Thinking of pursuing a PhD in Computing? Attend our online information session to learn more about our PhD programme:

🗓️ Thu, 18 Feb 2021
⏰ 4pm
➡️ Sign up here: http://bit.ly/PhDinforegister
➡️ More details about our PhD programme: http://bit.ly/PhDdetails

From all of us at NUS Computing, happy Lunar 'Niu' Year! May the Year of the Ox bring you happiness and good fortune! 🐮🧧🍊🍊

In 2011, A/P Damith Rajapakse discovered a problem when teaching: the lack of a user-friendly, student feedback and evaluation tool. So, he and his students built an effective solution and also created an opportunity for students to practice their software engineering skills in real life.

The tool, TEAMMATES, is now used by over 600,000 students and instructors from more than 1,000 universities worldwide.

Find out more about the TEAMMATES story and how Damith went on to establish the NUS-Open Source Software (OSS), an initiative which provides free tech solutions, while simultaneously helping students become better software developers.

➡️ nus.edu/3jTKnsG

Don't forget to attend our online information session today to learn more about our PhD programmes:

🗓️ Thu, 18 Feb 2021
⏰ 4pm
➡️ Sign up here: http://bit.ly/PhDinforegister
➡️ More details about our PhD programmes: http://bit.ly/PhDdetails

Hey, cybersecurity enthusiasts! Registration for the DSO-NUS Capture-the-Flag 2021 competition will close tomorrow, 26 Feb, at 9am. Here's your last chance to sign up!

➡️ tinyurl.com/dsonusctf2021

📢 We're happy to share that NUS Computing is ranked 4th globally for Computer Science & Information Systems in the 2021 QS World University Rankings! A huge thank you to everyone who's made this possible 💙 🧡 We will continue striving for the best!

➡️ nus.edu/3rsOezy

When A/P Soo Yuen Jien realised it was difficult to get student feedback and responses from large lecture groups, he decided to build his own online response platform, Archipelago. Launched in 2016, it has been used by lecturers from up to 17 NUS schools and facilities.

In fact, Archipelago proved to be useful when COVID-19 hit and students complained that online lectures weren’t engaging enough, or didn’t feel like a regular classroom.

Find out more about how Archipelago helps connect students and instructors better, especially in these challenging times.

➡️ nus.edu/3v1MAXS

We're back with our next tech webinar! 🔐🔎💻 Learn about high-tech crimes, and how to avoid falling prey to cybercrimes.

Panellists:
🎤 Assistant Professor Han Jun
🎤 NUS Computing alumnus, Mr Timothy Yip, Director, Security Monitoring & Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank

📌 High-Tech Crimes: What Should We Be Afraid Of?

🗓️ Fri, 26 Mar 2021
⏰ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at bit.ly/hitechcrimes

All are welcome!

With a recent gift of S$300,000 from the Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud (LBKM), NUS Computing will now be able to award the endowed LBKM Future Economy Scholarship to three top Malay students from any of the five Computing degree programmes, each year. This agreement will be in perpetuity.

➡️ nus.edu/2OIbVpm

ICYMI: Find out how NUS Computer Engineering graduates Deepak Buddha and Dalson Tan secured jobs during the pandemic last year, and how their time at NUS Computing helped them overcome a turbulent job market. 🎓 💻 💪

➡️ nus.edu/3l7ppXE

Keen to explore a career in FinTech?📈 📉 💻 Learn how NUS Computing's Master of Science in Digital Financial Technology can help you build a solid foundation in digital innovation and finance at an upcoming online info session:

🗓️ Sat, 27 Mar
⏰ 1:30 pm
➡️ Sign up here: bit.ly/mscdigitalfintech

👉 For more info on our MSc in Digital FinTech, please visit
https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/mdft/

📧 Email us at msc-dft@comp.nus.edu.sg if you have any queries.

📢 Book alert! NUS Computing Professor Alex Siow has written a book offering practical tips for the next generation of tech business leaders & executives. Prof Siow is widely considered to be Singapore's first Chief Information Officer, having assumed the position as Housing Development Board's (HDB) CIO in 1989.

Find out what he has to say about navigating the rapid digital transformation efforts in a time of COVID-19, and provides recommendations on how to overcome barriers to digital transformation.

'Leading with IT: Lessons From Singapore's First CIO' is now available at all major bookstores and online book retail platforms.

Congratulations to PatSnap co-founder and NUS Computing alumna Guan Dian (IS, 2010), whose startup has just secured USD $300 million in Series E funding! 🎉 PatSnap is now a unicorn, a term given to privately held startup companies valued at over $1 billion.

The start-up was founded in Singapore in 2007, and is the brainchild of NUS Engineering and NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) alumnus Jeffrey Tiong. PatSnap is a patents search engine for users to find and analyse millions of patents worldwide.

P.S. Guan Dian was also conferred our NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2019! 🏆

➡️ https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-start-up-patsnap-turns-unicorn-with-backing-from-softbank

Good news: NUS Computing's new AI lab, the NUS Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NUSAiL), was recently awarded S$9.9 million in research grants by AI Singapore. The lab, helmed by Prof David Hsu and established in 2019, will conduct research on AI technology and its impact on people.

➡️ nus.edu/3cN7lhK

👨🏾‍🏫 For NUS Computing lecturer Ravi Suppiah, teaching is something that comes naturally for him. In secondary school, he would help some of his classmates with their work, who would say to him: “Woah when you teach, I understand. But when the teacher teaches, I don’t understand.”
Today, Ravi combines his passion for computer engineering with teaching, and always strives to make his classes more hands-on for students. 💻 🤖 🛠️ Find out how Ravi is changing the way he teaches computer engineering!

➡️ nus.edu/3lvY5T5

CONGRATS to our students and alum for winning the Tech Heroes From Crisis Pathfinder Team award! 🏆Tan E-Liang, Lee Sing Jie, Dexter Tan Ying Jie, Low Jie Feng, Zhu Hanming, and Sebastian Toh Shi Jian were lauded by the Singapore Computer Society for building an app that’s now part of Singapore’s COVID-19 contact tracing system. We're mad proud of you guys!

➡️ nus.edu/3r0F50c

Catch the work of our NUS Computing senior lecturer Anand Bhojan and his students at the A Mo(ve)ment in Time exhibition at the Stephen Riady Centre, where they will bring to life the magic of live performances through Augmented Reality, or AR! The exhibition is open to the public. Don't miss it!

🗓️ Date: 19 Mar - 16 Apr
📍 Level 1 Stephen Riady Centre, NUS
➡️ https://nusartsfestival.com/NAF2021/whats-on/a-movement-in-time/

Don't forget to sign up for our tech webinar, which takes place on Fri, 26 Mar!

🔐🔎💻 Ransomware, security breaches and hacking incidents are getting more frequent. What else is on the horizon? How can individuals and organisations defend themselves from such cybercrimes?

Panellists:
🎤 Assistant Professor Han Jun
🎤 NUS Computing alumnus, Mr Timothy Yip, Director, Security Monitoring & Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank

📌 High-Tech Crimes: What Should We Be Afraid Of?
🗓️ Fri, 26 Mar 2021
⏰ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at bit.ly/hitechcrimes
All are welcome to join!

Don't miss the chance to learn more about our Master of Science in Digital Financial Technology (MSc DFinTech). We'll be holding an online info session tomorrow, Saturday, at 1.30 pm.

👉 Sign up here: https://rebrand.ly/MScDFinTechWebinar27Mar21-Reg
➡️ Visit https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/mdft/ for more info