25 September 2020 – Have you ever heard of the ‘cappuccino effect’? It is not the latest trend in foam art among aficionado baristas, but a common malpractice committed in the shipping industry through negligence.
24 September 2020 – Yesterday marked the end of the 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI2020), which was hosted by the NUS School of Computing from 13 to 19 September 2020.
Supported by Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE), this marked the first time the prestigious programming competition was held online, after the original in-person competition was deferred to 2021 due to COVID-19. A virtual closing ceremony was held over YouTube yesterday to celebrate the successful end of this year’s event.
23 September 2020 – Four NUS Computing professors and seven alumni were named in the inaugural Singapore 100 Women in Technology List. The list is a collaboration between the Singapore Computer Society, Infocomm Media Development Authority, SG Women in Tech and Mediacorp.
Provost’s Chair Professor Wynne Hsu, Professor Janice Lee Mong Li, Professor Tulika Mitra and Adjunct Professor Kwong Yuk Wah were named in the list, which was unveiled in early September this year.