Filtered by: Department of Computer Science

NUS Presidential Young Professor Yang You and PhD students win Distinguished Paper award at AAAI-23 Conference

23 March 2023 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Research , Artificial Intelligence

 

23 March 2023 ­— NUS Computing Assistant Professor Yang You and Ph.D. students, along with collaborators from Bytedance, has won the Distinguished Paper award for their paper on click-through rate (CTR) model training. 

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Making IoT devices that are everlasting

09 March 2023 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature

 

If you awoke this morning feeling a little more tired than usual, you might have glanced at your FitBit to see how many REM sleep cycles you clocked last night. Perhaps you then stumbled into the kitchen to grab an espresso (brewed fresh while you were getting dressed, thanks to a nifty app on your phone). And as you do, your smart fridge announces that you’re running out of milk, so you tell Alexa to add it to the weekly shopping list.

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NUS Computing Ph.D. Student wins second place in ACM SIGPLAN Conference Student Research Competition

06 February 2023 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Research

 

6 February 2023 ­­– NUS Computing Ph.D. student Zhong Yuyi won second place in the Student Research Competition at the ACM SIGPPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Application: Software for Humanity (SPLASH), for her paper on neural network verification.

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NUS Computing professor and researchers clinch the Best BNI Paper award at the 2022 ACM Multimedia Conference

02 February 2023 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research

 

2 February 2023 — NUS Computing professor and researchers clinched the Best BNI (Brave New Ideas) Paper award for their work on narrative generation at the ACM Multimedia Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal between 10-14 October 2022.

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First EGOI female gold medallist awarded NUS Merit Scholarship at official launch of Centre for Nurturing Computing Excellence (CeNCE)

19 January 2023 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Programming Languages & Software Engineering , Algorithms & Theory

 

19 January 2023 – Minister of State Gan Siow Huang recently officiated at the launch of the Centre for Nurturing Computing Excellence (CeNCE), a learning space established in February 2022 by the NUS School of Computing (NUS Computing) to develop core computing competencies among both pre-university and university students.

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NUS Computing and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) joint Ph.D. student named as EECS Rising Star 2022

03 January 2023 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Student

 

3 January 2023 — NUS Computing and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) joint Ph.D. in Computer Science candidate, Priyanka Golia has been selected as one of the EECS Rising Stars at the annual Rising Stars programme for 2022. She is a final-year Ph.D. candidate and advised by NUS Presidential Young Professor, Assistant Professor Kuldeep S. Meel, and IIT Associate Professor Subhajit Roy.

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NUS Computing Professor Xiao Xiaokui elevated to IEEE Fellow

04 January 2023 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research

 

4 January 2023 — Professor Xiao Xiaokui from the Department of Computer Science has been elevated to an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to data privacy and graph data management.

An IEEE Fellow is a prestigious position reserved for select IEEE members who have contributed immensely to the field of engineering, science, and technology. Less than 0.1% of voting members are selected annually for this member grade elevation.  

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NUS Computing students finished second in close fight at the ICPC Asia Ho Chi Minh Regional Contest 2022

21 December 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Teaching

 

21 December 2022 — NUS Computing teams brought back great results from the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Ho Chi Minh Regional Contest 2022 held from 8 to 9 December 2022.  

ICPC is the world’s oldest and most established algorithmic programming contest for university students. Teams of three university students race against the clock to solve as many of the algorithmic problems presented. Top-scoring teams from the ICPC regional contests will receive the opportunity to compete in the contest's annual global championship round—the ICPC World Finals.

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Computing x Music: NUS Computing students present 2nd Artificial Intelligence Concert

29 November 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Student , Artificial Intelligence

 

29 November 2022 — Can Artificial Intelligence replace musicians? Probably not, but they can definitely help musicians unlock their creativity. The Sound & Music Computing for Human Health & Potential (SMC4HHP) seminar and concert held at Innovation 4.0 on Saturday, 12 November 2022 proved just that.

This was the second live concert hosted by the Sound & Music Computing (SMC) Lab to showcase the talent and creativity of NUS Computing students. Its performers included lab members and students of CS4347/CS5647 Sound and Music Computing module taught by Associate Professor Wang Ye from the Department of Computer Science.

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21st STePS makes a comeback in 2022!

17 November 2022 Department of Computer Science , Student , Programming Languages & Software Engineering

 

16 Nov 2022 – The School of Computing was once again abuzz with creative energy as some 120 students presented 40 innovative projects across 4 tracks to over 600 guests and industry sponsors at the 21st STePS (SOC Term Project Showcase).

Touted as the biggest developer centric event at the NUS School of Computing, the brainchild of Prof Anand Bhojan can be described as a mini tradeshow that provides a platform for selected student projects to be showcased to peers, industry sponsors, government agencies and interested parties.  

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NUS Greycats and NUS Greyhats clinch the top two spots at the 12th Singapore Cyber Conquest

10 November 2022 Department of Computer Science , Student , Security

 8 November 2022 – NUS students have once again proven that strong computing skills coupled with the intellect for creative problem-solving are a potent formula for success.   

Two teams from the NUS School of Computing beat more than 30 teams from across Singapore and Asean to emerge tops at the 12th Singapore Cyber Conquest, held during GovWare 2022. GovWare is the premier cybersecurity intel and connectivity platform for the latest trends in technology, organizational implementation, and user perspectives in all things cybersecurity.

The NUS Greycats team comprising Tan Jia Le (Year 4, Information Security) and Devesh Logendran (Year 2, Information Security) emerged as No. 1 in the competition. Coming a close 2nd was the NUS Greyhats comprising Chandrasekaran Akash (Year 2, Computer Science) and Daniel Lim Wee Soong (Year 4, Computer Engineering).

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Tin Jingyao: Master of the Game

04 October 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Student

 

04 October 2022 — It was indeed a serendipitous moment for 8-year-old Tin Jingyao when he stumbled upon a game of chess on his aunt’s computer out of boredom on a dreary afternoon in 2008. There was no turning back since. The plucky young enthusiast discovered his innate talent for the game and went on to hone his skills with great mastery, competing in his first chess tournament just a year later.

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NUS Computing profs and alumni win 2022 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Award

12 September 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Alum

12 September 2022 — NUS Computing professors David Hsu and Lee Wee Sun, along with their research collaborators, have won the 2022 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Award for their paper on planning for uncertainty in artificial intelligence.

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NUS Computing professors announced as recipients of Amazon Research Awards 2022

03 September 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science

03 September 2022 — NUS Computing Associate Professor Ilya Sergey and Assistant Professor Trevor Carlson were announced as recipients of the Amazon Research Awards this year.

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Four NUS Computing professors awarded grants for research in software programming, cryptography, and deep learning

05 September 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty

05 September 2022 — To facilitate their research in software programming, cryptography, and deep learning networks, NUS Computing faculty members have been awarded research grants from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the National Research Foundation (NRF).

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NUS Presidential Young Professor Kuldeep Meel wins ACP Early Career Researcher Award 2022

11 August 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

11 August 2022 — NUS Presidential Young Professor Kuldeep Meel has won the 2022 Association for Constraint Programming (ACP) Early Career Researcher Award.

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‘Hearing’ how you walk

29 July 2022 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature

In one scene from the hit TV series Star Trek, Dr Bones McCoy runs to the aid of his fallen crewmate, who lies strewn across a barren, other-worldly landscape. He kneels down, reaches for the small handheld device strapped across his body, and waves it over the injured man. Seconds later, the device beeps and a diagnosis pops up on its tiny screen.

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NUS Computing students and alumni awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize and Outstanding Computing Prize

29 July 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

29 July 2022 — Twenty-one students and alumni were awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize and Outstanding Computing Prize in end June this year.

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NUS Computing and City University of Hong Kong conduct summer bootcamp on smart glasses to nurture next-gen innovators

15 July 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Digital Transformation, Platforms & Innovation

15 July 2022 — Together with the City University of Hong Kong’s Laboratory of Empirical Research for Future Interfaces, NUS Computing’s NUS-Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab and the Smart Systems Institute (SSI) conducted a six-day bootcamp on smart glasses for university students in mid-May.

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CRYSTAL Centre receives donation from Klaytn Foundation to advance blockchain research

12 July 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , FinTech

12 July 2022 — NUS Computing’s CRYSTAL Centre has received a donation from Klaytn Foundation, a Singapore-based non-profit organisation, to advance research in blockchain technology.

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