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๐Ÿ”Ž 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

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thu, 29 Apr
โฐ 4:00 - 5:00pm
โžก๏ธ 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:
๐ŸŽค Mr Yee Jenn Jong, education entrepreneur
๐ŸŽค NUS Computing Associate Professor Ben Leong

๐Ÿ“Œ Can the teacher be replaced by a robot?

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Fri, 21 May 2021
โฐ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
โžก๏ธ Register for free at bit.ly/techweb5

All are welcome!
Four more days 'til the end of exams! May the Fourth be with you ๐Ÿ’ช
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 โ€“ all through a mobile app! ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐Ÿš—

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.

โžก๏ธ 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.

โžก๏ธ 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! ๐Ÿ’– ๐Ÿ’ช

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

โžก๏ธ 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 โ€” eating right? โŒš๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿฅ˜

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. ๐Ÿ“ฒ

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/3bbf8Gm
To all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day! ๐Ÿ’
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.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wed, 12 May
โฐ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
โžก๏ธ 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! ๐ŸŽ‰
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.

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/2S3KWX2
Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming tech webinar on education technology and AI!๐Ÿ‘‡

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:
๐ŸŽคMr Yee Jenn Jong, education entrepreneur
๐ŸŽค NUS Computing Associate Professor Ben Leong

๐Ÿ“ŒCan the teacher be replaced by a robot?

๐Ÿ—“ Fri, 21 May 2021
โฐ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
โžก๏ธ 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).

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Tue, 25 May
โฐ 3:00 pm
โžก๏ธ Register for free at https://sbip.sg/Analyzing-Bitcoin-Decentralization-From-An-Asset-Perspective/
Not only have robots 'grown' smarter, they have also popped up in homes, shops, and hospitals. ๐Ÿค– ๐Ÿ  ๐Ÿ›’ ๐Ÿฅ With Artificial Intelligence set to invade our lives in ever increasing degrees, it is vital for them to be designed carefully so that they can work synergistically with people. Learn how NUS Computing Professor Leong Tze Yun is making AI more human-aware, so that these robots can interact and collaborate effectively with humans.

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/2RzWZva
GOOD NEWS: Asst Prof Reza Shokri and his co-authors have won the prestigious IEEE Security and Privacy Test-of-Time Award 2021!

They received the award for their paper on quantifying location privacy, which was presented at the IEEE Security and Privacy symposium in 2011. In the study, they proposed a formal framework for quantifying the privacy risks of sharing location data, and evaluating the effectiveness of privacy-preserving algorithms.

The Test-of-Time Award recognises research papers that have made a broad and lasting impact on both research and practice in computer security and privacy. Congrats!

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/3fit4kk
Our very own Uncle Soo was recently featured in NUS News! Read about his passion for teaching computer science, and the challenges and rewards of teaching๐Ÿ‘‡

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/2QSOpHE
Assistant Professor Reza Shokri was recently awarded the VMware Early Career Faculty Award, a grant program that recognises the next generation of exceptional faculty members from universities all over the world. Congrats, Dr. Shokri!

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/3p64BlB
Imagine being stuck in a foreign country for a year during the pandemic! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ What would you do? Find out more about NUS Computing alumnus Ray Suen's adventures in Buenos Aires, Argentina! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท

โžก๏ธ bit.ly/rax-in-argentina
Crowdsourcing: harnessing the wisdom of the crowd to attain a common goal.

When you need help, you are almost guaranteed to find a ready army online, volunteering information.๐Ÿ’กHowever, you may receive the same ideas repeatedly from different people. Enter Assistant Professor Brian Lim and his team, who have come up with an algorithm called Directed Diversity to get people to generate more diverse and creative ideas.

โžก๏ธ nus.edu/3g9Eciz