems in “Set Theory” and “Boolean Algebra” are duals.
Sammy and Kelvin used the microprocessor tool kit and ran demo on the assembled microprocessor.
Sammy spent some time at UCC while waiting to migrate to the USA.
His mother wanted him to get married and was willing to find suitable candidates, but Sammy set the requirements too high. She must be young, intelligent, and able to play Classical and Modern music. Finally, by applying some “Relaxation Techniques”, Sammy became a loving spouse and a caring father of twins.
One day, the people on the UCC ferry shouted, “Saya Paing”. To their amazement, ICS U Paing (Saya’s father) came out.
Saya U Soe Paing in Singapore
Saya U Soe Paing is the second son of U Paing and Daw Oo Yin (Daughter of Sir Po Tha and Lady Tha).
Golf Champions
Saya and his siblings Dr. Myo Paing, U Win Paing (Sayadaw U Wara, ChE70) and U Kyaw Paing (Putra Cup Player) are excellent golfers and Champions at RGC (Rangoon Golf Club) and BGC (Burma Golf Club).
St. Paul’s High School
Saya matriculated from SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) in 1956 along with U Ko Ko Lay, U Win Htein, Percy Maung Maung, U Than Se (Richard Khoo), and U Ba Min.
Saya stood 13th in Matriculation and was awarded Collegiate Scholarship.
Rangoon University
Saya won two Gold Medals for excellence in the Intermediate of Science.
He scored the highest marks in the I.Sc. examinations.
He scored the highest marks in Mathematics in I.Sc. along with two other students.
Since the original endowment for the Gold Medals did not cover the rising cost of Gold, Saya’s family had to give K150 for each Gold Medal.
Saya rowed and coxed at RUBC. Saya won prizes including the Inter-Hall Fours.
Stanford University
Saya was selected as a States Scholar to attend Stanford University along with Saya U Ko Ko Lay and Bohmu Percy.
Saya received his BS and MS in EE (Electrical Engineering).
Saya did programming for his studies and also worked part-time as computer operator.
RIT Electrical
Upon his return to Burma, Saya joined the EE Department as Assistant Lecturer. His sponsor supposedly was UBARI (Union of Burma Applied Research Institute).
At a research congress held in the Main Campus, Saya presented a paper covering Digital Logic and Circuits,. Dr. Chit Swe was impressed. Through Saya U Nyi Nyi (EE saya, who moved to the UK), Saya Paing gained contact with Saya Chit. The rest is history.
Saya Paing would help Saya Chit with the UCC Project.
It would take a few years before the UCC Project got approved by UN and funded by UNDP.
UCC – RIT Connection
Saya Paing promised Saya Chit to recruit his top students to join the UCC Project, but the long delay of the Project to get funded made the task difficult.
Ko Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69), Ko Hla Min (EC69) and Ko Soe Win (EC70) joined UCC as Maintenance Engineers.
Ko Hla Min (Pauk Si, EP70) joined UCC as Chief Operator.
Ko Aung Myint transferred from the RIT EE Laboratory to join UCC as Maintenance Technician.
UCC
Saya transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division. He managed Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, System Programmers and Software Librarian (to name a few).
Saya did another Masters (this time in Computer Science) at Southampton University in UK.
Saya would later manage the Operations Division as well.
Saya allowed Ko Aung Zaw and me to co-author Lecture Guides and Training Manuals for use at UCC.
UN
Saya served as Project Manager / Advisor for UN projects in several countries.
For details
For a detailed story of Saya’s life and work at RIT, UCC and overseas as a UN Advisor, read his articles in English and Burmese. They are available in SCRIB_D.
Saya wrote “Computer Ah Sa UCC Ga”
Sayagadaw and Classmate
Saya U Soe Paing in CaliforniaSaya U Soe Paing in New Jersey (2018)Saya U Soe Paing in 2009
Sayagadaw Daw Saw Yu Tint (Alice, T69) was my classmate at RIT.
She and Saya Paing have hosted several UCC mini-gatherings at their house.
At one of the gatherings in 2007, Ko Po (U Htin Kyaw, Peter Wun) not only attended the gathering, but gave me a ride back home. He also briefly mentioned about his four-month detention.
After retirement
After retiring from the UN, Saya would visit UK, USA and Singapore to spend time with his children and grandchildren.
During his trips to New Jersey, there would be several UCC-RIT gatherings.
Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M69) has hosted the annual RIT-UCC gatherings for a decade or so. He would invite Saya Dr. Aung Gyi and Ma Ma Emma to stay at his house. The timing is chosen to coincide with Saya Paing’s visit to New Jersey.
Saya is healthy, but he had two operations :
by-pass heart surgery
surgery for the back
Saya meditates and plays golf. Saya stopped both activities when he had a minor ailment (hurting his back and leg). Per advice of Alice’s medical friends (MEHS Alumni), Saya had a surgery in Singapore.
Even in his 80s, Saya has an active mind. He was still supervising Burmese students in Australia with their research and theses.
He studied at Mandalay University. His contemporaries include Saya Dr. Maung Di and Tekkatho Phone Naing (U Khin Maung Tint, who supposedly based his characters on his friends).
He did his studies in the UK. When he attended Imperial College, London University, Saya U Ba Than (Retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering, RIT) was his room mate.
He later received his Masters from Glasgow University and Doctorate from University of Liverpool.
He was Lecturer and Head of Mathematics Department at the Institute of Economics when he proposed to the Ministry of Education to acquire a computer for research and teaching. Dr. Nyi Nyi requested Saya to extend the scope of his proposal to cover selected universities and institutes. The UCC project was born.
It would take several years before UNDP would approve to fund the UCC project. UNESCO would act as the Executing Agency.
When Saya U Ba Toke was promoted to Rector of MASU (Mandalay Arts and Science University), Saya Chit became Professor and Head of Mathematics Department at RASU (Rangoon Arts and Science University).
He recruited volunteers to help plan for the implementation of UCC. He received permission to use Mandalay Hall as the temporary home for UCC.
Saya Chit organized computer courses. U Soe Paing, U Myo Min, U Ko Ko Lay, U Shwe Hlaing, Dr Kyaw Nyunt several others helped run the courses. They taught Computer Systems, Programming Languages, Systems Analysis & Design, Numerical Methods …
UCC moved over to Thamaing College Campus as a neighbor to RC2 (Regional College Two). Saya Chit became the Founder and Director. U Soe Paing, U Myo Min and Ko Ko Lay became Managers in charge of Systems Division, Applications Division, and Operations Division.
Saya’s Vision
He was a Computing Pioneer in Burma. He is an advocate of
Lifelong Learning
Technology Transfer
Leapfrogging Technology
Personnel Development
Knowledge Sharing
TOSS (Team of System Specialists).
He included a Component in the UCC Project Plan to invite elite Computer Scientists and Practitioners.
UCC was privileged to have the expertise of two Past Presidents of the prestigious ACM (Association Of Computing Machinery): Professor Harry D Huskey (UCSC) and Professor Anthony Ralston (SUNY Buffalo),
Professor Michael Stonebraker (UC Berkeley) gave lectures on Ingres (an early Relational Database System). In the past few years, he won the ACM Turing Award Winner (considered as the Nobel Prize for Computing) :
The computer experts helped UCC to establish courses in Computer Science and Applications.
Saya’s Modesty
Saya is modest. During a trip to Chauk Htat Yone (Six Storey Office), a staff member would “ignore” Saya Chit and pay respect to U Myint Oo (his student and volunteer assistant), who was well dressed and was carrying a suitcase.
Saya’s Projects
Saya thought that I had served as an Editor for a newspaper. So, he assigned me as a writer / editor for several of his numerous projects: High School Mathematics Curriculum Development, CTK (Children’s Treasury of Knowledge), Planning for computerization of Government Departments, and TOSS (Team of System Specialists).
I had written articles, poems and translations for Guardian and Working People’s Daily (WPD) newspapers and Forward Magazine. Maung Thaw Ka (Bohmu Ba Thaw, Chief Editor of Forward Magazine, GBNF) suggested that I should join his staff (upon learning that I was an RIT alumni volunteering for the UCC Project). In my 3rd BE, editors from NAB (News Agency Burma) headed by Tet Toe (U Ohn Pe, Chief Editor) invited me to join their staff. My parents supported my hobbies, but they wanted to make sure that I have a good education and a decent job.
Life After UCC
After UCC, Saya served as Rector of RASU, but his passion for his Dream Child and his care for his former students never diminished.
After retirement, Saya taught at ABAC / Assumption University in Thailand. He also worked for UNHCR.
He relocated to Sydney, Australia. Several Burmese there completed their doctorates under his supervision.
Saya visited Singapore and Myanmar and shared his wisdom, knowledge and experience.
Reunion With Saya In Australia
In June 2006, I visited Sydney, Australia to attend several gatherings:
RIT alumni gathering headed by Saya U Hla Myint (M65) and Saya U Myo Win (M/Ag65, GBNF)
UCC alumni gathering at SayaU Aung Zaw’s house where we paid homage to Saya Chit and Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (National Planning Adviser & Board Member of UCC)
(Old Paulians gathering at Olympic Park organized by Dr. Thann Naing (SPHS, Geology)
Saya asked me to give a lecture or seminar to interested young people in Sydney. He then presented me with his hat. I hope that Saya’s hat can help transfer his brilliant thinking into my head.
Last Journey
In November 2019, Saya passed away in Sydney, Australia. He was 88.
In memory of Saya, soon kwyay was offered in Sydney, Australia and Pyinmana, Myanmar.
Hundreds expressed their sadness for the loss of Sayagyi in the newspapers and in the Facebook pages. The following is a sampling.
UCSY Facebook page remembers Saya as the pioneer Saya for Computer Education in Burma / Myanmar.
Saya Dr. Khin Maung Win wrote about Sayagyi in moemaka
U Ba Than (M.A., Retired Director General, Thuwanna), Saya Chit’s classmate in 1947 at the first I.Sc.(A) class offered at Mandalay University and was a fellow teacher, is saddened by the loss of “Ko Chit Swe”.
Thin Char Mi Thar Su of the University of Yangon is indebted to Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe for his dedication to the dissemination of Mathematics
Myanmar Naing Gan Thin Char Ah Thinn offers condolences to the family members of Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe (Retired Rector) and Sayagyi U Aung Sein (Retired Associate Professor)
ex-UCC Mi Tha Su (UCC Alumni) expresses their sorrow to the Founder of Computers and Computer Education in Burma. Members from Myanmar and beyond (e.g. Singapore, USA, Australia) can never forget Sayagyi and his passion for transforming his students from good to better and great professionals, educators, researchers, and socially responsible citizens of the world.
U Win Thein (Padamyar Winhtein) has updated Wikipedia to include Saya’s pioneering work.
Saya U Aung Zaw (AZ) spent five decades or so under the tutelage of Saya Chit. He organized mini-PZPs for Saya Chit. He wrote about Sayagyi in his Facebook page
To help speed up the computerization in Burma, Saya Chit (Dr. Chit Swe) mandated the “training & knowledge transfer” component in the UCC project.
The component was awarded to Professor Harry D. Huskey (Past ACM President), who taught at University of California Berkeley (UCB) and University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Dr, Huskey is a computer pioneer, ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Fellow, and CHM (Computer History Museum) Fellow.
Dr. Huskey persuaded several top Computer Scientists and Educators to transfer their knowledge and expertise.
The following is a partial list of the experts provided by Dr. Huskey.
Professor Anthony Ralston (SUNY Buffalo & Past President of ACM)
Professor Peter Wegner (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
Professor Michael Stonebraker (UC Berkely)
Dr. Malcolm P. Atkinson (Cambridge University Mathematics & Computer Lab)
Professor Foreman Acton
At UCB, Michael Stonebraker, Eugene Wong and Gerald Held designed and implemented INGRES (Relational Database Management System). They went on to found INGRES and several other DB companies. He also is an adjunct Professor at MIT. A few years back, Stonebraker won the prestigious ACM Turing Award (“Nobel Prize” for Computer Professionals).
Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (GBNF), Sai Aung Thurein (GBNF), Ko Kyaw Zwar Than, Ko Sein Myint, … implemented projects (based on INGRES and other Databases) on ICL under the supervision of Saya Paing and several other sayas.
U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ) wrote :
In my line of work, prior to my retirement, Knowledge Transfer is one of the several criteria for the success of the Organization/Company. The others are “Documentation” and some mechanism to transfer/document “Tribal Knowledge”.
It was a major challenge for all of us, it was, and still is, a thankless catch up process in the very fast changing Internet. When someone from the management and/or product wanted some new features, the timeline always was ‘yesterday’. They almost always wanted it done ‘yesterday’ as we jokingly called it.
There are innumerable projects/processes we spent so much time could get shelved due to whatever reasons. Documentation and Knowledge Transfer became after thought. And when the key people moved on to other projects it became a nightmare for people who took over.
KMZ added :
There was a story told by Dr. Stonebraker where he learnt of the amazement on our faces when we saw his gigantic shoe. It was about the tough drill sergeant Stone and a small recruit called Stonebraker at the boot-camp. Since I was not a good story teller, I googled/binged Internet but none came up yet.
I believe Rafiul went to work for Stonebraker at Ingres when he moved to California. Htay Lwin Nyo told me about it when I met him. Ingres was eventually sold to CA, Computer Associates.
Editor’s Note :
One of my assignments at TDI (Technology Deployment International) was to work with developers from Fujitsu and some subsidiaries, Computer Associates and some subsidiaries (including Ingres).
He joined UCC as Chief Operator. He led the team of on-line and off-line operators.
He was called CO U Hla Min or simply as CO.
He passed away in his mid-30s.
CO and UCC colleagues
Pauk Si (Nickname)
He was called Pauk Si by his classmates at SPHS (St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon). His father had lent money to a Pauk Si vendor, but the vendor could not pay back the loan. So, at break time, he would go to claim one Pauk Si or more depending on his appetite.
CO (Chief Operator)
He matriculated in 1964 and received his B.E. (EP) in 1970. He joined UCC as CO.
Under the UCC program, he studied for a year in the UK and also found his soulmate Daw Tin Win who was undergoing advanced nursing training.
He was afraid of getting hospitalized. He was healthy. He would rarely wear the coat/jacket that is mandated for those working in the air conditioned Computer Room. He would often wear a sports shirt. So, it was a surprise to learn that CO, after returning from spending as a temporary monk at Taung Pu Lu monastery, fell ill.
He was admitted to RGH where Dr. Min Lwin (Maurice Hla Kyi, 5th in Burma in 1964 from SPHS, cousin of “Lake” Win Maung) examined him and found out a serious problem.
Dr. Min Lwin (3rd from Left)
CO’s voice had lost intensity during his stay in the hospital. He told us to be good towards the sayas, colleagues, friends and family members. We sensed that it was his farewell message.
Sad to say, he passed away in his mid-thirties. He did not drink or smoke, but he ate (may be a little bit indiscriminately). He presumably had Hepatitis and later “cirrhosis”.
Tone Kyaw
When CO passed away at the tender age (may be 35), I became a Tone Kyaw.
Some people were not aware that there were two Hla Min who attended SPHS & RIT and worked at UCC. They both have spouses from the medical profession.
It was not surprising when two government departments (Cooperatives Training School and Trade Corporation Training School) where I had given guest lectures inquired UCC where and when they could send wreaths (Lwan Thu Pan Khwe) for me. A representative from one department said, “It is said that people laugh a lot before they die. U Hla Min was telling us jokes.” A person from the second department said, “U Hla Min looks frail and unsteady when he walks. No wonder he passed away.”
To top it all, Ko Moe Hein (Ajala, ChE69) took a day off to send me off. He was RIT Selected for Swimming and Water Polo. He had a loud voice that can drown the voices of ten or so “normal” people. So he became the de facto cheerleader for the RIT Sports Teams. He was working at HIC (Heavy Industries), where my older brother was in charge. At Kyandaw Cemetery. he came down from a bus. When he saw me, he stared at me as if I was a ghost. He explained, “Your brother seemed so calm when we learned that you had passed away. So I look a day off to give you last respects thinking that ‘If your brother does not care about you, there will not be many people at last journey’”. That’s how I became a Tone Kyaw.
Relationship With Kaba Aye Sun Lun Gu Kyaung
CO was partly responsible for the UCC staff members visiting Kaba Aye Sun Lun Gu Kyaung and then later participating in the Thingyan Su Paung Yahan Khan Pwes.
He and Saya U Soe Paing were temporary monks at the monastery where Sayadaw U Wara (Win Paing, GBNF, ChE70, SPHS 64, younger brother of Saya U Soe Paing) was Taik Oke (second in command).
U Wara (GBNF)
U Soe Myint (M72, GBNF) and his family (parents and siblings) are devotees.
I visited CO and Saya Paing and later became a devotee and a Donlaba monk in the Thingyan period.
One year, several UCC employees and students became Donlaba (temporary monks) at Kaba Aye Sun Lun Kyaung. The tradition of “UCC Su Paung Yahan Khan” carried on at the various monasteries (Chan Myei Yeiktha, Mingun Kyaung, …).
UCC Yahan
U Aung Myint (AM, GBNF) and U Maung Maung Gyi (GBNF) were his classmates at SPHS. U Soe Win was his classmate at RIT.
MMG, KMZ and AM
RIP (Rest in Peace) my dear friend and my name sake. We remember you saying, “Sayas, You will realize my values when I am gone.”
U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ, EC76) wrote :
KJ, my advanced and sincerely apology for what I am going to say here. As the Sayadaw U Vinaya has mentioned more than once at the time, “ဂျော်နီ နှိပ်ဆက် very bad”, you were the one who brought us to Kaba Sun Lun Gu Kyaung, to be ordained as Donlabas. The first time, if my re-collection is correct, was on Saturday – eve or day before the eve of Thingyan. The entire HE Engineering gang was there as we were leaving after the weekly Saturday maintenance.
Many of us, excluding me, had their head shaved there, and Ko Aung Myint went back home in E2000. had to tell his wife that he would be in monkhood, collected some essentials and came back to the monastery.
Please don’t get me wrong, I am forever indebted to you for introducing there including the meditation.
U Aung Myint (UCC) wrote :
KJ make sure (taking advance deposit or ‘စရံ ‘ ) that we can’t change our minds or asking excuses. We (Ko Ngwe Soe and myself) we’re shaved ahead our hair before taking our belongings in our homes.
His name literally means “remain on a [fishing] net”.
Grapevine says that Saya’s mother had a few miscarriages.
When Saya was conceived, his mother wanted to make sure that the child would be born safe and sound.
She performed a “Yadaya” (or ritual) requiring someone close to her hold a “net” and “catch” the baby (in her imagination).
He received his Ph.D from Monash University, Australia. The dissertation is based on Stochastic Processes (and related topics).
For many years, he served as Reviewer for research papers.
I had the opportunity to audit his course on “Linear Programming” course and learn his teaching style.
I also worked with him and others from the various Mathematics Departments (U Tin Hlaing, U Sein Min, U Soe Nyunt, …) on the “new” High School Mathematics Project.
Saya Pike succeeded Saya Thein (Dr.. Kyaw Thein) as Rector of ICST.
U Thein Oo, Saya Pike, Saya Paing, U Hla Min, Saya Thein
UCC evolved into DCS (Department of Computer Science), iCST (Institute of Computer Science and Tehcnology) and UCSY (University of Computer Studies Yangon).
The photo was taken at the 5th Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe of ICST and UCSY.
HlaMin 