Different Playlists for the Different Tasks in “Your” Life

I was never a huge music person. I am neither well informed on the latest trends in the music scene nor am I knowledgeable about specific genres of music like my friends. So before the days of Spotify (and Pandora radio!), my playlist-building process involved hearing (or hearing about) certain songs, and searching for these […]

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Things I’ll Miss After I Step Down From Being Department Head

It’s D-7 (including today). I’ll be stepping down from being the Head of the Department of Information Systems and Analytics (DISA) at NUS School of Computing. It’s been an exciting 6 years (actually 5 years, 11 months and 24 days, 15 hours, 10 minutes and about 20 seconds … but who’s counting?), where we’ve accomplished […]

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Regulating AI

On June 9, I participated as a commentator at the Seminar on Law and Technology (SLATE) at the Center for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law (TRAIL) at NUS Faculty of Law. The topic of the seminar was “AI: What, When, and How to Regulate? With Lessons from Estonia“. (clickthrough for a report on […]

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Developing Better Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): An Overview of DAICOs

Initial coin offers (ICOs) continue to spark heated disputes within the crypto industry. While token fundraising systems continue to grow in popularity, there are some pretty strong indications that they may be improved. Nobody should expect ICO models to be impenetrable in such a short period of time, and similar to Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), […]

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