NUS Computing had the pleasure of hosting & organising the International Olympiad in Informatics not once, but twice, in 2020 and 2021. 🇸🇬 While the pandemic meant that we had to organise both Olympiads virtually, we are glad we managed to pull this off, with over 350 participants from 88 teams participating in the Olympiad! 🌏
We're excited to announce that we will be passing the baton on to Indonesia, who will be hosting IOI 2022! 🇮🇩
1️⃣ From L to R, Dr Steven Halim, Deputy Director of IOI 2021, Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of NUS, Ms Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, and Associate Professor Tan Sun Teck, Executive Director of IOI 2021, with the IOI flag.
2️⃣ From L to R, Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of NUS, Ms Veronica Enda Wulandari, Education Attache from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Suryo Pratomo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore, & Ms Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, with the IOI flag.
We're excited to announce that we will be passing the baton on to Indonesia, who will be hosting IOI 2022! 🇮🇩
1️⃣ From L to R, Dr Steven Halim, Deputy Director of IOI 2021, Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of NUS, Ms Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, and Associate Professor Tan Sun Teck, Executive Director of IOI 2021, with the IOI flag.
2️⃣ From L to R, Professor Tan Eng Chye, President of NUS, Ms Veronica Enda Wulandari, Education Attache from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Suryo Pratomo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Singapore, & Ms Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, with the IOI flag.
Kudos to A/P Xiao Xiaokui and our Computer Science PhD students for their fantastic performance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 2020 Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge!
The 6-month long challenge recently ended with them taking home two first-place wins 🏆🏆 and more than US$40,000 in cash! 😉
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The 6-month long challenge recently ended with them taking home two first-place wins 🏆🏆 and more than US$40,000 in cash! 😉
➡️ nus.edu/3A4psul
ICYMI: The International Olympiad in Informatics 2021 officially ended yesterday. Heartiest congratulations to all participants who won medals at the Olympiad! Our warmest congratulations to the students representing Singapore: they clinched 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal, making this Singapore’s best performance in its 30-year history of participating in IOI (since 1992). Well done! 🏆 🇸🇬
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We're excited to share that we've launched the Centre for Computing for Social Good & Philanthropy (CCSGP)!
The Centre provides students with opportunities to give back to society and to cultivate a philanthropic ethos among future generations of tech leaders.
The new Centre will bring together three existing community programmes under NUS Computing and introduce two new initiatives this year. Over time, more programmes will be introduced with the ultimate goal of having 1 in 8 NUS Computing students participate in programmes or projects under the new Centre.
The new Centre was officially launched today by Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.
➡️ bit.ly/ccsgplaunched
🔗 www.ccsgp.comp.nus.edu.sg/
The Centre provides students with opportunities to give back to society and to cultivate a philanthropic ethos among future generations of tech leaders.
The new Centre will bring together three existing community programmes under NUS Computing and introduce two new initiatives this year. Over time, more programmes will be introduced with the ultimate goal of having 1 in 8 NUS Computing students participate in programmes or projects under the new Centre.
The new Centre was officially launched today by Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.
➡️ bit.ly/ccsgplaunched
🔗 www.ccsgp.comp.nus.edu.sg/
We're inspired by NUS Computing graduate Chan Wei Zhang's (Information Security, 2021) journey: an ITE and Republic Polytechnic graduate, Wei Zhang applied to NUS Computing twice after setting his mind on studying here. He did so in a bid to prove wrong the people who had negative stereotypes of the less academically inclined. We're proud to see that he accomplished what he set out to do! 🎉 🎓
We leave you with some wise words from Wei Zhang: "Don't compare yourself with others because there will always be others who are better than you. If you try, but fall short, it is not the end of the world. There are always opportunities for you to grow."
➡️ https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/scoring-109-psle-earning-honours-degree-nus-man-shares-his-learning-journey
We leave you with some wise words from Wei Zhang: "Don't compare yourself with others because there will always be others who are better than you. If you try, but fall short, it is not the end of the world. There are always opportunities for you to grow."
➡️ https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/scoring-109-psle-earning-honours-degree-nus-man-shares-his-learning-journey
Here's something special for you, NUS Computing Class of 2020 & Class of 2021! Graduating during this difficult period isn't easy, but we want you to know that our profs are rooting for you every step of the way.
Our heartiest congratulations to you, as you embark on the next chapter of your lives! 🎉🎓
➡️ youtu.be/f4TDFVvsa08
🔗 To view the virtual Commencement ceremonies, visit https://www.nus.edu.sg/commencement/webcast.html
Our heartiest congratulations to you, as you embark on the next chapter of your lives! 🎉🎓
➡️ youtu.be/f4TDFVvsa08
🔗 To view the virtual Commencement ceremonies, visit https://www.nus.edu.sg/commencement/webcast.html
Don't forget to sign up for this virtual talk on food sustainability with NUS Computing alumnus and founder of food app treatsure, Kenneth Ham (Computer Science, 2017), happening tomorrow. All are welcome!
➡️ bit.ly/ag-bth
➡️ bit.ly/ag-bth
If there's one thing more harmful than a pandemic, it's an infodemic. Fake news impacts politics and racial harmony, among other serious issues. News outlets and social media sites are scrambling to combat the scourge of fake news. 🗞️ ⚠️
Enter Assoc Prof Min-Yen Kan & his fake news detection system, FANG, designed to auto-detect fake news.
➡️ nus.edu/3hpKwDa
Enter Assoc Prof Min-Yen Kan & his fake news detection system, FANG, designed to auto-detect fake news.
➡️ nus.edu/3hpKwDa
Congrats to our profs and researchers for winning the Best Paper award at ACM AsiaCCS 2021!
They developed ‘Concentrated Fuzzing’ – a procedure that solves a long-standing problem when statistical localisation is used to find software security vulnerabilities.
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They developed ‘Concentrated Fuzzing’ – a procedure that solves a long-standing problem when statistical localisation is used to find software security vulnerabilities.
➡️ nus.edu/3Ai23pl
There's no waffling around for NUS Computing graduate Zames Chua (Computer Science, 2020) and NUS FASS graduate Auston Quek! 🧇 These two foodies, who met at the orientation of the NUS Overseas Colleges programme, set out to solve a problem that most F&B outlets in Singapore face: inefficient food purchases being conducted with clunky machines, resulting in impatient customers. 😰
To solve this, their start-up, Waffle Technologies, produces point-of-sale and customer loyalty software for F&B outlets. They developed an easy-to-use app on a double tablet system, allowing the customer to also see the transaction when purchasing food and drinks.
Five months after launching their start-up in the midst of the pandemic, Waffle Tech's programmes are used in 42 locations in Singapore, including well-known brands like Barcook Bakery, Tea Tree Café and Lee Wee & Brothers.
Read more about their journey, and how the start-up ecosystem in NUS helped Waffle Tech's founders launch their business
➡️ bit.ly/waffletech
To solve this, their start-up, Waffle Technologies, produces point-of-sale and customer loyalty software for F&B outlets. They developed an easy-to-use app on a double tablet system, allowing the customer to also see the transaction when purchasing food and drinks.
Five months after launching their start-up in the midst of the pandemic, Waffle Tech's programmes are used in 42 locations in Singapore, including well-known brands like Barcook Bakery, Tea Tree Café and Lee Wee & Brothers.
Read more about their journey, and how the start-up ecosystem in NUS helped Waffle Tech's founders launch their business
➡️ bit.ly/waffletech
Calling all innovators!💡Connect and collaborate with other like-minded innovators at this virtual, innovation conference organised by NUS Enterprise.
🗓️ 4 - 16 July
➡️ bit.ly/InnovFest2021
🗓️ 4 - 16 July
➡️ bit.ly/InnovFest2021
It's a bird, it's a plane... it's an alien spaceship! 👽 🛸 At NUS Computing, freshmen are tasked to complete intergalactic quests such as repairing robots and helping their alien friends - all while using their newly learnt programming skills.
All this is part of the Source Academy, an immersive online game developed by Associate Professor Martin Henz that helps students learn programming skills. The students don't just get to play the game for their module - after they complete the module, students are also invited to develop the game further.
Most recently, the core team members behind Source Academy also won the faculty-wide Annual Digital Education Award (Team) for the academic year 2020/2021. 🏆
Check it out!
➡️ youtu.be/lI5EL30qMI8
All this is part of the Source Academy, an immersive online game developed by Associate Professor Martin Henz that helps students learn programming skills. The students don't just get to play the game for their module - after they complete the module, students are also invited to develop the game further.
Most recently, the core team members behind Source Academy also won the faculty-wide Annual Digital Education Award (Team) for the academic year 2020/2021. 🏆
Check it out!
➡️ youtu.be/lI5EL30qMI8
Five NUS Computing graduates — Lee Yiyuan, Nelvin Tan Thong Cai, Zhang Yuntong, Ling Yan Hao and Risa Lim Ning — each won the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (OURP) for their Final Year Projects (FYPs). Congratulations! 🎉 🏆
Read more about their individual FYPs below!
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Read more about their individual FYPs below!
➡️ nus.edu/3xsVjTO
Join this 24-hour virtual summer hackathon, LifeHack 2021, organised by the NUS Students' Computing Club!
Challenge yourself by creating a software solution that improves the quality of life post-COVID, and stand a chance to win attractive prizes!
🗓️ 19 - 25 July
➡️ To sign up, visit lifehack.nuscomputing.com
Challenge yourself by creating a software solution that improves the quality of life post-COVID, and stand a chance to win attractive prizes!
🗓️ 19 - 25 July
➡️ To sign up, visit lifehack.nuscomputing.com
Keen to develop FinTech skills and join the FinTech industry? Learn more about the NUS FinTechSG programme at this info session happening this week!
🗓 Fri, 16 July
⏰ 3 - 4 pm
➡️ Register at bit.ly/3k7I4nR
🔗https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/
For further enquiries on the info session and the programme, please email stmi@nus.edu.sg
🗓 Fri, 16 July
⏰ 3 - 4 pm
➡️ Register at bit.ly/3k7I4nR
🔗https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/
For further enquiries on the info session and the programme, please email stmi@nus.edu.sg
Could an eavesdropper record the innocuous sounds your key makes as it turns in the lock, and reconstruct your key using 3D printing? 🔐 🔊The short answer: yes.
Not only have NUS Computing Assistant Prof Han Jun and Prof Chan Mun Choon discovered this stealthy attack, they have also found another security risk where vulnerabilities in cellular networks are exploited to figure out a person's physical location, as they stream music and movies on the go. 📲 🎧
➡️ nus.edu/2UORuKv
Not only have NUS Computing Assistant Prof Han Jun and Prof Chan Mun Choon discovered this stealthy attack, they have also found another security risk where vulnerabilities in cellular networks are exploited to figure out a person's physical location, as they stream music and movies on the go. 📲 🎧
➡️ nus.edu/2UORuKv
Congrats to NUS Computing Profs David Hsu and Lee Wee Sun for winning the Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) Test of Time Award 2021! 🎉
The award was given to Prof Hsu, Prof Lee, and Assoc Prof Hanna Kurniawati from the Australian National University for their pioneering work on developing an effective approximation algorithm that enables robots to operate effectively under uncertain and dynamic situations. 🤖
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The award was given to Prof Hsu, Prof Lee, and Assoc Prof Hanna Kurniawati from the Australian National University for their pioneering work on developing an effective approximation algorithm that enables robots to operate effectively under uncertain and dynamic situations. 🤖
➡️ nus.edu/3rpobKC
Learn more about deterministic databases and blockchain technology at this upcoming seminar organised by the Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme
🗓️ Wed, 28 July
⏰ 5pm
➡️ Register at https://sbip.sg/when-blockchain-meets-deterministic-concurrency-control/
For further enquiries on the seminar, please email contact@sbip.sg
🗓️ Wed, 28 July
⏰ 5pm
➡️ Register at https://sbip.sg/when-blockchain-meets-deterministic-concurrency-control/
For further enquiries on the seminar, please email contact@sbip.sg
📢 NUS graduates: Don't miss this upcoming info session on the NUS FinTechSG Programme!
➡️ Register at https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/
Not an NUS graduate, but keen to attend the info session? Join the next info session, taking place on the afternoon of Thu, 29 July: https://bit.ly/2V5FAf3
🔗 Visit https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/ for more information on the course details.
📧 Please email stmi@nus.edu.sg if you have further enquiries.
➡️ Register at https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/
Not an NUS graduate, but keen to attend the info session? Join the next info session, taking place on the afternoon of Thu, 29 July: https://bit.ly/2V5FAf3
🔗 Visit https://stmi.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-program/ for more information on the course details.
📧 Please email stmi@nus.edu.sg if you have further enquiries.