We're proud to announce that we will co-host and operate a blockchain research centre alongside the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The Blockchain Research Center (BRC) will be backed by a US$20 million funding commitment from blockchain platform Klaytn Foundation over the next four years, turning it into one of the largest blockchain research centres by known funding size.

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GOOD NEWS: NUS Presidential Young Professor Kuldeep Meel has won the 2022 Association for Constraint Programming (ACP) Early Career Researcher Award. The award is given to researchers who show great promise in the research area of constraint programming (CP). Congrats, Dr Meel! 🎉

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𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙐𝙎 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜
Professor Tan Kian Lee, who is Tan Sri Runme Shaw Senior Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of the Singapore Data Science Consortium, will be Dean of NUS Computing in January next year. He succeeds Professor Mohan Kankanhalli, who has been Dean since July 2016. Congrats, Prof Tan!

The School would also like to thank Prof Mohan for his contributions to NUS Computing. Prof Mohan will continue to serve as Director of NUS Centre for Research in Privacy Technologies (N-CRiPT), and Deputy Executive Chairman of AI Singapore.

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Did You Know: NUS Overseas Colleges offer both year-long and 6-month long programmes at various locations across the globe? Students get to embark on an experiential learning and entrepreneurial development journey at various countries such as the Silicon Valley in the U.S., Toronto, Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, and Bangkok.

Applications for NUS Overseas Colleges' Jan 2023 intake will close Thu 18 Aug, so hurry and apply today! 🚀 🙌🏻

📣 Application closes Thu 18 Aug
➡️ Apply here: http://bit.ly/NOCApplyInfo

Keen to kickstart your career as a UI/UX designer? Earn a Professional Certificate in User Experience Design in this 6-day online course organised by Advanced Computing for Executives.

🗓️ Mon 19 Sept - Fri 7 Oct (various dates)
⏰ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
➡️ Sign up for the course at https://ace.nus.edu.sg/professional-certificate-in-user-experience-design/
📧 For more enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

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 Wed 31 Aug
➡️ Visit https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/#graduate for more info
📧 Have questions about the programmes? Contact mcomp@comp.nus.edu.sg

Have a tech idea that could benefit the community? Combine your passion for computing and community service with the Centre for Computing for Social Good & Philanthropy's Public Service Fellowship, and turn your tech ideas into reality today.

❗Deadline: Fri 14 Oct, 11:59pm
🔗 Apply here: https://www.ccsgp.comp.nus.edu.sg/fellowship-programme
📧 Have questions? Contact us at ccsgp-staff@googlegroups.com
🟠 Note: This programme is only open to current NUS Computing students

Equip yourself with the essential skills needed to be a digital product manager with this comprehensive, 7-day online course offered by NUS Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE).

Participants need not have any background in product management.

🗓️ Tues 4 Oct - Wed 2 Nov (various dates)
⏰ 9.00am - 5.30pm
➡️ Sign up at https://ace.nus.edu.sg/professional-certificate-in-digital-product-management/
📧 For more enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Congrats Associate Professor Ilya Sergey and Assistant Professor Trevor Carlson for winning the Amazon Research Award! 🎊

The Amazon Research Awards is a programme that provides unrestricted funds and Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credits to academic researchers investigating research topics across a number of disciplines.

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Looking to solve complex business problems in the finance, retail and supply chain industries with data? Check out this 6-day online course offered by the Advanced Computing for Executives centre:

🗓️ Fri 7 Oct - Thu 24 Nov (various dates)
⏰ 9am - 5.30pm
➡️ For more info, visit nus.edu/3KL5lXS
📧 For enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

GOOD NEWS: NUS Computing profs Abhik Roychoudhury, Tulika Mitra, He Bingsheng and NUS Presidential Young Professor Prashant Nalini Vasudevan have been awarded research grants to facilitate their research in software programming, cryptography, and deep learning networks.

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🥳 Join us for a day of full-on FUN at homeCOMing 2022! 🥳
Check out our new Sea Building (COM3), take part in an amazing race, try your hand at some carnival games, and seize the chance to pilot a drone!

🗓️ Sat 17 Sept
⏰ 12pm - 5.30pm
➡️ Register at https://forms.office.com/r/aGZ2GSqeke
📧 For enquiries, please email socfamily@comp.nus.edu.sg

See you then! 😉🫶

Learn how to harness the power of data and make good business decisions with this 2-day, online course on Python offered by the Advanced Computing for Executives centre.

🗓️ Thu 13 Oct - Fri 14 Oct
⏰ 9.00am - 5.30pm
➡️ Visit https://ace.nus.edu.sg/python-for-data-science/ to learn more
📧 For enquiries, email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Grilled chicken satay drizzled with peanut sauce, chilled tiger prawns and delicious tapioca rice balls infused with palm sugar - these dishes are part of a tantalising buffet spread at the Grand Hyatt hotel which, if unfinished, would normally end up in the bin.

Thanks to treatsure, a mobile app platform started by NUS Computing alumnus Kenneth Ham (right) and his co-founder, NUS alumnus Preston Wong (left), consumers can now purchase these delectable dishes as “Buffet-in-a-Box” meal at affordable prices.

Check it out! 😋

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🔗 www.treatsure.co/

Get straight to the building blocks of innovative digital marketing and e-commerce strategies, and propel your business to greater heights with this online course offered by Advanced Computing for Executives centre.

🗓️ Tues 11 Oct - Sat 29 Oct (various dates)
⏰ Various timings
➡️ Visit https://ace.nus.edu.sg/professional-certificate-in-digital-transformation-digital-marketing-and-e-commerce/ to learn more
📧 For more enquiries, please email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg

Congrats NUS Computing profs David Hsu and Lee Wee Sun, and NUS Computing alumni Dr Nan Ye and Adhiraj Somani, for winning the 2022 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Award! The group won the prestigious award for their paper on planning for uncertainty in artificial intelligence. 💪

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From music and wellness, to games, karaoke and real estate, there's no limit to the tech solutions that NUS Computing students can come up with at Orbital Splashdown 2022! 🚀 👾 ✨

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

Check out the winning projects!🏆

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Open up new career possibilities and develop tech skills with the Graduate Certificate in Computing Foundations 🖥 at #NUSComputing.

Be a catalyst of change and take the first step to unlock your true potential. 🎓

📢 Hurry, applications close on 31 Oct 2022.

Find out more at: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/certcf/

Drop us an email at: socgradc@comp.nus.edu.sg

#NUSSoc #NUSExcellence #NUSComputing #tech #upskill #careers

The NUS School of Computing wishes all our Hindu friends a very happy and prosperous Deepavali 🪔

#deepavali #diwali #deepavali2022 #festivaloflights

📢 Fantastic news!

NUS Computing’s Computer Science programme has been ranked 7th globally and top in Asia in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 by subject 🎉.

A huge thank you to everyone in the NUS community who has made this magnificent achievement possible 🤝.

More information here: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/subject-ranking/computer-science

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