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

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

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

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!

➡️ 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

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

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

Wishing all our Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya Haji, and a blessed holiday! 🌙

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. 🤖

➡️ 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

📢 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.

Help Our Hawkers! 🍚

If you have no idea what to eat in the next coming days 🥘 😋, head down to these hawker stalls near you and support these uncles and aunties who are not tech savvy and struggling to keep their businesses going with the current no dining-in restrictions.

Help Our Hawkers was built by our very own NUS Computing alumnus and valedictorian Thiru Kumaran 💪!

Think you can make Thiru's map even more amazing? Contributions are most welcome too!

📍 Map: https://bit.ly/hawker-help-map or https://hawker.help
➡️ Read more about the map's back story: https://mothership.sg/.../disadvantaged-hawkers-online-map/
🤝 Contribute here: bit.ly/hawker-help-form

Join us for Computing Research Week, happening next week! 💻

🗓️ Tues, 3 Aug - Thu, 5 Aug
➡️ Register for free at https://researchweek.comp.nus.edu.sg/

Congratulations to NUS Computing profs Dr Lek Hsiang Hui, Dr Steven Halim, Dr Henry Chia and A/P Tan Wee Kek, who were conferred the Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) for Academic Year (AY) 2018/2019 this year! 🎉

Dr Lek and Dr Halim were placed on the Honour Roll for 2019 and 2020 respectively, after having won the ATEA thrice.

➡️ nus.edu/3iZ7sdr

Apart from tech skills, the tech industry is also looking for employees who can bring their experience and knowledge of certain industries or sectors to their roles.

As NUS Computing Assoc Prof Keith Carter says, "We need everyone", regardless of the level of digital readiness you're at!

Keen to begin a career in tech, but not sure where to start? Head down to the 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗫 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 roadshow to learn more:

📍Toa Payoh HDB Atrium Hub
🗓️ 6 Aug - 8 Aug
⏰ 11am - 8pm
➡️ Visit https://go.gov.sg/SFM21-SN for more information
🔗Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jobs/tech-lite-roles-in-ict-sector-also-need-to-be-filled-josephine-teo

Welcome (back) to school everyone! 👋 To our incoming freshmen, welcome to the NUS Computing family! We've compiled some handy info for you - check it out! 👇

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSEGvWUlSgP/

Computing Research Week begins today! 💻 Don't forget to sign up if you haven't!

🗓️ Tues, 3 Aug - Thu, 5 Aug
➡️ Register for free at https://researchweek.comp.nus.edu.sg/

📢 Seeking some school survival tips for NUS Computing freshmen!

Current students, any tips or advice for new students? 💬 Leave messages for our new freshmen, (like how to navigate uni-life in the midst of a pandemic), on this online message board: padlet.com/nuscomputing/freshmen

Interested to pursue a career in Information Systems? Keen to equip yourself with the skills to drive digital transformation and innovation for your organisation?

Attend our upcoming programme briefing to learn more about our Master of Computing (Information Systems) programme:

🗓️ Sat, 28 Aug
⏰ 2pm
➡️ Sign up for the info session here: bit.ly/mcomp-is
🔗 Visit bit.ly/pgmis for more details

Have questions? 📧 Email us at mcomp@comp.nus.edu.sg

Step out of your comfort zone and venture into the global entrepreneurship community with NUS Overseas Colleges! 🚀 🌏
Applications for the Jan 2022 intake are now open. Don't miss this opportunity to intern at a local or overseas start-up!

➡️ Apply now at bit.ly/NOCApplyInfo