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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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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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‘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 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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Mastering the beast that is the company-wide IT system

09 July 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Research , Feature

Anyone who’s part of an organisation, big or small, will likely be familiar with a company-wide IT system of some sort. It’s the boon and bane of many an employee’s existence, allowing them to deal with HR-related matters, manage their consultancy work with third parties, help track client projects and interactions, and so on.

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When disaster strikes, where do people run?

24 June 2022 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature

When a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or any other crisis strikes, the best time to act isn’t just as it occurs, but rather in the months, even years, before it happens.

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Six NUS MSBA students win first place at the NUS-Cargill Analytics Innovation Challenge 2022

11 June 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Student , Data Science & Business Analytics

11 June 2022 – Team Multiverse, comprising six current NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students, won first place at the NUS-Cargill Analytics Innovation Challenge 2022 in April this year.

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Want to make a good app? Update often and get customers involved

10 June 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Research , Feature , Digital Transformation, Platforms & Innovation

Modern-day learners have a wealth of “teachers” to turn to: online books, e-learning courses, YouTube tutorials, and even smartphone apps. If, for instance, you are yearning to lead a more mindful existence and seek everyday calm through the practice of meditation, you might download an app to guide you along.

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NUS MSBA students win School of Computing Innovation Prize for finance app

01 June 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Student , Data Science & Business Analytics

01 June 2022 — Five NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) graduates won the School of Computing Innovation Prize for their finance app, AllGrow, which was developed for everyday Singaporeans from low to middle income households, and migrant workers.

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NUS Computing PhD student wins second place in 2022 POMS College of SCM Best Student Paper Competition

31 May 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Student , Digital Transformation, Platforms & Innovation

31 May 2022 — NUS Computing PhD student Zhu Cungen was awarded second place in the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Supply Chain Management (SCM) Best Student Paper Competition, for his paper on Right to Repair: Pricing, Welfare, and Environmental Implications.

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NUS Computing students win first place at Huawei hackathon

27 May 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student

27 May 2022 — Two NUS Computing students won first place at the inaugural HUAWEI CLOUD Spark Hackathon Singapore in April this year.

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NUS Computing PhD graduate receives Honourable Mention for ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Dissertation Award 2022

26 May 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Database

26 May 2022 — 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.

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Preventing abuse of biometrics authentication technology

20 May 2022 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , News Media

 

Do you unlock your smartphone with your face or fingerprint? Welcome to the world of biometrics authentication - a whopping US$28 billion (S$39 billion) global market, which promises a modern, convenient, reliable and effective method to verify someone's identity.

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NUS Computing Assistant Professor Brian Lim wins Google Research Scholar Award 2022

12 May 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Artificial Intelligence

12 May 2022 — NUS Computing Assistant Professor Brian Lim has received the Google Research Scholar Award, which aims to support world-class research conducted by early-career professors at institutions around the world.

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NUS Computing Assistant Professor Brian Lim and PhD student Zhang Wencan win Best Paper Award at CHI 2022

30 April 2022 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Artificial Intelligence

30 April 2022 — NUS Computing Assistant Professor Brian Lim and Computer Science PhD student Zhang Wencan have won the Best Paper Award at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which will take place on 30 April to 5 May this year.

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Explainable AI gets more human-centric — thanks to cognitive psychology

28 April 2022 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature , Artificial Intelligence

Imagine if Amazon Alexa could recommend a tub of ice cream or Siri could play a cheerful song if they hear sadness in your voice. AI voice recognition can now recognise emotions with very high accuracy. Yet it is not correct all the time, and this begs the question of how it make its decisions.

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Walk, Watch, Learn: On-the-go video learning

20 April 2022 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature , Artificial Intelligence

 

As COVID crept across the world, confining people to their homes and chaining them to their desks — for work, school, and play — Zhao Shengdong was no exception. Involved in class after online class, the associate professor at NUS Computing and his PhD student Ashwin Ram soon began to wonder: What can we do to enhance the online learning experience? Instead of a static setting, could people learn dynamically on-the-go instead? 

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NUS Computing Professor Abhik Roychoudhury and collaborator win IEEE’s New Directions Award

05 April 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Programming Languages & Software Engineering

05 April 2022 — NUS Computing Provost’s Chair Professor Abhik Roychoudhury has won the IEEE Technical Committee of Software Engineering’s New Directions Award for 2022.

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Assistant Professor Umang Mathur and collaborators win Best Paper Award at ASPLOS 2022

31 March 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Programming Languages & Software Engineering

31 March 2022 — NUS Computing Assistant Professor Umang Mathur and his collaborators have won the Best Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) 2022.

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