Congrats to the following NUS Computing alumni for winning the NUS Computing Outstanding Computing Alumni Award 2020! 🎉The award is given to alumni whose endeavours in their chosen fields or professions are worthy of recognition and have brought honour to the university or school. ✨

➡️ nus.edu/3GMyqzi

P.S. Keen to nominate an NUS Computing alumnus? Nomination deadline for the Outstanding Computing Alumni Award 2021 is 31 Jan 2022. For more info on the process, please visit https://nus.edu/3nyOq0l

Want to intern at a start-up in 2022? The NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programme is now open for applications! 🚀
➡️ Apply now: http://bit.ly/NOCApplyInfo
❗Application closes on Fri 21 Jan
📧 Have questions? Contact nocquery@nus.edu.sg

For full-time NUS first-year students who enrolled in AY 2021/2022, you may consider joining the Friends of NOC (FoN) network for updates on the latest NOC happenings, events and internship opportunities with start-ups. You may also apply now for the NOC Singapore programme for the Jul 2022 intake.
🤝 Friends of NOC: bit.ly/FoN2122
🔗 NOC Singapore: https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/education-programmes/nus-overseas-colleges/programmes/singapore/

*The NOC programmes are only open to current NUS students

Congrats to StaffAny for securing US$3.4 million in funding! The startup, founded by a team of alumni from NUS and the NUS Overseas Colleges programme, helps businesses with a blue-collar workforce to optimise their staff scheduling, time-tracking and end-of-month time sheet consolidation. 📂 🕐 💪

Did You Know: StaffAny was previously located at the Furnace, an early-stage startup incubator in NUS? They were also a recipient of NUS Computing's Venture Initiation Program (VIP) grant, a 1-year grant that awards NUS student teams a cool $10,000 to work on their startup idea.

P.S. We're also giving a special shoutout to our alumnus Jeremy Hon (Computer Science, Class of 2018), co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at StaffAny! 😉

🔗 Learn more about our VIP@SoC grant: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/entrepreneurship/furnace/application/overview/

➡️ https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/start-up-staffany-founded-by-nus-grads-raises-46-million-in-funding

What will it mean for society when machines, and the corporations and governments they serve, can ‘read’ people’s minds and emotions? 🤔 As AI tech matures, it's important to consider its implications. 🤖 Enter NUS Computing Assistant Prof Desmond Ong and his practical guidelines on how we should ethically develop, and use affectively-aware AI — artificial intelligence that can recognise emotional expressions.

➡️ nus.edu/3fGzPvE

Keen to turn an innovative idea of yours into a real business? 💡Hear from some start-up founders as they share their personal experiences and candid insights into their journey as an innovator!

📌 Topic: Start Up Pitching 1-2-3!
🗓️ Mon 24 Jan
⏰ 7pm - 9:15pm
➡️ Visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/journey-of-the-innovator-start-up-pitching-1-2-3-tickets-244794215087 to sign up

📌 Topic: From the Horses' Mouths
🗓️ Mon 7 Feb
⏰ 7pm - 9:15pm
➡️ Visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/journey-of-the-innovator-from-the-horses-mouth-tickets-246962470397 to sign up

📌 Topic: Money Talks
🗓️ Mon 21 Feb
⏰ 7pm - 9:15pm
➡️ Visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/journey-of-the-innovator-money-talks-tickets-246979230527 to sign up

Whatcha think of our new COM3 building? 🤩 🏢 Still a work in progress, but we can't wait to explore it soon! Learn more about the newest kid on the block below, and stay tuned to our socials for more updates about COM3!

➡️ com3.comp.nus.edu.sg/

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and NUS renewed an agreement on Tuesday to continue its joint research collaboration through the IPAL, a French-Singaporean International Research Laboratory formed in 1998.

The agreement solidifies the renewal of the lab until 2025, and paves the way for more ground-breaking collaborative research, where researchers can work together to create better solutions to address complex real-world problems.

➡️ nus.edu/3fZNON9

We warmly welcome Assistant Profs Li Xiaofan, Varun Karamshetty, Nakyung Kyung and Aditya Karanam to NUS Computing's Department of Information Systems & Analytics! 👋

➡️ nus.edu/33WvOkn

Keen to kickstart your career in the FinTech industry? Join the NUS FinTech SG Programme info session, and learn how you can do so!
🗓️ Thu 24 Feb
⏰ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
➡️ https://ace.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintechsg-programme/
📧 For more enquiries, email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Check out what NUS Computing Assoc Prof Keith Carter has to say about volunteering for Smart Nation Singapore, and being a Star Smart Nation Ambassador! 🌟

➡️ bit.ly/3AIxYQs

Happy Lunar New Year from all of us at NUS Computing! Wishing one and all a roarin' good start to 2022! 🐯🧧 🍊🍊

Don't forget to sign up for this upcoming entrepreneurship webinar! Grab the chance to hear from two experienced start-up founders - Jeffrey Tiong from PatSnap and Roshni Mahtani from theAsianparent - as they share about their entrepreneurial journeys.

📌 Topic: From the Horses' Mouths
🗓️ Mon 7 Feb
⏰ 7pm - 9:15pm
➡️ Visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/journey-of-the-innovator-from-the-horses-mouth-tickets-246962470397 to sign up

💻Yale-NUS Tech is hosting a tech conference for students from all majors to connect with founders, investors, and professionals in tech. Check it out below!

🗓️ Sat 19 Feb - Sun 20 Feb
⏰ 1:00 pm - 5:00pm
➡️ https://bit.ly/3HEVn8o
🔗Learn more about Yale-NUS tech: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yale-nus-tech/

A community initiative by Associate Professor Ben Leong - the Computing For Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO) - was honoured with the Exemplary Community Partner Award 2021 from Lions Befrienders. Congrats to A/P Leong and his students! 🎉

Under this initiative, two teams of NUS Computing undergrads recently developed a one-stop volunteer app and a Home Personal Care Mobile app for Lions Befrienders.📲 Check it out below!

➡️ nus.edu/3GATuYK
🔗 Learn more about CVWO here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~vwo/

Looking to digitally transform your business? Gain practical tips that will help you digitalise business operations sustainably, and improve your organisation's chances of success at this webinar jointly organised by Smart Nation Singapore and Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE).

🗓️ Thu 17 Feb
⏰ 12:00 pm - 1:00pm
➡️ https://go.gov.sg/wadigitransformation-feb22

Keen to advance your knowledge in computing, or explore an accelerated conversion to the computing field? Applications for our Master of Computing (Specialisations and General track) programmes are now open.

❗Application closes Tue 15 Mar
➡️ Visit https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/#graduate for more info
📧 Have questions about the programmes? Contact mcomp@comp.nus.edu.sg

Assoc Prof Martin Henz is bringing NUS Computing to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology! A/P Henz recently started his sabbatical as a Visiting Scholar at MIT, where he’s just finished teaching a small course called "A Taste of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Java Script Edition (SICP JS)", in late January. The course was offered as part of MIT’s Independent Activities Period, and was open to all MIT students, staff, and alumni. ⚙️ 💻

As a special perk, legendary computer science educator Gerald Jay Sussman — the original co-author of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs — also participated in the course as a ‘student’ along with his wife, computer programmer Julie Sussman.

For four second-year Computer Science students who volunteered to help A/P Henz facilitate a segment of his online classes (dubbed studio sessions), this means they’ve earned eternal bragging rights! 🤩

Read more in our Instagram post below!

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaEZ9Gsu7Lh/

Learn about modern data management technologies, and the future trends of Data Technology and Management (DTM) in this introductory online course organised by Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE) for IT professionals!

🗓️ Thu 10 Mar - Fri 11 Mar (Online)
⏰ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
➡️ Visit https://ace.nus.edu.sg/event/data-technology-and-management-for-it-professionals/ to learn more
📧 For more enquiries, email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

What do investors look at when deciding to invest in a start-up? Would it be the idea, the market, or the team behind a start-up? Hear from two experienced investors, Paul Santos and Ted Tan, at the third and final webinar on entrepreneurship, taking place tomorrow evening:

📌 Topic: Money Talks
🗓️ Mon 21 Feb
⏰ 7:00pm - 9:15pm
➡️ Visit https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/journey-of-the-innovator-money-talks-tickets-246979230527 to sign up

Research and collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI) has been given a shot in the arm with the official launch of the NUS Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NUSAIL) on Mon, 21 Feb.

Hosted at NUS Computing, NUSAIL’s mission is to be a centre of excellence in AI research, education, and practice. It started as a self-initiated effort among faculty members who taught AI at NUS Computing.

The event also saw the introduction of Rosetta, an initiative started by faculty members at NUS Computing. The special interest group brings together faculty members in NUS who teach AI courses in a spirit of dialogue and collaboration so as to leverage each other’s strengths and support each other in the field of AI education.

➡️ nus.edu/3IgwEXY