Heartiest congratulations to all NUS Computing staff and faculty members who received National Day Awards this year! 🎉 🏆 We thank you for your dedication and contribution to the school and the university.

Check out the award recipients below!

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYnbbNrcO6/

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

NUS Alumni has organised a series of webinars featuring a few of our NUS Computing alumni and colleagues. Join them tomorrow as they discuss various tech topics, from datascience and analytics, to 5G tech and FinTech.

🗓️ Sat, 14 August
⏰ 10:00am - 4:30pm (various timings)
➡️ For more info on the programme lineup and to register for the webinars, visit https://nus.edu.sg/alumnet/events/kent-ridge-alumni-family-day-2021

Congrats to NUS Computing faculty members Professor Joxan Jaffar, Associate Professor Prateek Saxena and Assistant Professor Angela Yao, who were awarded funding from the MOE Academic Research Funding (AcRF) Tier 2 scheme, to further their research.

➡️ nus.edu/2UhOrdQ

Detecting, and stopping phishing attacks, investigating suspicious activity, or hunting for potential attacks - that's all in a day's work for security operations analyst Cherlynn Cha, an NUS Computing alumna who works as a 'threat-hunter' at ExpressVPN. Find out what a typical day is like for Cherlynn!

➡️ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/behind-the-scenes-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cybersecurity-threat-hunter/

Today, we're able to measure human behaviours with a precision largely thought impossible just a decade ago, using data, information processing & computational methods.

Join the Global Forum of Computational Social Science, and hear from leading scholars as they discuss the current challenges & growing potential of computational social science in areas such as social media, health, education & crisis management.

🗓️ Mon, 23 Aug - Wed, 25 Aug
➡️ Register at nus.edu/2XlfSVf

🎤 Asst. Prof Lim Shi Ying will be moderating the session on Education & Trade on 23 Aug.
🎤 Asst. Prof Jin Chen will be presenting his paper on "Faking Orders on E-commerce Platforms" on 23 Aug.
🎤 Assoc Prof Huang Ke-Wei will be presenting his paper on "Exploring the Regional Spillover Effects of University AI Research on the Creation and Performance of AI Start-ups" on 23 Aug.
🎤 Assoc Prof Goh Khim Yong, Head of the Dept. of Information Systems and Analytics, will be closing the forum on 25 Aug.

To infinity and beyond... with research! 🚀 💫

Apart from dressing up as Buzz Lightyear for his lectures on cardinality, NUS Computing Assoc Prof Terence Sim also conducts fascinating research in areas such as biometrics and computational photography. Check out his work on how a person's gait - the way a person walks - could potentially help smartphones to verify if it is with its rightful owner at all times!

➡️ https://news.nus.edu.sg/gait-expectations/

Congrats to our profs Tan Wee Kek, Keith Carter, Heng Cheng Suang, Martin Henz, and Harold Soh for winning teaching awards for their work in Academic Year 2019/2020! 🎉

Check out the full story for their thoughts on the perks of teaching, their pedagogical approaches, and adaptations they had to make amidst the pandemic.

➡️ nus.edu/3CR1nc1

Learn about federated learning for mobile networks at this free tech webinar by the Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme (SBIP)!

🗓️ Tues, 24 Aug
⏰ 10am SGT
➡️ Sign up for free at https://sbip.sg/Reliable-Federated-Learning-for-Mobile-Networks

📣 NUS Computing students, if you can't collect your FET kits during office hours, fret not! Beginning next Monday, you may collect your kits after office hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from NUSSU.

➡️ Book a slot at bit.ly/NUSSUFET

When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Assoc Prof Tan Sun Teck faced a monumental challenge: What did it mean for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2020 contest he was charged with organising? 🤔

For the first time in IOI's history, the organising committee was forced to move the Olympiad online. Find out how Singapore conducted two editions of the IOI in 2020 and 2021 online, and how organisers prevented unprecedented problems, such as cheating, when its participants were spread all over the globe.

➡️ nus.edu/3gj17Zv

Here's a sneak peek of some cool projects students have been working on as part of the NUS Orbital Splashdown 2021! 🚀 ✨

In case you didn't know, NUS Orbital is a self-directed programming course for Year 2 NUS Computing students, where they embark on their own projects & pick up software development skills during the summer. Final projects are presented at the closing event, Orbital Splashdown. Stay tuned to our social media pages to find out how you can watch the online project showcase and vote for your favourite student projects!

🗓️ Mon, 23 Aug - Wed, 25 Aug
➡️ View more project highlights here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CS0ilpnscud/
🔗Check out the full list of student projects here: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/public_views/public_projects

Don't forget to sign up for the Global Research Forum 2021, taking place on Mon, 23 Aug!

🗓️ Mon, 23 Aug - Wed, 25 Aug
➡️ Register for free at https://fass.nus.edu.sg/global-research-forum-2021-the-fruition-and-challenges-of-computational-social-science/

This forum is jointly organised by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and NUS Computing's Department of Information Systems & Analytics.

💻 With an increasing demand for personalised learning in higher education, NUS Computing Assoc Prof Bimlesh Wadhwa discusses adopting a flexible approach for assessments, and how it's working out for her graduate students so far. Check it out!

➡️ https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2020/10/07/otot-exploring-a-flexible-approach-in-formative-assessment/

Splashing down in 3...2...1! 🚀 Tune in to YouTube tonight to watch NUS Orbital Splashdown's Awards Announcement at 7pm!

💻 Watch the awards announcement at bit.ly/orbital21-sd-video
⏰ 7pm - 8pm

NUS Orbital is a self-directed programming course for Year 2 NUS Computing students, where they embark on their own projects & pick up software development skills during the summer. Final projects are presented at the closing event, Orbital Splashdown.

As they say, team work makes the dream work! 😉 Kudos to our final-year students for taking home wins at two separate hackathons organised by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Shopee! Check out their solutions below!

➡️ nus.edu/3sNZeJk

Interested in pursuing 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

Congrats to NUS Computing Computer Science (CS) PhD graduate Dr Dai Zhongxiang, CS PhD students Abdul Fatir Ansari and Samson Tan, as well as NUS Graduate School Integrative Sciences and Engineering PhD student Peter Karkus, who were recently awarded the Dean’s Graduate Research Excellence Award! 🎉 🏆

The award is given to senior PhD students who have made significant research achievements during their PhD study. 💪

Read more about their research below!

➡️ nus.edu/3gxO3jh

From role-playing games to apps that help students connect with one another, we saw creativity on full display at Orbital Splashdown 2021! 📲 🚀

Orbital Splashdown is the closing event of NUS Orbital, a self-directed programming course for Year 2 NUS Computing students, where they embark on their own projects & pick up software development skills during the summer.

Check out the winners of Orbital Splashdown 2021 and their projects below! 🏆

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTO-rpigGmk/
🔗 Visit https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/public_views/public_projects to view the full list of student projects

As the world becomes increasingly digital, it's vital for businesses to remain relevant and competitive by integrating digital technology with various business aspects, to change how companies deliver products and value to customers. 🌐 💻

Join an upcoming info session to learn more about the Digital Transformation Programme, which offers a series of professional certificates for employees who are keen to drive innovation and digital transformation in their companies.

🗓️ Mon, 13 Sept
⏰ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
➡️ Register at https://ace.nus.edu.sg/event/digital-transformation-programme/
📧 Have questions? Email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg for more information.