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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.

NUS School of Computing took part in its first-ever reciprocal computing exchange programme with the School of Informatics at Nagoya University. From 8 to 16 December, 14 NUS Computing students joined their counterparts in Nagoya for an academic and cultural immersion focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, and system design.