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✨ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱.

Thank you everyone who took time to nominate outstanding early-career researchers from around the world.

The evaluation process is now underway and will continue through September 2026. Successful nominees will be notified in late September or early October.

We are grateful for the strong interest in the Ascent Prize and look forward to celebrating researchers whose work is helping shape the future of computing.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Read more about the Ascent Prize here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/research/nus-computing-ascent-prize/

Winning an AI competition starts long before the AI.

NUS Computing students Jeffinson Darmawan and Teoh Tze Tzun took 1st place in the Certis Track at the National AI Student Challenge 2026 with OpenSentinel, a multimodal security advisory system designed to support security operations in real time.

The project brought together ideas from software engineering, optimisation, machine learning, and human-centred design. Along the way, the team learned that building a useful system begins with understanding the people who will use it.

Congratulations to Jeffinson and Tze Tzun on the achievement 👏

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/opensentinel-nus-students-teoh-tze-tzun-jeffinson-darmawan-win-national-ai-student-challenge-2026

If AI sounds right, does that mean it actually is right?

That question has followed NUS Presidential Young Professor Anji Liu since his undergraduate days, when he first encountered machine learning and found himself both fascinated and confused by the idea that algorithms could learn from data.

Today, his research focuses on making generative AI more trustworthy, helping systems move beyond pattern prediction towards reasoning, planning, and reliability.

Outside the lab, you'll probably find him exploring Singapore's hiking trails.

🔗 Read more about him, and his journey and research: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/faculty-feature-nus-presidential-young-professor-anji-liu

Meet Zyon Wee and Xavier Lee – two NUS School of Computing students who signed up for Teach Singapore and came away with more than they bargained for.

Zyon (Year 3, Computer Science) mentored students at Yishun Primary School, drawing on his own experience growing up in a family that faced real financial hardship. Xavier (Year 2, Information Systems) went back to his alma mater, Radin Mas Primary School, and discovered a blind spot he hadn't known was there.

Their stories are a reminder that what you do with your education matters as much as the education itself.

💡 Read the full feature here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/the-best-reason-to-get-an-education-is-to-give-it-away-what-teach-sg-taught-two-nus-computing-students/

A significant milestone for NUS Computing’s Department of Information Systems and Analytics (DISA) 🌍

The department has been ranked 4th worldwide for research publications in Information Systems Research (ISR) and MIS Quarterly (MISQ) – based on the latest AIS 2023-2025 rankings.

The achievement reflects the research excellence and contributions of our faculty and research community in the Information Systems field.

Congratulations to our faculty and researchers 👏

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/nus-disa-ranked-4th-worldwide-in-information-systems-research/

⏳ 4 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙐𝙎 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚!

If you've been meaning to put forward an early-career researcher whose work deserves a bigger stage – now's the time.

Selected awardees will be brought to Singapore for a two-day programme of research talks, lab visits and conversations with senior scholars, culminating in the Ascent Gala and Award Giving Ceremony in January 2027.

Nominations close 15 June 2026.

👉 Submit here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/research/nus-computing-ascent-prize/nomination

Freshmen Social Camp (FSC) is the first 🔥🔥 freshmen orientation camp 🏕️ for incoming students of the School of Computing 💻. FSC aims to ease freshmen’s transition into NUS by helping them build their own support system 🤝made up of fellow freshmen and seniors.

FSC is organised by seniors from the NUS Students’ Computing Club 🖥️ who are excited ‼️ to welcome the incoming batch to NUS Computing 🎉. The camp is designed to help freshmen have fun, build confidence 💪, and form meaningful ❤️‍🔥 connections as they begin their university journey 📚.

This year’s theme is Finding SocCat 🐱🧭. Freshmen can look forward to a rewarding and memorable experience 🎊.

Key Events You Can Look Forward To:
We Have an Emergency!: Kick off the camp 🚀 by meeting your new companions 🫶! Join exciting icebreaker games, hear from SoC leadership, and learn from your seniors 💻 about life at NUS as a computing major 👨‍💻, as you set off on the search 🔎 for the missing mascot SoCCat 🐱.

Haunted Labyrinth: Navigate a series of exciting station and inter-house games 🎯! From dodgeball 🏐 and balloon wars 🎈to impromptu presentations and drawing telephone, uncover clues 🔎hidden in the corrupted world of Capman 👾and the friendly ghosts 👻.

Cursed Island: Follow the trail to the Cursed Island 🏝️ (Sentosa), where its inhabitants were once cute animals 🐰 living in capitalism 💰,but were corrupted 👾and hired to stop you at all costs 😈! Battle through an epic gauntlet of water games 💦, and complete challenges 🎯 under fire from water guns 🔫, all while earning Bells 🔔to break the corruption. No one leaves dry — no one. 🙌

The Final Quest: Beat the Final Dragon?: Battle it out in Capture the Flag 🚩, Keep It Up 🎈, and Tug-of-War 🪢in an epic inter-house showdown. Then wind down with a well-deserved dinner, prize presentation 🏆, and a closing celebration 🎉 to mark the end of an unforgettable camp ❤️‍🔥.

Please join the official freshman channel to receive the latest updates.
📅Camp Dates: 16 - 19 June 2026
👕Attire: FSC Colored T-Shirt with covered footwear
💰Price: $60

Registration Link: https://au.cglink.me/2sg/r379733
Registration Deadline: 14th June 2026

📱Contact Persons (Telegram):
(Joshua)
(Xiang Neng)
(Lu-anne)

Telegram: https://t.me/NUSSoCFSC2026 (NUS SoC FSC Channel)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socfop/

What happens when AI agents need to transact with each other at machine speed? 👀

That was the question NUS Computing student Sumit Sanjay Shinde explored during the XRPL Student Builder Residency 2026 in London, where he was selected as one of only 14 university builders globally.

He spent four weeks building Verix, a settlement system that lets AI agents verify work and exchange payments without a human in the loop.

Congratulations Sumit 👏

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/news/nus-computing-student-sumit-developed-verix-at-xrpl-student-builder-residency-2026/

When two airlines compete on a route, dynamic pricing lifts consumer welfare by 3%. When one airline has it to itself, welfare drops 14%.

NUS Computing's Assistant Professor Chen Nan studied what happened when Delta exited a duopoly route – and found that competition, not the algorithm, determines who benefits.

Read in full here: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/features/when-airlines-play-the-price-game-how-dynamic-pricing-can-benefit-everyone/

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ambuj Varshney on receiving a 2026 Google Research Award!

His team is building tiny language models that can run on small devices like wearable and sensors – no cloud needed. They’ve already shown these TinyLLMs can detect hand gestures, track vital signs, and help robots navigate.

Read more: https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/bytes/shrinking-ai-to-fit-the-real-world-assistant-ambuj-varshney-receives-2026-google-research-award/