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5 March 2026
A new research centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is bringing together data science, AI and computational methods with deep insights from social sciences and humanities to better understand complex social phenomena and develop solutions to pressing societal challenges. By combining technological innovation with human insight, the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) aims to generate research that improves lives, strengthens institutions, preserves cultural knowledge, and shapes more inclusive and resilient societies in Singapore and beyond.
CSSH Launch
3 March 2026

In an interview with The Straits Times, Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli (NUS Computing) and Associate Professor Miguel Escobar Varela (NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) shared insights on the new NUS Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) – a collaboration between NUS Computing and NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Professor Atreyi described CSSH as “a matchmaker and a facilitator for interdisciplinary work”, supporting collaborations that address complex societal challenges.

CSSH brings together machine learning, natural language processing ad humanities scholarship in a deeply interdisciplinary effort to tackle questions that sit at the heart of society.

Projects featured in the article include an AI-driven platform that simulates public responses to proposed policies – helping to stress-test ideas related to heritage conservation and preventive health – as well as AI tools that transliterate pre-1970s Malay newspapers written in Jawi into searchable text, preserving Singapore’s multilingual heritage.

The Straits Times, 2 March 2026

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