School of Computing, National University of Singapore Research Opportunities Presented by Stéphane Bressan

School of Computing, National University of Singapore


Research Opportunities

Presented by Stéphane Bressan


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Testimony

Hanna graduated with a bachelor in computer science from UI.She joined SoC’s graduate research program 5 years ago. She has now submitted her PhD thesis in the field of motion planning.

“I am happy to have joined NUS and SoC because I can be at the forefront of my research area!”


National University of Singapore


Fact Sheet

From a modest medical school founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has evolved into Singapore's global university with distinctive strengths in education and research and an entrepreneurial dimension. It has an enrolment of 23,500 undergraduate and over 9,000 graduate students from 88 countries.


Fact Sheet

A growing university, NUS aims to build a cohesive NUS community across its three sprawling campus locations. The 150-hectare Kent Ridge campus houses 12 faculties which offer courses ranging from medicine to architecture to music. The Faculty of Law is located at the Bukit Timah campus, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore at the Outram campus aims to groom a new breed of physician-scientists for the biomedical sciences sector.


Campus Map

http://streetdirectory.com/nus/campus.cgi?sizex=600&sizey=450&ismap=1&x=1393&y=959&level=1


Fact Sheet

NUS is strongly committed to advancing knowledge, educating students and nurturing talent in the service of country and society. It also actively fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation so as to promote creative enterprise university-wide.


Fact Sheet

• Students (AY 2006-07) Undergraduate Students: 23,469 Graduate Students : 9,075

• Class of 2006 Bachelor's Degrees conferred: 5,791 Graduate Diplomas awarded: 306 Master's Degrees conferred: 2,058 Doctoral Degrees conferred: 360

• Faculty and Staff (as at Nov 2006)

Faculty Members: 1,913 Research Staff: 1,347 Administrative and Professional Staff: 1,044 General Staff: 2,463


World's Top 20 Universities

1. Harvard University2. University of Cambridge3. University of Oxford4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5. Yale University6. Stanford University7. California Institute of Technology8. University of California, Berkeley9. Imperial College London10. Princeton University11. University of Chicago12. Columbia University13. Duke University14. Beijing University15. Cornell University16. Australian National University17. London School of Economics and Political Science18. Ecole Normale Supérieure

19.National University of Singapore20. University of Tokyo


World's Top 20 Technology Universities

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology2. University of California, Berkeley3. Indian Institutes of Technology4. Imperial College London5. Stanford University6. Cambridge University7. Tokyo University

8. National University of Singapore9. California Institute of Technology10. Carnegie Mellon University11. Oxford University12. ETH Zurich13. Delft University of Technology14. Tsing Hua University15. Nanyang Technological University16. Melbourne University17. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology18. Tokyo Institute of Technology 19. University of New South Wales20. Beijing University


Fact Sheet

The University's 14 faculties offer a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment. It also enjoys a close teaching-research nexus with 13 national-level, 12 university-level and 80 faculty-based research institutes and centres.


Faculties and Schools

• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences• School of Business• School of Computing• Faculty of Dentistry• School of Design and Environment• Faculty of Engineering• Faculty of Law• Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine• Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music• Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy• Faculty of Science• University Scholars Programme


http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg

School of Computing


School of Computing

• Established July 1998 (formerly DISCS within FoS)

• Departments: • Computer Science • Information Systems

• Staff strength:~ 200 from leading universities worldwide

• Student Population

~ 2,100 (75% undergraduates, 25% graduates)


Job Prospects in Computing

Source: IDA’s Annual Survey on Infocomm Manpower for 2005


Wide Variety of Computing Jobs



Need for High-level Training



Publications in Computer Science

Source: ISI Science Citation Index August 2006

24th in World Ranking against US universities

Total Citations Count


Total Publications Count


Publications in Computer Science


Articles published per author

Source:“An Evaluation of Publication

Productivity in Information Systems: 1999 to 2003” by HH

Huang and JSC Hsu, Communications of the

Association for Information Systems (Volume 15, 2005),

555-564.


Teaching Emphasis

• Emphasis on computing fundamentals, where learning of abstraction and logic is central

• Construction of models that are limited only by imagination and computability

• Discipline that requires the knowledge of science, the discipline of engineering, and the creativity of arts


Undergraduate Degree Programmes

• B.Comp. (Hons.) in Computer Science

• B.Comp. (Hons.) in Information Systems

• B.Comp. (Hons.) in Computer Engineering

• B.Comp. (Hons.) in Electronic Commerce

• B.Comp. (Hons.) in Communications and Media

• B.Comp. (Hons) in Computational Biology


Master of Computing (Coursework)

• Targeted at candidates who wish to pursue studies with the aim of advancing their career.

• Modules are based on the latest research findings, both applied and fundamental.

• Sufficient flexibility and depth to prepare the students for advanced industry work.

• Strategic specialisation provide added value to our MComp degree.



• Areas of Specialisation

• Computer Science• Infocomm Security • Information Technology Project Management

(ITPM)



• Admission Criteria

• (A) good honours degree in computing; or • (B) A good honours degree in a related

discipline with 2 years IT industry experience; or

• (C) A good bachelor's degree in computing with 2 years IT industry experience; or

• (D) A good bachelor's or honours degree in business related discipline with 2 years IT industry experience.



• Degree Requirements

• 10 modules.• At least SEVEN modules from a single

specialisation.• Remaining modules from either SoC level

4000 to 6000 or CFM 5000-6000. • At most 2 level 4000 SoC modules.• At most 2 CFM modules which must be level

5000 or 6000.


Graduate Degree by Research

• Algorithms and Theory• Artificial Intelligence• Biomedical Computing• Database Management

Systems• Information Security• Media, Graphics and HCI• Programming/Software

Engineering• Systems and Networking

• Culture and Information Systems

• Economics of Information Technology

• Electronic Commerce• Electronic Government• Group Support Systems• Negotiation Support

Systems• Information Privacy• User-Database

Interaction


Database Management Systems

• XML Data management

• Spatio-Temporal Data Mining

• Publish/Subscribe Systems

• Data Streams and Time Series

• Information Integration


Media

• Multimedia Information Processing

• Multimedia Analysis and Synthesis

• Content Audio Processing

• Computer Vision

• Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry

• Multimedia Security

• Natural Language Processing

• Question Answering


Systems and Networking

• Computer Architecture

• Parallel Processing, clusters and Grid

• Embedded Computing Systems

• TCP performance

• Cross Layer Architecture for IP Mobility

• Sensor Networks

• Context Aware Pervasive Computing

• Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

• Quality of Service


Software Engineering

• Program Analysis and Transformation

• Parallel Distributed Programming

• Type Systems

• Formal Methods


Artificial Intelligence

• Machine Learning

• Decision Support

• Computational Logistics

• Document Analysis

• Digital Libraries


Computational Biology

• Indexing Data Structure for DNA sequences

• Remote Homolog Detection

• Pathway Informatics

• Gene Data Mining

• Protein Structure Comparison and Classification



3 PG Modules 1 PG Module + Research Research +2 PG Modules Research + 2 PG Module

Research Research ResearchPre-

submission presentation

Thesis Defence

M.Sc.

FAIL

2 PG Modules + M.Sc. thesis

Sem1 Sem2 Sem3 Sem4

Sem5 Sem6 Sem7 Sem8

Sem3

Qualifying ExaminationGraduate Research

Paper

Thesis Proposal



• Admission Criteria

• The normal minimum entry qualifications for admission to the programme by research are a good relevant bachelor's degree/master's degree.

• Candidates applying for Research Scholarships must have obtained at least a bachelor's degree with good honours, or its equivalent in Computing or related discipline. Candidates should have the ability to pursue research in the candidate's proposed field of advanced study.

• Candidates with relevant Master's degree may be admitted into the PhD programme.



• Degree Requirements

• Pass 8 courses • must be level 5000 & above (max of two level

4000 modules allowed)• PhD Qualifying Exam (end of 1st sem)• Must obtain B average grade • PhD Thesis Proposal + Doctoral Seminar

(end 3rd year)• Defence (typically in 4th year)



• Financial Support

• Research Scholarship (Fee + Monthly Stipend $1,500)

• PhD Top-up ($500)• President’s Graduate Fellowship ($700/mth

for a year)• Dean’s Graduate Award ($500)• Conference Trips for Rank 1 and 2 papers• Teaching Assistantships available


Internship Opportunities?

• Submit an on-line application at:

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/research/internship.html.

• Short-listed candidates will be notified via email twelve

• weeks prior to the commencement of the internship.

• Queries, Email to:

[email protected]


SoC Incubation Centre

TenCube


SoC Incubation Centre

• Friar Tuck• GeoFoto Pte Ltd• Delcon Networks Pte Ltd• Intelligent Optimization• Mozat Pte Ltd • Atsuma Technology Pte Ltd• Multitrex• Innvo Systems Pte Ltd • IQExplorers.com Pte Ltd

• LD Tech• Nineo.com• DecisionWare• Frensville• tenCube


Want to know more?

Visit:http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/

prospective_students

Or email:

[email protected]

[email protected]


Credits

Music and Clipart courtesy of Microsoft

Video-postcards have been prepared

by SoC AV Tech team

Special thanks to Hanna,

Vivi, Sufriato

and Derry

Copyright © 2007 by Stéphane Bressan

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School of Computing, National University of Singapore Research Opportunities Presented by Stéphane Bressan