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The Global Research Forum 2021 will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of August 2021. Jointly organized by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Science and the NUS School of Computing’s Department of Information Systems and Analytics, the theme of the forum is ‘The Fruition and Challenges of Computational Social Science’. The […]
Pakistan’s Independence Day is commemorated annually on 14th August, marking the date it was declared a sovereign state after the end of British rule in the region in 1947. Home to one of the world’s largest Muslim populations, Pakistan celebrates Independence Day with speeches from its Prime Minister and President, award ceremonies, and parades. ‘Writing […]
In The Straits’ Times Ask NUS Economists series, Assistant Professor Denis Tkachenko (NUS Economics) explains how machine learning technology, commonly employed by technology giants such as Netflix and Google, makes the inter-disciplinary leap to solve real-world economics problems in policymaking, analysis, and evaluation. The term ‘machine learning’ has gained traction in recent years, owing […]
Professor Lionel Wee will be appointed the new dean of the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and co-dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences from 1 October 2021.
The television was demonstrated in Singapore at the British Radio Exhibition by the British Radio and Accessories Manufacturers’ Association in August 1952 over a span of 16 days. At the time, a small group of sceptics were convinced that Singapore did not have the infrastructure that was needed to introduce television on its shores. […]
‘Riverine Sediment Load Responses to Climate Change in High Mountain Asia’, a Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2 project led by Professor Lu Xi Xi (NUS Geography), will examine how climate change affects the sediment load in twenty headwater rivers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) by altering the way that glaciers, snow, and […]
National Day, which marks Singapore’s 1965 independence from Malaysia, is celebrated in Singapore every 9 August. The topic of nationhood is taken up through the lens of rootedness, in “Singaporean Rootedness: Taking Stock and Moving Forward”, a chapter in Singapore Perspectives 2009: The Heart of the Matter (World Scientific, 2009). A/P Tan Ern Ser (NUS […]
7 August 1965 is a date well-remembered even by Singaporeans who were born post-independence as the day that the word “Singapore” became a concrete and island-shaped image in the minds of people and no longer referred to a state in Malaysia. Despite estrangement between the two sovereign (or in Singapore’s case, soon-to-be) entities being foremost […]
In ‘China cracking down on private tuition: A Lesson for Singapore?’ (Straits Times, August 2021), Ms. Ng Shi Wen and Associate Professor Gerard Sasges (NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies) outline the lessons Singapore could learn from China’s recent decision to tighten regulation surrounding its multibillion-dollar private tutoring and education sector. The Chinese government […]
In ‘More non-citizen workers = Fewer local babies?’ (The Straits Times, 2020), Dr Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng (NUS Department of Economics) addresses questions about how immigration may be affecting the fertility of Singaporeans. In Singapore, the term ‘non-citizens’ refers to Permanent Residents and other foreigners who are working, studying, or living in Singapore, including work […]