The School of Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) is seeking applications for 2 graduate student (PhD) positions.

Candidates will work on a national grant-funded research project on low concentration, concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems. Specifically, your research will be focused on developing performance /cost models for solar concentrators which take account of the solar profile and other conditions in Singapore.

Requirements
At least a 2nd upper class B.Eng. Degree in the area of Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering (an additional masters degree will be an advantage)

• Proficient in MatLab and C/C++
• Fluent verbal and written communications in English
• Strong analytical, mathematical and conceptual abilities
• Able to work independently or in a team in the realization of R&D work

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ADB-Japan Scholarship Program, Departement of Economics National University of Singapore

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan. It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB`s developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development- related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. The ADB-JSP enrolls about 300 students annually in 20 academic institutions located in 10 countries within the Region.

Department of Economics, National University of Singapore is one of institution participating in this ADB-JSP scholarship program.

Below is program offered:

-Master in Social Sciences (Economics)

SCHOLARSHIP DESCRIPTION

The ADB-JSP provides full scholarships for one to two years.

• full tuition fees
• a monthly subsistence and housing allowance
• an allowance for books and instructional materials
• medical insurance
• travel expenses

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The minimum entry qualifications for admission as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are a Master’s degree and the ability to pursue research in the candidate’s proposed field of advanced study.

Applications are invited for PhD scholarships in mobile information sharing research at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on a cutting-edge mobile interactive digital media project that involves gameplay and information sharing. Potential areas of research include:

• Mobile game design and development for information sharing
• User interface design and evaluation
• Modeling mobile information seeking
• Mobile data management
• Information retrieval and mining techniques
• Mobility and management of information systems
• Social, psychological and organizational impact studies

Ideal candidates would have a good Master`s degree in computer science, information systems, information science, or fields relevant to the above research areas. They should have good communication skills in English and be motivated to carry out research in one or more of the above areas. They should also preferably have some mobile applications development and/or data analysis experience. GRE scores are also required for candidates whose degrees are not awarded from a Singapore-based university.

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A very tragic and shocking incident happened in the Singapore Zoo, Nov 13. Nordin Bin Montong, 32, a Malaysian working as a cleaner at the zoo, leapt into the moat of the white tiger exhibit and was attacked by the white tigers.

You can watch the video of a Malaysian got eaten by White Tigers in Singapore zoo below.

Tragedi Dibaham Rimau – Singapore Zoo Video

PhD Projects on visualization, shape modeling and shared virtual reality in Co-Space
Function-based modeling, visualization and interaction in shared virtual environments

This topic unifies several PhD projects which will contribute towards the NRF funded project entitled “Visual and Haptic Rendering in Co-Space”. The work will be carried out at the Centre for Advance Media Technologies (CAMTech) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The goal of the project is to propose an efficient interoperable mathematical model defining geometry, visual appearance and tangible physical properties of objects in Co-Space which is a new paradigm of a shared virtual world where the real and virtual objects co-exist and virtual objects can even be touched. The object definitions must be small in size and invariant to the rendering platform used in Co-Space. The particular goals of the project include development of the fast interactive definitions by implicit and explicit functions, description of complex geometry using parametric partial differential equations, introduction of function-defined physical properties to objects in Co-Space, and development of several exemplar applications illustrating the usefulness of the proposed approach, including an ability to establish physical contact with other party in Co-Space through haptic devices. The projects will also address GPU-based rendering and general purpose computation on GPU, grid-based rendering and interactive free-form shape modeling, 3D reconstruction.

Projects on AI
Cyber-learning in cyberworlds

Cyber-learning is an important and vital part of university education. However, when more and more information is provided electronically, it often results in disorientation and exhaust of the students. The students become more and more interested in personalized education where, ideally, their personal mentors would be able to help with solving any problem. Creating and using educational cyberworlds with cyber-instructors may become an excellent teaching tool implementing personal mentoring of students at affordable cost. Design and implementation of cyber-instructors requires the following research and development work to be done:

1. To study the existing educational cyberworlds and intelligent talking agents (chatbots)
2. To propose a concept of cyber-education where virtual instructors will augment and even replace real instructors. Cyber-learning with cyber-instructors must incorporate elements of fun and games.
3. The proposed concepts can be implemented within a shared virtual world or as a stand-alone version. The candidate has to design and implement cyber-instructors, which will be able to maintain conversation with the students as well as offer different educational services. There must be designed and developed interactive software tools with user-friendly interfaces allowing the lecturers to add content to the “brains” of the cyber-instructors.

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