16 Nov 2026 (Mon) - 30 Nov 2026 (Mon)
In an era of unprecedented technological acceleration and disruption, corporate leaders must do more than understand emerging technologies—they must harness them strategically to shape the future of their organisations. The NUS Computing CXO Series in AI, Emerging Tech & Digital Transformation equips C-suite executives, senior technology and business leaders, and decision-makers with the insights, foresight, and strategic perspective to lead confidently in the AI era.
Participants will develop a strong executive-level understanding of AI and emerging technologies, including their capabilities, limitations, and future directions. Delivered by leading NUS Computing faculty, the series provides a curated overview of cutting-edge research spanning AI, algorithms, systems, cybersecurity, next-generation networking, spatial intelligence, precision longevity, and rigorous AI development—connecting technical advances with real-world business impact.
Beyond technology, the series focuses on one of today’s most critical leadership challenges: driving organisation-wide transformation. Through case studies, strategic frameworks, and peer discussions, participants will learn to evaluate technological opportunities, manage risks, align digital initiatives with business objectives, and lead successful enterprise-wide change.
Looking ahead, participants will explore frontier technologies poised to reshape industries, including neuromorphic computing, embedded intelligence, and quantum computing. Rather than focusing on technical detail alone, the series examines their strategic implications—helping leaders understand how these innovations will influence competitive advantage, business models, and long-term digital strategy.
Conducted by world-class NUS professors, the CXO Series empowers leaders with the practical knowledge, strategic clarity, and forward-looking perspective to move beyond experimentation and lead sustainable digital transformation with confidence.
Who is this course for?
Our Speakers
Kan Min Yen
Vice Dean, Undergraduate Studies,
NUS School of Computing
Understanding the Transformer Revolution:
From Foundation Models to Agentic AI
Discover the technology driving today’s AI revolution. This talk explores the Transformer architecture, foundation models and Agentic AI, explaining how modern AI systems understand, reason and automate complex tasks. Gain insights into emerging capabilities, limitations and the opportunities for intelligent automation across industries and organisations.
16 November 2026 – Monday
9 AM – 12 PM
Abhik Roychoudhury
Professor, Provost’s Chair
Agentic AI for Software
Discover how Agentic AI is transforming software engineering. This talk explores how AI agents are automating coding, testing, code review and software maintenance, how they differ from chatbots and the opportunities, trust and risks of adopting AI-assisted software engineering in today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape.
16 November 2026 – Monday
2 PM – 5 PM
Leong Tze Yun
Professor
Decision Intelligence and Strategic Leadership in the AI Era:
From Generative to Human-Aligned Agentic Systems
AI is transforming how organisations make decisions, manage risks and drive performance. This course explores the impact of generative and agentic AI on leadership and decision-making. Participants will learn key governance principles. Real-world case studies provide practical insights for responsible adoption.
17 November 2026 – Tuesday
9 AM – 12 PM
Martin Henz
Associate Professor
Vibe Coding and Computational Thinking
Computational thinking is becoming essential for effective leadership in the AI era. This course helps leaders assess technical complexity, identify the right digital solutions and apply AI strategically. Participants will gain practical insights to maximise business value while minimising complexity and waste.
17 November 2026 – Tuesday
2 PM – 5 PM
Dean Ho
Professor, Provost’s Chair
AI for Precision Longevity/Medicine
Discover how AI and digital medicine are transforming personalised healthcare. This talk explores the groundbreaking DELTA trial, combining AI, digital health, nutrition and fitness to optimise metabolic health and showcases innovative technologies advancing precision medicine, human performance, longevity and future population-scale health optimisation for better outcomes.
18 November 2026 – Wednesday
9 AM – 12 PM
Wong Lim Soon
Professor, KITHCT Chair
When AI Looks Right but is Wrong:
What Every CXO Should Know About AI Performance
This course equips leaders to evaluate AI performance beyond headline accuracy metrics. Participants will learn why strong laboratory results often fail in real-world deployment. The session highlights common AI blind spots, risks and misleading claims. Leaders will gain practical frameworks to make better-informed AI investment and deployment decisions.
18 November 2026 – Wednesday
2 PM – 5 PM
Chan Mun Choon
Vice Dean, Undergraduate Studies,
NUS School of Computing
Next Generation Network Infrastructure
Explore how next-generation wired and wireless networks are becoming strategic enablers of digital innovation. This seminar examines how modern network infrastructure supports AI, IoT, automation and advanced sensing, while highlighting the technology shifts, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of connected organisations and intelligent digital transformation.
19 November 2026 – Thursday
9 AM – 12 PM
Liang Zhenkai
Associate Professor, Chairman, Computer Science
Cybersecurity
To be confirmed.
19 November 2026 – Thursday
2 PM – 5 PM
Divesh Aggarwal
Associate Professor
Quantum Computing – Beyond the Hype:
What’s Real, What’s Next & What to Do Now
Discover the realities of quantum computing beyond the hype. This talk explains how quantum computers differ from classical systems, explores realistic business applications and limitations, and examines the cybersecurity implications of quantum technologies, including post-quantum cryptography, quantum readiness and planning for a secure digital future.
20 November 2026 – Friday
9 AM – 12 PM
Terence Sim
Associate Professor, Vice Dean, NUS Office of Admissions
The War for Identity – How Biometrics Will Define Security, Trust and Customer Experience
Biometric technology is now a strategic business capability, shaping customer trust, operational efficiency and risk management. This 3-hour executive briefing explores how to deliver seamless customer experiences, address deepfake and privacy challenges and develop a resilient identity strategy that protects your organisation, reputation and long-term business value.
20 November 2026 – Friday
2 PM – 5 PM
Tan Kian Lee
Professor, Tan Sri Runme Shaw Senior Professor
The Data of Analytics:
Heterogeneity, Integration, and Fairness in the Age of AI
Advances in big data analytics are transforming how organisations make decisions and create value. This course explores how data-driven insights can strengthen strategy and business performance. Participants will examine key governance, ethics and risk considerations in data and AI initiatives. The session provides practical approaches to align analytics with organisational goals and outcomes.
23 November 2026 – Monday
9 AM – 12 PM
Tan Chuan Hoo
Associate Professor, Deputy Head, Information Systems and Analytics
Digital Transformation Strategies
Digital transformation is about leveraging AI and digital capabilities to create competitive advantage. This course helps leaders assess digital readiness and AI maturity, identify opportunities and scale AI responsibly. Participants will explore strategies to strengthen data, governance and operational capabilities. The session equips leaders with a practical roadmap to drive sustainable business value.
24 November 2026 – Tuesday
9 AM – 12 PM
Goh Khim Yong
Professor, Head, Information Systems and Analytics
Digital Marketing in the AI Era
This executive course explores how generative AI, agentic AI, predictive analytics and personalisation are transforming digital marketing. Learn to integrate AI into marketing strategy, enhance customer engagement, optimise ROI, balance automation with creativity, address ethical considerations and lead AI-enabled marketing teams to drive sustainable business growth in the AI era.
24 November 2026 – Tuesday
2 PM – 5 PM
Oh Lih Bin
Associate Professor, Deputy Head, Information Systems and Analytics
Human-AI Co-Innovation
Human-AI collaboration is redefining how organisations innovate and create value. This seminar explores AI augmentation, human-in-the-loop design and agentic AI orchestration. Participants will gain practical insights to harness AI as a co-creator and accelerate innovation, performance and growth.
25 November 2026 – Wednesday
9 AM – 12 PM
Jungpil Hanh
Professor, Provost’s Chair
How AI Makes Organisations Smarter and Weaker
Explore the hidden risks of AI adoption beyond productivity gains. This talk examines how over-reliance on AI can erode organisational capability, decision-making and resilience and discusses how effective AI governance can preserve human judgement, strategic flexibility and long-term organisational performance in an AI-driven future.
25 November 2026 – Wednesday
2 PM – 5 PM
He Bingsheng
Vice Dean, Research, NUS School of Computing
A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation in the Agentic Era
Explore how AI is transforming research in the Agentic Era. This talk introduces the Researcher-as-CEO model, where AI agents automate execution while humans provide strategic oversight, enabling AI-powered “knowledge factories” to accelerate discovery, solve complex problems and redefine the future of knowledge creation and innovation.
26 November 2026 – Thursday
9 AM – 12 PM
Suranga Nanayakkara
Vice Dean, Corporate Communications, NUS School of Computing
Augmented Human and Entrepreneurship
Emerging technologies are transforming work, innovation and entrepreneurship. This course explores how human-centred technologies and AI can augment human potential and create new opportunities. Participants will learn how creativity and design thinking drive innovation. Practical examples highlight impactful, people-centred solutions.
26 November 2026 – Thursday
2 PM – 5 PM
Colin Tan
Asst Vice Dean, Corporate Communications, Director, Makers @ SoC
Agentic AI for Business Leaders:
Designing Autonomous Intelligence for Competitive Advantage
Agentic AI represents the next evolution of artificial intelligence – systems that do not merely respond, but plan, reason, act and adapt autonomously. This session equips executives with a clear understanding of agentic systems beyond the GenAI hype, where they create business value, and how technologies such as RAG, ReAct and autonomous agents are deployed today. Participants will leave with greater awareness of agentic technologies and the opportunities they present to businesses.
27 November 2026 – Friday
9 AM – 12 PM
Tan Wee Kek
Associate Professor, NUS Teaching Academy
Leading AI-Centric Digital Transformation:
Generative AI, Agentic AI, and the Future Operating Model
This session explores how generative AI and agentic AI are transforming organisations through AI-driven operating models. Designed for CXOs and senior leaders, it examines embedding AI into business processes, decision-making and workflows, while addressing governance, talent, data, technology and change management required to scale AI responsibly and create lasting value.
27 November 2026 – Friday
2 PM – 5 PM
Xavier Bresson
Associate Professor
Graph Neural Networks
Graph Neural Networks unlock deeper insights from complex, interconnected data. This course explores how GNNs outperform traditional AI models by capturing rich relationships and dependencies. Participants will discover applications in fraud detection, forecasting and business optimisation. The session also highlights how GNNs power next-generation recommender systems across multiple data types.
30 November 2026 – Monday
9 AM – 12 PM
Huang Ke Wei
Associate Professor, Executive Director, NUS Asian Institute of Digital Finance
The Future of Finance:
Macro FinTech Trends & Generative AI Strategies
Explore how FinTech and Generative AI are reshaping corporate finance. This session examines Open Banking, CBDCs and digital assets, while demonstrating how AI can streamline financial workflows, improve cash flow visibility, reduce operational friction and help organisations build more agile, resilient and future-ready finance functions.
30 November 2026 – Monday
2 PM – 5 PM
Programme Fees
| Registration Round | Register Interest By | SOCX Decision | Payment Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round I - 20% Discount SGD 800 + GST per session |
30 Aug 2026 | 5 Sept 2026 | 15 Sept 2026 |
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Round II - 10% Discount SGD 900 + GST per session |
30 Sept 2026 | 5 Oct 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 |
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Final Round SGD 1,000 + GST per session |
15 Oct 2026 | 20 Oct 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 |
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How to Register
- Submit your expression of interest via the registration link.
- Our team will review your application and respond within five working days.
- If your application is successful, you will receive instructions to complete your online payment within two weeks.
- Once your payment has been received and enrolment confirmed, we will send you a confirmation email. We look forward to welcoming you to the programme.
- If you have any questions, please refer to our FAQs or contact us at socx@nus.edu.sg.
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