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You've felt it before. That low, insistent rumble in your belly during a long meeting. The unsettling churn before a nerve-wracking presentation. We call these "gut feelings" – and while the phrase gets used loosely, science increasingly tells us they're anything but casual. The gut-brain axis, a two-way communication highway between the digestive system and the brain, shapes everything from appetite and mood to decision-making.

In 2019, Mathan Chidambaranathan had a problem. As president of the Engineering Interest Group (EIG) at the NUS High School of Math and Science, he had $500, two months, and a room full of Primary 5 students expecting something more exciting than a noise maker.

Team Kent Ridge, the eight NUS Computing students secured first place overall at SBCC’26, outperforming 13 international teams, many of which had prior competition experience and established HPC backgrounds.

There’s a particular kind of restlessness that drives someone to build things when no one is asking them to. For Andre Liu, a Year 1 Computer Science student with a minor in Mathematics at NUS School of Computing (SoC), that itch showed up early – in middle school, in hackathon halls, in the quiet corners of National Service (NS).

There’s a particular kind of restlessness that drives someone to build things when no one is asking them to. For Andre Liu, a Year 1 Computer Science student with a minor in Mathematics at NUS School of Computing (SoC), that itch showed up early – in middle school, in hackathon halls, in the quiet corners of National Service (NS).

Every year on 14 March, the world marks Pi Day – a small tradition honouring the mathematical constant that appears everywhere from engineering equations to planetary motion. This year, two NUS Computing students decided to mark the occasion by building something. 

In a room of 20 computing students, sometimes only three are women. At the NUS School of Computing, women make up 23.7% of undergraduates (AY24/25). The gender ratio remains uneven – a reality that shapes classroom dynamics in subtle yet tangible ways. 

For Eugene and Glenn, sustainability did not begin as a grand mission. It started with frustration – high electricity bills, limited visibility, and the sense that energy was being wasted in ways no one could clearly explain or control. Eugene Chia, a Computer Science graduate from NUS School of Computing, and Glenn Quah, a final-year Information Systems student, are co-founders of Ecovolt, a startup developing smart energy solutions for schools and commercial buildings. Together with their third co-founder, Raphael, they are building systems that help organisations see, understand, and reduce energy waste at scale.

For many deaf and hard-of-hearing people, something as routine as a phone call can mean dependence on others. Wayne and Randall could not ignore that. Both Year 2 Computer Science students at the NUS School of Computing, Wayne and Randall are the co-founders of CallBridge, an accessibility-focused app designed to help deaf and hard-of-hearing users make and receive phone calls independently. What started as a hackathon project has since grown into a real-world tool, shaped closely by the community it serves.

Sun Jiaen thinks about artificial intelligence in practical terms: Who does it work for, and who does it leave out? A Year 3 Computer Science undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Jiaen has had her Research Proposal accepted to the AAAI-26 Undergraduate Consortium, with full funding support from the conference

When six students from the NUS School of Computing rolled crates of servers into a vast convention hall in St. Louis, they were doing far more than preparing for a competition. They were stepping into the world of High-Performance Computing (HPC) – where building, operating, and optimising powerful computing systems under pressure is part of the challenge.

When Darryl looks back on his first year at the National University of Singapore (NUS), one word comes to mind: transformative.  When Darryl looks back on his first year at the National University of Singapore (NUS), one word comes to mind: transformative. Now a Year 2 Computer Science student at the NUS School of Computing (SoC), Darryl is the recipient of the prestigious Toh Chin Chye Prize, an award that recognises students who exemplify excellence beyond the classroom — through leadership, service, and meaningful contributions to society.

When the first notes filled the seminar room at Innovation 4.0, the atmosphere shifted — from quiet anticipation to shared curiosity. The Sound and Music Computing for Human Health & Potential Seminar & Concert 2025 (SMC4HHP) brought together students, staff, and friends of NUS School of Computing for an afternoon that celebrated the harmony between technology and creativity, and the power of human connection through sound. 

Explore how scalable collaborative zk-SNARKs enable fast, secure zero-knowledge proofs across multiple servers. This breakthrough improves privacy and scalability for AI verification, blockchain, and data markets, making advanced cryptography more accessible.