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Eight exemplary individuals honoured for their contributions to education, research and service at NUS University Awards

22 March 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , News Media

 

The National University of Singapore (NUS) recognised eight outstanding individuals who distinguished themselves with their achievements and contributions in the areas of education, research and service to the University, Singapore and the global community in 2021.

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A course that lets you get your hands dirty

18 March 2022 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Teaching , Feature

‘EPP’ is an acronym that rolls easily off the tongue, and is something that all first-year Computer Engineering undergraduates at NUS are intimately familiar with. Short for ‘Engineering Principles and Practice,’ EPP is a course that spans two semesters — the first focuses on electronics and hardware, while the latter has a software emphasis.

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NUS Computing team wins Best Student Paper Award at GRAPP 2022

08 March 2022 CSMEDIA CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student

08 March 2022 – A team comprising a Master’s student and two graduates won the Best Student Paper award at the 17th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2022), which took place online in February this year. GRAPP is a conference that brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in both theoretical advances and applications of computer graphics.

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Computing For Voluntary Welfare Organisations honoured with Lions Befrienders’ Award

07 February 2022 CSMEDIA CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student

04 February 2022 - The Computing For Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO) was honoured with the Exemplary Community Partner Award 2021 by the Lions Befrienders Service Association last year. The awards ceremony was cancelled because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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Bennett University: Global programme to hone AI, data skills of students

27 January 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , News Media

 

To offer its students holistic and experiential learning on a global platform, Bennett University has collaborated with Corporate Gurukul to offer Global Academic Internship Programme (GAIP) certified by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). With this partnership, the students will experience collaborative learning in artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning and deep learning.

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CNRS, A*STAR and NUS renew agreement for IPAL

27 January 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Artificial Intelligence

27 January 2022 – The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and NUS renewed an agreement on Tuesday to continue its joint research collaboration through the IPAL.

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The Department of Information Systems & Analytics welcomes four new faculty members

27 January 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Healthcare Informatics , Economics of IS

27 January 2022 - Four new faculty members have joined NUS Computing’s Department of Information Systems and Analytics:

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An AI that can read your emotions? Putting safeguards in place

21 January 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Research , Feature , Artificial Intelligence

 

In recent years, some companies, including Amazon, JP Morgan, and Unilever, began asking prospective employees to do a curious thing — to film themselves answering a fixed set of questions. The firms would then run the videos through an AI-powered software, scanning faces and eye movements for signs of empathy, dependability, and other ‘desirable’ personality traits.

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Provost’s Chair Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli wins AIS Fellow Award 2021

13 January 2022 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Research , Digital Transformation, Platforms & Innovation

13 January 2022 - Provost’s Chair Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli has won the AIS Fellow Award 2021, a prestigious award given by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) to academics in the Information Systems (IS) discipline.

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NUS' Internet Celebrity Professor: Ben Leong

03 January 2022 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , News Media

 

Mention Associate Professor Ben Leong, and many NUS students will know who he is - the resident professor who dishes out advice on NUS Whispers, a page which allows users to express their opinions, publish personal confessions, and seek advice anonymously. 

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Watch the Action as it Happens: Towards Low-Latency Video Streaming

29 December 2021 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature , Media

 

Roger Zimmermann has been in the business for a long time — nearly 25 years to be precise. He first started studying media streaming in the late 1990s, as a young, earnest PhD student at the University of Southern California.

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Assistant Professor Warut Suksompong and collaborators win award at WINE 2021

17 December 2021 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Algorithms & Theory

17 December 2021 - NUS Presidential Young Professor Warut Suksompong and his collaborators have won the Best Student Paper Award at the 17th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), held virtually from 14 to 17 December this year.

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NUS Computing Associate Professor Xiao Xiaokui selected as ACM Distinguished Member

16 December 2021 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research

16 December 2021 - NUS Computing Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Xiao Xiaokui has been selected as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his outstanding scientific contributions to computing.

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No wonder our minds wander!

10 December 2021 CSFEATURES Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Research , Feature , Media

 

It’s a pandemic-era feeling we’re all familiar with — you’re listening to a colleague on Zoom or attending an e-learning course...when your mind starts to wander. How many emails do I have to send once this is over? What shall I have for dinner tonight? Can I squeeze in a quick workout before that? The list goes on.

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Computer Science PhD student and collaborators win Best Student Paper Award at ICMR 2021

02 December 2021 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Teaching , Artificial Intelligence

01 December 2021 - Computer Science PhD student Ma Yunshan, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Chair Professor Chua Tat Seng and their collaborators have won the Best Student Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR) 2021.

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NUS Computing students sweep top spots again at ICPC Asia Jakarta Regional Contest 2021

02 December 2021 CSNEWS Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Teaching

01 December 2021 - NUS Computing teams continued to dominate the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Jakarta Regional Contest this year, with three NUS teams taking the top three spots at the contest.

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Built a good machine learning model? Think again

26 November 2021 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Research , Feature , Data Science & Business Analytics

 

When Jungpil Hahn was appointed head of the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at NUS Computing in 2015, it changed his perspective on many things.

“I began to see the broader picture of the discipline as a whole, and began to think holistically about what we are teaching and what we are missing in the overall curriculum,” recalls Associate Professor Hahn. “That’s when I saw the urgency and extent of the problem.”

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Top Blockchain University: National University of Singapore

23 November 2021 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Teaching , News Media

 

The top blockchain school in the world features three blockchain-related research labs, multiple student-led cryptoclubs and offers pupils the opportunity to work with its many partners in the blockchain space. The National University of Singapore (NUS) provides a variety of blockchain and crypto-related courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as programs for continuing education. Course titles include “Blockchain Engineering” and “AI, Blockchain and Quantum Computing.” 

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Protecting data as the new gold

23 November 2021 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , News Media , Security

Goh, a former MyRepublic mobile subscriber, was one of nearly 79,400 other customers who had their personal data potentially accessed by hackers when the telco's third-party servers were compromised on Aug 29 this year. He had ported his mobile number to MyRepublic to take advantage of its cheaper rates, but has since ported back to his previous telco after the breach.

Data, including scanned copies of both sides of National Registration Identity Cards (NRICs) were potentially exposed in the MyRepublic breach. The information had been used to verify the identity of customers applying for their mobile services.

The Business Times, 23 November 2021

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Your Smartphone May Soon Be Able To Detect Hidden Spy Cameras

18 November 2021 Faculty , Student , Research , News Media , Security

 

By now it’s highly likely that the camera in your smartphone has become the primary (or even only) way that you take pictures. Today’s advanced smartphone camera setups are capable of much more than snapping scenery or selfies, though. Did you know they can reveal the location of hidden spy cameras?

This new ability is thanks to the addition of a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor to many new models. The sensor helps a smartphone analyze depth information about a scene that’s being photographed.

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