NUS Computing Provost's Chair Professor David Hsu has been appointed director of the Smart Systems Institute (SSI), taking over the role from Professor Ooi Beng Chin. Congrats, Prof Hsu!

The SSI conducts high-end smart systems research in areas such as AI, Machine Learning, Augmented/Virtual Reality, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Institute's researchers aim to discover and solve impactful problems, and contribute to Singapore's smart nation R&D landscape.

➡️ Visit https://ssi.nus.edu.sg/ to learn more.

Wishing all our Muslim friends Ramadan Mubarak!

Learn more about robotics and its rising role in various jobs and industries at this NUS Strategic Technology Management Institute (STMI) webinar.

Registration is free!

➡️ go.gov.sg/nusrobotics

Writing software programmes can be an immense task — the average Android phone uses 12 million lines of code, Facebook runs on 62 million, and a modern car on 100 million. Some software developers employ a neat trick: code reuse, where they take existing code and use it to build new software. NUS Computing Assoc Prof Tan Chuan Hoo studies the impact and influence tech followers have on code reuse, and the benefits of collaboration between leaders and their followers.

➡️ nus.edu/3vezEgQ

Congrats to Asst Prof Yang You for making this year’s Forbes 𝟑𝟎 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 list! 🏆

Dr You was recognised for breaking the world record in 2017 and 2019 – for ImageNet and BERT machine learning training speeds respectively. ImageNet is a visual database used for image recognition, while BERT is a benchmark used by Google and Microsoft to measure a machine's understanding of human languages.

➡️ nus.edu/3vi7SjB

Thirteen research papers by NUS Computing faculty & students were featured in the 30th Web Conference, an annual international top-tier conference focusing on the topic of the World Wide Web. Check out the research papers that were presented at the conference:

➡️ nus.edu/3aCiDVM

SocCat decided to bust out her fortune cat costume to bring y'all some luck for the upcoming exams! 💪

🔎 Can AI identify you in photos without compromising your privacy?

Analysing human attributes such as emotions, gender, and age in images and videos is important for many applications. However, analysing images of faces raises serious privacy concerns as they reveal one's identity. Learn more about privacy concerns related to image and video data analytics, and delve into privacy research utilising deep learning models in this free webinar by N-CRiPT and SGInnovate

🗓️ Thu, 29 Apr
⏰ 4:00 - 5:00pm
➡️ Register for free here: https://www.sginnovate.com/events/privacy-aware-analytics-human-attributes-images

What will future education technology look like? Will we see an AI robot in the classroom in the future? Join our panellists as we discuss the rise of edtech and what it means for the education sector.

Panellists:
🎤 Mr Yee Jenn Jong, education entrepreneur
🎤 NUS Computing Associate Professor Ben Leong

📌 Can the teacher be replaced by a robot?

🗓️ Fri, 21 May 2021
⏰ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at bit.ly/techweb5

All are welcome!

Four more days 'til the end of exams! May the Fourth be with you 💪

Imagine getting an enviable parking lot next to the lift lobby on a crowded weekend or busy workday. Or even securing lots in advance for VIPs at important events – all through a mobile app! 📲 🚗

NUS start-up SureReserve has made this possible with a smart-parking technology solution that is able to guide drivers to their designated lots in real time. Read more to find out how the app makes use of the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve efficiency.

➡️ https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-start-ups-app-makes-sure-you-get-choice-parking-lots--starting-on-campus/

A massive breach was linked to cyber firm SolarWinds last December, letting hackers into thousands of government agencies and companies. The breach was unique not only in its scale, but also in its method of attack. NUS Computing Professor Abhik Roychoudhury and Associate Professor Liang Zhenkai weigh in on what we've learnt from such cyberattacks.

➡️ https://govinsider.asia/intelligent-gov/nus-cscis-abhik-roychoudhury-liang-zhenkai-terence-siau-what-does-the-solarwinds-saga-mean-for-singapore/

Kudos to NUS Computing alumnus Prantik Mazumdar (CEG, 2005) and his wife, who have raised more than S$192,000 in a crowdfunding campaign to procure oxygen for COVID-19 patients in India! 💖 💪

Using crowdfunding platform Milaap (which was founded by NUS Computing alumni Anoj Viswanathan and Sourabh Sharma) to raise funds, the couple are working with two organisations to procure and deliver some hundred plus oxygen concentrators to India. The first batch of oxygen concentrators have landed in New Delhi, and are currently deployed across the country.

Keen to donate to the fundraiser? Visit https://milaap.org/fundraisers/donate-for-Oxygen-3

➡️ https://mothership.sg/2021/05/india-covid-fundraiser-milaap/

Wearables have altered our relationship with exercise, but how do they also impact the other pillar of healthy living — eating right? ⌚🏃🏃‍♀️🍽️ 🥘

NUS Computing Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli & her team examine if mobile health apps have impacted eating behaviour and health outcomes in users, such as weight loss. 📲

➡️ nus.edu/3bbf8Gm

To all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day! 💐

The ubiquitous presence of cameras like CCTV cameras and mobile phones has resulted in an explosion of images and video data. While these visual data present advantages, they come with a cost: potential breach of privacy and confidentiality, particularly for information related to human posture and actions.

Join Associate Professor Robby T. Tan, as he discusses the technical challenges and the possible solutions to predict human 3D poses from videos, in a free webinar organised by N-CRiPT and SGInnovate.

🗓️ Wed, 12 May
⏰ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at https://www.sginnovate.com/events/human-3d-pose-estimation-videos-challenges-and-solutions

Selamat Hari Raya to all our Muslim friends, students, and colleagues!

CONGRATS to our student Li Qinbin for winning the PREMIA Best Student Paper Gold Award! 🎉
Qinbin worked with NUS Computing Assoc Prof He Bingsheng on a new federated learning framework for Gradient Boosting Decision Trees that prevents data 'leaks' by sharing gradients, instead of raw data, between devices.

➡️ nus.edu/2S3KWX2

Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming tech webinar on education technology and AI!👇

What will future education technology look like? Will we see an AI robot in the classroom in the future? Join our panellists as we discuss the rise of edtech and what it means for the education sector.

Panellists:
🎤Mr Yee Jenn Jong, education entrepreneur
🎤 NUS Computing Associate Professor Ben Leong

📌Can the teacher be replaced by a robot?

🗓 Fri, 21 May 2021
⏰ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at bit.ly/techweb5

All are welcome!

Learn more about blockchain, bitcoin and decentralisation at this free webinar organised by the Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme (SBIP).

🗓️ Tue, 25 May
⏰ 3:00 pm
➡️ Register for free at https://sbip.sg/Analyzing-Bitcoin-Decentralization-From-An-Asset-Perspective/