Late last month, NUS Computing Assoc Prof Martin Henz launched a book called the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Java Script (SICP JS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology!

Prof Henz's book is an adaptation of the computer science textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP), which represented a landmark in computer science education & was written by Hal Abelson & Gerald Jay Sussman.

Here’s a fun fact: Prof Henz & his NUS colleagues, Dr Low Kok Lim & Dr Boyd Anderson, also used various drafts and revisions of SICP JS in the NUS Computing module, CS1101S Programming Methodology!

➡️ Learn more about the textbook here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/structure-and-interpretation-computer-programs-1

📸 Check out prof Henz (in dark blue, nearest to the screen), at his book launch at MIT! 🎉 Seated with him are co-authors (from left to right) Harold Abelson, Julie Sussman, & Gerald Jay Sussman (standing).

Happy Vesak to all our Buddhist staff, students and friends!🪷

GOOD NEWS: NUS Computing Asst Prof Brian Lim has won the Google Research Scholar Award! Dr Lim is the first Singaporean to receive the Google Research Scholar Award, which aims to support world-class research conducted by early-career professors at institutions around the world. Congrats, Dr Lim! 🎉

➡️ nus.edu/3FXIc1W

Keen to solve tech problems, and develop impactful IT solutions and systems as an information systems researcher?

Join our online info session taking place today, to learn more about our PhD in Information Systems and Analytics programme:

🗓️ Thu 19 May
⏰ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (SGT)
➡️ Sign up at bit.ly/phdisamay2022
🔗Visit https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/phdis/ to learn more about the PhD programme
📧 Have questions? Contact us at phd-info@comp.nus.edu.sg

Keen to kickstart your career in the FinTech industry? Join the NUS FinTech SG Programme info session and learn how you can do so!

🗓️ Fri 27 May
⏰ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
➡️ Sign up at bit.ly/fintechinfomay-reg
🔗 https://ace.nus.edu.sg/nus-fintech-sg-programme/
📧 For more enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Last weekend, students from Developer Student Clubs @ NUS Computing (DSC) received an appreciation plaque from Education Minister Chan Chun Sing for helping Diabetes Singapore improve their diabetes screening workflow, data management, and stakeholder engagement, with a new and improved database management system.

They were led by project team leaders Olivia Johansen (Computer Science, Year 3) and Wong Zhou Wai (Business Analytics, Year 3) (extreme right, holding plaque together).

The club took the chance to show the new and improved features of the database management system to Minister Chan at Diabetes Singapore’s cycling charity ride in Sentosa last Saturday. 💪 This was followed by a cycling trip around Sentosa with the club’s adviser, senior lecturer Dr Sharon Tan (first row, fourth from left, in blue & orange).

Well done, to the Project Siew Dai team! 😊✨

📸 Diabetes Singapore

Here at NUS, we're more than just a school. Check out what final-year Computer Science student Sarah Lim has to say about NUS Computing!

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdk4lWHl4D9/

Spot third-year Business Analytics student Denise Tan in this video on life at NUS!✨

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CdCXjkHll7Z/

Do you unlock your smartphone with your face or fingerprint? 📲 Biometrics promise enhanced security because they can't be lost or forgotten, and aren't easily forged or duplicated. But that's not to say it is foolproof.

What can be done to minimise any potential abuse of biometrics data? NUS Computing Associate Professor Terence Sim weighs in on the ways to prevent such abuse.

➡️ bit.ly/3Lwf1Eq

Shape your future with us at NUS Computing. Don't forget to accept your offer by today, Tue 24 May!

➡️ tinyurl.com/NUSAcceptance

Congrats to NUS Computing freshman Tin Jingyao for winning three medals - a silver and two bronzes - at the SEA Games 2022! Jingyao, a Computer Science student, made his debut at the Games where he secured a bronze in the men's blitz individual event on Fri 20 May, a silver in the men's rapid chess event on Tue 17 May, and a bronze in the men's standard individual chess event on Sun 15 May. We're proud of you, Jingyao! ✨🥈🥉

➡️ bit.ly/3LGiuk1
📸 Sport Singapore / Dyan Thia

On Tuesday, the NUS Centre for Research in Privacy Technologies (N-CRiPT) under NUS Computing signed a research collaboration agreement with Singapore-based cyber intelligence firm Cyber Intelligence House (CIH) to develop a cyber risk index to show how exposed different industries around the world are to cyber threats.

By using up to 200 variables and mapping threats collected from the dark web and deep web, N-CRiPT and CIH will utilise the most pertinent variables to create powerful and detailed risk indexes.

➡️ nus.edu/3NCRC5E

Learn how to solve key problems using algorithms in this 6-day online course on data structures and algorithms conducted by NUS Computing Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien.

🗓️ Mon 6 June - Wed 15 June (various dates)
⏰ 9:00am - 5:30pm
➡️ Learn more at https://ace.nus.edu.sg/professional-certificate-in-data-structures-and-algorithms/
📧 For more enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Team DeafTalk, comprising final-year Computer Science student Zhang Zhiyao and third-year Computer Science student Hu Jiajun, emerged as the winner at a Huawei hackathon in April this year, beating more than 190 teams from 10 schools. ✨💪Zhiyao and Jiajun won the grand prize with their interactive application designed for hearing-impaired children to practice their pronunciation through gamification.

➡️ nus.edu/3NHHj0u

Join NUS Computing senior lecturer Dr Amirhassan Monajemi in this free webinar on AI, Machine Learning and Data Science, and learn how disruptive technologies will affect business and society.

🗓️ Mon 6 June
⏰ 12pm - 1pm
➡️ Sign up at bit.ly/amirlecture

Are you a working professional looking to move into the computing field?💻⚙️The Graduate Certificate in Computing Foundations is a programme that provides a systematic pathway for applicants who do not have a background in computing to acquire the core competencies in computing.

➡️ Find out more about the Graduate Certificate programme here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/certcf/
❗Applications close tomorrow, Tue 31 May.
📧 Have questions? Email us at socgradc@comp.nus.edu.sg

GOOD NEWS: NUS Computing PhD graduate Dr Ruan Pingcheng received an Honourable Mention for the ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Dissertation Award 2022 in late April this year for his dissertation, Blockchains: Novel Data Systems and Beyond. 🎉Congrats, Dr Ruan!

➡️ nus.edu/3wRTJ01

Congrats NUS Computing PhD student Zhu Cungen (first from left) for winning second place in the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Supply Chain Management Best Student Paper Competition! 🎉 Cungen, who was supervised by NUS Computing Asst Prof Chen Jin, won the award for his paper on an emerging legislative initiative called the ‘right to repair’ movement.

➡️ nus.edu/3x8iQM0

A team of NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics graduates recently won the School of Computing Innovation Prize for their finance app, AllGrow. 📲 The app, which combines cross border remittance services as well as financial products and educational content on finance, was developed for everyday Singaporeans and migrant workers. Well done! 💪

➡️ nus.edu/3x7sAoP

🎉 Congrats to NUS Computing alumnus Jeremy Hon (Computer Science, Class of 2018) for making the Forbes Under 30 Asia List 2022!

This annual list by Forbes Asia celebrates the most visionary young entrepreneurs, leaders and trailblazers — aged 30 and below – from across the region, who are boldly redefining their industries for the better. Jeremy's workforce management solution start-up, StaffAny, counts restaurants such as Ya Kun Kaya Toast and Ippudo as its clients. Well done, Team StaffAny!

➡️ bit.ly/3NfBlUC
🔗 https://www.staffany.com/
📸: StaffAny (Jeremy is pictured second from right in the first row)