3 of our members are having their degrees conferred during the NUS Commencement Ceremonies for the classes of 2020 and 2021 today. Peng Jiaxu – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), class of 2021 Vasilii Zorin – Master of Computing (MComp), class of 2020 Hangzhi Alina Pang – Bachelor of Computing in Information Systems (BComp), class of […]
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Junyi’s Graffiti Wall As a junior researcher, access to data is always a huge challenge. There is much helplessness among Ph.D. students complaining about making bricks without straw. Thus, to make my ideas grow again, I’m contemplating a potential solution that bypasses those data gatekeepers, because they will likely not respond to my requests for […]
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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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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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In the last year and a half, I have heard many students complaining about the difficulties they face balancing their personal and academic lives while staying at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students claim to have not been working from home but rather are living at work. As a result, the growing imbalance between […]
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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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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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A short commentary on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) published in Lianhe Zaobao on April 11, 2021.
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