The Big Read: Nerds and geeks no more, computing graduates now rule the roost
10 March 2018
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The latest graduate employment survey released by the three local universities showed that computer science graduates were among the highest paid last year, with NUS computer science graduates receiving S$4,285 - S$285 more than in 2016. Even before they leave school, computing undergraduates are snagging lucrative internships at Silicon Valley giants such as Apple and Google. Dr Jovian Lin, who is the lead artificial intelligence scientist at Dentsu Aegis Network, graduated with a computer science degree from NUS in 2009. In his work, he builds features powered by machine-learning, such as AI-powered machines to learn and understand marketing and advertising concepts. Dr Lin noted that the growth in computing jobs is due to developments in machine learning, which has become central to the product strategy of tech giants like Google, Facebook and Baidu. Over the the past two years, enrolment in NUS Computing has increased by 65 per cent to 730. Over the same period, intake size for the university's Master of Computing programme also grew by 60 per cent to about 220. In the new academic year starting in August, intake for NUS Computing's undergraduate courses will be raised to about 900 places. Despite more places opening up, it is getting more competitive to get in. Applicants applying to NUS computer science course will now require straight As to get a spot. Professor Mohan Kankanhalli, Dean of NUS Computing, say that the dotcom bubble burst in the past was a "sneak preview that went wrong" and do not think that the same thing will happen again.
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Information Security student wins Cybersecurity Award
07 March 2018
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7 March 2018 - Third year Information Security student Jeremy Heng won the Student Award at the inaugural Cybersecurity Awards 2018 on 23 February.
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Six individuals and organisations recognised for contributions to Singapore’s cybersecurity ecosystem
26 February 2018
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Third year Information Security student and Vice President of NUS Greyhats, Jeremy Heng, was awarded the Student Award at Singapore's inaugural Cybersecurity Awards. Jeremy was ranked in the top position in the Singapore Cyber Conquest for both 2016 and 2017, and he came in second for the ASEAN Cyber Sea Games 2017.
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Business Analytics students perform well at CFLD-NUS Innovation Challenge
22 February 2018
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22 February 2018 - Two Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) teams and one undergraduate Business Analytics team won the top three places in the inaugural China Fortune Land Development (CFLD)-NUS Business Analytics Innovation Challenge 2017, held on 2 December last year.
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Singapore start-up aims to bring healthcare to Papua New Guinea's needy, one drone at a time
15 February 2018
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Singapore start-up Yonah, made up of NUS alumni and students, are hoping to build a cargo drone system for hospitals to deliver measles vaccines. NUS Computing student Sriram Sami was enlisted in August 2016 and is now the avionics lead and part of the core team. He is developing and testing an autopilot software based on an open source Ardupilot project.
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CFLD-NUS Business Analytics Innovation Challenge 2017
13 February 2018
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19 teams from NUS competed in the inaugural China Fortune Land Development (CFLD)-NUS Business Analytics Innovation Challenge 2017. Two teams from the NUS Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme won first and third place in the competition. In second place was a team of undergraduate Business Analytics students, the youngest contestants in the challenge.
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Silver Flexer wins inaugural Robots@NUS Competition
12 January 2018
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12 January 2018 – NUS students Chua Song Yu, Heng Meng Pei and Clement Tan, makers of Silver Flexer, emerged champions in the first Robots@NUS Competition, held on 8 January this year.
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Strong Performance from NUS Computing in 2017 ACM-ICPC Regional Contests
03 January 2018
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3 January 2018 – NUS teams excelled at four ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) regional contests held last month, from 8 to 22 December.
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PhD student wins Best Student Paper Award at APSIPA ASC 2017
28 December 2017
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28 December 2017 – Computer Science PhD student Chitralekha Gupta won the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC) 2017 Best Student Paper Award.
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Singapore drone frees your fingers to take photos
06 December 2017
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As more people shoot pictures and videos from consumer drones, researchers in Singapore have found a way round the frustrating task of framing and taking photos while manually piloting the craft. The researchers from the National University of Singapore say their prototype, based on a Parrot Bebop quadcopter, relies mainly on a single monocular camera and works reliably even when there is no GPS signal.
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Picture Perfect: How Two Guys Changed Drone Photography
27 November 2017
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It is the 28th of July 2016. A crowd is gathered around a marked off area near the entrance of Level 2, COM1. Among them are NUS President, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, and NUS Provost, Professor Tan Eng Chye.
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Computing students win first place at 2017 ACM ICPC Asia Jakarta Regional Contest
16 November 2017
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16 November 2017 – Computer Science students Phan Duc Nhat Minh, Vu Dinh Quang Dat and Le Xuan Manh won first place at the 2017 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Jakarta Regional Contest, held in Bina Nusantara (BINUS) University from 10th to 13th November this year.
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Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO) celebrates 10th Anniversary
10 November 2017
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10 November 2017 – Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO), an initiative founded by Associate Professor Ben Leong and spearheaded by NUS Computing students, celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday.
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NUS students develop mobile app for Voluntary Welfare Organisations
09 November 2017
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Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO) celebrate their 10th anniversary on 9th November. CVWO unveiled their new mobile application created for Lions Befrienders Service Association, which allow volunteers to track and analyse seniors' mood and mental states during house visits. Speaker of Parliament Mr Tan Chuan-Jin was invited as guest of honour and held a dialogue session on the topic "serving the community with your diverse talents".
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Computing students bag two awards at SLA’s IdeaWorks! challenge
19 October 2017
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19 October 2017 – Two teams of Computing students competed in the Singapore Land Authority’s OneMap IdeaWorks! challenge and clinched 2nd Prize and the Most Innovative Award.
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PhD student’s startup raises US$52 million in funding
22 September 2017
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22 September 2017 – PhD student Luu The Loi‘s blockchain startup, KyberNetwork, recently raised US$52 million worth of ether (ETH) tokens at its recent Initial Coin Offering (ICO) token sale.
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Three students receive new Future Economy Scholarship
20 September 2017
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20 September 2017 – The first Future Economy Scholarship, supported by the Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud (LBKM), was officially launched on Monday, this week, at NUS Computing.
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Three NUS students receive Future Economy Scholarships from LBKM
18 September 2017
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Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud (LBKM) and NUS Computing launched the Future Economy Scholarship, an effort to encourage more Malay/Muslim students to pursue further studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). LBKM has donated $45,000 to the scholarship, which will be given out over a course of three years. Three Computing students received the scholarship, each amounting to $5,000. Adil Azmoon, Khairul Riqzi and Ismahfaris Ismail are the first recipients of the scholarship.
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Computing team win CAIP 2017 Best Paper Award
13 September 2017
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13 September 2017 – A team of four from NUS Computing won the Best Paper Award last month, at the 17th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP).
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Computing students win first place in DXC Technology Hackathon
12 September 2017
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12 September 2017 – A team of students from the School of Computing and Faculty of Arts and Social Science won first place in the inaugural DXC Technology Hackathon “The Future of Innovation Challenge”.
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