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National
University of Singapore and Brown University Formalises
Concurrent Degree Programme in Computational Biology
The National University of Singapore and Brown University
have formalised an agreement to set up a concurrent degree
programme in computational biology... |
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NUS SoC Teams
Chalk Up Top-10 Results in Latest Regional Round of ACM ICPC
A total of 19 winners from NUS School of Computing (SoC)
will be walking away with the spoils of their toil at the
presentation ceremony... |
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Undergraduate
Wong Wei Ming: Three Times a Winner in 2009
NUS Computing Year 4 undergraduate Wong Wei Ming has done
his country and School proud by representing Singapore as a... |
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NUS Student
Achievement Awards 2009: Showcase of Multi-faceted Talent
from Computing
A total of 19 winners from NUS School of Computing (SoC)
will be walking away with the spoils of their toil at the
presentation ceremony... |
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Jack Neo and
Boris Boo Visit NUS School of Computing
It was a memorable morning for all participants of a unique
Panel Discussion Session organised by Assistant Professor
Michael Brown... |
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Networking
Opportunities for SoC Students with Information Security
Experts in Singapore
Students in NUS School of Computing (SoC) may now be privy
to trends and developments in Singapore’s information... |
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SoC Assistant
Professor Honoured in Inaugural President’s Young Scientist Awards
To movie buffs, the name Sybil may invoke memories of a
1970s movie and a
recent remake about a woman who exhibited... |
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SoC Professor
Clinches Top Prize with Algorithm in Document Image Analysis
and Recognition
Professor Tan Chew Lim, the resident expert in document
analysis research at
NUS School of Computing (SoC), has developed... |
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SoC Alumnus
Victor Tong Joo Chuan Honoured for His Inspirational Example
to Youths in Science and Technology
Dr Victor Tong Joo Chuan, NUS School of Computing Class of
2002, has added another feather to his cap. He has won... |
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NUS SoC
Research Breaks New Ground with Landmark Search Engine
Users who come across the photograph of an unknown landmark
on the Web
may
now search for its name. This has been made possible... |
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Gaming Remote
Takes on Radiology Lab… with the Help of SoC Software
Expertise SoC Assistant Professor Michael Brown
and his graduate student Lu Zheng have
worked with doctors
in the US to develop new software... |
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Commencement 2009:
Celebration of Student Achievements, Faculty Mentorship and
Other Honours
NUS School of Computing marks the
graduation of a new cohort of students this
year on 11 July.
In total, the School is graduating 375 Bachelor’s degree... |
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SoC Associate
Professor Wins IBM Faculty Award for Work in Formal
Specification and Validation A number of industries
like transportation, avionics and communication are
witnessing a proliferation of large-scale control systems
involving... |
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Bumper Crop of
Talent from Inaugural Starhub - NUS Asian IT Case
Competition They may not be veterans of IT case
studies competitions but they certainly have
made an
impression with the movers and... |
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SoC Information
Systems Professor Spearheads Asian-based IT Case Studies
Repository
The Asian IT Case Series (AITCS) is a
repository specialising in case materials
about Asian organisations. Particularly, the case studies focus... |
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NUS MComp-MBA
Team Wins with Creative Solution to NYC Problem in
International Case Competition on Strategic Management with
IT
A three-member team from NUS School of Computing and NUS
Business School
have bested all but one rival team in the
first... |
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Of Burgers,
Problem Solving, Guitar Music and ACM ICPC World Finals
A team of three SoC undergraduates have been chosen from a
field of 300,000
students in computing disciplines worldwide, and have
outshone... |
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NUS Partners
Polytechnics on New Preparatory Programme to Nurture
Information Security Specialist The National
University of Singapore (NUS) is collaborating with three
local
polytechnics to introduce a Preparatory Programme for... |
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Team
NUS-SoC Wins US$100,000 at International Search Engine
Competition
A team that includes two recent
multimedia graduates from NUS School of
Computing has
trumped their rivals from... |
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Wowing the
Home Crowd with Individual Talent and Group Spirit:
SoC at NUS Student Achievement Awards 2008For
those who might be tracking news on outstanding youths in
Singapore,
Winne Soh (Class of 2008) and Travis Ho... |
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SoC’s Strongest
Showing at National Infocomm Scholarships 2008
A bumper crop of 11 students from NUS School of Computing (SoC)
have won
this year’s National Infocomm Scholarships... |
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SoC Celebrates
Milestone in Institutional and Singapore Computing History
Some 470 staff, students, alumni, industry partners and
well-wishers turned out in
force for SoC 10th Anniversary... |
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Announcing the
Winners of Outstanding Computing Alumni Award 2008
On 23 August 2008, NUS School of Computing marked a
milestone in institutional
history and computing... |
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Home-grown
Talent from SoC Class of 2002 Wins Top Global Award for
Vaccine Work
Dr Victor Tong Joo Chuan (pictured right), NUS School of
Computing Class of
2002, has won the coveted TR35 award... |
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Strong
Turnout at NUS School of Computing Public Symposium
In the afternoon of 20 August 2008, a 300-strong audience
thronged Seminar
Room 1 at COM1 for the NUS School of
Computing... |
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A Father's
Legacy: Lim Hong Chin Memorial Scholarship
In the 1890s, a penniless young man from Hainan, China, came
to Malaya in a
junk boat with dreams of forging a better... |
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Associate
Professor Leong Hon Wai Wins USP Teaching Award
Associate Professor Leong Hon Wai has been named the sole
winner of the
University Scholars Programme (USP) Award... |
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SoC @ NUS
Commencement 2008: Fine Showing off Excellence in Diversity
NUS School of Computing (SoC) celebrated the varied and
colourful achievements
of its Class of 2008 across three... |
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SoC Clinches
Double Honours at Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award 2008
Too many functionalities in daily life are software
controlled, and reliable software development is thus of
great... |
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Outstanding
Computing Alumni Award: Nominations
As part of SoC 10th Anniversary celebrations, NUS School of
Computing (SoC)
is launching the annual... |
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Internet Pioneer
Vinton Cerf Shares His Thoughts on the Digital Future with
the SoC Community and Partners
On 23 May 2008, some 400 people thronged an auditorium at
NUS School of
Computing (SoC) to listen to a talk on.... |
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SoC Graduate
Student Emerges Winner in Top Research Competition
Final-year PhD student David Lo has clinched second place in
the ACM Student
Research Competition (SRC) for 2007/8 with his novel.... |
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NUS
School of Computing: Celebrating 10 Years as a Faculty & 33
Years of Computing Excellence Come 1 July 2008,
NUS School of Computing will be 10 years old as a faculty.
Yet its history stretches more than two decades beyond
that.... |
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SoC Professors
Recognised for Impactful Research Contributions and
Commitment to Excellence in Teaching Associate
Professor Ken Sung Wing-Kin has been conferred the NUS Young
Researcher Award for 2008. He received the award for his
work in.... |
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SoC Hosts 11th
NOI The National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI),
organised by the National University
of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing, presented a total of
11 prizes to... |
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Meeting of
Mind amoung Students, Industry and Academia at Inaugural
Sun-NUS Open Source Day The inaugural Sun-NUS Open
Source Day took off on a positive note on 28
March 2008. Jointly organised by Sun Microsystems and NUS
School of Computing,... |
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SoC Launches
Specialisation in Service Science, Management and
Engineering (SSME) From Academic Year 2008/9,
students in NUS School of Computing (SoC)
majoring in Information Systems may opt for the new... |
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SoC Celebrates
Double Wins at IT Leader Awards 2008 On 29
February 2008, five individuals were honoured with the IT
Leader Awards
for their leadership, integrity, achievements... |
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SoC Infocomm
Fest: Fostering Interest in Infocomm Knowledge and
Computational Thinking Some 600 youths from
Singapore and the region have participated in the inaugural
SoC Infocomm Fest. Held over a week... |
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SoC @ NUS
Student Achievement Awards 2007 Celebrating
diversity in excellence among its students, NUS School of
Computing
(SoC) is proud to note that nine of its students... |
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Sun University
Day @ NUS On 24 October 2007, Mr Ian Murdock,
Chief OS Platform Strategist of Sun
Microsystems, made a whistle stop... |
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To Prof with
Thanks @ Homecoming 2007 Alumni of NUS School of
Computing (SoC) and its predecessor, the Department of
Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS)... |
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Fine Showing
by SoC at NIS 2007 NUS School of Computing (SoC)
students have made a fine showing at this year's National
Infocomm Scholarship (NIS) awards. Seven of them won... |
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SoC Biometric
Research in the News NUS School of Computing
researchers have developed a new information security system
that minimises the risk of a computer system being
hijacked... |
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SoC Keeps Up
Momentum for New Initiatives in AY 2007/8
NUS School of Computing is moving into the new academic year
with a new management team at its helm. Professor Ooi Beng
Chin has assumed leadership... |
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Perfect Score
for SoC Pioneers in SAP Best Practices Certification
A group of 10 undergraduates from different years and
courses of study in SoC have successfully completed an
intensive training programme in... |
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SoC Celebrates
Commencement 2007 amid Bright Outlook for Infocomm
Professionals
As Academic Year 2006/7 draws to a close, SoC is joining
other faculties on campus in celebration at Commencement
2007, which marks the beginning... |
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SoC Team
Outmanoeuvres Rivals in Competition on Artifical
Intelligence in Games A three-man team from
SoC led by Research Fellow Lim Yew Jin, and including
undergraduates Lim Zhan Wei and Travis Ho, has clinched the
top spot... |
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CompClub Organises
National-wide LAN Gaming Festival
National University of Singapore (NUS) Students’ Computing
Club, the student body of NUS School of Computing (SoC) is
holding one of the most... |
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Jobs Aplenty
for Infocomm Professionals with Deep Technical & Domain
Expertise Graduates entering the workforce
with sound technical fundamentals may expect to find
themselves in great demand at home and beyond. That was the
upbeat... |
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Success that
goes beyond Sky-High: The FriarTuck Story
Potential students and other visitors touring the SoC campus
may notice the SoC Incubation Centre. That is where budding
technopreneurs from among ... |
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SoC Host 10th
National Olympiad in Informatics The
National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), organised by the
National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing,
presented... |
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SoC Chalks up
Twin Achievements
New Concurrent Programme in Interactive Digital Media with
CMU ABET Recognition for Computer Science & Information
Systems Programmes... |
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Information
Mining for Digital Libraries Project Wins HP Grant
An NUS School of Computing (SoC) research project aimed at
easing the burden of information retrieval for educationists
and students... |
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SoC Students
Turn Enterprising Dreams into Reality
SoC Fourth Year student Jason Quek goes beyond taking his
personal aspirations of entrepreneurship into fruition. He
invites his friend and fellow SoC student... |
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SoC Assistant
Professor Lauded for Work on Human Genome
SoC Assistant Professor Ken Sung Wing Kin has won the
prestigious National Science Award (NSA) for his
contribution in developing an innovative... |
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Beyond Bytes
and Chips: SoC Student Noted for Alternative Achievement
An infocomm trail-blazer in full biker’s gear on a
cool Harley…
A software engineer in climbing gear posing fearlessly,
dangling from a sheer cliff face… |
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SoC Students
Outshine Over 500 Competitors to Clinch Coveted Scholarships
Three SoC students have won the National Infocomm
Scholarships (NIS) this year,
given in recognition of excellent academic results,
passion for infocomm and... |
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SoC Student
Start-up Cited in the News
Michael Yin Xinyi and Jet Tan Zhen Qiang, both PhD
students in SoC, have made the news with their
entrepreneurial efforts... |
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Top Students
Honoured at Corporate Affiliates Day
In the afternoon of 23 August 2006,
LT 34 saw a temporary change of occupants from the usual
lecture crowd to a mix of the brightest and the
distinguished... |
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Delegation
from Thailand's Tak Province Visits SoC On Study Tour
NUS School of Computing (SoC) hosted a visit by a delegation
of government officials and civil service staff from
Thailand’s Tak province on 5 July 2006. |
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SoC Professor
Honoured for Sustained Contribution to Science and
Technology
SoC Professor Wong Lim Soon has been conferred the Singapore
Youth Awards (SYA) Medal of Commendation 2006...
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SoC Start-up
Clinches Grand Prize in National Entrepreneurship
Competition
SoC graduates Varun Chatterji, Rishi Israni and Indradeep
Biswas must be rather proud of their achievements over the
past year: Their start-up company, tenCube... |
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NOI Pitches in
with New National Initiative to Promote Infocomm
The National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), an annual
competition organised by NUS School of Computing (SoC) since
1998, has now become part of the... |
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SoC Assistant
Professor Wins Prestigious Research Award
SoC Assistant Professor Terence Sim is this year’s winner of
the Temasek Young Investigator Award... |
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SoC
Dissertation Scores a First for Singapore
Many SoC students would know Assistant Professor Atreyi
Kankanhalli as their lecturer in Electronic Government,
Information Organisation and other... |
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E-Government Study Spotlights Singapore's IT Standing
SARS has put Singapore to the test in many ways – and the
nation has emerged resilient. In terms of IT, the country
has scored well too – according to a research.... |
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National Infocomm
Scholars from SoC The School congratulates
the six SoC undergraduates who are among the second batch of
recipients of the National Infocomm Scholarship (NIS). They
received... |
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Direct Entry
to Four-Year (Honours) Programmes Beginning
January 2005, the School of Computing will offer DIRECT
ENTRY to FOUR-YEAR (HONOURS) PROGRAMMES leading to Honours
classification... |
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