News of the week
Battling it out at sumobot competition
A strong crowd of almost 200 gathered to see robots battle it out at this year’s NUS School of Computing (SoC) sumobot competition held on 23 October 2013. The annual contest is part of the introductory computing module CS1101S on Programming Methodology.
Associate Professor Martin Henz who teaches the course was delighted to see the enthusiastic response from students and shared that “the competition has doubled in size now with 24 teams competing”.
First-year students applied computing concepts such as functional and data abstraction to automate their respective robots at the competition. Robots had to pit again each other in a sumo-like fashion in four gruelling rounds, seeking to push the competing opponent out of a circle. At the end of the evening, team Martin emerged winner of the contest.
Tweet of the week
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Instagram photo of the week
credits to @radiopulze (Radio Pulze): Fit crowd and TGIF with some of their winners today! We’re giving away zouk passes till 7.30pm so head on down to Utown! #zouk #radiopulze #nus
Student group of the week
NUS Magic
As NUS’s first ever Magic Club, they hope to get more aspiring magicians to hop on board!
If you are looking to be inspired, amazed and awed, embark on a magical journey to be amazed and amaze people at the same time! Open to all who are keen in learning or experiencing magic, courses will be provided if you have no prior knowledge of magic! Spread the passion and art of Magic now! Contact them at nusmagic@gmail.com or check them out at their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nusmagic
Curator for next week
Name: Lee Wen Qin
Biography: Studying electrical engineering and researching visual computing under A* Star, she is well versed in all things technological.
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