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NUS Computing students and alumni awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize

28 August 2020 Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Faculty , Student , Research

28 August 2020 – Six NUS Computing final-year students and alumni received the NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (OURP) for Academic Year 2019/2020.

The annual, university-wide competition encourages undergraduates to pursue research projects and recognises exceptional undergraduate researchers for their work.

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NUS Computing students built and deployed COVID-19 national contact tracing app in just three months

27 August 2020 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Alum

 

27 August 2020 – Six former and current NUS Computing students, along with NUS Computing Associate Professor Ben Leong, developed a fully operational national contact tracing workflow management web application with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), in 3 months.

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Smart Nation scholars eager to help Singapore's digitalisation effort

20 August 2020 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Student , News Media , Feature

He was only 11 when he learnt how to code and design his first computer game, a 2D car racing game, with a $25 software called Game Maker 8.1. Now 19, Mr Victor Loh will be joining the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) once he completes his studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he is reading a double degree in computer science and statistics. The national serviceman is one of 15 Smart Nation scholarship awardees this year - selected from a pool of 723 applicants, an increase from 614 applicants last year.

Another Smart Nation scholar joining GovTech is Mr Kevin Foong, 21, a Year 1 computer science student at NUS. He became interested in artificial intelligence and cloud computing during his eight-month internship at a private software engineering company last year. Mr Foong believes technology can solve problems and cited GovTech's SafeEntry digital check-in system, which aids in contact tracing efforts against Covid-19, as an example.

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Associate Professor Yu Haifeng wins Best Paper Award at ACM SPAA 2020

04 August 2020 Department of Computer Science , Student , Research , Algorithms & Theory , Systems & Networking

 

4 August 2020 – NUS Computing Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Yu Haifeng won the Best Paper Award at the 32nd ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2020), held online from 14 to 16 July 2020.

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NUS Computing Master’s students’ win Microsoft Azure Virtual Hackathon with integrated urban farming solution

21 July 2020 Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student , Data Science & Business Analytics , Artificial Intelligence , Intelligent Systems

 

21 July 2020 – A team comprising of NUS Computing and School of Design and Environment Master’s students emerged champions at the Microsoft Azure Virtual Hackathon, held online from 17 April to 19 June this year.

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Professor Ooi Beng Chin and research collaborators win 2020 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award

24 June 2020 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Research , Database

24 June 2020 – NUS Computing Distinguished Professor Ooi Beng Chin and his team have won a 2020 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award at the 2020 ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data, which was held online from 14 to 19 June. The conference is a leading international forum for researchers who explore and advance research on data management.

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Professor Roger Zimmermann and team win second place at Twitch.tv’s software system grand challenge

24 June 2020 Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , Research , Media

24 June 2020 – NUS Computing Professor Roger Zimmermann and his team won second place at the Adaptation Algorithms for Near-Second Latency Grand Challenge, held online from March to May this year.

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Business Analytics students win second place at PSA unboXed Data Analytics Business Challenge

12 June 2020 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

12 June 2020 – Second year Business Analytics students Matheus Aaron and Geoffrey Bryan Lion won second place and a S$2,000 cash prize at the PSA unboXed Data Analytics Business Challenge, held from 20 to 27 March this year.

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Track your health with sensor integrated into smartwatch? No sweat

14 January 2020 CSMEDIA Department of Computer Science , Faculty , Student , News Media

A team of NUS researchers has come up with the pH Watch, an ‘add on’ to a wearable health monitoring gadget that allows users to assess their health condition from their sweat pH. NUS Computing Professor Peh Li Shiuan and her PhD student, Mr Ananta Narayanan Balaji from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were part of the research team.

The other team members include NUS Computing research fellow Dr Wang Bo, as well as PhD student Ms Chen Yuan and Assistant Professor Shao Huilin from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology.

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NUS Computing students win prize at SCDF Lifesavers’ Innovation Challenge 2019

02 January 2020 Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

2 January 2020 – NUS Computing students Ryan Sim Wei Jie (Information Systems, Year 4) and Yogusvi Tewari (Computer Science, Year 3) took home one of the top prizes at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Lifesavers’ Innovation Challenge 2019, held from 30 August to 18 October 2019.

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Continued strong performance by NUS Computing at ICPC regional contests

26 December 2019 Department of Computer Science , Student

26 December 2019 – NUS Computing teams excelled at four International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) regional contests held from November to December this year. Team 7 Halim emerged as champions at the Manila regional contest, while Team Pandamiao won third place at the Taipei-Hsinchu regional contest.

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Information Systems student selected for prestigious graduate fellowship

05 December 2019 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student , News Media

Final year Information Systems student Victor Yeo was one of 145 students selected to join the Schwarzman Scholars Programme held at Tsinghua University's Schwarzman College in Beijing, China. Schwarzman Scholars will pursue a Master's degree in Global Affairs that is focused on global affairs, China, and leadership.

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MSBA students win first runners up title at Chengdu 80 FinTech Competition 2019

05 December 2019 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student , Data Science & Business Analytics , FinTech

5 December 2019 – A team of four Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students and two undergraduate NUS Computing exchange students won the first runners up prize at the Chengdu 80 Financial Technology (FinTech) competition held from 28 October to 3 November in Chengdu, China.

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Final year NUS Computing students emerge as champions at Global VR Championship Hackathon 2019

21 November 2019 Department of Computer Science , Student

21 November 2019 – Final year Computer Science student Caryn Heng and Computer Engineering student Francis Lee won the top prize at the Global Virtual Reality (VR) Championship Hackathon 2019 held in Shanghai, China, from 4 to 7 November.

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Business Analytics student wins first place at The GoldenHack competition

20 November 2019 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

20 November 2019 – Third year Business Analytics student Cai Shuhang won the first place prize in The GoldenHack competition held from 5 to 6 October this year. The GoldenHack is a business hackathon for students in Waterloo, Canada, to solve challenging problems over 24 hours.

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Two Computer Science PhD students receive prestigious Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship

19 November 2019 Department of Computer Science , Student , Security , Database

19 November 2019 – Computer Science PhD students Tran Duc Muoi and Wang Taining were conferred the 2019 Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Fellowship on 8 November. Muoi and Taining received their award at MSRA’s Academic Day 2019 event held at the MSRA headquarters in Beijing, China.

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NUS Computing students excel at SIA AppChallenge 2019

18 November 2019 Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

18 November 2019 – NUS Computing students clinched the top three student category prizes at the recent Singapore Airlines (SIA) AppChallenge 2019 competition held from June to October this year. The final round of presentations and award ceremony was held at the School of the Arts on 18 October.

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Second-year Business Analytics students win 2019 EPIC Data Challenge

15 November 2019 Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student , Data Science & Business Analytics

15 November 2019 – Second-year Business Analytics students Aw Xin Min and Sean Lee won first place and a cash prize of S$2,000 at the Edelman Predictive Intelligence Centre (EPIC) Data Challenge, held from 15 October to 6 November 2019.

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NUS Computing students excel at regional competitive programming contests

13 November 2019 Department of Computer Science , Student

12 November 2019 – Two teams of NUS Computing students emerged as winners at the recent International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) regional competitions held in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur from October to November this year.

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NUS Computing students win first prize at MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack San Francisco 2019

11 November 2019 Department of Computer Science , Department of Information Systems & Analytics , Student

11 November 2019 – NUS Computing students Chen Yizhao (Information Systems, Year 3) and Nicholas Seah (Information Security, Year 3) won the first prize at the MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack San Francisco 2019 competition held from 11 to 13 October this year. The team won the top prize in the mental health category – one of three categories in the competition.

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